Manga and Comic Reviews
“Hellfire Gala ‘22” took place between this volume and the last, but it’s not necessary reading to enjoy what’s here. “Judgment Day” may be more appropriate since the first two issues tie in harmlessly to that event. They won’t add anything to your enjoyment of that event; though, it’s still nice to see the team […]
Nina Ryan was a hired killer who murdered over 150 people for the Boisseau Cartel before she was caught by the authorities. She would’ve been put to death, except things are a little different in this near-future world. Neurological examination revealed lesions on her brain that, when removed, took away her homicidal impulses. This didn’t […]
“Valentine Radio” week approaches at MRS. It’s an event where the station and its personalities guest on each others’ shows and do the same with those on a few affiliated stations. Minare is going to be part of this as well, so she’s going to have to prepare! Which means doing a show with a […]
I expressed a certain amount of skepticism towards the need for this title’s existence when it was first announced. Sure, I liked Jason Aaron’s run on “Avengers,” but was it good enough to warrant a second ongoing series as well? The answer from a publication standpoint is “Yes” as this title is crossing over with […]
The Avengers have to go back in time… to save the future! That’s the thrust of this volume as Mephisto begins his assault on the timestream to wipe out the one thing which stands in his way of multiversal domination: The Avengers of One Million B.C. So the Avengers of the Present Day have to […]
Temerity “Merit” Aster and her Delving partner Clem spent a year in the dungeon underneath the former’s hometown of Oddgoat. They both survived the experience, but emerged to find that the town is now more of a city, complete with an infrastructure to process and facilitate everything related to exploring the dungeon. It’s not really […]
Sometimes great talents emerge fully-formed from the start. Most times it takes them a little while to show what they’re really capable of. In Tatsuki Fujimoto’s case, the latter is what’s true here. Republished in the wake of his monstrous success with “Chainsaw Man,” these early stories show an artist who’s still trying to find […]
Joy Corrigan is an EN.VOI. That means she’s the top enforcer to the leader of a Trust, the giant city-states that make up the world of the future. Kathryn Menteuse leads the Jonado Trust and the bond between her and her EN.VOI is strong. Until one day when Joy becomes compromised. Now everyone she thought […]
In the first volume (which I could have sworn that I reviewed a while back), writer Henry Henry stole a manuscript from his mentor, polished it up, and had it published as the novel “Terror Forming.” It wound up making him the chosen storyteller in the eyes of those who inhabit the Fearscape, where human […]
When women get old in this particular world, they don’t get to be taken care of by their families or sent to retirement homes. No, they get sent to The Island where they have to fight all of the other old ladies just to survive the next day. That’s what has happened to Jay, though […]