Above-the-Board Recommendation: Roxxon Presents:  Thor #1 I’m still undecided about whether I’ll read Al Ewing’s “Immortal Thor” in print or digitally on Marvel Unlimited ($30 for a regular-sized six-issue collection!?); however, the relaunch itself appears to have gone down pretty well based on word-of-mouth.  It also doesn’t look to be short on fun ideas if […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Sacrificers vol. 1 The future is an utopia ruled over by the five families in charge of it.  Their price for ruling:  The sacrifice of one child from each of their households.  It’s a system that has gone well until now, as two of the sacrifices are determined to put a stop […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Hitman by Garth Ennis and John McCrea Omnibus vol. 1 Journey with me back to back to a simpler time.  Back when Diamond’s distribution monopoly on the industry was strong.  When Image was a brand still known for style over substance.  When a random “X-Men” title could be published and still sell like […]

A while back, Marvin Mosley decided to give his time and life knowledge to enlightening AI about what it means to be human on behalf of his government for an entire year.  What was supposed to be an experience that would benefit himself and all of humanity has left the man divorced from his wife, […]

Yeah, I know.  This volume has been out for a while, and the issues collected within have been out for even longer.  So much so that a lot of what this volume has set up has come to pass and we’re not just moving into the “Fall of X” era, but past it as well.  […]

Henry Bendix, president-for-life of the island nation of Gamorra, has a plan to make superhumans more useful to humanity.  It’s a system he calls The Rising, and in addition to granting people superhuman abilities, it also allows him complete control of their actions in the process.  He’s itching for a way to show off this […]

What does it take to join the Justice League?  Being a well-known superhero with powers that can take on global-scale threats is one way.  Being really rich, really smart, and having a really unshakeable moral code is another.  For others, it’s proving that they can take on giant threats when they come – or are […]

At the end of vol. 10, Alana, Hazel, and Squire’s treehouse ship was set on fire, stranding them on their current planet and rendering them homeless as well.  That would make things pretty bad for them… if the ongoing conflict between Wreath and Landfall hadn’t come to this planet as well.  So now they’re dealing […]

Sully and Ethan are former army veterans who served their country and paid the price for it.  In Sully’s case that means he was left with a traumatic brain injury and the mental instability that comes with it.  Ethan, on the other hand, lost his leg and now experiences near-constant pain as a result of […]

When Richard Corben passed away in December 2020, I was aware he was considered to be a legend in the comics industry.  That said, my appreciation of him came from his latter-day work with DC (“Hellblazer:  Hard Time”), Marvel (“Startling Stories:  Banner,” “Cage”), and, of course, Dark Horse (“Hellboy:  Makoma, The Crooked Man, and House […]