Manga and Comic Reviews
It’s a brand new day for Marvel’s First Family… that’s still in the “One World Under Doom” era. Due to the corporate synergy that mandates having a new #1 issue of a series out at the same time as a major Marvel movie, “Fantastic Four” found itself in the awkward position of having to relaunch […]
Eddie Brock may have bonded with Carnage to save his own life, but he’s also saved countless lives by keeping the psychotic symbiote in check. Not that his action didn’t stop that thing’s pathological need to feed, and it’s getting more desperate by the day. The only solace Eddie has right now are some fractured […]
I had a feeling this was going to be a tough year for me when I looked at the panel list and saw a lot of potentially interesting panels. From presentations by established regulars, to unions in videogames, to cosplay wrestling, to games that mess with you, to that one industry panel I always attend, […]
Saku has had a hard life, and not just because she’s an orphan. This Japanese girl has always had a tendency to get involved in fights, and to nearly beat the people involved in them senseless. It’s not that she goes out looking for trouble, but because she’s possessed by the spirit of an antagonistic […]
“Batman: The Long Halloween” and its follow-up “Dark Victory” are rightly regarded as classics within the character’s canon. Both maxiseries from writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale told year-long stories set within the early days of The Dark Knight’s career as he worked to stop serial killers that were ripping apart Gotham’s underworld. They […]
Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael are back in New York City. They each had a rough time getting there, but the important thing is that these brothers are together again, right? Well, they’re still at each others’ throats over past grievances, and Donatello’s insistence that their deceased father Master Splinter is speaking to them through […]
Four months ago, Jennifer End and Angelo Rodriguez fell in love. Then Jennifer had to go home to her “old fashioned” family to wait for when she could see Angelo again. That chance came when her grandfather fell and injured himself and she readily volunteered to help nurse him for the summer – not too […]
Io and Darryl’s battle continues – inside the Solar Ray! One fights to destroy it, the other fights to protect it and they’re going to do their best to take out the other guy in the process. It seems that this conflict has all come down to them. Until it hasn’t. With the Federation forces […]
It’s a tale as old as time: A creator hits it big at Marvel, then goes over to their Distinguished Competition to write the character that started it all. John Byrne did it back in the 80’s. Bendis did it more recently. Now Dan Slott is taking on The Man of Steel in a brand […]
Members of the Super-and-Bat-Families have suffered through a multitude of transformations for various reasons over the years. This time, Superman and his son Jon, and Batman and his son Damien have all been transformed into corgis because Trinity (age 12) wanted to cheer up Trinity (age 6) by showing a bit of Trinity’s (age 18) […]