The last time we had a “Groo” crossover – which was also his first crossover ever – it didn’t go so well.  “Groo vs. Conan” was a deeply mixed bag that featured good art from Sergio Aragones and Thomas Yeates, and also a choppy, confused story from Mark Evanier that didn’t deliver on the comic […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Daisy HC It was a toss-up between this or the latest volume of “Steeple” for this spot.  I decided to go with “Daisy” because I’ve already talked about how glad I am to see that the former series is continuing, and this is coming to us from a creator that I’m completely unfamiliar […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Do a Powerbomb #1 (of 7) Daniel Warren Johnson attempts to do for wrestling what he did for heavy metal with this new miniseries.  If you’ve been following what I’ve written about this creator over the last few years, then it shouldn’t surprise you to see his latest creator-owned title in this spot.  […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation Supergirl:  Woman of Tomorrow Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s not-quite-a-maxiseries (it’s only eight issues) gets a collection.  It’s about how Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El is looking for some purpose in her life when she encounters a young alien girl.  Heartbroken and vengeful towards the forces that destroyed her world, she’s looking for some […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: X-Cellent vol. 1:  Hereditary-X It was a little over two decades ago (and yes, writing that sentence does make me feel old) that Peter Milligan and Michael Allred took over “X-Force” and turned it on its head.  From being the book about proactive mutant military action that it was, to a satire on […]

Geoff Johns enjoyed nearly unparalleled success at DC across nearly two decades.  Beetween acclaimed and best-selling runs on titles like “Flash,” “JSA,” “Justice League,” and – best of all – “Green Lantern” it seemed like nothing could stop him.  Then he became co-head of the DC film crew over at Warner Bros. just in time […]

The two previous volumes in this series have seen the title character deal with his alternate-universe counterpart, and mix it up with a few of his clones.  This time around he gets a new outfit, struggles with schoolwork, stops some street-level crime, and has a romantic meetup with his costumed girlfriend.  You know, familiar “Spider-Man” […]

Trigger Keaton was one of the biggest martial arts action stars around after becoming world karate champion and starring in the TV series “Marshal Art.”  After that he starred in a succession of series that were either fondly remembered cult objects, “Sidecar” and “Spaceboat 3030,” or legitimate hits, “Frankenstein & Frankenstein,” that all came to […]

Judging by the subtitle of this volume, it seems clear that frequent Mignolaverse contributor Chris Roberson wants to make a go of giving Ms. Jewell her own series-of-miniseries.  You may remember her as the feisty American from “The Rise of the Black Flame” and vol. 6 of “Witchfinder.”  In this story, Sarah and her friend […]

Remember how, in the last volume, superheroes and supervillains were fighting all over the world to decide who would become the next host for the Phoenix Force?  Remember how She-Hulk and Namor’s fight in Moscow leveled a good portion of the city?  Russia sure does and they’ve figured out a way to get revenge on […]