Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Mortal Thor vol. 1: No Gods, No Masters On one hand, it’s a little disheartening to see Marvel relaunch an ongoing run with a new #1 as it implies that what was going on before wasn’t quite working and that it really needed a sales boost. On the other, I appreciate that […]
High schooler Kensuke Fuji continues his tutelage in the ways of cats under mysterious cat whisperer Jin Nekoya, just in time to solve the mystery of the disappearance of every stray cat in town. The answer will introduce him to Nekoya’s nemesis and to answer the question of whether it’s better for a cat to […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Escape Another round of solicits, another new Rick Remender-written collection to talk about. This one is notable for a couple reasons, and the fact that it’s a war story featuring talking animals actually isn’t one of them. Milton Shaw is a bomber pilot who gets shot down behind enemy lines just as his […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: JLA Book Three Third in the series of reprints of the “Justice League” series that began with Grant Morrison’s “JLA” run. While I bought that series in collected form as new volumes were released, this collection is a bit different. That’s because it collects the “DC One Million” event miniseries that Morrison co-wrote […]
When Straczynski started writing for Marvel Comics it was a Big Deal. He was a TV guy best known as the creator of “Babylon 5” who had recently broken into comics with the well-liked and best-selling “Midnight Nation” and “Rising Stars.” Since then, he’s done a lot for the publisher with a lot of ups […]
Mob is about to graduate middle school, but he hasn’t decided on the direction he’d like to take in high school. That’s nothing compared to the issues facing Tome Kurata, head of the Telepathy Club. Not only has she made it through middle school without encountering any aliens, but her fellow club members have treated […]
After the Battle of Crait, Kylo Ren would appear to be a man who has it all. He’s defeated his former mentor, put the Resistance on the run, and is now the new Supreme Leader of the First Order. Yet he feels no satisfaction from any of these things. All he can feel is the […]
T’Challa delivered a pretty decisive victory over Khonshu and Ra at the end of the previous volume. Almost decisive enough to take them off the board for good, had it not been for the last-minute intervention of Inan, the Sorcerer Supreme. As thanks to Killmonger for saving her life, she tells T’Challa about the nature […]
“G.I. Joe” #21, “Silent Interlude,” is the one issue from that series everyone remembers. Snake Eyes’ infiltration of Cobra HQ to rescue Scarlett wasn’t just memorable for the fact that it was told entirely without dialogue. It was also incredibly well-executed for pursuing that approach. Regular series writer Larry Hama not only wrote this issue, […]
Okay, so the bit about the zombie horse is a letdown, but as for everything else… That there are random mummified body parts strewn throughout the desert course of this leg of the Steel Ball Run is perhaps the least surprising thing about this volume. Yet it turns out that there are some very powerful […]