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A Bride’s Story vol. 8

The fact that the previous volume of this series happened to be a disappointing read was bad enough.  It stung even more when you consider that new volumes of “A Bride’s Story” only come out on an annual basis.  So I’ve basically spent most of the last ten months worrying that this great series had […]

Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vol. 1

Yes, I’m just as surprised as you that we’re only getting this now as opposed the Turtles’ heyday in the 90’s.  That may be a good thing.  Can you imagine how this crossover would’ve read during that era where it was style at the expense of all substance?  With veteran Bat-writer (and creator of BOOM!’s […]

Spider-Man: Miles Morales vol. 1

As uneven as Bendis’ output has been recently, it’s still nice to know that he can still write a good “Spider-Man” story.  Mostly.  With the Ultimate Universe having come to an end with “Secret Wars,” Miles Morales is now part of the Marvel Universe proper.  He’s still attending Brooklyn Visions Academy and trying to find […]

Criminal vol. 7: Wrong Time, Wrong Place

I’m not done with Brubaker yet this week.  To be honest, after the writer decamped to Image along with Sean Phillips to do “Fatale” and their subsequent creator-owned titles, I didn’t think we’d ever see another volume of “Criminal.”  It had a very good six-volume run over at Marvel, but no ongoing storyline that needed […]

Goodnight Punpun vol. 3

It isn’t that this series has suddenly become dull in its examination of the ongoing misery of the title character’s life as he transitions into high school.  There’s too much disturbing stuff on display for that to happen.  Such as when we witness the loss of his virginity in a way that’s almost as uncomfortable […]

Batgirl vol. 3: Mindfields

I hope everyone enjoyed Batgirl’s time in Burnside because it ends with this volume.  It was a fun detour and while the stories from writers Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher, along with Babs Tarr’s art (along with many other talented artists) didn’t prove to be as revolutionary as their buzz would indicate, they still put […]

Batman vol. 9: Bloom

For all intents and purposes this is the grand finale to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s run on “Batman.”  Yes, there’s still another volume with their names on it arriving in december, but in addition to collecting their final issue together it’s also called “Epilogue.”  Which kind of hits the nail on the head.  “Bloom” […]

Image Previews Picks: December 2016

I mentioned Joe Keatinge and Leila Del Luca’s “Shutter” for possibly the first time in these solicitations a few months back.  That’s because the final arc for their series was being hyped by advertising that the collection of the final issues wouldn’t be arriving for quite some time afterward.  No word on if that has […]

Inuyashiki vol. 4

If nothing else, at least mangaka Hiroya Oku finishes off the low-rent crime/revenge story he started off in the previous volume quickly here.  Just one chapter and it’s behind us.  What follows is certainly an improvement as we get back to having the story be about the different approaches the aged Inuyashiki and the teen […]