Since 2013, I’ve been putting together mid-year and start-of-the-year guides to the best ongoing comics for new fans, collectors, and first (second, third…) time readers. As we begin 2015, though, I feel a need for a change to the approach, largely because 2014 marked the year I largely stopped collecting ongoing comics on a weekly basis. [Read more…] about The 2015 Guide to Catching Up With Ongoing Comics
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Batman #37 Review! – “Endgame: Part 3”
I would guess that one of the hardest things to do as a comic book writer is to continually top yourself. Somehow, Scott Snyder keeps managing to do just that over his run on Batman. For a story that starts with Batman fighting a drug-crazed Justice League, Snyder is able to find a way to make part 3 of “Endgame” even more intense. [Read more…] about Batman #37 Review! – “Endgame: Part 3”
CAPTAIN MARVEL #10 Review: “Happy Milestone, Carol!”
By way of Marvel’s fuzzy cover-numbering math, this month’s Captain Marvel marks the 100th issue of Carol Danvers starring in a super hero comic. Artist David Lopez offers a delightfully retro-slanted tribute to John Romita Senior’s 1977 Ms. Marvel #1 featuring the current status quo but the overt commemorations pretty much stop there. [Read more…] about CAPTAIN MARVEL #10 Review: “Happy Milestone, Carol!”
ALL-NEW X-MEN #34 Review: “Crisis of Alternate Jeans!”
With issues more often than not intentionally structured as components of a greater whole, Brian Michael Bendis’s distinct writing style often cut both ways. The latest issue of All-New X-Men is a great example of this, offering twenty pages of bridge with very little landing as Jean Grey teams up with Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales… and Jean Grey. [Read more…] about ALL-NEW X-MEN #34 Review: “Crisis of Alternate Jeans!”
Storm #6 Review!
Storm #6 is a great jumping on point for new fans as Greg Pak’s characters excite the page with intriguing dialogue and insightful development. Here we have Ororo, fresh from her adventure in Las Vegas, traveling back home to New York City. The adventure she is returning from was originally intended for her now deceased boyfriend, The Wolverine. Fulfilling a final request of his, she took to the city to assist their mutual friend, Yuriko. The results were less than acceptable for Storm, but she took what she could get and is attempting to return home with a clear conscience. This entire series has been great because it’s about Ororo as a singular player rather than just an X-Man or just the wife of Black Panther. Her personalty, her power sets, and her strikingly beautiful mohawk, set her apart from every other cast member, and this book sets itself apart from the other X-titles. [Read more…] about Storm #6 Review!