Comic Picks by the Glick

Manga and Comic Reviews

Hulk by Cates and Ottley vol. 1: SMASHTRONAUT!

You’d think it’d be enough trying to follow up one era-defining Marvel run, while also managing multiple creator-owned titles, for Donny Cates.  As you can see here, it’s not.  After following up Jason Aaron’s legendary run on “Thor,” he’s now taking up the reins on “Hulk” from Al Ewing.  (Who, coincidentally along with Ram V, […]

Orphan and the Five Beasts vol. 1

There is rot in the valley.  First it came from the Bandit King, whose reign of terror cowed the hearts of many, save five who sought the power to defeat him.  Power that came from the martial arts teachings of a lone master who taught them aspects of his art under the condition that they […]

Ghost Cage

The Ohm Corporation controls all the power in the future and they’ve just come under attack.  It’s holo-A.I. CEO Mr. Karloff has unleashed Sam, a superpowered combat robot, into Ohm Tower to fight his way through the possessed threats representing various forms of energy at each level.  He won’t be doing this alone, however, as […]

Eternals vol. 2: Hail Thanos

Under what conditions could the Eternals be made to utter the dread words of this volume’s subtitle?  Perhaps if the Mad Titan became the new Prime Eternal in order to repair his body and destroy the Earth.  That’s a bad idea even by Druig’s standards, regardless if he thinks he has the means to control […]

Grip of the Kombinant

It is the future and there are robots!  Also:  Cyborgs, aliens, a maggot-person, and a whole lot of regular dumb-ass humans all caught up in a ridiculous nightmare of way-past-late-stage capitalism.  This is seen through the constant conflicts between dueling cosmic megacorporations P.U.K. and X.I.T. to reach maximum profitability while not missing a chance to […]

King Conan by Aaron & Asrar

They gave us Conan’s first solo epic in his Second Age at Marvel, and now Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar have reunited to give us his last.  With the rights to the character leaving the company again, Marvel has decided to give the character a proper send off by showing us Conan  in his days […]