Are six-issue miniseries the new twelve for writer Tom King?  After doing several maxiseries to both good (“Mister Miracle”) and middling (“Adam Strange”) effect the man has been writing shorter ones focusing on specific characters.  “Best of the Best” is the latest one of these and it features a character who’s shown up in a […]

In 1989 the whole world experienced what would be called The Second Summer of Love when an alien arrived on Earth and proceeded to do her best to make everyone truly happy.  It was great!  Right up until it wasn’t after the alien succumbed to its own impossibly high standards.  The world survived thanks to […]

After surviving Amanda Waller’s absolute effort to bring them to heel, the superheroes of the DCU realized one thing:  The Justice League needed to return, and do it bigger than ever.  Rather than just keep it to the Big Seven and whoever else was handy, the net has been cast far and wide to allow […]

Proving to be the British comics anthology revival that could, “Battle Action” has reached its third volume of strips featuring characters from the title’s original run.  While Garth Ennis wrote the entirety of the first volume, the second saw new creators, and one great old one, tackle these strips to mostly good results.  That trend […]

Christmastime at the Parker Household was going really well.  Right up until it was revealed that Peter’s suit had been masquerading as him, while the man himself and Harry Osborn had been captured by Kraven the Hunter.  Now the two are being set loose in the Savage Land for the Hunter’s amusement in what will […]

Their animated series may have reached its end, but the adventures of the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos continue (before the end of said series).  And what better way to do that with their investigation of a Federation ghost ship that has returned from an area of space encountered by the original Enterprise on one […]

By the time the first Ultimate Universe got around to doing an “Ultimate Wolverine” miniseries, the character was already dead and it focused on his son Jimmy Hudson.  I, and a lot of other people, didn’t bother with it because who the hell cares about Jimmy Hudson?  Marvel isn’t making that mistake this time around […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: John Constantine:  Hellblazer by Paul Jenkins & Sean Phillips Omnibus HC While runs before (Delano & Ennis) and after (Ellis & Azzarello) it were collected first, this one didn’t get that treatment for a good long while.  I don’t know exactly why that was, but it didn’t deserve that neglect.  Jenkins took the […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Farmhand vol. 5:  The End It’ll have been three years since the previous volume was released by the time this one is scheduled to arrive.  That’s a long time to be waiting for anything, but after how good vol. 4 was I’m just glad we’re getting this at all.  While creator Rob Guillory’s […]