Marvel wanted to time the release of this series with the new Disney + series Hawkeye, and if we assess a comic solely on the premise that its purpose is to bring in new comics readers and capitalize on the popularity of that character, then this series gets an A+. Based on the costume alone–which…
REVIEW: Marvel Meow Delivers Cat Power
Captain Marvel’s feline friend Chewie reigns supreme in Marvel Meow, Nao Fuji’s manga about the cat’s (er, flerken’s) misadventures across the Marvel Universe.
REVIEW: Deadpool: Black, White and Blood #2 – A Great Big Pile of Gore
While the second issue of Deadpool: Black, White, and Blood is a less necessary purchase for ‘Pool fans, it’s still a worthy compendium of his bloody, funny antics.
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Now I don’t know if I’m very lucky and the (comics) world just chooses to be very well behaved on the weeks I am assigned to write the news or if it thinks wow we should all wait until someone with a bit more sense is writing before we do something that requires analysis. Either…
REVIEW: It’s Kaiju Time in Trial of Magneto #3
The determined detectives of X-Factor have been investigating Magneto, who’s suspected in the death of the Scarlet Witch. The Avengers, among them her former husband the Vision, have come to Krakoa to take home her body, but Magneto wants her corpse to stay. Whoops — she’s alive! Whaaaaat?
REVIEW: X-Men #4 – Treehouse of Horror
In the grand tradition of The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t and KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, behold…the X-Men Halloween Special!
REVIEW: Reptil #4 Looks Toward The Future
Following Reptil #1, #2, and #3, the fourth and final issue of the miniseries has Humberto Lopez fight with his family, fully embrace his superpowers, and look toward the future.
REVIEW: Wolverine #15 Is Violence As Art
Remember when I said I couldn’t wait for this issue of Wolverine? Haha.
REVIEW: Spider-Man: Life Story Annual #1 – I Want Pictures of J. Jonah Jameson!
Providing a trenchant character portrait of J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man: Life Story Annual is deep and dark and beautifully written — but doesn’t feature much actual web-slinging from Peter Parker himself.
REVIEW: X-Men #3 – It’s Evolution, Baby
Terror falls from the sky in X-Men #3, but with the High Evolutionary involved, it’s not raining cats and dogs – it’s raining talking gorillas and cyborg elephants.
REVIEW: Deadpool: Black, White and Blood #1 is a Gory Good Time
The first issue of this brand-new Deadpool miniseries — drawn and inked entirely in black and red — is a bloody, funny scream.