Archie Meets Batman ’66 #1 Michael Moreci (Writer), Jeff Parker (Writer), Dan Parent (Artist), Kelly Fitzpatrick (Colours), Jack Morelli (Letters) Archie Comics and DC Entertainment July 18, 2018 There’s never a quiet moment in Gotham, as visitors to the 1966 World’s Science Fair find out in Archie Meets Batman ’66 #1. Poison Ivy, recently escaped…
Voltron: Legendary Defender #1 Brings Hope to the Galaxy
Voltron: Legendary Defender Vol. 3 #1 Mitch Iverson (writer), Beni Lobel (colorist), Rubine (artist) Lion Forge July 11th, 2018 A review copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Another day, another Voltron #1. This is actually the third volume of Voltron: Legendary Defender comics that Lion Forge…
Aphrodite V #1: Your Enigmatic Neighbourhood Green-Haired Assassin
Aphrodite V #1 Bryan Edward Hill (writer), Troy Peteri (letterer), Jeff Spokes (artist) Top Cow Comics July 18, 2018 A copy of this comic was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Black market technology. Biomechanical humans. Riding in on the heels of the technological terrorism introduced in Cyber Force #1, Top…
The Complete The Killer: The Craft of Pasting Ethics Over Action
The Complete The Killer Matz and Luc Jacamon, translated by Matz and Edward Gauvin, with lettering by Marshall Dillon (Chapters 1-10) and Deron Bennett (Chapters 11-13) Archaia for BOOM! Studios The Complete The Killer (RRP $39.99) is unbelievably long. Unreasonably, as a PDF—my internet’s not great, but even so—it took a full hour to load…
Halloween Comes Early in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #1
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #1 David Avallone (Writer), Dave Acosta (Artist), Andrew Covalt (Colorist), Taylor Esposito (Letterer) Dynamite July 4, 2018 Hello, darlings! Welcome to the review! This is Slayleigh, here with another EX-PLOSIVE #1 issue–and, ugh, no, it’s not another X-Force relaunch from Rob Liefeld. This little firecracker from Dynamite stars none other…
Of Window Washers and Walkovers: Bella at the Bar
Bella at the Bar Jenny McDade & Primrose Cumming (Writers), John Armstrong (Artist) Rebellion July 2018 In 1971, Fleetway began publishing Tammy, a weekly comic for girls. One of its long-running stars was the newly-collected Bella at the Bar. However, what new readers might not realize (and what no one mentions in the collection’s introduction)…
Underwater Preteen Princesses and Punk-Rock Rebels: Hope Nicholson’s Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History Hope Nicholson Quirk Books May 2, 2017
My First Comic: Snikt, Bub
Honestly, comics have been a part of my life for so long that the details on where and when they first came in are fuzzy. They were one of the tools my cousin used to help encourage me to read, so I’m sure that I have a different, literal first, but the first one I…
We Attract Our Mirror Image – An Exploration of the Law of Attraction in Anya’s Ghost
Ghosted Friendships soured. Familial ties broken. Lovers lost. Over and over, people would either slowly fade away or they’d ghost completely. People have walked into my life, stayed for a short while, then vanish just as quickly as they had arrived. He or she ghosted. Why? This was something I always used to ask myself…
Inside The Quantum Age with Jeff Lemire and Wilfredo Torres (With Cover Exclusives from #4)
The Quantum Age #1 Jeff Lemire (Writer), Wilfredo Torres (Artist), Dave Stewart (Colors), Nate Piekos of BLAMBOT (Letters) Dark Horse Comics Release Date July 4, 2018 I immediately fell in love with Black Hammer the moment I unpacked the first issue and put it on the shelf of my comic shop. I knew I needed to…
Presenting Dark Horse: June 2018
Well, hello there, lovely readers. It’s been a while. Almost a year, in fact, since my last installment of Presenting Dark Horse. While I have a million and one reasons to explain my absence—such as becoming an editor for WWAC’s own Bookmarked section, and so many wonderful freelance writing gigs over the last several months—I can’t help but…
Incognegro Renaissance #5: Measured Ending to a Strong Series
Incognegro: Renaissance #5 Mat Johnson (Writer), Warren Pleece (Artist), Clem Robins (Letters) Dark Horse Comics Inc. 4 July, 2018 Published on the 10th anniversary of Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece’s award-winning Incognegro, the new limited 5-issue series, Incognegro: Renaissance, has come to its conclusion. Set in the 1920s, Renaissance acts as a prequel detailing protagonist Zane…
