In Captain America/Iron Man #1, the two Avengers must deal with the fall-out of an undercover Hydra agent’s daring escape. But there’s more to this Hydra spy than meets the eye. And it makes her a very dangerous foe.
REVIEW: Crossover #1’s Worst Crime Is Being Boring
Donny Cates is one of the biggest writers in comics right now. His Marvel books, including Venom and Thor, routinely rank among the best-selling titles on the market. He is masterminding his second crossover event in as many years next month, and his newest Image Comics series, Crossover with longtime creative partner Geoff Shaw, is…
REVIEW: Punchline Volume 1: Blood Sisters – I Don’t Get the Joke, But I Like It
Ever since I visited the Bashiva #1 page on Comixology for details for a recent Cover Girl entry, my targeted Comixology ads have been… interesting. Some of the books are a hard pass, while others have been eye catching enough to make me want to explore further. Which brings us to this review of Punchline…
Weekend Warriors Comics Magazine Wants to Renew Our Faith in Superheroes
While superheroes are so hot right now, the stories that we’re currently seeing tend to fall short of heroic for many. Inside and outside the panels, the fight for representation continues even as diversity is blamed for comics’ downfall. For readers who grew up loving cape comics, it’s disheartening to hear too many creators repeat…
Captain Britain Reading Diary 5: No More Eggs or Sunshine
Captain Britain went into limbo again, lost in the journey back from Otherworld… …Which we caught back up with in 1981.
Captain Britain Reading Diary 3: Enemy in the Front Room
Captain Britain Weekly is dead; long live Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain! Super Spider-Man had been a weekly magazine headlined by Spidey. Now, starting with issue #231, it also contained the Captain. Spider-Man came first, with fourteen pages of Lee/Buscema reprint. Then CB (still all-new material) got seven, followed by The Avengers (reprints) and then…
Captain Britain Reading Diary 2: S.T.R.I.K.E While the Day is Hot
After Claremont left, Gary Friedrich picked up the scripting duties. Co-creator of Ghost Rider and Son of Satan, acclaimed for scripting Marvel’s Frankenstein, Friedrich was a solid option for a character so stoutly grounded in occultism. His experience on war comics may even have tailored him well to the British readership, as to today Commando…
Captain Britain Reading Diary 1: Sun Over a Stone Circle
In the beginning, there was Claremont. Chris Claremont was born in London, and that either means something to him or means enough to other people that he talks about it as if it means something about him. In his introduction to the trade collection Captain Britain: Birth of a Hero, Claremont talks about the creation…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #31: Nostalgia, Colour and Suspense
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #31 “Beyond the Grid” Marguerite Bennett (Writer), Simone Di Meo (Artist), Alessandro Cappuccio (Artist), Walter Baiamonte (Colours), Francesco Segala (Colours), Ed Dukeshire (Letters) “The New Adventures of Blue Senturion & Ninjor” Ryan Ferrier (Writer), Bachan (Artist), Jeremy Lawson (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) BOOM! Studios 26 September, 2018 Lord Drakkon has destroyed…
Harbinger Wars 2: Should I, An Adult, Read This Superhero Summer Event?
I don’t know. Do you now or have you ever liked Marvel comics? If the answer is no, I’m probably not gonna be much help here. Valiant’s Harbinger Wars 2 is straight outta Westchester, a Mutant Registration Act battle for America over whether or not it’s OK to kill teens. It feels rude to relegate…
Green Hornet #2: Rise of a Fascinating New Hero
Green Hornet #2 Amy Chu (Writer), German Erramouspe (Artist), Brittany Pezzillo (Colours), Tom Napolitano (Letters) Dynamite Comics 4 April, 2018 There is a new Green Hornet in Century City and she isn’t afraid to kick ass. Mulan Hayashi has taken over the mantle from Britt Reid Jr., now missing for over three weeks following a…
BLACK: Powerful, Stunning and Subversive
BLACK Volume One Kwanza Osajyefo (writer), Jamal Igle (artist), Tim Smith III (designer), Derwin Roberson (colours) Black Mask Studios 1 November, 2017 What started as a Kickstarter project in 2016 may soon become a feature film. Kwanza Osajeyfo’s popular comic book BLACK was optioned for film by Studio 8 late February.