Resident Alien: An Alien in New York#1 Peter Hogan (Writer), Steve Parkhouse (Artist) Dark Horse Comics April 2018 An alien stranded far from home, Harry Vanderspeigle works as a doctor in Patience, Washington. Harry also investigates crimes freelance to keep himself occupied. With four positive outcomes under his belt, he finds himself on the case…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #26
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #26 Kyle Higgins (writing), Daniele di Nicuolo (art), Walter Baiamonte (colors) Boom Studios April 2018 Spoilers ahead! When watching the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television show, one thing viewers could generally count on was that no matter how high the stakes got, the heroes would get out of their predicament…
Supergirl: Friend to Those Who Need It Most
Supergirl #19 Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala (writers), Jamal Campbell (artist), Carlos M. Mangual (letterer), Jorge Jimenez with Alejandro Sanchez (cover) DC Comics March 14, 2018 Supergirl has been my favorite character in comics for almost as long as I’ve been reading them. She means the world to me, and she is what drives me…
Women of Mangaka: Yuu Watase
During the 1990s, a time of relatively few shojo manga series (or manga series in general, really) being translated to English, one of the cornerstones that everyone at least knew of was Fushigi Yuugi, an anime based on the manga by Yuu Watase. For lots of girls of that age, the protagonist, high school girl…
Wolverine: The Long Night
In Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s first Wolverine-based mini-series, we’re introduced to the titular hero as he stalks a bear through the Canadian wilds. It’s not the first time his solo adventures will deposit him out there, and indeed some of my favorite Wolverine stories have him traipsing through the woods and snow.
Riverdale Volume #2 Fights The Post-Season Blues
Riverdale Vol. 2 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (stories); Aaron Elling, Will Ewing, Michael Grassi, Ross Maxwell, Brian E Paterson, Tessa Leigh Williams (writers); Joe Eisma, Thomas Pitilli (artists); Janice Chiang, John Workman (letters); Andre Szymanowicz (colors) Archie Comics March 2018 As season two of the CW’s hit TV show Riverdale draws to a close, Archie Comics stands ready…
Dejah Thoris #3 Lacks The Beauty of the Original Barsoom
Dejah Thoris #3 Amy Chu (writer) Pasquale Qualano (illustration) Valentine Pinto (colors) Dynamite April 4, 2018 The setting for the emerging Dejah Thoris comic book series is our solar system; the backdrop is a dusty alien city on a red planet we call Mars. This stage is taken from a series of novels written in…
Xena #3 is Fun, But Far Too Heterosexual
Xena: Warrior Princess #3 Meredith Finch (Writer), Vicente Cifuentes (Artist), Triona Farrell (Colorist), Cardinal Ray (Letterer) Dynamite Entertainment April 18, 2018 I have been surprised by just how much I’ve been enjoying Dynamite’s new Xena title. Written by Meredith Finch, and drawn charmingly by Vicente Cifuentes, it’s undoubtedly colourist Triona Farrell’s book, and since the first…
When Her Luck Runs Out: Domino #1
Domino #1 Gail Simone (Writer), David Baldeón (Artist), Jesus Aburtov (Colours), Clayton Cowles (Letters) Marvel Comics April 11, 2018 Nenna “Domino” Thurman has been gunning her way across the Marvel Universe since 1992, but the big screen debut of the supersoldier-turned-mercenary in the upcoming Deadpool 2 is set to give her profile a considerable boost….
Saga #50 Marks An Important Anniversary
Saga #50 Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Artist), Fonografiks (letterer & designer) Image Comics March 28, 2018 Saga #50 lacks the bizarre fanfare that I was expecting in its monumental fiftieth issue, particularly for a comic that has frequented in endless plot twists, heartbreaking losses, bold sex scenes, and outlandish (quite literally) characters, both…
A Helluva Thing: Serialized Death in Black Bolt
Death doesn’t matter in comics. 90% of the time that I spend thinking about comics, I argue against this. But if people die all the time and then come back, death can’t matter.
Reefer Madness is a Harsh Buzz
Reefer Madness Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Jerry Robinson, and more (Creators), Craig Yoe (Editor) Dark Horse Comics March 29, 2018 Do you miss the days when the devil’s lettuce was demonized and illegal everywhere? Love getting lit and laughing at just how misunderstood marijuana was, and still is in much of…
