Comic Picks by the Glick

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Dogsred vol. 4

Oinokami High’s hockey team is about to play their first game!  It’s in Sapporo against Sekka High School which is notorious for all of the white-tracksuited delinquents that attend it.  Before they get there, however, the team will have to deal with more training from their eccentric coach, angsting about what their future will bring, […]

Napalm Lullaby

You know how the story goes:  A kindly couple in the midwest finds a baby with powers in a strange capsule that crashed on Earth and raises him according to their values.  Cut to 50 years later and now the world has become a religious fascism with those who unquestioningly believe in its leader living […]

Marvel Penguin Picks: March 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Mortal Thor vol. 1:  No Gods, No Masters On one hand, it’s a little disheartening to see Marvel relaunch an ongoing run with a new #1 as it implies that what was going on before wasn’t quite working and that it really needed a sales boost.  On the other, I appreciate that […]

Image Advance Arrivals: March 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Escape Another round of solicits, another new Rick Remender-written collection to talk about.  This one is notable for a couple reasons, and the fact that it’s a war story featuring talking animals actually isn’t one of them.  Milton Shaw is a bomber pilot who gets shot down behind enemy lines just as his […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: March 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: JLA Book Three Third in the series of reprints of the “Justice League” series that began with Grant Morrison’s “JLA” run.  While I bought that series in collected form as new volumes were released, this collection is a bit different.  That’s because it collects the “DC One Million” event miniseries that Morrison co-wrote […]

Marvel Tales by J. Michael Straczynski

When Straczynski started writing for Marvel Comics it was a Big Deal.  He was a TV guy best known as the creator of “Babylon 5” who had recently broken into comics with the well-liked and best-selling “Midnight Nation” and “Rising Stars.”  Since then, he’s done a lot for the publisher with a lot of ups […]