Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol. 4: Dark Web I was glib about the collection for this event in the previous round of solicitations, but it’s good to see that it’s only following the hardcover collection of the whole shebang by a month. That’s because this current run of “Amazing” has been quite […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Empowered vol. 12 Seeing this in these solicitations came as a pleasant surprise rather than a “GODDAMN, FINALLY!” given the *goes to bookshelf to check* more than three years that have passed since the previous volume came out. That’s mainly down to the fact that vol. 11 didn’t leave off on a cliffhanger […]
The college is still in lockdown when the volume opens, but Chise and the other students are still finding ways to make the best of their lot. Whether it’s finishing off the tour of haunted places from the previous volume, sampling the horticultural offerings of the grounds, making charms for others, or just being tormented… […]
“Superman-Level Service at Bizzaro Prices” is what’s promised by the Heroz4U app. Do you need some super-security at your next corporate meeting? Do you need someone with a little extra to sign autographs at your local convention? Or do you just want a hero to show up and wish you a happy birthday? Then this […]
Not to be confused with the previous “X-Men: Red” series, which was an 11-issue run written by Tom Taylor from the team’s color-coded era a few years back. This “X-Men: Red” series is about Planet Arakko, or The Planet Formerly Known as Mars in the Marvel Universe and the difficulty its new regent, Storm, faces […]
The previous volume showed us that this new “Venom” series is actually going to be two different stories in one title. You’ve got Dylan and the Venom symbiote’s adventures in the present day written by Ram V, and Eddie Brock’s adventures through the timestream from Al Ewing. It’s not a bad approach as both stories […]
It looks like the adventures of Andragoras and Tahemany have been consigned to the backburner as far as the narrative for this series is concerned. What does mangaka Hiromu Arakawa offer up her as their replacement? Pirates! This threat comes upon the coastal city of Gilan after Arslan and company arrive there hoping to hit […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Oh My Goddess! Omnibus vol. 7 This series had the distinction of being Dark Horse’s longest-published manga series up until October 2017 when the sixth omnibus came out. When no subsequent omnibus was solicited in the months afterward, I had assumed that the fanbase for Kosuke Fujishima’s “Oh My Goddess!” had well and […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing You’d think that getting the now A-List writer of “Immortal Hulk” and a hot rising star artist to tackle Marvel’s premier cosmic team would’ve a lengthy run for this incarnation of their series. Despite writer Al Ewing and artist Juann Cabal’s (and friends’) best efforts, the […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Night Fever HC On one hand, it’s a new OGN from the team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. On the other, it’s the story of a man on a business trip to Europe who finds himself being guided into the hidden world of the night. A place, we’re told, that is “without […]