First, after the earth is blanketed by the Terrigen Mists, a new race of inhumans emerge into an unprepared world in Inhumanity #1. Then, Captain America and the Falcon fight for their lives as Loose Nuke continues […]
Lovefool explores the creepy hero/sidekick dynamic developing in the pages of Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye.
This week’s column bids adieu (transitorily in most cases) to a quintet of titles now gracing canny comics shops nationwide, with critiques of Casanova: Avaritia #4, Memorial #6, Next Men: Aftermath #44, Ragemoor #4, and […]
Hmmm. Maybe a coupla typos there? In any event, this week our columnist waxes rapturous over the sagebrush psycho saga of Hawken #3. Also reviewed: Angel & Faith #8, Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures […]
In a year glutted even more than usual with relaunches, Defenders #1 positively shines, even as its eponymous team turns 40. (Where did the time go?) Also praised from this week’s five focal funnybooks: Irredeemable […]
Now on its third issue, Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword continues to sing as thrillingly as (alas) a chintzy butter knife. Otherwise panned this week: Batman Odyssey Vol. 2 #1, Fear Itself #7, and Uncanny […]
Casanova: Avaritia #2 pandas (sorry—couldn’t resist) to our curmudgeonly columnist’s adoration of oddity, and he otherwise praises Avengers 1959 #1, the splendiferous Snarked #1, The Strange Talent of Luther Strode #1, and Turok, Son of […]
As it did in early June, the Net’s crankiest and most prolix weekly comics-related review column focuses here on five floppies adorned (justifiably or not) with a big ol’ 1: Action Comics, The Big Lie, […]
From among this week’s five floppies under review, our columnist muses, sotto voce, why anyone would waste time playing the mainstream’s tired numbers racket with Action Comics #900 or The Mighty Thor #1, when he […]
Notwithstanding a script from one of the mainstream’s top talents, Fear Itself #1, the subject of one of this week’s five capsule reviews, could substitute for Ambien—a real snoozer. Far more invigorating than the debut […]
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