Manga and Comic Reviews
A literal first issue as a complete volume, “Fire Power” vol. 1introduced us to Owen Johnson and his quest to improve his martial arts skills and learn about his parents with the inhabitants of the Temple of the Flaming Fist. After a full volume of training, fighting, and fireballs, we got a look at where […]
So it turns out that THIS is the penultimate volume of “Ajin.” Mangaka Gamon Sakurai sure had me fooled with the ending of the previous volume. As it showed Kei getting up and starting the climb out of the sewer to face off against his nemesis one last time, I was ready to expect things […]
With all of the “Star Wars” titles transitioning over to the post-”Empire Strikes Back” period, it’s unsurprising that Marvel has decided to launch a new “Darth Vader” series to go along with them. The movie may not offer as ideal a jumping off point for such a thing as “A New Hope” did, but writer […]
Max Wilding is a scientist who believes that interdimensional travel is possible. He also believes it’s really dangerous, or else he wouldn’t be working in a lab with his fellow scientists on a robot that can travel between them. The good news is that when they finish it and turn it on, all of reality […]
Coates’ previous volume of “Captain America” was something of a mess in terms of its plot and its art. “All Die Young” turns things around a bit as it delivers some straightforwardly satisfying superheroics. Most of these focus on Cap and co.’s efforts to take down one of the Lukins’ inner circle: Mutant soul-sucker Selene, […]
Paul O’Brien over at “The X-Axis” has made it clear that while he likes the overall direction of Jonathan Hickman’s “X-Men,” it stumbles along the way when telling individual stories on a month-to-month basis. I feel that the series is in better shape than that, but when I read this volume of Aaron’s “Avengers,” I […]
Getting new manga from Naoki Urasawa after years of nothing over here should’ve been a reason to celebrate. Except that “Mujirushi” was a flawed attempt at telling a heist story with some nods to other media and politics that fell flat. His short story collection “Sneeze!” was par for the course for these kinds of […]
I don’t want to say that the existence of this series is proof that we’re living in the worst timeline. It’s just that if we were in a better timeline then I’d be writing about the fourth volume of writer John Layman and Afu Chan’s “Outer Darkness” instead of mourning its demise in this one. […]
John and I have gone back and forth at one time or another about the idea of representation in comics. I’m all for seeing diversity in stories regardless of the setup. Which is why you’re reading a review of a new series about female pirates. John isn’t against the idea of diversity at all. He’s […]
These are the penultimate volumes in Bendis’ tenure on the Man of Steel. It wasn’t supposed to play out this way, but after the massive changes at DC parent company AT&T/Time Warner, the writer might just be feeling lucky to still have a job there writing “Justice League.” Still, it has to sting. Especially […]