Above-the-Board Recommendation: Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V vol. 1:  Recursion The “Venom” run by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, and friends was the first time I followed the adventures of Eddie Brock and his symbiote on a regular basis.  It was all worth it in the end, too.  This is in spite of the […]

There are some longtime “Spider-Man” fans who are going to see the title to this volume and feel a chill go up their spine.  The 90’s era “Clone Saga” was an infamous storyline that went on for much longer than it should have and turned off a whole lot of fans along the way.  This […]

In case you’re wondering, no, Jules Verne did not write a story about an interstellar outpost responsible for helping ships navigate through wormholes at the far-flung reaches of space.  His “Lighthouse” was a much more grounded tale about the workers of a lighthouse at the southern end of Argentina who have to deal with a […]

I mentioned last time that vol. 5 presented a compelling argument for re-reading the previous volumes in the series before I read the next one.  That was because while “Warchild” was ultimately a great read, it also took me a while to get up to speed with remembering all the members of the supporting cast […]

Sojourner “Jo” Mullien is kind of unique as far as Green Lanterns go.  Not only does she have a special ring that charges on its own without the need of a lantern, but she’s also the Green Lantern of a single place.  That place being The City Enduring, a system-spanning superstructure that’s home to three […]

It’s that time again. You know.  The time when a new Marvel concept makes it to the silver screen and Marvel the comics publisher decides to launch a new comic alongside it.  This time the lucky recipient of such treatment are the “Eternals.”  Best known as one of Jack Kirby’s more out-there creations for the […]

It’s the penultimate volume of Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s high-school-assassin-kids series, and I’m a little concerned that things may be going out with a whimper rather than a bang.  That’s because the narrative for this volume takes a circuitous, fractured path before it winds up at the fireworks factory.  In fact, those of you […]

Writer John Ridley’s first stab at establishing a new Caped Crusader was just alright.  The execution was solid, but it didn’t feel like we were getting anything new with his take on the character.  One of the problems was that we didn’t know a whole lot about Next Batman Tim “Jace” Fox besides the fact […]

Sophie is a dog, and she’s just found herself a new home.  There are plenty of other dogs there and most of them seem pretty nice.  This home also has a master who feeds them all, looks after them, and forbids them from going in his special room.  It seems like Sophie could get used […]

The first time we got a series about the Sentient Worlds Observation and Response Division, it didn’t last all that long.  In fact, it was cut down from an ongoing title to a miniseries in the middle of its first arc.  Which was a shame as that first arc was really great and I’d have […]