Manga and Comic Reviews
The Nanyang Alliance is about to get everything they’ve ever wanted following the death of their leader, Sojo Levan Fu. At least, that’s what the majority of them think as they continue to charge the Solar Ray under Karla’s orders, unaware that she’s the one who murdered him. What they don’t realize is that she […]
Proving to be the British comics anthology revival that could, “Battle Action” has reached its third volume of strips featuring characters from the title’s original run. While Garth Ennis wrote the entirety of the first volume, the second saw new creators, and one great old one, tackle these strips to mostly good results. That trend […]
Christmastime at the Parker Household was going really well. Right up until it was revealed that Peter’s suit had been masquerading as him, while the man himself and Harry Osborn had been captured by Kraven the Hunter. Now the two are being set loose in the Savage Land for the Hunter’s amusement in what will […]
Their animated series may have reached its end, but the adventures of the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos continue (before the end of said series). And what better way to do that with their investigation of a Federation ghost ship that has returned from an area of space encountered by the original Enterprise on one […]
By the time the first Ultimate Universe got around to doing an “Ultimate Wolverine” miniseries, the character was already dead and it focused on his son Jimmy Hudson. I, and a lot of other people, didn’t bother with it because who the hell cares about Jimmy Hudson? Marvel isn’t making that mistake this time around […]
While Kentaro Miura’s masterwork “Berserk” is the series that he’s best known for, it’s not the only manga he was responsible for in his lifetime. He previously collaborated with writer Buronson on “King of Wolves” and “Japan” while also delivering the one-volume “Giganto Maxia” late in his career. The man had ideas for many more […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: John Constantine: Hellblazer by Paul Jenkins & Sean Phillips Omnibus HC While runs before (Delano & Ennis) and after (Ellis & Azzarello) it were collected first, this one didn’t get that treatment for a good long while. I don’t know exactly why that was, but it didn’t deserve that neglect. Jenkins took the […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Farmhand vol. 5: The End It’ll have been three years since the previous volume was released by the time this one is scheduled to arrive. That’s a long time to be waiting for anything, but after how good vol. 4 was I’m just glad we’re getting this at all. While creator Rob Guillory’s […]
Last time, the series took a volume-length detour to follow (really) young Jonathan Harker’s trip through the Transylvanian countryside to meet with Count Dracula on behalf of the Whitby School. What he found there was the cutest and fluffiest version of the Count yet put to page. Vol. 5 picks up from the end of […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly Billed as vol. 10 in Dark Horse’s series of comics based on “The Witcher” games – vol. 3 of the omnibus collecting the previous ones is also solicited here – it’s also the first one I’m planning to buy. Not because these have a bad reputation […]