This is the second time I’ve written this piece. The first version of this was a perfectly serviceable summary of Angela, Sera, and their journey together from lovers to Queens over three volumes of series they share and how Marvel Comics utterly dropped the ball with one of the most exciting and bold queer storylines…
REVIEW: The Morning After for Krakoa Arrives in Way of X #3
Way of X #3 made me angrier than any comic book I’ve ever read in my life. I normally like to start a review with something pithy or a summary of the lead-up to the story, but it is simply hard for me to feel anything other than blood boiling rage at this noxious issue….
REVIEW: Marauders #21 Kicks off the Hellfire Gala With All Flash, No Substance
The Hellfire Gala is finally here! The stage is set for mutants to take their place as the foremost influences and visionaries on Earth as they show just how far they’ve come in front of the world’s rich and powerful. And also Jimmy Kimmell is here for some reason. Marauders #21 is the official start…
REVIEW: Marauders #20 Bids an Unsatisfying Farewell to Storm
Ahoy, folks! Uh…avast ye scabbies? Look, I’m going to level with you here, that’s about the extent of my pirate lingo. What I’m trying to say is Hey! I’m taking over for WWAC’s Marauders coverage going forward, starting with the final pre-Hellfire Gala tale, Marauders #20. A rare Storm spotlight, it’s an issue I would…
REVIEW: Cable #10 Stumbles as the Series Finale Nears
Cable has officially hit its final arc, with only two issues left following Cable #10. As Kid Cable’s (seeming) end nears, the series’ various plotlines are winding up and setting the stage for the showdown with Stryfe. While there are flashes of the charm that carried the previous issues through, the focus on dour plot…
REVIEW: SWORD #5 Thrives on Murky Questions, New Arrivals and a Whole Naked Man
Howdy, folks! I’m taking over as WWAC’s new SWORD writer starting with this issue which, hilariously, is also the end of the first “arc” of the series. Luckily, SWORD #5 continues not just the series’ streak of excellence, it serves as a wholly enjoyable standalone tale that tackles everything from the mess of nation-making on…
REVIEW: Invincible Soars, but Can’t Escape its Source Material
I honestly didn’t know what to expect going into the premiere of Amazon’s Invincible series. I had long since soured on the comic (the early issues were a favorite of teenage Zoe, but the quick descent into Robert Kirkman’s stock gore and shock reveals made me abandon ship). Still, the idea of a big-budget Western…
REVIEW: Batman: Urban Legends Brings Sad Gun Boys and Sapphic Romance
Batman: Urban Legends is a strange and strangely important book for DC Comics. Sporting a lead story written by longtime Marvel stalwart Chip Zdarsky, the 90-page anthology series is the first step into something new for the publisher. Not quite a total shift into the Japanese manga format of weekly/monthly anthologies, but a substantial package…
REVIEW: The Beginning of the End…Begins in Cable #9
The end is nigh for Cable, friends. Well, in a few months at least. Cable #9 is the first issue since official word got out that Cable would be ending with June’s #12, and the issue is, somehow, improved with this knowledge. Cable #9 is a quiet issue, a pseudo-farewell tour for Kid Cable as…
Visible: Trans Creator Spotlight on #TransDayofVisibility
For Trans Day of Visibility we wanted to honor a few of our personal favorite trans and nonbinary creators in comics! ( A big thanks to fellow WWAC-er Zainabb Hull for helping to organize this piece)
REVIEW: Cable #8 Made Me Hungry for Gyoza
Cable #8 reunites its titular teen with one of his most reliable, constant allies: Domino. Of course, between the decidedly poorly executed Deadpool appearance earlier in the series and the complete lack of history between this Cable and Domino, there’s quite a bit of room for things to go wrong. Thankfully, Duggan and Noto are…
REVIEW: Cable’s Post-X of Swords Return Misses a Step
With X of Swords in the rearview, Cable has returned from a brief hiatus to check-in with its sword-wielding mutant teen lead. Cable’s spotlight moments in X of Swords proved to be some of the event’s most emotionally powerful, putting the cocky kid through the emotional wringer and leaving him with a newfound sense of…