Manga and Comic Reviews
The previous volume ended with the resurrection of Kate Pryde and her determination to make Sebastian Shaw pay for killing her in the first place. She may have had to put that on the back burner for a bit — what with the interdimensional competition for the fate of Krakoa and Earth that went on […]
I didn’t think much of Pak’s first volume about the Dark Lord’s post-”Empire Strikes Back” adventure. Do you know who else didn’t think much of it? Emperor Palpatine, that’s who. Disgusted at his apprentice’s failings, the Emperor uses his mastery of the Force to show him once again who is boss. Then he leaves a […]
…was the name given to the 90’s era initiative that saw Marvel hand over some of its most prominent heroes — the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Iron Man, and the rest of the Avengers — over to Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, and their studios to remake in their image (or Image, if you will). The […]
While I liked the past four volumes that told the story of Baron Muster and his influence on Erica, they still felt like a diversion from why I’m reading this series. Which would be to find out Alita’s backstory from when she was known as Yoko on Mars. Mangaka Yukito Kishiro does take some steps […]
The last series John Arcudi wrote at Image was “Rumble.” It was a story about a monster-fighting barbarian whose soul was imprisoned and then thrust into a scarecrow body to continue the fight against them in the present day. The series ran for 32 issues over two series, and I was honestly surprised it came […]
The great thing about the Greek Gods is that their personalities are well-defined yet malleable enough that you can put them into any kind of story in any genre. Which is how we’re getting the romantic comedy version of the story of Hades and Persephone in “Punderworld” by Linda Sejic (wife of Stjepan, incase you […]
Well, that was quick. Not only is this Hickman’s third proper volume of “X-Men,” but it’s also his last. The writer had a big three-act plan for the franchise and he decided to walk away after the majority of the creators on the other X-titles decided to stay in the first act. There doesn’t appear […]
The main goal of the characters in this series has been to find the tattooed skin of many convicts that, when combined, will lead to a massive treasure trove of gold. After twenty-two volumes, we’re told that there are only four skins left to find with one of them being a notorious river pirate and […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Sir Edward Grey: Acheron I imagine that a lot of people are excited for this one-shot as it represents the first full comic that Mike Mignola will be illustrating after he finished “Hellboy in Hell” five years ago. What interests me more than that is that this is the first Mignolaverse comic to […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: One-Star Squadron #1 (of 6) Mark Russell is a writer who has done a lot of work at DC over the years on titles like “The Flintstones,” “The Snagglepuss Chronicles,” and “The Wonder Twins,” where he takes these old characters and uses them to tell modern satire. He’s since branched out to doing […]