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Forewarning, I purchased this comic after a trip to New York Comic-Con 2021 and was able to get the first three issues signed by the author himself. That’s not to say I have any personal connection to him or The Saturn Effect: Alpha Kickstarter. I only mention this because I may […]
I have to be honest and forewarn readers, my opinions and feelings get pretty bleak and angry a bit this week. Not about Marvel Inferno, that’s fantastic and it starts the night off with good news. It’s when it comes to Deathstroke Inc. and Batman vs Bigby! that I have some […]
This is a heavy week. There’s so much going on emotionally in all of these issues that I’ve chosen to review this week. I got whiplash going from the hopeful heroics of Aquaman: The Becoming, to the emotional goodbyes of Guardians of the Galaxy, and the emotional revelations of The Onslaught […]
This week, I’m going to do something a little different. You’ll notice that I’ve reviewed fewer books this week, only four, but I go deeper into my feelings on them. I felt that I was just speed reading through them to get my opinions out, but that was a mistake. More […]
There are no new #1’s this week. This week, everything I’m reading is well-trodden territory. To make it worth it, each of them is at the top of their game save one. Some are releasing some of the best issues to jump into the series with, and others are just ramping […]
Written by: Danny Oliver Art by: Slobodan Jovanovich Coloring by: Kurt Michael Russell Lettering by: Matt Krotzer Editing by: Janelle Asselin I do have to preface that I did financially back Coddlesworth’s Clockwork Circus on Kickstarter. To say that this didn’t motivate me to do a little review of it on […]
Dark Ages brings us to another awesome alternate universe where any hero can die. Tom Taylor brings his style of storytelling to the Marvel universe and I expect it to keep its high quality for the rest of the series. In DC, other universes in DC’s Multiverse are fighting back against […]
So with Marvel Midnight Suns, we have another great-looking Marvel game. It’s made by Firaxis, the developers behind XCom, the popular tactical sci-fi role-playing series. They’re known not only for their deep turn-based strategy combat but also for their punishing permadeath and RPG mechanics. While we shouldn’t expect to see permadeath […]
There’s a staple of superhero mythos that’s been around since the dawn of superhero comics. Something that doesn’t have a real-life equivalent, outside of being a spy, maybe. This makes it difficult to discern its morality even in context. This thing is the secret identity. The name heroes go by during […]
Today, my favorite Avenger celebrates a big milestone. Black Widow officially reaches #50! Technically, the current series is only at issue #10, but with legacy numbering its #50. Honestly, for how old Black Widow’s character is, she should have reached it a long time ago, but better late than never. She’s […]
Tom King is 50/50 this week, while the X-Men absolutely clean house with my pull list this week. Between the Trial of Magneto and Way of X, I thought X-Men was spoiling me. Then I read Marauders and X-Corp and knew that I was getting more X-goodness than I deserve. I […]
The dominance of Batman on my tier list returns with I Am Batman and Batman: Urban Legends. They’re both excellent steps towards better representation, but I Am Batman falters a bit out the gate. It spends too much time setting up what previous Jace Fox series should have already established. But […]
We get a surprise Black Label book in Suicide Squad: Get Joker, and while its certainly edgy, it’s good too. It’s nice to see a new Black Label book that’s not about Batman after more were just announced last week. Hopefully it leads to more non-Batman Black Label books, though that […]
It feels like we’re under the second Reign of the Supermen with three Superman books out this week, two of them being new number ones. We have the long awaited Superman: Son of Kal-El, headed by Tom Taylor, and the continually amazing Action Comics. Both stun and amaze, but the most […]
Potential Spoilers for Once & Future Volumes 1 & 2, issues 1-12. Written by: Kieron Gillen Art by: Dan Mora Coloring by: Tamra Bonvillain Lettering by: Ed Dukeshire Once & Future is a rather by-the-books fantasy adventure, and at the same time, not. Writer Kieron Gillen is the best at taking […]
Who knew Superman would be taking the lead in back-to-back weeks? And not just him, his cousin, Supergirl has one of my favorite issues of the year. Between Superman & the Authority, and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, fans of the Super-fam have a lot to eat. I love it, especially as […]
