Advance Review — ‘Black Hammer: The End’ #2 Unleashes Multiversal Madness
If you have to tell tired stories about the multiverse, it’s best to really lean into them. That’s the approach
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Reviews
Advance Review: Pondering What’s Next In ‘Midlife (Or How To Hero At Fifty!)’ #1
For many of us, turning 50 is a momentous – and pretty scary – occasion. It unofficially marks the beginning
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Review: A Mournful Gloom Clings To The Cimmerian In ‘Conan The Barbarian’ #3
Welcome to the table, “…Cursed to service and slaughter.” One of my favorite parts of sword and sorcery
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A Barrel Full Of Logans: Reviewing ‘Wolverine’ #37
Krakoa has fallen, but Wolverine has bigger fish to fry. Those fish would be his three rogue Beast-grown clones. The
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Review Roundup: All Our Comics Reviews From Last Week
Happy Saturday! The gang has been busy all week, bringing your daily comics convention to PCs, phones, and devices around
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Have You Slapped A Fascist Today? — Reviewing ‘Uncanny Avengers’ #2
A Brotherhood of Mutants sure is making things tough for mutants. Good thing the Uncanny Avengers have risen once more.
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A Whole New Dimension Of Wonderful Terror: Reviewing ‘The Cull’ #2
A group of teenagers ignoring every horror story rule while traipsing through a creepy dimension. Surely, nothing will go wrong.
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Forsaking Love For War: Reviewing ‘Catwoman’ #57
Mom and Dad are at war, and everyone, including the citizens of Gotham City, is now stuck in the middle.
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Advance Review: ‘Edenwood’ #1 Mashes Up A Bunch Of Stuff I Already Like
Welcome to the table, My 30+ year TTRPG campaign has a major plot point focused on a war between witches
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Savor Each And Every Bite: Reviewing ‘Rare Flavours’ #1
Pull up a seat and prepare to embark on a journey that will delight the senses and tingle the taste
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Hold Back The Secrets Of The Deep: Reviewing ‘Nightwing’ #106
Welcome back to Blüdhaven. The nightmares are at last over, and Nightwing’s focus is squarely back on his adopted home.
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Advance Review: ‘A Haunted Girl’ #1 Helps Its Writers To Exorcise Their Demons
For writers, the art of writing goes far beyond mere communications. It’s a way of coping with an often cruel
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Review: ‘Something Is Killing The Children’ #33 Starts To Return To Form
It’s taken way too long, but in the latest issue of Something is Killing the Children reminds us why we
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How To Train Your Gert…Or Not: Reviewing ‘I Hate Fairyland’ #9
Beware dear reader, because between these pages, there be dragons. What’s worse than a normal dragon? A Gertrude dragon. I
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Feeling That Need For Speed — Reviewing ‘Miles Morales: Spider-Man’ #10
Take a deep breath. Go ahead and let it out, then take another one. Feeling a bit more relaxed now?
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Advance Review: ‘Ice Cream Man’ Vol. 9 Shifts From Horror To The Human Condition
From a couple of hobos riding the rails to a man willing to be swallowed up by a whale to
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Review: Cable & Bishop Go To War In ‘Children Of The Vault’ #2
The Fall of X continues to be the most interesting thing that’s happened in the X-Men line. Far and away
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A New Age, Same Old Issues: Reviewing ‘Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer’ #2
Being a young adult is tough. It’s even tougher when you’re a Slayer, being babysat by an ancient vengeance demon.
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Advance Review: ‘Time Before Time’ #27 Builds Toward The Series’ Climax
When it comes to time travel, things can get confusing. In Time Before Time, with multiple characters in multiple era
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Advance Review: ‘TerrorWar’ #6 Takes A Long Time To Tell A Short Story
To say that things aren’t quite right in Blue City would be something of an understatement. After all, for years,
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Review Roundup: All Our Comics Reviews From Last Week
There are some who would say that Spooky Season starts on July 5th. I wouldn’t go quite that far, but
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The Truth Will Set You Free, Maybe: Reviewing ‘Scarlet Witch’ #8
They often say that the truth hurts. It most certainly does. Guess that’s why Loki was the King of Lies.
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Advance Review — ‘Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins’ #4 Tells An Atypical Story
Stranger Things is not known for treating its secondary characters very well. (Justice for Barb, anyone?) So when Dark Horse
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Review: ‘Avengers Inc.’ #1 Fills A Niche We Didn’t Know We Needed
The Marvel tradition of a second Avengers series goes back decades now with multiple incarnations over the years from the
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Oh, This Took A Turn Quickly — Reviewing ‘Firefly: The Fall Guys’ #1
Times are tough and the crew of the Serenity must turn to desperate measures. So, just a normal day, really.
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Looking Death Right In The Face: Reviewing ‘Black Panther’ #4
Contrary to (internet) popular belief, superhero comics are quite often far more than just heroes punching villains (or other heroes).
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Advance Review — Beware The Holodeck (And The Dialogue) In ‘Star Trek: Holo-Ween’ #1
Ah, the legendary Star Trek holodeck – where an untold number of plot points are born and routine leisure activities
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For Those Who Never Lost Their Sense Of Wonder: Reviewing ‘Kill Your Darlings’ #1
Welcome to the table, When I was a kid, I escaped into my own imagination more often than not. I
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We Love A Bit Of Mess: Reviewing ‘Poison Ivy’ #14
The nightmares are over. It’s time to return to the regularly scheduled pheromonal programming. Except things are far from normal.
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Explore Faith, Belief, And Survival From All Sides: Reviewing ‘The Sacrificers’ #2
Welcome to the table, Faith is a powerful thing. It can convince a small child they are disabled because they
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Review — ‘X-Men’ #26 Is An Unexpected New Start
Last issue, X-Men started a new path forward for Kate Pryde. This issue, Emma Frost gets her direction and it
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