Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s not-quite-a-maxiseries (it’s only eight issues) gets a collection. It’s about how Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El is looking for some purpose in her life when she encounters a young alien girl. Heartbroken and vengeful towards the forces that destroyed her world, she’s looking for some […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: X-Cellent vol. 1: Hereditary-X It was a little over two decades ago (and yes, writing that sentence does make me feel old) that Peter Milligan and Michael Allred took over “X-Force” and turned it on its head. From being the book about proactive mutant military action that it was, to a satire on […]
Geoff Johns enjoyed nearly unparalleled success at DC across nearly two decades. Beetween acclaimed and best-selling runs on titles like “Flash,” “JSA,” “Justice League,” and – best of all – “Green Lantern” it seemed like nothing could stop him. Then he became co-head of the DC film crew over at Warner Bros. just in time […]
Depending on your point of view, vol. 16 was either a triumphant stomping of the Federation by Darryl Lorenz and his friends in the Nanyang Alliance, or 200+ pages of the antagonists of the series having their way with no consequences whatsoever. Vol. 17 would seem like a good time to balance the scales, right? […]
Last time, things started going off the rails again as the end-of-volume drama edged closer to self-parody than compelling. This was only part of the reason why I was hesitant at first to crack this volume open. I’ve talked before about how this series thrives on making the reader uncomfortable via the toxic relationship Seiichi […]
Vol. 7 had Minare and Mizuho heading out to Motomachi to help a shut-in get out of his room in order to get a story that they could use for the former’s radio show. Everything was going (kinda, sorta) to plan until SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE AN EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN! Now everyone’s doing their best […]
We left off last time dealing with the story of the incredible shrinking mafioso. Narancia was the shortest member of Bruno’s gang and he started to get a lot shorter after being hit with the Stand known as Tiny Feet. His troubles only increase in this volume as he winds up having to deal with […]
The two previous volumes in this series have seen the title character deal with his alternate-universe counterpart, and mix it up with a few of his clones. This time around he gets a new outfit, struggles with schoolwork, stops some street-level crime, and has a romantic meetup with his costumed girlfriend. You know, familiar “Spider-Man” […]
Trigger Keaton was one of the biggest martial arts action stars around after becoming world karate champion and starring in the TV series “Marshal Art.” After that he starred in a succession of series that were either fondly remembered cult objects, “Sidecar” and “Spaceboat 3030,” or legitimate hits, “Frankenstein & Frankenstein,” that all came to […]
Judging by the subtitle of this volume, it seems clear that frequent Mignolaverse contributor Chris Roberson wants to make a go of giving Ms. Jewell her own series-of-miniseries. You may remember her as the feisty American from “The Rise of the Black Flame” and vol. 6 of “Witchfinder.” In this story, Sarah and her friend […]