1986. After cutting a path of destruction across the American Midwest while running at super-speed, the world’s first superhuman disappears just as quickly as he appeared. When he is taken into custody by the local sheriff’s office – just before … Continue reading Comic Review: MPH #1
The word heist is a simple synonym for a robbery. Yet the word heist bears connotations of a specific type of caper – one involving an inordinate degree of planning and no small amount of daring-do while working against a … Continue reading COMIC REVIEW: Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1
CONAN THE AVENGER #1/ Written by FRED VAN LENTE/ Art by BRIAN CHING / Colors by MICHAEL ATIYEH / Letters by RICHARD STARKINGS & COMICRAFT / Published by DARK HORSE COMICS Shumballa – a city in turmoil! There has always … Continue reading COMIC REVIEW: Conan the Avenger #1
TRANSLUCID #1/ Written by CLAUDIO SANCHEZ & CHONDRA ECHERT/ Art by DANIEL BAYLISS/ Published by BOOM! STUDIOS Newly released from prison, the criminal mastermind known only as The Horse is dismayed to find that his arch-nemesis, The Navigator, has been … Continue reading COMIC REVIEW: Translucid #1
REAL HEROES #1/ Written & Art by BRYAN HITCH/ Inks by PAUL NEARY/ Colors by LAURA MARTIN/ Letters by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS/ Published by IMAGE COMICS In a world very much like our own, the biggest film franchise in years is … Continue reading COMIC REVIEW: Real Heroes #1
[This review, like the comic, is FOR MATURE READERS. Duh.] Sex Criminals comes off like a weird comic. First off all, that name, plus its understandably bizarre premise, and then its graphic and overt depictions of sex and sex things. … Continue reading COMIC REVIEW: Sex Criminals #5
SOVEREIGN #1/ Written by CHRIS ROBERSON/ Art by PAUL MAYBURY/ Published by IMAGE COMICS “Sovereign is set in a world which once knew gods, demons, and magic, and to which all three are returning.” This is all the synopsis given … Continue reading COMIC REVIEW: Sovereign #1
BATGIRL #29/ Written by GAIL SIMONE/ Art by FERNANDO PASARIN/ Inks by JONATHAN GLAPION/ Colors by BLOND/ Letters by DEZI SIENTY/ Published by DC COMICS Barbara Gordon has been trying to lay low as Batgirl, and who could blame her? … Continue reading COMIC REVIEW: Batgirl #29
FANTASTIC FOUR #1/ Written by JAMES ROBINSON/ Art by LEONARD KIRK/ Inks by KARL KESEL/ Colors by JESUS ABURTOV/ Letters by VC’S CLAYTON COWLES/ Published by MARVEL COMICS The world’s smartest scientist – Reed Richards. The woman he loves – … Continue reading COMIC REVIEW: Fantastic Four #1
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