Prince Helgir has a problem.  He’s just come into possession of the Eye of Odin after a frost giant attacked his village.  Now he has to return it to its rightful owner, Mimir the Frost Giant King, before the next full moon or else he’ll suffer a painful death involving boils and decay.  Most of […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Junkyard Joe vol. 1 “From the explosive pages of GEIGER comes JUNKYARD JOE!” is what the solicitation text tells us.  I’m still wondering why we’re getting a story about the combat robot Geiger fought in the final issue rather than another volume of his series.  Writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank have […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Avengers Assemble Even if individual stories in this run haven’t worked as well as they should’ve, I’ve been invested in the overall story that Jason Aaron has been telling since the start.  That’s because he’s found a new villain be the big bad for an “Avengers” title that I’ve not seen before:  Mephisto.  […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Den vol. 1 HC This round of solicitations is filled with hardcover and softcover collections of new material that feel overpriced.  This is a new problem for the publisher and it’s something that’s going to have me start picking up a lot of their stuff when it comes on sale through their app.  […]

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 […]