Manga and Comic Reviews
Time to get back to work… How many different versions of Superman’s origin have there been? In my library alone I’ve got copies of John Byrne’s “Man of Steel” reinvention from the 80’s, Mark Waid and Lenil Yu’s maxiseries “Birthright,” and Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s “Secret Origin.” If you’re being generous, you can also […]
From “Transmetropolitan vol. 4: The New Scum:” Prior to his election, Gary “The Smiler” Callahan was shown to be a sociopath who would say and do anything in order to ensure that he became president. It’s worth noting that he eventually got what was coming to him by the end of the series thanks to […]
The first two-volumes-in-one collection of this series remains one of the high points for my comics reading experience this year. Mangaka Kengo Hanazawa found a unique take on the zombie genre by making its protagonist, Hideo Suzuki, a mentally disturbed individual who happens to be one of Japan’s few gun owners. While the first half […]
I’d hoped that this second volume would provide a good setup for more great art from Sean Murphy. As it is, you get the feeling that he gave the first volume his all and was then forced to soldier through this one with the stamina he had left. That’s not to say that there aren’t […]
Sometimes a series is too good to keep down. While sales for the issues collected in the previous volume indicated that would be last we saw of the Dan Slott/Mike Allred run on this title, Marvel decided to give it another go in the wake of “Secret Wars.” This is without a doubt a good […]
The status quo of this series was upended pretty effectively in the previous volume as Emily Cypress’ status as a reviver became public knowledge. Then Emily’s sister Dana gave up just about everything to save her from the military and now the two are on the run in Wausau. They’ve got one goal: To find […]
Honoka Takamiya was just your average male high school student who had the mixed fortune to sit next to Ayaka Kagari, the class idol. While sitting next to someone as tall, good-looking, and cool as she is was great, he also had to deal with unwanted attention from her massive fan club. So imagine Honoka’s […]
When we’re talking about the latest incarnations of “Avengers,” that’s when. After “All-New, All-Different Avengers vol. 2: Family Business” I’m starting to think that having Mark Waid split the team into two groups, with the younger members forming the “Champions” and the older ones going on to form their own Avengers team, may not be […]
“Inhumans vs. X-Men” (“IvX”) hasn’t even shipped its first issue yet and already we know what we’ll be getting after the dust settles on that event. The word is “ResurrXion,” a launch of all-new “X-Men” titles with one eye trained firmly on the past. Why’s that? Well, the titles announced so far are “X-Men: Blue,” […]
This volume introduces us to Ashley Strode, an agent of the B.P.R.D. who specializes in exorcisms. We first meet her as a beginner learning about the practice who then tries to free a child by taking on a demon imprisoned inside a 150-year-old priest. A few years later, Ashley is taking names and kicking demon […]