As if butting heads with the “Uncanny” team during “Raid on Graymalkin” with little to show for it wasn’t bad enough, Cyclops and his team of X-Men now find themselves dealing with an interstellar threat.  Which is heralded by his spacefaring father, Corsair, and it may not have anything to do with him (directly) this […]

It’s a new era for the “World’s Finest” team-up title as Adrian Gutierrez takes over from regular artist Dan Mora.  Jumping onto a title that was illustrated by one of the best artists in comics is a difficult thing, but the new guy isn’t bad.  Gutierrez’s art does have a squirrelly look to its linework, […]

When “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was relaunched last year, its first issue was a blockbuster success.  The continued relevance of the comics franchise was made clear to all when it sold over 300,000 copies and paved the way for what will hopefully be another run as successful as the previous 150-issue one from publisher IDW.  […]

Meet Shiteater.  He’s the small-human-sized sentient fly who used to be a henchman for the bug-themed supervillain known as (wait for it) The Entomologist.  These days he works a degrading job at a burger joint, frequents The Lower Lair for drinks every night, and takes on the odd hench job here and there.  None of […]

Mike Mignola is responsible for one of the largest and most entertaining fictional universes in comics:  The Mignolaverse, which encompasses all of Hellboy’s adventures, those of his comrades in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, his antagonists, and those who came before and after them as well.  He’s also responsible in part for Outerverse, […]

The Birds caused a lot of trouble on Paradise Island back in vol. 1 as they tried to rescue Sin.  Lots of Amazons, including Wonder Woman herself, got knocked around and even though things worked out in the end, a debt was owed because of it.  Now Queen Nubia has come to call it in […]

While writer Rick Remender has done some extended creator-owned series in his career, “Deadly Class” & “Black Science,” his recent output has trended towards shorter-form series.  Seventeen issues of “Seven to Eternity.”  Fifteen of (ugh) “The Scumbag.”  Eleven each of “Death or Glory” and “A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance.”  Ten issues of “Napalm Lullaby.”  While […]

1407 Graymalkin Lane used to be the home of the X-Men.  Now it’s the site of Graymalkin Prison, a facility run by the ruthless Corina Ellis and used to house problematic mutants – or whoever she’s able to grab off the street.  That includes Beast, Jubilee, and new recruit Calico.  Cyclops isn’t going to take […]

Connor Hayes thought he had avenged his mother’s death after he helped burn down serial killer enclave Wilmhurst and nearly every monster in it.  That turned out to be incorrect as not only did its grandmotherly leader Zee survive, but it turned out that his pregnant wife was also part of a murderous family.  Which […]

C.K. Cole, creator of the legendary sword and sorcery protagonist, Othon, killed himself at a relatively young age, leaving his daughter, Helen, in the care of his father, Barnabas, who then hired Lilith Appleton, a stern governess, to turn her into a proper lady.  As Lilith tells the story, that didn’t happen as it was […]