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 […]

Zoe has been ten years old for most of her life.  That’s because she was possessed by a demon that kept her young and warped her personality to the point where, now that she’s free of it, she’s still a serial killer.  This should all be familiar to people who have read Terry Moore’s “Rachel […]

“Batman Black & White” has been one of the most consistently successful anthology series in comics for a couple decades now.  There’s something about the appeal of telling a “Batman” story in black and white (and shades of gray) that tends to bring out the best in a lot of creators.  Vol. 5, however, isn’t […]

Have you ever wondered what Norgal the Head Lopper was up to before he wandered the wilderness with the severed head of Agatha the Witch?  Well, you finally get to find out in this volume as their travels, along with warrior-thief Brishka, and guileless one-eyed Goat, take them back to one of Norgal’s old haunts.  […]

On the surface, Edison Hark has it a lot better than most Chinese-American citizens circa 1936.  Not only is his surrogate father Mason Carroway a very rich businessman, but those family connections helped him become a cop out in Honolulu.  However, Edison is now back stateside after his brother Frankie told him that their dad […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Nice House on the Lake vol. 1 I picked the first issue of this maxi-series for this slot a while back and now I’m giving its first volume the same treatment despite the fact that I haven’t read any of it yet.  What gives?  Well, in a slate of solicitations that runs […]