Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Flash #800 It’s a big ol’ anniversary issue that marks the end of one run, by writer Jeremy Adams, with the start of another, by writer Simon Spurrier.  This is going to be the first time I’ve started reading a run of “The Flash,” despite its history of being written by luminaries […]

It may look like a random miniseries commissioned to promote the character’s upcoming movie, but “Ant-iversary” is actually here to celebrate the character’s 60th year of existence.  Which is why we have four generations of Ant-Men tackling their own troubles while also getting ensnared in a cross-time caper.  So gasp in amazement as Hank Pym’s […]

I thought that we had seen the last of the title character in “Fight or Flight,” but it turns out you can’t keep a good assassin down for long.  We find out in short order that the Killer, going by “Denis” now, is now working for the French government – the Department of Surveillance, specifically.  […]

It’s not that I had a bad time at last year’s WonderCon.  It’s just that the highlight of my time there was hanging out with my friends well into the evening after I was done attending panels.  The panels themselves were a deeply mixed bag with highs like “Law of Peacemaker” and lows such as […]

The Jonathan Hickman era of “X-Men” started out with a bang but  ended with a whimper.  It’s a cliche way of putting things, yet one that’s wholly appropriate for how things wound up  As someone who has been following the adventures of Marvels Merry Mutants for a few decades now, I’m no stranger to disappointment […]

The good news is that creator Stan Sakai isn’t trying to retcon any more backstory into Usagi’s early years with this volume.  It’s all about introducing the title character’s cousin, Yukichi, to some familiar adventures with familiar friends here.  Starting off with Kitsune and Keiko who have managed to steal a ledger from a local […]

The most compelling moral quandary this series has presented to us is making the architects of its dystopia, the Carlyle Family, the ostensible “good guys” in the story.  We’ve seen how other families, Vassalovka and especially Hock, have resorted to underhanded means to keep their people in line.  Carlyle is doing the same with a […]

My guess is that we have the “Obi-Wan” limited series on Disney+ from last year to thank for this miniseries.  It’s hard to imagine Marvel pushing a miniseries featuring the character as he reminisces on his past adventures from his latter-day home on Tatooine for any other reason.  So we get stories of the time […]

If anything, I’m surprised it has taken this long for Marvel to do an ongoing series featuring Han Solo.  “Ongoing” may be a bit misleading as “Han Solo & Chewbacca” appears to have been retroactively labeled as a miniseries after finishing its ten-issue story.  It takes place not too long before the events of “Episode […]

I’ll freely admit that I ordered this graphic novel expecting an enjoyable hatereading experience.   I mean, look at that title “Too Dead to Die.”  It’s ridiculous on its face and there’s no hint that writer Marc Guggenheim and artist Howard Chaykin weren’t going to play this tongue-in-cheek.  Not in the solicitation text for this […]