Manga and Comic Reviews
DC is making good on their promise to deliver more “Watchmen”-related stories in the DCU with these solicitations. A four-part crossover between “Batman” and “The Flash” called “The Button” has the “World’s Greatest Detective” and the “Fastest Man Alive” teaming up to find out the mystery of the iconic bloodstained smiley-face button and how it […]
Two volumes in and I’m still involved in following the ongoing disintegration of Makoto Okazaki’s life as he adapts to the changes that his newfound vampirism have wrought in “Happiness.” Some of these are good, as Okazaki now has a girlfriend and is currently best buds with his former bully after saving that guy from […]
Didn’t I review the previous volume around a month ago? Well, here’s the next one which follows up on the fallout from “Standoff” while also tying into the events of “Civil War II.” With regards to the former issue, now that Steve Rogers has been de-aged the question becomes whether or not he’ll take back […]
Am I in the mood for a new Image series from writer/artist Kaare Andrews about a vigilante who goes around murdering the most decadent and depraved of the upper class? You better believe it! In this post-Great Recession era (which is also the dawn of the Trump administration), I didn’t have to work hard to […]
Two volumes in and it’s becoming even more clear that the overall quality of this storyline is going to depend on how well writer Ta-Nehisi Coates sticks the landing in the next volume. This second volume does suffer a bit as it’s the middle of the story and nothing is beginning or ending here. Things […]
You know what they say about all good things, right? Technically, the finale to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s run on “Batman” was the conclusion to the “Superheavy” arc in vol. 9. This one just collects their final issue together, some assorted odds and ends relating to the “New 52” era of the title, and […]
It should go without saying that when you’re trying to build up a new villain for your hero to fight, it probably isn’t a good idea to have said hero incidentally take him out with one punch before they have their big showdown. Most series aren’t “One-Punch Man,” however. If there’s one thing linking these […]
Now that I’m no longer expecting this series to chart the course for the Marvel Universe going forward, it makes for a more entertaining read. Stark and his longtime friend James “War Machine” Rhodes are hot on the trail of the biohack ninjas who were following Madame Masque in the previous volume, and that has […]
I don’t have much experience with the title character, who is being properly re-introduced to the “Turtles’” current continuity after a mostly off-panel cameo in vol. 13. Save for fighting him as a boss in “TMNT IV: Turtles in Time” on the SNES. Yet I still felt his introduction here left something to be desired. […]
The first volume of this series offered up some engaging stories that showed why the magazine “Battle” was so well-regarded in Britain while it was published, and why we get so many war comics from Garth Ennis (who has presented both volumes). If you’ve got an interest in either of those things, then go pick […]