Manga and Comic Reviews
Thor is still persona non grata with the inhabitants of Midgard after he was framed for the death of Dario Agger by the Enchantress and Skurge. Though he was set up, he’s still the honorable type and returns to that realm to help set everything straight with law enforcement. Except things don’t go as planned […]
Rou Shirakawa may have competed in his first hockey game under duress, but it turned out to be an exciting experience that has now got him hooked on the sport. Which is why he heads out with his one-time teammates to see the Oinokami high school team take on their rivals in Sameoh for the […]
Titans vol. 2: The Dark-Winged Queen may be listed as a “vol. 2” but it’s actually the third in writer Tom Taylor’s run following vol. 1 and “Beast World.” That event series is required reading here as not only are the Titans’ status, and Beast Boy’s in particular, addressed following that event, but the entire […]
Congratulations, Flash Family! You’ve just saved all of reality from all of the threats facing it! What’re you going to do now? If you – the reader – guessed that they were going to take a vacation in the Inner-Earth jungle environment that is Skartaris, then give yourself a gold star. Wally West felt that […]
Vol. 1 of “The Nice House on the Lake” was great and had one of the best surprises I’ve read in recent history. Vol. 2 mostly biffed the follow-up by engaging in a soft reset of the events of vol. 1, a dumb subplot about the consequences of playing with firearms, and a failure to […]
Shin’ichi Sakamoto was introduced to American audiences via the handsomely detailed period epic “Innocent” and the striking Bram Stoker reinvention “#DRCL.” Both marked him as an immensely talented artist not just in terms of raw detail, but in visual invention when it came to telling their stories. Such talent does not emerge fully-formed, however, and […]
Lex Luthor is dying. After an experiment involving Kryptonite goes horribly wrong, he finds that his cellular structure is burning itself out and he only has days to live. Which is why he goes to his greatest enemy and asks him to save his life. Which is fortunate for Luthor as Superman has a lot […]
When Asteroid M crashed through the atmosphere and Magneto breathed his last, he released the largest EMP the world had ever seen. It fried nearly every electrical device in the world and in order to save hundreds of millions of lives in the western hemisphere, Nick Fury assembles a team to go to Russia and […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken vol. 8 Initially, the main reason I picked this volume for the top spot was because I was glad it was finally coming out after being delayed and re-solicited in previous solicitations. Then I ran a search through my previous write-ups to find out how many times I […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell HC New York in the future isn’t a very happy place, but Matt Murdock is still doing the best he can to make it livable for its many citizens. Even without his powers. However, when catastrophe strikes the city, leaving many dead or injured, and Murdock with his […]