Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Tales From the Outerverse

You’d think he’d be satisfied with having just one fictional universe all to himself.  Yet here we are with “Tales From the Outerverse,” a collection of stories set in the shared realms of “Baltimore” and “Joe Golem,” co-created by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden.  These stories were meant to add characters to and flesh out […]

The Department of Truth vol. 3: Free Country

Vol. 1 of “The Department of Truth” was a well-constructed marvel which tied the idea that belief shapes the world to the history of conspiracy theories as they relate to America.  It did this with a reveal at the end of the first issue that stands among the best I’ve seen in recent memory.  Vol. […]

Serial vol. 2: Cat & Mouse

Jenni, the serial killer who goes around killing men who prey on women, and the women who help them, is still at large when this volume opens.  She’s almost at the end of her list of targets, too.  That’s good because Zoe is closing in on her as well, and the bit of detective work […]

Venom by Ram V and Al Ewing vol. 1: Recursion

The Cates/Stegman (and friends) run was the first time I followed the ongoing adventures of Eddie Brock and his symbiote.  In case anyone has forgotten, I was thoroughly entertained by that “Venom” series, particularly in the way that it served to build up the main character arc by arc and while also making major changes […]

In the Flood

Let me quote directly from the description of this series on its back cover: “Trapped and separated by an apocalyptic rainfall, Mike and Clara, devoted husband and wife, have sworn to find their way back to one another.  But they quickly discover that the rain – and their predicament – is not what it seems.  […]

Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham

With “Fables” having been away for a while now, it’s not surprising that publisher DC and series creator Bill Willingham decided to reintroduce the series with a crossover.  The setup here is that Batman has been investigating a series of murders throughout Gotham that look like they were done by a giant animal.  Meanwhile, Bigby […]

Chivalry

Ms. Whitaker is your average old widow in England, living a quiet life with her own simple routine.  A routine which involves stopping by the local thrift shop each Thursday after collecting her pension.  It’s on her latest trip there that she discovers the Holy Grail on sale under a fur coat for a steal […]

Vinyl

Walter is a serial killer.  We’re not told how many people he’s killed over the years, but it’s certainly enough for him to have a signature thing he associates with his kills.  That would be how he associates each of them with a unique song.  His best friend (in his own mind), a retired FBI […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: August 2022

Above-the-Board Recommendation: DCeased:  War of the Undead Gods #1 (of 8) This just goes to show you can’t keep a good superheroes-as-zombies franchise down.  Of course, there were hints that “Dead Planet” wasn’t going to be the end of it.  The biggest being that an Anti-Life infected Darkseid was still left in play at the […]