Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Flash vol. 6: The Speed Was Power, The Speed Was Joy I wasn’t expecting to follow this current volume of “The Flash” after Simon Spurrier stopped writing it. DC has since managed to find a couple of teams worthy of keeping my interest. First with Mark Waid and Christopher Cantwell writing a […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Tales From Lands Unknown: Uri Tupka and the Devils After a first volume that was more weird than it was good, all it took for Mike Mignola’s latest fictional universe to be interesting was for him to take his own advice and have a protagonist to focus all his worldbuilding through. That’s what […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Doom: All-on-One #1 Expect lots more comics featuring the good/bad Doctor as we get closer to the release of “Avengers: Doomsday.” While “Written by Al Ewing” is certainly a way for any such project to get my attention, this also looks like it’s going to have a lot of visual style to back […]
It’s been a while since we last got an installment in the adventures of everyone’s favorite green-haired five-year-old. That’s not a problem because the series’ formula of “Yotsuba has an adventure with her friends and family” has never relied on long-term plotting, just the solidly dependable and off-kilter sensibilities of its mangaka, Kiyohiko Azuma. I […]
“Die,” written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Stephanie Hans, has been the writer’s Least Good series. For me, at least. His titles are usually marked by clever plotting, strong characterization, imaginative twists, and a charming wittiness. That series, about six teens who were brought to a fantasy role-playing game inspired realm, escaped and then […]
This collects multiple stories from creator Dustin Weaver’s “Paklis” anthology, with some co-writing work from D.J. Bryant and Jeremy Barlow. I could give you individual write-ups of “They’ll Bury You Where You Stand!,” “Mushroom Bodies,” “An Empty Shell in the Ocean,” “Defects in the Hand-Drawn Line,” and the title story but they can all be […]
Duckberg’s darkest day has descended: The city is under assault from the interstellar menace of the Conniseurs and their army of coin-operated robots. Though none fought harder against them than Scrooge McDuck, he was captured by them in the end and is now being subjected to their mental probe. That’s because while they managed to […]
Damemaru is back on the team and to celebrate, he takes Sanko out for the best udon in the galaxy! Then, it’s back to trying to figure out the mystery of Zolar – until something even more mysterious comes up. While researching the history of “Zaha Sanko” in the galaxy, the one we know finds […]
The Justice League may have defeated Gorilla Grodd’s plan to become master of reality, but the timestream is still in chaos after the fact. So it’s a surprise to everyone when the Time Trapper (who used to be Doomsday, the villain who killed Superman) and Alpheus (brother to the Monitor and Anti-Monitor) show up to […]
The Power Bank. It contains a copy of the power of every member of the Justice League. After the events of “Absolute Power,” it became necessary in case someone ever managed to de-power a superhero or steal their power, and it’s currently stored on the League’s Watchtower. Cheetah and Cheshire know that if they were […]