Manga and Comic Reviews
Forget the previous “Batman” series to bear this title. This time around “All-Star” is the victory lap for Scott Snyder after he, along with Greg Capullo, delivered some of the best “Batman” stories in recent memory with their run on the “New 52” incarnation of the title. While that series worked because it managed to […]
He’s one of the best and most prolific writers of superhero comics, but not everything he puts out is a home run. Take Champions vol. 1: Change the World as an example. Subsequent to the events of “Civil War II” along with a general disappointment at how adult superheroes tackle their job, Kamala “Ms. Marvel” […]
While the release schedule for DC’s once-celebrated Vertigo imprint continue to thin out with each passing month, it’s still in better shape than Marvel’s was-almost-kinda-sorta-a-contender creator-owned imprint Icon. It launched with the first issue of the second volume of “Powers” by Bendis and Oeming and in that moment it looked like the imprint could be […]
Vol. 2 of this series carries on in much the same way as vol. 1 did. There’s plenty of over-the-top thrills on tap here, but not a whole lot of depth to go along with them. The first two-thirds of vol. 2 are dedicated to wrapping up the “Murder Party” arc from the previous volume […]
One of the titles in this month’s round of solicitations either represents a welcome second chance for a series or evidence that Dark Horse needs to re-think the way they promote original titles without a built-in audience. The Once and Future Queen is a modern-day female-centric spin on the Arthurian Legend from writers Adam Knave […]
“Marvel Legacy.” This is the plan that’s going to return the company to creative and commercial dominance in the industry? Based on all of the teasers for the initiative Marvel released last Friday, their plan does not inspire confidence. While some of the plot points teased have promise — just what is Spider-Man going to […]
While I haven’t been actively looking for info on DC’s latest event “Dark Nights,” it’s hard to miss the articles about it which begin with the exclamation that the DCU will be invaded by seven evil alternate-universe Batmen this summer. Honestly, I think it’s a solid setup for the event. If our “good” Batman can […]
I went into this volume with high hopes. While that may sound somewhat delusional given Dark Horse’s, how should I put it, decidedly uneven track record when it comes to “Evangelion” manga there’s actually a reason for it. The “Evangelion Comic Tribute” anthology stands as one of the company’s better publications regarding this legendary anime […]
This latest volume takes the story in two different directions and timelines, which ultimately converge in the end. With the present-day scenes the focus is on the Carlyle-aligned families assault on Western Europe. In the past, we see what happened to Forever after she was brought back from her successful but costly battle in Duluth. […]
I’m going to start things off with a plea for you, the reader (and, say, 3,000 of your closest friends) to go pick up this volume if you haven’t already. Why? Well it turns out that it’s been selling just well enough for its writer, Alex De Campi, to make exactly nothing from its publication. […]