Even Mister Miracle can’t escape the clutches of DC Rebirth. And why should he? Scott Free’s one of the greatest creations of Jack Kirby’s DC hot streak. Of all the many standout characters from Kirby’s […]
Kill Or Be Killed is the latest from the superstar crime creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. With an unreliable narrator and an increasing body count, this is one of their most ambitious stories yet. […]
Welcome back, Rocket Girl! You’ve been sorely missed. This week in Rocket Girl #8, it’s been promised that “DaYoung Johansson relaunches her investigation into crimes against time as the teen-cop-from-the-future’s adventures in the ’80s pick […]
God Country was a must-read series from Image Comics. Now, rather quickly (and smartly of the publisher) an easy-to-read trade paperback comes to the shelves. If you missed out on getting to the know Emmett […]
Welcome back to Angel Grove! I know, I know, I know! Why are we getting another Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers series? Go Go Power Rangers #1 is going to plead its case to you. The series […]
Murder Ballads is more than just a new read. Murder Ballads is potentially sensory overload. A complete rock n’ roll opera with a killer soundtrack from Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and Robert Finley, […]
Part three of Tom King’s operatic, “The War of Jokes and Riddles” arrives! Last issue had all of Gotham City’s rogues choosing sides. Joker and Riddler proved their alliance to break the Bat was doomed to […]
Wonder Woman is currently destroying the standards for a female led superhero at the box office. The momentum behind the Amazonian princess is at a peak. This week, Greg Rucka and Bilquis Evely, look to have […]
Fan-favorite creators Gail Simone and Cat Staggs are bringing you a new creator-owned series from Image Comics. It’s a deadly body swapping story involving a Chicago hitman and a Seatlle housewife. It sounds like […]
Eddie Brock’s Got That Old Familiar Feeling in Venom #150 Venom’s solo series turns 150 this week (although checking the math on how you get to 150 is quite the arithmetic aerobic exercise). With such […]
The team that brought you 100 Bullets is back with southern roots! I’m a crime guy. There are certain contemporary writers that when their name is on a new crime book, I’m on the hook. […]
Just Give Baby Groot Your Cash Already! I Am Groot #1 is as close to a cheat as Marvel can get. I mean, come on, it’s Baby Freakin’ Groot. Have you seen Guardians of the Galaxy […]
Time For The Pay Off In Flash #22? After being delayed one week (not bad when you consider the track record for DC Comics and Marvel’s bigger arcs that stretch across several issues) the, hopefully, grand […]
Another week, another X-Men title launches as part of the Resurrxion initiative from Marvel. We’ve seen classic line-ups in X-Men Blue, a Kitty Pryde veteran A-Team in X-Men Gold, and a wholly chaotic elite killing […]
Blondes do have more fun…guns help, too. Oni Press re-releases a gem of an espionage thriller, Atomic Blonde, that you need to stop and gawk at for a few minutes this week. Yeah, that’s Charlize […]
Past Lives Come Back To Haunt… Writer Cullen Bunn is no stranger to crafting stories of horror and the occult. There’s classic occultism and supernatural terror in Harrow County. Before that he began with his […]
We Could All Use Some Wonder In Our Lives… Wonder Woman has been balancing two stories since it began in this DC Rebirth era. While writer Greg Rucka worked in Wonder Woman’s present-day with artist […]
Jean Grey’s Time is Up, Her Time Is Now! It’s been a difficult life for Jean Grey. Well, it might be if she doesn’t find a way to change her destiny. Trapped in our present, […]
A Bat-family reunion across continuity in Batman #22 We’re halfway there. “The Button” has kicked into the next gear after the events of Flash #21 last week. What began in one Batcave has traveled to […]
In Jeff Lemire we trust! It’s rare for a writer to go back-to-back for our Graphic Spotlight but Jeff Lemire’s a rarity. Last Wednesday he returned to his roots with the intimate and epic Roughneck. […]
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