Manga and Comic Reviews
In case you hadn’t heard, Alex “Havok” Summers is no longer a villain. The former X-Factor and Uncanny Avengers team leader got his moral compass flipped around during the “Axis” event and has been a villain ever since. It wasn’t until vol. 4 of “X-Men: Blue” that his personality was restored and now he’s back […]
When I reviewed the final volume of “X-Men: Blue” I wrote that I felt confident in saying that it was the better of the two flagship “X-Men” color titles. I also wrote that I didn’t think this last volume of “X-Men: Gold” was going to be good enough to change my opinion. After finally reading […]
Just to reiterate, I was disappointed when I found out that “All-New Wolverine” would be ending and that Laura Kinney would be assuming the name of X-23 again. Though that was an inevitable backwards step for the character, what with Logan making his [insert adjective of choice here] awaited return, this new “X-23” series feels […]
That I’m writing up this volume by itself shouldn’t be taken as a sign that there’s anything wrong with latest volume of Kaguya-sama. In fact, the latest volume of that series is up to its usual standard with quality gags involving Kaguya putting herself on trial (in her own mind) and Kaguya and Shirogane confessing […]
While I enjoyed Jason Aaron’s run on this title well enough, it was missing the sense of purpose that Kieron Gillen has brought to his. Aaron told several mostly entertaining stories that stood on their own with little interconnectedness. Gillen’s previous two volumes told their own stories as well, but also communicated a larger picture […]
Way back when I reviewed the first volume of this series I said that we’d likely have to wait until vol. 2 to find out if it had more to offer than quality references (to Grant Morrison’s signature run), weirdness, and great art. The answer to that is no, except it doesn’t turn out to […]
Here’s another title from Donny Cates’ pre-fame days. Not only does it fall into the same “Cancelled Early by Dark Horse” category that “The Paybacks” found itself in, but it’s also an early showcase for the talents of “Extremity’s” Daniel Warren Johnson. It’s got a great setup too: After establishing that the Ghost Fleet is […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Usagi Yojimbo vol. 33: The Hidden Though this is numbered as a proper volume of the series, it was originally released as a seven-issue miniseries. While the official reason for this was never mentioned, my gut feeling is that age is finally catching up with creator Stan Sakai and future “Usagi” releases will […]
Much of the focus of this volume’s first half is on Karluk as he goes off to live with Amir’s brother Azel and his friends on the plains for a while. Why’s he doing this? Well, any twelve-year-old boy with a twenty-year-old wife is bound to feel some insecurity about his masculinity. Now he’s learning […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: War of the Realms #’s 1 & 2 (of 6): I’d say that Marvel’s big event series of the year has arrived, but the way they’re running things these days you can bet it’s just the first of them. The odds are even that they’ll launch the next one before this wraps […]