Manga and Comic Reviews
Longtime readers will know that I’m very passionate about this series. I’d rather not get into a discussion about how it compares to the likes of “Blade of the Immortal,” “20th Century Boys,” or “The Walking Dead,” but a lot of that passion comes from two things. One, it’s hands-down the best science-fiction comic being […]
Despite being a big fan of the original “Hellsing” anime I didn’t get around to actually buying the manga when Dark Horse released it over here. That’s because I was borrowing it from a friend of mine and he stopped buying it when it started going off the rails in vol. 6. Still, there’s no […]
A while back, Matt Fraction wrote some great Thor stories that were collected as “Ages of Thunder.” I don’t know my Norse mythology as well as I should, but you got the feeling that he was trying to tell stories about the character that tied in more strongly with his mythological origins than his Marvel […]
Given Asgard’s primary role in this crossover, it should come as no surprise that the events of the tie-in issues from “Thor” are more relevant than you’d expect from such things. In fact, you could argue that a lot of this stuff should’ve been in the crossover proper. Heimdall’s “absence” in the beginning of the […]
I think it’s a good thing that you can randomly pick out a title from Greg Rucka’s comics and find a well-written and developed female lead or supporting character. The thing is that as he has been doing it for so long (“Whiteout,” “Queen & Country,” “Batman/Gotham Central,” “Batwoman,” do I need to keep going?) […]
I was looking forward to this (putting aside the fact that I look forward to all new Vertical titles these days) because the general description of it was along the lines of “schoolgirls vs. zombies.” Think “Highschool of the Dead” for readers of a different kind of maturity, and the description on the back which […]
We get a lot of answers in this volume, and they all come from the (arguably long overdue) exploration of Fukube’s character. Where Kenji and his friends were the most admired and talked-about kids in their class, Fukube wasn’t so much an outcast as someone who looked down upon their wild imaginations as much as […]
Much as it pains me to say that something by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev is “deeply skippable,” that’s what best describes this collection. Picking up in the wreckage of the title character’s life post-”Secret Invasion,” she’s offered a deal by Agent Brand of S.W.O.R.D. that’s equal parts “fresh start” and “revenge.” This deal […]
This volume isn’t an essential read by any means, but it’s still a fun story — assuming you can get past one glaring flaw in logic. It kicks off in the wake of “Second Coming” as Rogue finds herself chaperoning Paras, Loa, and Anole to Mumbai after Paras receives a letter from his powerful lawyer […]
Was all that setup worth it? Kinda. The biggest problem with this arc is that you really could’ve squeezed it down into five or six issues and only missed some of the “flavor” that Matt Fraction brings to Tony Stark’s adventures. Throughout most of this volume I felt that he was trying to depart from […]