Manga and Comic Reviews
The Captain vs. Black Adam! It’s what was promised at the end of the previous volume, and it’s what we get here… After some shenanigans involving the interstellar regulatory T-Rexes, and his foster family’s new house. The latter of which hinges on the sale of the old one, which surely won’t be demolished when the […]
Remember how Arthur, Quincey, and Joe were all at the mercy of a monstrous version of Lucy at the end of vol. 3? Well, forget about all that. None of them are in this volume. This time we’re focusing on young Jonathan Harker as he travels through the Transylvanian countryside as a favor to the […]
Now Thor is not only the God of Thunder, but also the God of Being Wanted for Murder. While we know what really happened,the optics are now that he’s persona non grata on Midgard right now. Which is fine because he’s got some godly, family business to take care of first. Tyr, the Norse God […]
If, however you manage it, you’re able to read and enjoy vol. 1, is what follows worth it? From a page count to price perspective, definitely. Not enough to make up for the gross imbalance of the previous volume, but six issues and 137 pages for $20 isn’t bad (for this day and age). Is […]
Cover Price: $29.99 Amazon Discount: $20.49 After the Buy 2 Get 1 Free Discount: $14.33 Regular readers will know that this is something I’ve been wanting to read for a while. After all, it’s Al Ewing taking on the God of Thunder, and he’s even invoking the “Immortal” moniker that finally turned him into a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Dur-An-Ki I had completely forgotten that this was coming before I saw it in the solicitations. Kentaro Miura didn’t do much in his career that wasn’t “Berserk” – he did the art for the Buronson-written “Japan” and “King of Wolves” and did the one-volume “Giganto Maxia.” He also wrote this short series where […]
Life continues on as usual for Shiro and Kenji for most of this volume. Their favorite bakery is closing as its owner moves to a new location, so they’re going to have to find a new source for freshly baked bread. A new supermarket opens up in their area, giving Shiro another option in his […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Ultimate Wolverine vol. 1: The Winter Soldier The original Ultimate Universe’s use of its version of Wolverine was surprisingly restrained, all things considered. He was part of the main cast of “Ultimate X-Men,” of course, and only ventured outside the confines of that title for the occasional event series, and one crossover with […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Sandman Mystery Theatre Compendium 2 The first one came out back in May 2023, so this has been a while coming. Fortunately everyone’s patience is going to be rewarded as this means the entire series will finally be available in collected editions decades after it was originally published. Also, over a decade since […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Knives: A Criminal Book HC In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a “Criminal” series premiering on Amazon Prime later this year. So getting a new volume of the Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ crime series that inspired it makes perfect sense from a synergy perspective. Less so if you think that its […]