The previous volume ended with the resurrection of Kate Pryde and her determination to make Sebastian Shaw pay for killing her in the first place.  She may have had to put that on the back burner for a bit — what with the interdimensional competition for the fate of Krakoa and Earth that went on […]

I didn’t think much of Pak’s first volume about the Dark Lord’s post-”Empire Strikes Back” adventure.  Do you know who else didn’t think much of it?  Emperor Palpatine, that’s who.  Disgusted at his apprentice’s failings, the Emperor uses his mastery of the Force to show him once again who is boss.  Then he leaves a […]

…was the name given to the 90’s era initiative that saw Marvel hand over some of its most prominent heroes — the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the Avengers  — over to Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, and their studios to remake in their image (or Image, if you will).  The […]

The last series John Arcudi wrote at Image was “Rumble.”  It was a story about a monster-fighting barbarian whose soul was imprisoned and then thrust into a scarecrow body to continue the fight against them in the present day.  The series ran for 32 issues over two series, and I was honestly surprised it came […]

The great thing about the Greek Gods is that their personalities are well-defined yet malleable enough that you can put them into any kind of story in any genre.  Which is how we’re getting the romantic comedy version of the story of Hades and Persephone in “Punderworld” by Linda Sejic (wife of Stjepan, incase you […]

Well, that was quick. Not only is this Hickman’s third proper volume of “X-Men,” but it’s also his last.  The writer had a big three-act plan for the franchise and he decided to walk away after the majority of the creators on the other X-titles decided to stay in the first act.  There doesn’t appear […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: One-Star Squadron #1 (of 6) Mark Russell is a writer who has done a lot of work at DC over the years on titles like “The Flintstones,” “The Snagglepuss Chronicles,” and “The Wonder Twins,” where he takes these old characters and uses them to tell modern satire.  He’s since branched out to doing […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton vol. 1 Trigger Keaton’s action stardom was only equaled by his potential to act like a jerk to everyone around him.  It’s why no one was surprised when he wound up dead with a pool of potential suspects a mile wide and deep.  Taking up the task of […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Hellions by Zeb Wells vol. 3 While the current line of X-books has generally been entertaining on its own terms, it’s mainly because they’ve been doing familiar superhero stuff quite well with a straightforward dramatic bent.  Well, all of them except for “Hellions.”  This has been a darkly funny, deeply cynical series that […]