Manga and Comic Reviews
Had I engaged in a bit more planning and/or patience, I’d have talked about this volume when I did the podcast for the series. In the end, I was left hoping that the stories collected here would offer some additional insight into the ending we got with vol. 11. That’s not the case here. Vol. […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Flash #800 It’s a big ol’ anniversary issue that marks the end of one run, by writer Jeremy Adams, with the start of another, by writer Simon Spurrier. This is going to be the first time I’ve started reading a run of “The Flash,” despite its history of being written by luminaries […]
It may look like a random miniseries commissioned to promote the character’s upcoming movie, but “Ant-iversary” is actually here to celebrate the character’s 60th year of existence. Which is why we have four generations of Ant-Men tackling their own troubles while also getting ensnared in a cross-time caper. So gasp in amazement as Hank Pym’s […]
I thought that we had seen the last of the title character in “Fight or Flight,” but it turns out you can’t keep a good assassin down for long. We find out in short order that the Killer, going by “Denis” now, is now working for the French government – the Department of Surveillance, specifically. […]
It’s not that I had a bad time at last year’s WonderCon. It’s just that the highlight of my time there was hanging out with my friends well into the evening after I was done attending panels. The panels themselves were a deeply mixed bag with highs like “Law of Peacemaker” and lows such as […]
The last time we caught up with the crew of the Quin Zaza, Vannie had run away to take part in the civil war in her homeland while a good chunk of the crew followed after her. That storyline is wrapped up halfway through vol. 12 with the same level of quality that you’d expect […]
The Jonathan Hickman era of “X-Men” started out with a bang but ended with a whimper. It’s a cliche way of putting things, yet one that’s wholly appropriate for how things wound up As someone who has been following the adventures of Marvels Merry Mutants for a few decades now, I’m no stranger to disappointment […]
The good news is that creator Stan Sakai isn’t trying to retcon any more backstory into Usagi’s early years with this volume. It’s all about introducing the title character’s cousin, Yukichi, to some familiar adventures with familiar friends here. Starting off with Kitsune and Keiko who have managed to steal a ledger from a local […]
The most compelling moral quandary this series has presented to us is making the architects of its dystopia, the Carlyle Family, the ostensible “good guys” in the story. We’ve seen how other families, Vassalovka and especially Hock, have resorted to underhanded means to keep their people in line. Carlyle is doing the same with a […]
Asa, with a little help from Keiichi, managed to avert a kaiju attack on the Japanese coast in the previous volume, saving countless lives, averting lots of property damage, and allowing the ‘64 Olympics in Tokyo to start without a hitch. Vol. 6 doesn’t continue that momentum as Asa and Kasuga are placed on standby […]