Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Dark Horse Penguin Picks: May 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Koshchei the Deathless Omnibus Collecting the “Koshchei the Deathless,” “Koshchei in Hell,” “The Serpent in the Garden:  Ed Grey and the Last Battle for England” miniseries, and the “Edward Grey:  Acheron” one-shot, this collection is as much about the title character as it is the former Witchfinder.  I also imagine that this is […]

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Part 7: Steel Ball Run vol. 4

While it looked like Diego Brando’s big secret was revealed in the previous volume, that turns out not to be the case here.  His transformative ability is actually the result of another individual’s Stand who reveals themself as someone who’s also in on the hunt for the parts of the dead saint’s body.  He’s not […]

Real vol. 16

Nomiya, Takahashi, and Kiyohara continue to plug away at life in this volume.  Nomiya is more determined than ever to become a pro basketball player, but his skills still need major polishing.  Fortunately he’s got plenty of friends to help him out.  Takahashi is getting ready to leave the rehab facility and has a place […]

Dark Horse Penguin Picks: April 2026

Above-the-Board Recommendation: Innocent:  Rouge Omnibus vol. 2 I was legitimately glad to see the first “Innocent:  Rouge” omnibus in these solicitations after the end of the original series.  After reading it, I was successively thrilled, perplexed, and engaged at the further adventures of the Sanson family with Marie now centered as the protagonist, and Charles-Henri […]

H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Out of Time

Professor Nathaniel Peaslee had it all.  A respected teaching position at Miskatonic University, a happy marriage with children, until a fateful Thursday in 1908 when he had a seizure and became… someone else.  It wasn’t until 1913 when he became himself again and started to reckon with the time that he had lost, as well […]

Oshi no Ko vol. 12

Aqua Hoshino has a plan to get revenge upon his dad who caused the death of his mother, Ai.  It’s a movie about her life called “The 15 Year Lie” and it has a script, as well as a good director attached to it.  What it doesn’t have is a distributor, and even if they […]

The Heroic Legend of Arslan vol. 21

After twenty volumes the truth behind Arslan’s parentage comes out.  It likely won’t surprise anyone who’s been reading the series up to this point, but it does prompt a change in the title character.  Now he’s more determined than ever to become the Shah of Pars.  Before he can do that, he’ll need to recover […]

Cat + Crazy vol. 2

High schooler Kensuke Fuji continues his tutelage in the ways of cats under mysterious cat whisperer Jin Nekoya, just in time to solve the mystery of the disappearance of every stray cat in town.  The answer will introduce him to Nekoya’s nemesis and to answer the question of whether it’s better for a cat to […]