Longtime readers will know that I’ve become choosy about what Mignolaverse stories I pick up these days.  With the majority of them coming out in $25 hardcovers with slim page counts, it feels like a dicier proposition to pick up every one that comes out in the hopes that it’ll deliver the kind of winning […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Mortal Thor vol. 1:  No Gods, No Masters On one hand, it’s a little disheartening to see Marvel relaunch an ongoing run with a new #1 as it implies that what was going on before wasn’t quite working and that it really needed a sales boost.  On the other, I appreciate that […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Escape Another round of solicits, another new Rick Remender-written collection to talk about.  This one is notable for a couple reasons, and the fact that it’s a war story featuring talking animals actually isn’t one of them.  Milton Shaw is a bomber pilot who gets shot down behind enemy lines just as his […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: JLA Book Three Third in the series of reprints of the “Justice League” series that began with Grant Morrison’s “JLA” run.  While I bought that series in collected form as new volumes were released, this collection is a bit different.  That’s because it collects the “DC One Million” event miniseries that Morrison co-wrote […]

When Straczynski started writing for Marvel Comics it was a Big Deal.  He was a TV guy best known as the creator of “Babylon 5” who had recently broken into comics with the well-liked and best-selling “Midnight Nation” and “Rising Stars.”  Since then, he’s done a lot for the publisher with a lot of ups […]

After the Battle of Crait, Kylo Ren would appear to be a man who has it all.  He’s defeated his former mentor, put the Resistance on the run, and is now the new Supreme Leader of the First Order.  Yet he feels no satisfaction from any of these things.  All he can feel is the […]

T’Challa delivered a pretty decisive victory over Khonshu and Ra at the end of the previous volume.  Almost decisive enough to take them off the board for good, had it not been for the last-minute intervention of Inan, the Sorcerer Supreme.  As thanks to Killmonger for saving her life, she tells T’Challa about the nature […]

“G.I. Joe” #21, “Silent Interlude,” is the one issue from that series everyone remembers.  Snake Eyes’ infiltration of Cobra HQ to rescue Scarlett wasn’t just memorable for the fact that it was told entirely without dialogue.  It was also incredibly well-executed for pursuing that approach.  Regular series writer Larry Hama not only wrote this issue, […]

Out of the initial launch of titles by Geoff Johns from his Ghost Machine imprint, this was the hardest one to see the appeal in.  “Geiger?”  One superpowered man’s struggle through post-apocalyptic America.  “Redcoat?”  Historical adventure with a hero who’s a bit of a dick.  “Rook:  Exodus?”  Sci-fi action with an animalistic/toyetic twist.  “Hyde Street?”  […]

Not only are these two titles written by the same talented guy, but they were both right next to each other in my To Review pile.  So… The last time we saw Thor, he was getting ready to storm the gates of Utgardhall.  Standing in his way were Skurge… and Thanos!  Yet this is but […]