Syd Holmes used to be a homicide detective.  Now he’s hustling for laughs at some of the seediest comedy clubs in New York City.  If that didn’t sound bad enough, another stand-up comic by the name of Carl Dixon is about to get his big shot on Leno, and he’s managed to do it by […]

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these.  There really hasn’t been a need for one, what with my “To Review” pile coming very close to being exhausted at a few points in the last year.  However, as the postal network sorts itself out post-pandemic, I cash in a gift certificate, and make […]

…With the wrap-up coming here as the Sin-Eater takes the fight to the current administrator of the Ravencroft Institute, Norman Osborn.  The thing is that based on what the vigilante has been doing to all of the other supervillains, why shouldn’t he be allowed to do that to Spider-Man’s arch-nemesis?  As Peter points out, they […]

…Well, it turns out they’re leading to the kind of grim, dark storyline that’s the antithesis of what we got in the previous volume.  It all starts with a special issue devoted to refreshing and modernizing one of Spidey’s foes who has managed to stay dead for a few decades now:  The Sin-Eater.  Stanley Carver […]

Vol. 7 was a bit of a misfire for this series as the storytelling and the art didn’t click as well as they usually do.  “Threats & Menaces,” however, represents a return to form as writer Nick Spencer gets back to what he does best on this title:  Showing us familiar and weird bits of […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Ultramega #1 I wouldn’t say that the premise for this new series strikes me as being all that interesting:  A cosmic plague is turning people into giant monsters and the only ones who can fight them off are three individuals with extraordinary powers.  They’re collectively known as the Ultramega, of course.  It’s a […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Suicide Squad:  Bad Blood “DCeased:  Unkillables” was great fun, and it showed that writer Tom Taylor knew how to have fun when playing around with some of the DCU’s less scrupulous characters.  Now imagine him and artist Bruno Redondo, at the wheel of comics’ least reputable team.  I would think that this is […]

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars:  Legends of the Old Republic Omnibus vol. 1 You’d think that diminishing returns would start to set in when you’re doing a licensed spinoff comic based on another property within that same license.  “Star Wars:  Knights of the Old Republic,” however, is here to prove you wrong.  The series, written by […]

Back in 2004, writer Kurt Busiek teamed with artist Stuart Immonen for a story called “Superman:  Secret Identity.”  It had a dubious high-concept premise:  What if a kid named Clark Kent gained the powers of Superman, in a world where “Superman” was a fictional character like he is in ours.  The end result, however, was […]