Manga and Comic Reviews
If anything, I’m surprised it has taken this long for Marvel to do an ongoing series featuring Han Solo. “Ongoing” may be a bit misleading as “Han Solo & Chewbacca” appears to have been retroactively labeled as a miniseries after finishing its ten-issue story. It takes place not too long before the events of “Episode […]
I’ll freely admit that I ordered this graphic novel expecting an enjoyable hatereading experience. I mean, look at that title “Too Dead to Die.” It’s ridiculous on its face and there’s no hint that writer Marc Guggenheim and artist Howard Chaykin weren’t going to play this tongue-in-cheek. Not in the solicitation text for this […]
Satomi Sone made her debut as Radiant Red in the pages of “Radiant Black’s” first arc using her powers to rob banks. She put the title’s protagonist into a coma during one of these robberies and while it would’ve been easy to see her as a villain due to this, the spotlight issue at the […]
Vol. 19 teed up the return of master sniper Reiko to the series, implying that sparks (or at least fists) would start flying between her and Kuroko again. This turns out to be something of a bait-and-switch as Reiko only features minimally into the plot of this volume. Which involves a gathering of the family […]
Vol. 4 left off with a goddamn dragon emerging out of the ruins of the temple of the Flaming Fist, controlled by the long-thought-dead Master Shaw. They head to China and quickly establish their dominance over the country, sending a message to the rest of the world that they’re not to be trifled with. Meanwhile, […]
Trudy and Gabby were working crap service jobs in order to barely afford a terrible apartment that didn’t even have proper heating in winter. Then Gabby gets a letter informing her that her great aunt has died and left the woman a cattle ranch in the middle of nowhere. Feeling like they have nothing to […]
Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world, is dead. His former partner, Friday Fitzhugh, has spent the following week in bed after finding his dead body in their burning clubhouse. She just can’t bring herself to face the world after this… until she hears that Lancelot’s death is being ruled an accident. Friday knows […]
There’s some quality work with the various members of the Hero Association throughout this volume. It starts off with three of the sword guys and one of the mercenaries tracking an escaped monster to a vault that houses one of the Monster Association’s most powerful assets. Things go about as well as you’d expect for […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Legend of Luther Arkwright HC Bryan Talbot is a legend in the comics industry. While he may be best known these days for his “Grandville” series of graphic novels, or his contributions to “The Sandman” and many other titles from the late Vertigo imprint, it was his multiversal sci-fi epic “The Adventures […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Peacemaker Tries Hard! #1 (of 6) Considering what a resounding success the first season of “Peacemaker” was, you’d have thought that DC would’ve pushed more comics out the door featuring the character in its wake. We’ve had, what, a one-shot written by Garth Ennis, a presence on the version of the squad featured […]