Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 — Family Ties While there’s never a round of these solicitations that doesn’t feature the Mignolaverse in some way, one part of it has been feeling neglected as of late. That would be the “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.” series-of-miniseries that creator Mike Mignola has been doing with writer […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Far Sector I’ve heard nothing but good things about this maxi-series from writer N.K. Jemisen and artist Jamal Campbell over the course of its serialization. Which was not only extended by the pandemic, but its shift to a bi-monthly schedule partway through its release. The wait should be worth it, though, as this […]
Get this: Saitama actually plays a significant role in the volume’s first half. That’s all about the final throw-down between Child Emperor in his Brave Giant mech against the supercharged Phoenix Man. While there’s some quality spectacle to this fight, the important parts take place in “Phoenix Space” as the monster tries to convince the […]
The current “Justice League” title stopped being central to the DCU at the end of Scott Snyder’s run. Surprisingly, DC didn’t cancel and restart the series with a new #1 once new ongoing writer Bendis took over. Instead, they had a number of creators try their hands at telling stories involving the League. One of […]
The previous volume ended with one of its characters taking a brick to the head during a parade. Fortunately for the character in question, Shirley is made of stronger stuff. Literally and figuratively. Yet she’s still uneasy about her friend Lori’s rise through the ranks at Everything and starting to display some doubts about store […]
They say the course of true love never runs smooth. Which is likely why the relationships showcased in this volume are certainly doomed, because they’re both going really well. Amateur BDSM enthusiasts Alan and Ally are having the time of their lives as they explore their respective fetishes in the most adorkable fashion. Even when […]
A funny thing happened after I got the five volumes I’m going to write about here. I got another shipment of manga from the Right Stuf. Which means that my backlog of manga to write about has only become that much larger. Rather than wait until one of these series has accumulated enough volumes to […]
Vol. 1 was pretty much everything that I’d hoped a Simon Spurrier-written version of “Hellblazer” would be. Macabre horror, stories with clever twists, and John Constantine being the one bastard who could always be counted on to come out on top. For better and for worse. I was excited to see what the writer had […]
Eddie Brock did the right thing at the end of the previous volume and told the Avengers about the impending threat of Knull. While they (specifically Iron Man) weren’t happy about it, Eddie’s actions gave them time to figure out a gameplan and for him to take Dylan to someone who can tell them what’s […]
There’s a moment early in this volume that serves as a litmus test as to whether this volume (and really, the series overall) is for you. Newly-promoted cabal head Sen. Connie Lipshitz is taking ideas from her fellow senators about initiatives to make life better for everyone in the U.S.A. One senator talks about a […]