Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

X-Men: Red by Al Ewing vol. 2

The good news is that this title will be continuing past this volume.  Much as I’ve enjoyed Ewing’s work in the cosmic and mutant spaces at Marvel, they haven’t been blessed with sales worthy of their quality.  Whether or not “X-Men:  Red” will be continuing past the “Fall of X” is another big question mark […]

Undiscovered Country vol. 4: Disunity

At the end of vol. 3, the cast had been split up into three parts.  Vol. 4 starts off with Daniel and Alex “Destiny Man” Graves off to the side, getting to know the latter’s backstory.  It mainly consists of “My parents didn’t love me enough so betrayed them and got into genetic engineering in […]

Usagi Yojimbo (vol. 38): The Green Dragon

It’s the end of an era as this marks the last proper volume of “Usagi Yojimbo” (not counting the upcoming “Wherewhen” crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) to be published by IDW.  Creator Stan Sakai now has his own “Dogu Comics” imprint at Dark Horse so it’s a very safe bet that all future […]

Shirtless Bear-Fighter vol. 2

Again, there’s a pretty good chance you already know if this is going to be worth your time. If you were one of the few who came out of vol. 1 on the fence, however, then know this:  Shirtless Bear-Fighter is still fighting bears!  To an unhealthy extent, even.  Which means that it’s not long […]

The Witches of World War II

It’s been a while since I’ve read anything from Paul Cornell, a writer whose work I’ve enjoyed after successful runs on “Captain Britain and MI-13,” “Wolverine,” and “Action Comics.”  His latest project has nothing to do with superheroes and everything to do with witches, warlocks, and other con artists in WWII.  “The Witches of World […]

The Nice House on the Lake vol. 2

Vol. 1 was one of the biggest surprises I read last year, and one of my favorite titles as a result.  I thought I knew what to expect from the series, and writer James Tynion IV, going in only to be completely wrong.  This left me excited to see what the writer, and artist Alvaro […]

Joe Death and the Graven Image

The title character is an undertaker/bounty hunter who is wandering through the dusty land when he comes across a village that is also the site of a massacre.  As he buries the bodies left to rot there, he’s informed by a kinsman that there’s one survivor, a baby, to this event.  Though he initially refuses […]

Justice League by Bendis vol. 1

It’s a new era for the Justice League!  How do they celebrate it?  By helping Black Adam beat up a superpowered invader to his home country of Khandaq.  This invader goes by the name Brutus, and while there’s nothing unusual about his goals, there is something about his powers.  Namely that they have the same […]

Eternals: A History Written in Blood

“Judgment Day” may have been the final part of Kieron Gillen’s “Eternals” storyline, but it’s not the last of it.  That would be this collection which bundles the three one-shots he wrote – “Thanos Rises,” “Celestia,” and “The Heretic” – along with some old “Eternals” stories from the late 70’s to pad out the page […]