Manga and Comic Reviews
Stories where the future has gone to hell for mutants, or where changes to the past have made for a wretched present day are a recurring trend in the “X-Men” universe. You’ve got classics like “Days of Future Past” that started the whole trend, and the “Age of Apocalypse” which provided the franchise with one […]
No, it doesn’t redeem the series. In fact, this concluding volume is disappointing in a different way than its predecessors. Where the second and third volumes squandered the momentum from the first by proceeding at an abysmally slow pace and dwelling on plot points that should’ve been foregone conclusions, this concluding one actually picks up […]
Oh. So THAT’S what Robert Kirkman was talking about when he mentioned the “Carl Thing” that was going to be reprinted in this volume. He mentioned this at a con a few months back and (thankfully) didn’t go into it because the majority of the audience were trade-waiters like me. Anyway, the moment itself is […]
When the post-”Blackest Night” initiative at DC was given the name “Brightest Day,” a buddy of mine remarked, “You know, now they’re going to do a crossover for every verse of the Green Lantern oath.” To which I replied, “SHHHHHHH! Don’t give them ideas!” Fortunately writers Geoff “Green Lantern” Johns, Tony “Green Lantern Corps.” Bedard, […]
For those of you who haven’t heard, Mavel will be cancelling “Uncanny X-Men” with issue #544 in November. It will be relaunched with a new #1 issue two weeks later along with another series “Wolverine and the X-Men” spinning out of the events of the upcoming “Schism” event. “Uncanny” will continue to be written by […]
I haven’t said anything about the “DC 52” relaunch mainly because I’ve been busy absorbing what everyone else has been saying about it. Personally, I think that re-starting EVERYTHING with a new #1 issue is a bit of genius. This should mean that all 52 issues are a perfect jumping on point for anyone with […]
Originally, vol. 12 of “The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service” was supposed to come out back on June 8, according to Amazon. Then I got a notice stating that it was going to be delayed until July 14. Delays like that aren’t uncommon, so I took it in stride. Earlier this week, I got another notice […]
Mutant plague! That’s the hook for this volume as the inhabitants of Utopia find themselves waylaid by a strange and extremely savage flu virus. While the idea of normal diseases evolving to take on mutants would make for an interesting, if esoteric, story, it’s actually part of Lobe’s master plan for the Sublime Corporation. You […]
Speaking of series that are keeping their momentum going, vol. 6 picks up on the capture of the Plutonian by the alien Vespa without missing a beat. Though the crazed superhero’s forced departure from Earth would seem to spell the end of everyone’s troubles, it soon becomes apparent that the devil they know has been […]
The stakes were raised for Claire and her companions at the end of the previous volume. With the advent of a god-sized Yoma, I was a bit concerned that mangaka Norihiro Yagi had raised the stakes too high and left nowhere for the story to go without some deus-ex-machina intervention. I should’ve had more faith […]