The Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, Stephen Strange, is back in Jed MacKay and Pasqual Ferry’s new Doctor Strange book. The first issue’s title page catches readers up on what transpired just before the story begins: Stephen Strange was, of course, dead. Clea took over in his stead. A group of people from other dimensions have…
REVIEW: Phantom Road #1 Hits the Highway with a Well-Paced Start
The American open road is haunted. We know this. Jeff Lemire and Gabriel H. Walta know this too. If you’ve spent any time on a highway late at night in the states, when the lamps and the headlights start to burn, you can’t help but feel something is with you out there. And it’s not…
REVIEW: Hellcat #1 Brings the Grit and Gloom with a New Murder Mystery
Patsy Walker is back in Hellcat #1, the start of her 5-issue limited series from Marvel Comics. This Hellcat book spins off from writer Christopher Cantwell’s run on Iron Man, wherein Patsy turns down a marriage proposal from Tony Stark and strikes out on her own to live in San Francisco (see Iron Man and…
REVIEW: I Am Iron Man #1 Struggles to Set Up New Adventures
Tony Stark has two birthdays to celebrate in 2023. It has been fifteen years since Robert Downey Jr. first played the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Iron Man (2008) and it is the 60th anniversary of Tony’s first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39. It’s the latter that Marvel Comics’ new miniseries, I Am…
REVIEW: Night of the Ghoul is a Pulpy Dip into Classic Horror
For movie buffs, it’s no obscure bit of trivia that many films have been lost to the ages due to things such as lack of preservation or catastrophic fires. Even some films featuring big stars or made by iconic directors can no longer be found in the archives, such as the 1927 Lon Chaney flick…
Worlds of Exile and Illusion Collects a Hearty Portion of Early-Career Ursula K. Le Guin
Across a nearly 60-year career, Ursula K. Le Guin left an indelible mark on speculative fiction. She is best known for her fantasy work A Wizard of Earthsea and the science fiction novels The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. The latter two belong to the Hainish Cycle, a series of five books that…
REVIEW: Iron Fist #1 Packs Punches and Lots of New Lore
There’s a brand new Iron Fist in the Marvel Universe! When Danny Rand gives up his powers to save the world, he leaves the position open for another person to take up the mantle. In the first issue of Alyssa Wong and Michael YG’s mini-series, we get to know Lin Lie, a young man who…
REVIEW: Strange #1 is Striking Start for the New Sorcerer Supreme
Stephen Strange may be dead, but in Strange #1, the Sorcerer Supreme lives. When Stephen is murdered, his death causes Earth’s magical barrier against other dimensions to disappear, allowing other beings to cross over. One such being is Clea, Stephen’s estranged wife. Stephen’s resurrection is only temporary, leaving Clea to mourn him and solve the…
Ch-Ch-Changes! A Roundtable on Comixology’s New Look
Change is hard. But when it’s the largest platform for digital comics, it can be even harder. The long-awaited Comixology full integration with Amazon Marketplace arrived last week, removing the dedicated Comixology storefront. Now, all purchases go through Amazon’s main site, and work similarly to Kindle purchases. The main Comixology app also got a new…
REVIEW: House of Slaughter #4 Paints a Portrait of Heartbreak
House of Slaughter #4 continues Aaron and Jace’s love story and their fight for survival in the pressure-cooker of the eponymous household. Jace goes off with the other white mask initiates to conduct a ritual hunt that will help them acquire the teeth on their masks – the mark of acceptance into the house. Meanwhile,…
Mary Jane and Black Cat: Beyond #1 – Bad Girls, Good Comic
Mary Jane Watson and Black Cat, aka Felicia Hardy, have been major players in the webbed corner of the Marvel Universe, and the new one-shot comic Mary Jane and Black Cat: Beyond #1 shows us what happens when these two ladies team-up to protect Peter Parker.
REVIEW: Robins #3 Falters with Heavy Exposition
Robins #3 picks up where issue #2 left off for another action-packed installment. A conversation between Dick and Bruce frames the comic and recounts the events following the last issue’s cliffhanger. The gang teams up to defeat a group of ex-sidekicks who have acquired technology that allows them to physically transform into their prior partners…