Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 (of 3) It’s not the second year of “Hellblazer” that the team were planning on doing, but writer Simon Spurrier and artist Aaron Campbell are teaming up again for this Black Label miniseries. The solicitation makes it seem like the concept for this series is pretty straightforward: Harley Quinn, […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V vol. 1: Recursion The “Venom” run by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, and friends was the first time I followed the adventures of Eddie Brock and his symbiote on a regular basis. It was all worth it in the end, too. This is in spite of the […]
What do the students of a magical university in lockdown do to keep themselves occupied? There’s hand-to-hand combat training for one, something that Chise (or at least her left arm) has some experience in. They’ve also got plenty of studying to do, as the curriculum does not stop while everyone’s locked in. Oh, and there’s […]
There are some longtime “Spider-Man” fans who are going to see the title to this volume and feel a chill go up their spine. The 90’s era “Clone Saga” was an infamous storyline that went on for much longer than it should have and turned off a whole lot of fans along the way. This […]
In case you’re wondering, no, Jules Verne did not write a story about an interstellar outpost responsible for helping ships navigate through wormholes at the far-flung reaches of space. His “Lighthouse” was a much more grounded tale about the workers of a lighthouse at the southern end of Argentina who have to deal with a […]
I mentioned last time that vol. 5 presented a compelling argument for re-reading the previous volumes in the series before I read the next one. That was because while “Warchild” was ultimately a great read, it also took me a while to get up to speed with remembering all the members of the supporting cast […]
Denji has survived his encounter with the Bomb Devil and is still dealing with the heartbreak from it when this volume opens. So it’s a good thing that Makima is on hand to offer to take a trip with him, Aki, and Power to Enoshima. At least, that was the plan until news of the […]
Sojourner “Jo” Mullien is kind of unique as far as Green Lanterns go. Not only does she have a special ring that charges on its own without the need of a lantern, but she’s also the Green Lantern of a single place. That place being The City Enduring, a system-spanning superstructure that’s home to three […]
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 […]