Review: ‘Of The Earth’ #3 Finally Shows Off The Wildcatter
We finally get a glimpse of the underground monster in Of the Earth #3. It’s taken until nearly halfway through
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Advance Review — The Epic Battle Continues Epically In ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #11
Writing and illustrating a battle in a comic book is no easy feat. It requires smart pacing, enough
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Advance Review — ‘If Destruction Be Our Lot’ #3 Questions What It Means To Be Human
It turns out that humans aren’t quite as extinct as they were believed to be. The premise of If
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #9 Suffers From Poor Character Development
Star Trek has always walked a fine line between militarism and diplomacy. Despite its naval ranks — not to
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Advance Review — ‘Three Moons/Three Worlds: Foundations’ #1 Teases Things To Come … Whatever They May Be
Don’t think of Three Moons/Three Worlds: Foundations #1 as the beginning of a planned comic book saga. Instead, consider it a teaser.
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Advance Review — ‘Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly’ #4 Delivers An Unsatisfying Ending
Let’s start with the ending. Without giving anything away, the conclusion of Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly #4 leads directly into the
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Advance Review: Darrow Returns True To Form In ‘The Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I.Live’ #1
Not many writers can pull off a damning indictment of modern times — ranging from ICE detentions to the rise
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Advance Review: ‘Freaks Squeele’ Vol. 1 Doesn’t Fully Translate
The narrative comes from writer, artist, and colorist Florent Maudoux, plus translator Dan Christensen. While the localization and edition layout
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Review — ‘Universal Monsters: Blood Of The Wolf Man’ #1 Could Use More Wolf Man
The only thing worse than being a homicidal Wolf Man is not knowing if you’re a homicidal Wolf Man.
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Review: ‘Corpse Knight’ #3 Ends Far Too Abruptly
Writing strong endings is perhaps the most challenging aspect of storytelling. What feeling do you want to leave your audience
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Review: The White Sky In ‘White Sky’ #4 Is Awfully … White
In the world of White Sky, San Francisco sure ain’t what it used to be. It’s taken Violet
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Advance Review: ‘Of The Earth’ #2 Slowly Builds Its Terror — Maybe Too Slowly
One of the keys to good horror stories is building a sense of dread before all hell breaks loose.
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Advance Review: ‘If Destruction Be Our Lot’ #2 Showcases Artist Andy MacDonald’s Talent
Andy MacDonald’s name isn’t likely the first one that comes up when discussing great comic book artists. But based on
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Advance Review: ‘Odin’ #2 Blurs The Line Between Fantasy And Reality
What is real? Is a dream part of reality? What about a nightmare? How can you truly know the difference?
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Advance Review — The Battle Royale Begins In ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #10
Finally, the battle we’ve been waiting for has begun. That’s right. Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #10 features the
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Advance Review: It’s One Long Prison Break In ‘Blood & Thunder’ #14
You knew it wasn’t going to last for long. When bounty hunter-turned-fugitive Blood was arrested and thrown into
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts — Ghosts Of The 21st Century’ #1 Learns From Its Predecessor’s Missteps
It turns out that the bright future depicted in Star Trek isn’t all that much different from today’s reality —
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Advance Review — The Killer Finally Takes Center Stage In ‘Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly’ #3
Better late than never. After being introduced in issue #1 and barely making a cameo in issue #2, the supposed
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Advance Review: ‘Space Scouts’ Are Questionable Heroes
Artist and letterer David Rubín and color flattener Xulia Pisón are responsible for the creation of most of the visuals.
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Review: Two Unexpected Characters Battle To The Death In ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #13
Exquisite Corpses’ final battle is here. But the two characters fighting for it are probably not the ones you were
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Advance Review — There Is Plenty To See In ‘The Eye Collector’ #1
Have you ever read a comic book or watched a movie that was so bizarre that, while you have no
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Advance Review — ‘The Odyssey’ #1 Cleverly Sets The Classic Epic In Outer Space
If in space, no one can hear you scream, are the Sirens going to be much of a threat?
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Advance Review — ‘Of The Earth’ #1 Is A Slow Burn Of Terror
The best horror stories are not the ones that scare you from the outset. Instead, they are the ones that
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Advance Review — ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #9 Takes An Unwelcome Pause In The Action
It seems like Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’s latest big bad wasn’t all that big or bad. After defeating half of
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Advance Review: ‘Odin’ #1 Kicks Off A Road Trip From Hell — Or Asgard
From the start, the new limited series Odin tries to walk the line among genres. There are elements of a
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Advance Review — Gritty Artwork Tells Its Own Story In ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #7
Sometimes all it takes is a change in artists to breathe new life into a comic book series.
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Advance Review — ‘Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly’ #2 Needs More Hillbilly
For a story that is supposed to give readers and gamers the origin story of a particularly nasty baddie, Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly #2 could
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Advance Review: ‘That Texas Blood’ #21 Returns True To Form
Sheriff Joe Bob is back — and if you know who that is, you know that it’s a cause for
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Advance Review: ‘Blood & Thunder’ #13 Stages A Prison Break And Regains Its Footing
Is there anything more gratifying than seeing someone or something that has lost its way find itself again?
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Advance Review — ‘If Destruction Be Our Lot’ #1 Uses Robots To Examine The Human Condition
A new series about artificial intelligence and sentient machines has found an unlikely hero in…Abraham Lincoln. Or rather a mechanical
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #12 Reminds Us Why We Fell In Love With This Series
And then there were two. Just not the two you expected. It’s been a rough Halloween night for
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