Euro Reviews: Yoko Tsuno – Intrepid Adventures Of A Fabulous Heroine
Time for another look at some of the delights of the Euro comics scene. This week, it’s the long-running series,
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Review: Explore Mystery With ‘Adventureman #2’
Warning of spoilers for this issue! It is unclear whether designer Leonardo Olea contributes more than a beautiful backdrop for
Read moreReview: Class Is In Session In ‘Strange Academy #2’
What is an average day like at the Strange Academy? You’re about to find out as the first day of
Read moreIt’s All Led Up To This: ‘Shades Of Magic: The Rebel Army’ Reviewed
Trilogies are all well and good but there’s a difference between designing a series to be trilogy and having a
Read moreNew To You Comics: No One’s Hero In Marvel’s “Thanos Wins”
With the comics industry slowly returning from the pandemic, Brendan Allen and I are taking the opportunity to introduce each
Read moreReview: Exposition And Excitement Balanced Beautifully In ‘Avengers: Empyre’ #0
(++ Apologies for this being a late review of a comic out last week but as we here in the
Read moreReview: ‘The Green Lantern Season 2’ #5 Gives Us Another Whacky And Wonderful Silver Age Soaked Showdown
Time and again Grant Morrison has plundered the dusty treasure chests of DC Comics’ Silver Age, remixing long forgotten one-hit
Read moreReview: Running Straight For Hell In ‘Bitter Root #9’
Buckle up! ‘Bitter Root #9’ amps up the action (and metaphors) in the fourth installment of the ‘Rage and Redemption’
Read moreReview: The Horror Of History In ‘The Plot #5’
The best ghost stories are those of the haunted. Not necessarily by spectral ghosts lurking around every corner, though fun.
Read moreA Tangled Web: What An Icon Means In ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #534
Captain America is a lot of things to a lot of people. One of the best explorations of that by
Read moreBefore Man, There Was Black: ‘Electric Black: Volume 1’ Comic Review
There are times when horror balances levity and mythos deftly. Joseph Schmalke and Rich Woodall’s ‘The Electric Black: Volume 1‘
Read moreThe Xavier Institute: A Look To The Past In ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #268
As we observe Captain America’s birthday this week (that is what the Fourth of July is, right?) we thought it
Read moreBlu-Ray Review: Return To The 70’s With ‘Stray Cat Rock’
We’re stray cats, not dogs! It seems kind of late in the game to title drop a series in its
Read moreReview: Felicia Always Has Something Up Her Sleeve In ‘Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes #5’
Spider-Man and Silver Sable are hot on the trail of Hammerhead, who now has a robot body and is a
Read morePick Of The Week: Comics For You Chosen By Our Comicon Crew
Welcome, welcome, welcome one and all to the first of a regular new Friday afternoon spot looking at some of
Read moreNew To You Comics: Hell Ain’t Half Full In ‘God Country TP’
When COVID-19 brought the comics industry to a screeching halt, my colleague Tony Thornley and I decided to dive deep
Read more‘Johnny Dynamite: Explosive Pre-Code Crime Comics And The Complete Adventures Of Pete Morisi’s Wild Man Of Chicago’ Reviewed
The opening introduction by writer Max Allan Collins is more a biographical essay about writer Frank Morrison Spillane (alias Micky
Read moreReview: Maybe ‘I Can Sell You A Body’ #4 From IDW
I Can Sell My Body #4 features the cast of characters at their most likable. Although the characterization is still
Read moreReview: Not That Kind Of ‘Dark Red #10’
This issue’s script by writers Tim Seeley and Aaron Gillespie is tonally similar to a horror movie with a rating
Read moreNew To You Comics: Monsters Hit Small Town America In ‘Something Is Killing The Children’ Vol.1
With the comics industry slowly returning from the pandemic, Brendan Allen and I are taking the opportunity to introduce each
Read moreMagic For Millennials: Reviewing ‘The Marked Volume 1 TP’
The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes, their bodies are tattooed with the magical
Read moreEuro Reviews: ‘Cat & Cat’ – Making Simply Funny Look Effortless
The adventures of Cat and her cat, Sushi. It’s nothing more than a cat doing the cat thing and profoundly
Read moreReview: ‘Billionaire Island’ #2 And A Wolf In Wolf’s Clothing Infiltrates This Playboy Paradise
It’s very easy to get angry at the ultra-wealthy of this world as they swan around the globe flaunting their
Read moreReview: ‘The Flash’ #756 Sets Plans And Panic In Motion
Barry Allen has become defined more by the mistakes he’s made than by the heroic deeds he’s done. In The
Read moreGambling, Baby Trafficking, And Murder: ‘Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema III’ Reviewed
After releasing the original box set in 2016, Kino Lorber has been moving much faster on their Film Noir: The
Read moreReview: ‘Year Zero #2’ – The Zero-Sum Of All Fears
A Japanese hitman, a Mexican street urchin, an Afghan military aide, a Polar research scientist, a midwestern American survivalist –
Read moreReview: ‘Batman’ #93 Knocks It All Down
For seven issues, the Dark Knight has seemingly faced one of the most cunning new villains he’s fought in years.
Read moreReview: ‘Jimmy Olsen’ #11 Wraps Up Nearly All The Loose Ends
Things were looking up for Jimmy Olsen. He’d solved the mystery of who put the hit on him, and set
Read moreReview: ‘Die #11’ – Debts To The Gods
Somehow, I let Die amass two volumes before I caught up to Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ hit RPG comic.
Read moreReview: ‘Dead Body Road: Bad Blood #1’ – Some Pasts Don’t Die
Within each of us exists a part that wants, sometimes desperately, to leave the past behind. Easier said than done.
Read moreReview: ‘Red Border #2’ Goes Broader and Redder
When a young, middle-class Mexican couple targeted for death by the Juarez Cartel flee across the border into Texas, they
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