Manga and Comic Reviews
After facing down the threat posed by the ESPers of Claw and its immensely powerful leader, you’d think that dealing with a cult would be simple for Mob and company. Except that the Cult of Psychohelmetism is proving to be far more threatening than anyone initially assumed. Springing up around the giant stalk of broccoli […]
I don’t think anyone would doubt that Kevin Eastman has had an interesting life. Co-creator of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” he and co-creator Peter Laird took a fringe black-and-white comic based on the hot trends of the time into the comics mainstream. Then with the animated series and live action movies from the late […]
Captain Benjamin Sisko: You’ve returned from the Great Beyond to captain Starfleet’s most advanced ship with an all-star roster and to avert a Klingon Civil War! What are you going to do now? The answer, as put by Admiral Sato, is “One for Starfleet.” The Tzenkethi are a race whose appearance can best be described […]
After taking care of the Insomniac and helping sweep his fate under the rug for the Continuum, Frankie “Playtime” Follis is now the new queenpin of Redport. Working with partner-in-crime (and love) Scalpel and new henchman Backdrop, she’s turning what used to be the worst slum in Twilight City into a place its residents can […]
He may have come out on top during a four-way ninja battle in an apartment complex, but now Kuro Kumogakure faces his greatest challenge: Infiltrating a high school. This is crucial because his bosses in the National Organization of Ninjas believe it has some connection to their rival organization Under Ninja. Why they’ve picked Kuro […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: What’s the Furthest Place From Here? Vol. 4 After three volumes it’s time to answer the biggest mystery of this series: Why weren’t issues #7-9 collected after vol. 1? If the solicitation for this volume is any indication, it’s because these were side-stories illustrated by people other than regular artist Tyler Boss. Now, […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Groo: Minstrel Melodies I’ve made no secret that I think the last few volumes of “Groo” haven’t found this series at its best. More overtly preachy, less funny, lacking the fun of the old done-in-one stories of the original Epic run, or even the twelve-issue “Friends & Foes” series. Well, good news everyone! […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Gotham City: Year One I guess I feel obligated to pick the softcover edition of this story as I just ordered the hardcover from Amazon in a “Get 3 For the Price of 2” deal. (What were the others? “Batman: Hush” in paperback and “Superman vol. 1: Supercorp” in hardcover. All of these […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman vol. 2: The Paper Yeah, this feels too easy. There’s some other stuff I was considering for this spot – first volumes of relaunched X-titles, the climax of Ewing’s “Venom” – but when it came down to it, this is the one I wanted to read the most. […]
The Feng-Shui duel between F.F. and Drake’s Dream wraps up in the opening chapters of this volume, and not a moment too soon. This allows the narrative to move on to weirder fights that actually promise to drive the story forward. Such as an infection that starts sweeping through the Disciplinary Wing and turning everyone […]