Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Batman: The Adventures Continue — Season Two

You can’t keep a good revival down, and that’s why we’ve been graced with a second “season” of this series from co-writers Paul Dini and Alan Burnett.  As the first season saw the integration of characters like the Red Hood and Deathstroke into the “Batman:  The Animated Series” continuity and style, this time The Court […]

A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance vol. 1

It doesn’t seem like Mr. Wen is having a bad day, at first.  We see him making his way through Vancouver out to a remote point in the countryside as he deals with inconveniences both minor and eccentric.  The rain.  Trying to find a pack of his favorite cigarettes.  Bumping into a guy at the […]

Locke & Key: The Golden Age

The story of Keyhouse and the current generation of the Locke family wrapped up quite well in “Locke & Key’s” sixth volume “Alpha & Omega.”  That hasn’t stopped writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez from creating new stories set in the same universe.  They’ve just been doing it whenever they have a good idea […]

Rick Grimes 2000

In issue #75 of “The Walking Dead,” Robert Kirkman made good on a promise to a letter-writer he answered in issue #2 of the series.  That’s when he promised… ALIENS!  Which is why issue #75 featured an out-of-continuity backup story illustrated by “Invincible” artist Ryan Ottley where Rick Grimes woke up in a sci-fi version […]

Image Previews Picks: September 2022

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Monstress vol. 7:  Devourer Am I excited for this volume?  You damn well better believe it!  Writer Marjorie Liu and artist Sana Takeda have created a beautiful, intricate, well-thought-out fantasy epic with memorable characters and a story that continues to surprise me with where it goes.  My admiration of this series was re-ignited […]

Dark Horse Previews Picks: September 2022

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Berserk vol. 41 Kentaro Miura passed away in May of last year, leaving his epic manga series unfinished.  There was still enough material for one final volume and we’ll be getting that in November (it’s advance-solicited here).  Though there will be no resolution to the ongoing saga of Guts vs. Griffith, what I’ve […]

DC Solicitation Sneaks: September 2022

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Catwoman:  Lonely City It’s been ten years since “Fools Night” in Gotham City.  That was the night that claimed the lives of Batman, The Joker, Commissioner Gordon, and Nightwing.  Not Catwoman, though, she just got sent to prison.  Now she’s finally out and Gotham City is a much safer and less crazy place […]

Marvel Penguin Picks: September 2022

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars:  Visions #1 This is an odd round of solicitations because a lot of comics from the previous batch wound up getting delayed and are re-solicited here.  Among the actually-new comics being solicited here is this one-shot based on the “Star Wars:  Visions” animation anthology.  Surprisingly, this story based on “The Duel” […]

Batman: The Detective

Written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Andy Kubert, “Batman:  The Detective” has a very high-profile creative team for a miniseries that doesn’t have any direct connection to the current goings-on in the “Batman” books or wider DC Universe.  That raises expectations a bit since you figure the story they’re telling has to be special […]

The Ghost in You: A Reckless Book

You know how I said the podcast was going to be up either tonight or Saturday?  Logistics reared their head again and it’ll be up on Wednesday.  All I can say about that is… HALLOWEEN! If you think about it, the “Reckless” series has been building up to this point.  As she’s become a bigger […]