Minor Spoilers for Something is Killing the Children, Volumes 1-3, Issues #1-15 Written by: James Tynion IV Art by: Werther Dell’edera Colored by: Miquel Muerto Lettered by: Andworld Design You can read the title of this series, Something is Killing the Children, and understand real quick that this isn’t going to […]
Future State returns to us once again with the Action Comics 2021 Annual! It brings back a litany of characters introduced in Future State: House of El, which includes the best girl in DC, Theand’r. Yeah, there was no way Theand’r shows up in a comic book again and not be […]
Spoilers for We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1-5 Written by: Al Ewing Art by: Simone Di Meo Coloring by: Simone Di Meo, Mariasara Miotti Lettering by: AndWorld Design What’s space if not an infinite void of nothingness? I mean sure, it’s full of wonders. There are the stars and […]
The Spectre is an underrated favorite character of mine. Almost as old as Superman, he first appeared in 1940. He was even made by the same writer, Jerry Spiegel, with a co-credit from one Bernard Baily. He has a storied history, playing a significant role in many of its events, particularly […]
After Jonathan Hickman’s superb X-Men series about the mutants of Krakoa, we have a new superhero team that gives what the naysayers have been asking for. While I would have preferred what Hickman was doing, the new creative team is doing great stuff. This is one of the best #1’s that […]
Written by: Mike Carey, Michael Avon Oeming Art by: Mel Rubi, Lee Moder, Pablo Marcos, Stephen Sadowski, Michael Turner, John Cassaday, Joseph Michael Linsner Spoilers for Red Sonja: She-Devil With a Sword, first Omnibus. This comic starts off well enough. Yeah, I may be setting it up as something that turns […]
Spoilers for Black Widow #1-7 Written by: Kelly Thompson Art by: Elena Casagrande Coloring by: Jordie Bellaire Lettering by: VC’s Cory Petit Black Widow can be a bit of a cold character. That makes sense; she’s a superspy who was kidnapped, brainwashed, and trained to be a killer from a young […]
While the Hellfire Gala comes to anticlimactic and insulting close with X-Factor, Titans rise with their 2021 Yearbook issue. There’s nothing but surprises this week, with the comics I’m reading. For the most part, that’s a good thing, but X-Factor’s horrendous decisions threaten to taint it. It’s likely best, to talk […]
The Hellfire makes its rocky way towards its end with three more issues, just as DC starts and interesting path with its Infinite Frontier miniseries. DC is finally giving us what we want, a more open DC Universe. If only it didn’t feel so disingenuous, as the major characters and their […]
DC has been going ham these last few weeks with showing off their diverse heroes, but this week is the beginning of something more long term. Representation isn’t in just a one-shot, but in the start of a new series about a classic hero. Static returns with a new #1, and […]
So it’s been over 2 years since Mortal Kombat 11 came out, 4 years since Injustice 2, and over ten since Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe came out. Yeah, time flies, but that can only mean one thing… more theorizing on what the next NetherRealm game will be. There have been […]
Spoilers for DC Pride #1. A lot like DC Festival of Heroes, DC Pride is a book dedicated to representing people not represented enough in media. The LGBTQ+ community is underrepresented in superhero comics in particular. There are only two DC series out with a LGBT character in the lead, Harley […]
The Hellfire Gala begins this week with a whopping three issues. I hope your fans of Marauders, X-Force, and/or Hellions, because if you’re not… this probably wasn’t a good week. Though, to be honest, I don’t expect many X-fans to be left wanting, even if they’re not fans of any of […]
So Marvel’s Avengers has been out a while, and I think it’s pretty good. It could be worse, could be better, could still use an actual road map. Basically it’s just a four player co-op game about the Avengers. It has pretty fun combat, a pretty good story, and a terrible […]
This was a strange weak. Neither DC nor Marvel disappointed me this week. Even the weakest of DC was still pretty good. Overall, the heights of both X-Men, New Mutants, and Harley Quinn have me on a comic book high. Hell, even the rather lackluster TMNT: The Last Ronin, couldn’t bring […]
SPOILER ALERT for Dynamite’s Red Sonja, written by Gail Simone. Check out the video review on YouTube. I had only just started reading sword and sorcery comics when I wrote this review. I had started with Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian series, written by Jason Aaron. In that series Aaron made a […]
This week was light on comics, both from my pull list and in general. Usually this doesn’t happen until the last Wednesday of the month, but I’m not complaining. Between the long awaited arrival of the new Wonder Girl and some continuing favorites in X-Men and Daredevil, I didn’t read a […]
