Green Arrow #34 - A Review
Green Arrow #34 is Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino's final issue working together on this title. This lends this issue a certain bittersweet aura, for what these two creators have managed to do in...
View ArticleBatgirl #34 - A Review
I am sorry to see the team of Simone, Pasarin and Glapion leave Batgirl. For the better part of three years, they have delivered one of the best books the New 52 had to offer. And they deliver one...
View ArticleSheena #3 (Moonstone Books 2014) - A Review
Sheena #3 opens in the thick of the action, as the jaguar men - who had only attacked in stealth before - make their presence known. The Queen of The Jungle has fought many strange things before but...
View ArticleRed Sonja #11 - A Review
I've grown used to Red Sonja being a great read since Gail Simone and Walter Geovani took over the monthly book. There has been a good mix of action and humor, well displayed and well drawn. Yet I...
View ArticleBatman #34 - A Review
One of my favorite Batman stories of all time is an oft-forgotten tale called"The Nobody" from Shadow of the Bat #13. The story in this months's issue of Batman - titled "The Meek"- reminded me of...
View ArticleDoctor Who, Series 8 - Episode 1 - Deep Breath
THE QUICK, SPOILER FREE REVIEWDeep Breath is not a good introduction to the series for newcomers, nor is it a good introduction to the new Doctor. Yet Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman manage to make it...
View ArticleThe Ten Best Moments From Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Two (So Far)
I haven't written a lot of reviews of Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Two despite it being one of my favorite series right now. I feared I was growing repetitive in describing my love of Tom Taylor's...
View ArticleDoctor Who, Series 8 - Episode 2 - Into The Dalek
THE QUICK, SPOILER FREE REVIEW I am reminded of a line from my favorite comic series of all time, Starman - a line spoken by Oscar Wilde as he visited America. "I've found there is much to admire in...
View ArticleAll New Invaders #9 - A Review
If Invaders #9 has a weak point, it's that there is very little that actually happens in this issue. Oh, there are battles aplenty in the background but these are not the focus of the story. The main...
View ArticleDoctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #2 - A Review
I read this issue of Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor the day after the premiere of the second episode of the Eighth Series of the Doctor Who TV series. I mention this because - as those who have been...
View ArticleArrow: Season 2.5 #1 - A Review
For all that it did right, the previous Arrow web-comic was frequently limited by its need to tie into each week's story-line. Thankfully, there is no danger of that in Arrow Season 2.5 - a series...
View ArticleCarpe Diem - I Hate Mondays TP - A Preview
This Wednesday, September 3rd, sees the release of the collected edition of Carpe Diem: I Hate Mondays by writer W.H. Rauf and illustrated by artist Rhoald Marcellius. This trade-paperback collects all...
View ArticleGreen Arrow: Future's End #1 - A Review
As I commented in my review of the first two issues of Future's End, I would dearly have loved to have seen a comic detailing the events they described there. I want to see that tale of a Green Arrow...
View ArticleRed Sonja: The Black Tower #1 - A Review
Red Sonja: The Black Tower is a sword and sorcery tale of the old-school. By this I mean that it is heavy on action and short on plot. There's precious little story to be found here and the action of...
View ArticleFuture's End: Earth 2 #1 - A Review
Five years in the future, systematic discrimination against the refugees of Earth 2 has become the rule on Earth 1. And on the eve of futurist Michael Holt's releasing his latest technological wonder...
View ArticleSuperman #34 - A Review
A quick comment upon the cover of this issue. I was less than enamored of the Selfie Variants that each DC Comics title had this month. I disapprove of variant covers as a general rule and felt that...
View ArticleDoctor Who, Series 8 - Episode 3 - Robot Of Sherwood
THE QUICK, SPOILER FREE REVIEW An enjoyable light and funny episode that is at its best when it isn't taking itself too seriously. Ironically - after two episodes of being a highlight - Capaldi's more...
View ArticleJustice League United #3 & #4 - A Review
Through no fault of my comic shop, I somehow neglected to pick up the last two issues of Justice League United until this past week. And I find myself wondering how I could ever have forgotten this...
View ArticleThe Flash: Season Zero #1 - A Review
Adaptations are a tricky thing in any medium. Readapting something into its original medium is even trickier on those rare occasions when it occurs. And yet, that is what we have with The Flash: Season...
View ArticleJoin the Battle for Net Neutrality!
Today, our site is slowing down for Net Neutrality. Well, actually we'll be running at the same speed as usual. But if you want us to keep doing that, click on the link above and learn how you can join...
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