Manga and Comic Reviews
The titular object is something that was first sighted in WWII with cults, death, and destruction following in its wake. It could house Jesus’ unborn child’s fetus, or just Nazi gold, nobody knows for sure. Especially not the Secret Service. That’s why they’ve made tracking the case down a hazing ritual for new recruits who […]
What’s next for Mob and Reigen after they managed to defeat a branch of the evil organization of psychics known as Claw? Dealing with urban legends, that’s what! They’ve been asked to exorcise some well-known Japanese urban legends around town – the Dog-Faced Man, the Red Raincoat, the Slit-Mouthed Woman – along with another psychic […]
You and your party members have just finished a ten-year journey to defeat the Dark Lord. While you’ve saved the world and become famous for it, what do you do next? If you’re the party’s elven mage, Frieren, then you bid your farewells and get back to doing what you’re really interested in: Learning more […]
Here’s another Shonen Jump title that’s been giving off “Next Big Thing” vibes for a while. It was originally published first on Shonen Jump+, the magazine’s digital edition, and when its print volume hit it quickly became the first one to top one million copies in circulation. The title’s popularity has only grown from there, […]
Things start off with the christening of Brno’s new ship and while he’s making a grand speech about peace between man and dragon, the crew of the Quin Zaza is gorging themselves on the buffet that’s been provided. It’s basically what you’d expect from the series, even if it is nice to see that Mika […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Radiant Black vol. 2: Team-Up The first volume of this series was one of the best surprises I read all year. One of the many disappointments in growing older is that it becomes harder for the things I like to surprise me. This is as true of comics as it is for everything […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Batman: Beyond the White Knight #1 (of 8) “Batman: White Knight” was an interesting “Elseworlds”-style story that sought to interrogate some of the more questionable/problematic aspects of the Bat-mythos before backing off and delivering a conclusion that mostly returned to the status quo. Its follow-up, “Curse of the White Knight” then took a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: We Have Demons #1 (of 3) I don’t think that Dark Horse’s recent acquisition by the Embracer Group is going to change anything for the company in the short term. As for the long term, things will only change if Embracer decides that they don’t want to be in the business of producing […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Defenders: There Are No Rules Al Ewing was doing great work at Marvel long before he blew up with “The Immortal Hulk.” I’ll refer you to his “New Avengers” and “Loki” series if you need convincing. Both series had great writing and clever plotting in addition to a willingness to take odd, random […]
I was genuinely surprised by the first volume of this series. Most of James Tynion IV’s superhero work had come off as by-the-numbers to me and his (and Werther Dell’edera’s) monster hit series “Something is Killing the Children” didn’t feel like it offered me anything new. “The Department of Truth,” however, took a nightmarish look […]