Loki, God of Mischief, son of Odin, Prince of Asgard, mortal enemy of Thor… is running for president. Vote Loki, or vote for him back in 2016 when this comic came out. Let’s be honest, I’m making this article and video is because he’s getting a show on Disney +. There’s […]
Last week I had some complaints about how I was reading the same old stuff every week. This week I decided that it should give me a reason to quit crying. Between, X-Corps, Guardians of the Galaxy, and DC Festival of Heroes, I’m flooded with heroes I don’t normally give my […]
So originally I was gonna write a review about “Superman Smashes the Klan,” by Gene Luen Yang, with art from Guruhiru, and that book alone. But I’m not. I did make a video version of this piece though. The book is amazing, it’s actually broken into my top five favorite comic […]
This week wasn’t the best week, but also not the worst. It feels like I’m drawn to the same books week after week… after week. Guess what books I loved this week? Batman and X-Men, no surprise. Guess what disappointed me? Pretty much everything else from DC. DC is starting to […]
Let me first say, I am black. I’m not some white guy talking about how Black Panther and Wakanda are unrealistic or made to pander to black people. You know, the things true of every white superhero. But people aren’t ready to hear that. My problem stems from Black Panther’s place […]
Okay, I’m not gonna lie, being completely honest here… I only got the idea for this article after watching Bilbzy’s video for a DC vs Marvel roster would be. Check out the video version of my article here. He said what changes we would make and who we would switch out, […]
DC is here to redeem themselves after some poor showings these last two weeks. It’s the perfect time too, because there’s only one Marvel release on my pull list. New Mutants is great, but it’s nice to see DC do pretty good for the most part after some lackluster title releases. […]
Spoilers for House of M, written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel. House of M is a story that has defined the X-Men since before I started avidly reading comics. I’ve always loved the X-Men but I didn’t start reading comics until DC’s New 52 reboot. I even […]
This week, Marvel with SWORD contends for the best singular issue of the year, while half the week falls flat. I only picked up one DC book today, Justice League, and the rest were X-Men. The highs of Marvel with SWORD and Way of X were really high, and the lows […]
Comics this week were good. Between a landmark issue for Guardians of the Galaxy, a new Batman series by Tom Taylor, plus more good ole X-Men, times are good. Not saying that every comic I picked up this week landed, but more often than not, they did. Guardians of the Galaxy […]
I am a casual Magic the Gathering fan, *I say as I look at hundreds of dollars worth of cards*. I used to be really into the game for a hot minute. Wizards of the Coast had me entranced by the cool cards and the flavor text, I’m a simple lad. […]
It’s finally here. The long awaited, the long rumored, the speculated and the dreamed, the Snyder Cut. Video version on YouTube here. Okay, eccentrics aside, we have every reason to be shocked this movie exists. What were the odds that we would ever get to see this cut? Next to none, […]
Spoilers for Batman/Catwoman #1-4 Now, I’ll be honest, I’ve never been too much of a Catwoman fan. I don’t there’s anything particularly wrong with her character, she just doesn’t appeal to me. The relationship between Batman and Catwoman makes it so one of them has to give up a part of […]
So the Infinite Frontier has begun, and I’ve read a few of the first new issues this week. I’ve read Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Detective Comics, Justice League, Teen Titans Academy, and Batman: Urban Legends. Eight titles in all. I think most get off to a relatively good start, […]
It’s been over 3 years since Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite came out. After that, it’s only been a few months more since Injustice 2 came out. This isn’t the worst time to talk about new games in either franchise, let alone a DC vs Capcom game. Since then, we haven’t gotten […]
If you never heard of Midnight Western Theatre, don’t sweat it, I don’t blame you. I picked it up randomly at the comic book store this week when my pull was strangely small. Then found myself looking at this cover, with a vampire and a woman with black and white hair […]
Okay, I’ve read over two dozen Future State books, especially if you count the backups as their own separate series. If that’s not enough to say whether the majority of them are enjoyable or not, I don’t what else to say. Future State is a recent initiative by DC to create […]
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