Manga and Comic Reviews
Things start out on the crazy end of the action scale with the world under threat from a ginormous (yet strangely familiar) energy monster with none other than Major Havoc gearing up to save it. His wife, Empowered, would be joining him in this, except that she is very pregnant with their kid. Doing so […]
War was brewing when we last checked in with this medieval fantasy recasting of the DC Universe. Two of the rulers of the three kingdoms of the land had been murdered and all three of them are now prepared to settle their differences on the field of battle. It’ll be a battle the likes of […]
When we last saw Jerri Bartman she had finally found the former Count Crowley, Rich Barnes. Unfortunately, this happened because Rich had just killed her werewolf and AA buddy Steven simply because he was one of the former. Even worse is that Rich is just as sexist and demeaning to Jerri as his mentor Vincent […]
I was hoping that mangaka Hirohiko Araki would rein himself in after the previous volume felt like it was all over the place in terms of its quality and focus. That doesn’t happen here as it seems that he’s going to try and go bigger and weirder before this Part is over. As “Bohemian Ecstatic” […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Cat + Crazy vol. 1 I wasn’t sure if there was going to be enough of an audience to support a series like mangaka Wataru Nadatani’s “Cat + Gamer” when Dark Horse first published it. The series was, after all, a simple little slice of life series about a gaming focused office lady […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Moonshine Bigfoot #1 (of 4) Sometimes, all it takes is a great title. Moonshine Bigfoot is a Bigfoot who spends his days in 1981 living the dream: Outwitting dumb cops, making fools of his rivals, and always remaining one step ahead of hunters of his kind. He does it all in his tricked-out […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Batman: Detective Comics by Tom Taylor vol. 1 – Mercy of the Father Gotham City is being stalked by a serial killer, which means that it must be a day that ends in a “y.” What sets this one apart from all the others is that they’re killing teens, juvenile delinquents, and young […]
Three looters come across a derelict spaceship in the far future and decide to see what’s inside. They immediately come across a journal from a young student named Kazuma. He was one member of a class that was going on a field trip until their ship was struck by an outside force and damaged beyond […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku If I’m being honest, this collection deserves this spot simply for being a collection of all three “Battle of Jakku” miniseries. Though this was clearly meant to be a twelve-issue maxiseries, Marvel published it weekly as three four-part miniseries: “Insurgency Rising,” “Republic Under Siege,” and “Last Stand.” […]
The Joker is up to his old tricks again, and more of Gotham’s mob bosses are dead as a result. While the Clown Prince of Crime thinks that this will clear the way for him and some of his fellow supervillains to rule Gotham once more, they’re not having it. The likes of Two-Face, the […]