Comic Book Reviews

Comic Book Review: All-New Hawkeye #1

Comics are stories with characters, not just scenes establishing a product (like an ad for a pickup truck) or a place (like an Instagram photo of the Rocky Mountains). Jeff Lemire, Ramon Perez, Ian Herring, and Joe Sabino are m...

Comic Book Review: Swamp Thing #40

The final issue is now here. The one that all of us have been dreading because Charles Soule has done amazing things with not only this series, but Swamp Thing as a character. He took risks with this run on Swamp Thing. Explore...

Comic Book Review: Spider-Woman #5

Spider-Woman #5 reads like a cheerier Alias with more varied panel constructions. Rodriguez's art can show an intense conversation between Jessica and Urich using an old school nine panel grid or an aerial takedown shaped like ...

Comic Book Review: Princess Leia #1

When I was a little girl, like many others, I wanted to be a princess. However I didn’t want to be Cinderella or Snow White, I wanted to be Princess Leia. I wanted to wear beautiful gowns but still pull out a blaster and ...

Comic Book Review: Avengers World #18

There’s plenty to like about the direction of Avengers World so far. We have seen what happens in the future where lost of things you knew about the Avengers were different. Like how Sam and Izzy had their baby for exampl...

Comic Book Review: Imperium #2

It’s been a wonder as to what direction a series like Imperium is heading in. Though you aren’t completely certain with Imperium #2, you at least know this will be a thrilling experience when this is a game of world...

Comic Book Review: Rat Queens #9

It’s been a very long time since I’ve been able to write about “Rat Queens”. There’s no denying how great the Braga one shot was, but this is truly the return of “Rat Queens” as this is...

Comic Book Review: Nailbiter/Hack/Slash One-Shot

Nailbiter has been that go to murder mystery book that you love because it just gets you at every twist and turn. A unique spin on a Hannibal-like story which feels episodic, yet grabs you with a world that you find compelling ...

Comic Book Review: Nameless #2

n Nameless #2, Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham continue their Lovecraftian horror/space exploration epic/occult mystery featuring a foul mouthed Scottish mage named Nameless and a crew of "experts" in sigil studded spacesuits ...

Comic Book Review: X-O Manowar #34

As great as the Armor Hunters event was, it was difficult to admit that there was much left unsaid about how things ended. One of those things was the clarification of the fate of the Armor Hunters. The hunters who attacked Ear...

Comic Book Review: Angel & Faith Season 10 #12

Big things have been coming in this series as Faint and Angel finally meet again, but Fred makes her way back into their lives again. A big shocker that you didn’t expect to see coming. One which certainly has you split i...

Comic Book Review: Catwoman #39

Since taking over “Catwoman”, Genevieve Valentine, Garry Brown and Lee Loughridge have brought a true breath of fresh air to the title. This is a series that went from terrible to fantastic overnight. Selina Kyle, f...

Comic Book Review: D4VE #1

The physical copy release that everyone has been recommending this week, and with good reason. A story that is fairly straight to the point and easy for anyone to get into. The robots conquered earth, wiping out all life in the...

Comic Book Review: Gotham Academy #5

Gotham Academy keeps up the fun with its first fancy occasion: a dance! Unfortunately, we don’t get to see a lot of actual dancing. Actually, we only visit the setting of the dance for a brief moment. Olive, Maps, Pomelin...

Comic Book Review: Sinestro #10

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that Cullen Bunn knows how to bring out the best in a villain. Especially when it comes to the likes of Sinestro. A villain sure, though just another guy doing whatever...

Comic Book Review: Roche Limit #5

I’ve spent a great deal of time the last few months writing about “Roche Limit” and it’s all been leading up to this, the finale of the first part of this series. “Roche Limit” #5 is a perfec...

Comic Book Review: TMNT Mutanimals #1

This is it TMNT fans. We’ve seen them in the main Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing and now they’re starring in their own ongoing. When I first heard that IDW was bringing Mutanimals onto the scene, I was surprised, since lo...

Comic Book Review: Thor Annual #1

Thor Annual #1's three stories might make up a perfect anthology, but it shows that stories with iconic characters can be told in many styles and tones. Each story has well-rendered art and some thought-provoking and/or hilario...

Comic Book Review: Spider-Gwen #1

Spider-Gwen #1 is out in stores and it is spectacular. The characters, the story and the art from start to finish had me on the edge of my seat and had me wanting more adventures of Spider-Gwen. Even before her first appearance...

Comic Book Review: Darth Vader #2

Marvel’s Darth Vader solo series returns with its second issue in which the Sith Lord takes stock of his now deflated status in the Imperial upper crust, but still manages to use his cunning to intimidate all around him. ...

Comic Book Review: Black Hood #1

This is a great book that kept my attention for many reasons. On top of it being a very compelling story, anyone who has spent time in Philadelphia can recognize certain area’s of the city. I didn’t grow up in Phill...

Comic Book Review: Orphan Black #1

Orphan Black is the critically acclaimed Canadian television series produced by BBC America. It deals with a clone conspiracy that sees its protagonist Sarah Manning slowly uncover a world in which she is just but one of many. ...

Comic Book Review: Superior Iron Man #5

After all this time that Teen Abomination has been with Tony since trying to kill him, there has been a big shroud of mystery surrounding just who this thirteen year old is. Who his parents are, how he came about being Teen Abo...

Comic Book Review: Curb Stomp #1

Ryan Ferrier is definitely a rising star in comics. Last year, his miniseries “D4VE” got my attention (out in print now, go buy it) and his soon to begin run on “Sons of Anarchy” will more than peak my i...

Comic Book Review: S.H.I.E.L.D. #3

After two great issues of S.H.I.E.L.D., it is unfortunate to run into one so early on that was hard to get through. It wasn’t bad, though it also was not as entertaining as the first two. You get the direction that Mark W...

Comic Book Review: Captain Midnight #20

Big things are happening in the Dark Horse shared world. We got our first taste of what is to come in the last story arc of Captain Midnight. Then came the clash of the superhuman in X “Marked For Death”. Now comes ...

Comic Book Review: Colder: The Bad Seed #5

With Colder: The Bad Seed #5 we reach the climax to this story, and a conclusion to this story arc. The first volume of Colder has a special place with all of us because of how twisted the story was. Nothing about it was famili...