Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

X-Men: Red by Al Ewing vol. 1

Not to be confused with the previous “X-Men:  Red” series, which was an 11-issue run written by Tom Taylor from the team’s color-coded era a few years back.  This “X-Men:  Red” series is about Planet Arakko, or The Planet Formerly Known as Mars in the Marvel Universe and the difficulty its new regent, Storm, faces […]

Venom by V and Ewing vol. 2: Deviation

The previous volume showed us that this new “Venom” series is actually going to be two different stories in one title.  You’ve got Dylan and the Venom symbiote’s adventures in the present day written by Ram V, and Eddie Brock’s adventures through the timestream from Al Ewing.  It’s not a bad approach as both stories […]

Dark Horse Penguin Picks: March 2023

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Oh My Goddess! Omnibus vol. 7 This series had the distinction of being Dark Horse’s longest-published manga series up until October 2017 when the sixth omnibus came out.  When no subsequent omnibus was solicited in the months afterward, I had assumed that the fanbase for Kosuke Fujishima’s “Oh My Goddess!” had well and […]

Marvel Penguin Picks: March 2023

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing You’d think that getting the now A-List writer of “Immortal Hulk” and a hot rising star artist to tackle Marvel’s premier cosmic team would’ve a lengthy run for this incarnation of their series.  Despite writer Al Ewing and artist Juann Cabal’s (and friends’) best efforts, the […]

Image Previews Picks: March 2023

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Night Fever HC On one hand, it’s a new OGN from the team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. On the other, it’s the story of a man on a business trip to Europe who finds himself being guided into the hidden world of the night.  A place, we’re told, that is “without […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: March 2023

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Superman:  Lost #1 (of 10) 2023 is the 85th Anniversary of the first appearance of Superman, and DC has decided that the best way to showcase this is… to have the character deal with a massive case of PTSD. No, wait, hear me out. This new maxiseries from writer Christopher Priest and artist […]

The X-Cellent vol. 1: New Blood, New World

The run of writer Peter Milligan and artist Michael Allred on “X-Force” and later “X-Statix” is something that shouldn’t have worked as well as it did.  Taking a hard swerve from the paramilitary mutant action of the former title and turning it into a satire of early 00’s celebrity should’ve been a huge turn-off to […]

Batman: One Dark Knight

Edward M. Pressler is the supervillain known as EMP.  His claim to fame is that he blacked out Gotham City five years ago with an electromagnetic blast he generated from within his own body.  EMP spent the next five years in a sensory deprivation tank at Arkham Asylum, until tonight when the order was given […]