Manga and Comic Reviews
Once again, it’s H.A.M.M.E.R. time! After being left to rot in a jail cell following the events of “Siege,” Norman Osborn is subsequently sprung from his imprisonment by a group of loyalists from his organization. Teaming up with Madame Hydra and her terrorist organization, he aims to bring the heroes who took him down to […]
The creators of “Skullkickers” have finally figured out what they need to do in order to get more people to read their series. It’s quite simple, really, as this one little thing has worked wonders for “X-Men” over the years and for “X-Force” and “Avengers” more recently. What is it? It’s quite uncanny and somewhat […]
The majority of comic book movie adaptations over the years can be classified as terrible wastes of space that read like they were put together by whoever had some free time in the office that day. It’s why we don’t see nearly as many these days compared with the 80’s or 90’s. However, I’ve long […]
Two new series and the latest relaunch of an old one written by Brian Michael Bendis debut this month. We get the 0.1 issue of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and two issues each of “Uncanny X-Men” and “Powers: The Bureau.” Naturally I’m interested in all of them, but if I was to bet on which […]
Yes, I realize I’ve backpedaled on my original decision to pass on picking up this hardcover and going back to read my thoughts on the matter doesn’t make it any easier. What changed? Deep Amazon discount aside, a buddy of mine pointed out that the size of the volume made it unlikely that they’d be […]
This month, my feelings towards waiting for the softcover editions of some comics are severely confused. Two of the trade paperbacks offered this month, “Angel & Faith” vol. 3 and “Star Wars: Knight Errant” vol. 3 have price points and page counts of $18/132 pages and $19/120 pages, respectively. Then you also have the first […]
If you read something this year with a more unique premise than this… please let me know. I don’t think you will, but I’d certainly be surprised to see it. This is further proof that the Japanese can make a manga out of even the most unlikely, or even uncommercial, subjects. While it certainly has […]
After 300 issues, “Hellblazer” ends in these solicitations. It’s disappointing news but I suppose the writing was on the wall after its sales dipped below the 10,000 mark. There was a time when DC was considering cancelling the series, after Warren Ellis abruptly exited the title after the company declined to publish the school shooting […]
Having read this, any thought I had of its premise being “perversely intriguing” seems pretty misguided now. It could even be called “quaint” when you consider what DC is currently doing with Judas himself in his ongoing series. Fortunately for the reader, Walt Simonson is a far greater talent than Dan Didio will ever be […]
Arriving almost two years to the date after the first volume, this second one almost singlehandedly makes the case for the “Earth One” line as a series of original graphic novels. It’s hard to imagine the material here being drip-fed to the public over that length of time managing to sustain anyone’s interest for that […]