Tuesday, April 27 2010
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
Hickman weaves a story of inter-generational evolution and the social complexity of ancient cultures as he reimagines S.H.I.E.L.D. as a millenia-old conspiracy of human progress.
Thursday, April 22 2010
Sparta U.S.A #1
This is an innovative new series that places a critique of the idealized culture of the American heartland within the context of a folksy small town isolated by yeti-filled mountains and under the control of a strange blue man.
Tuesday, April 20 2010
Justice League: Rise and Fall Saga
"One will Rise, and one, Fall", J. T. Krul pens a story the equal Jim Thompson's noir classic, "The Killer Inside Me".
Thursday, April 15 2010
The Flash: Secret Files and Origins
Exceeding the sales-gimmick nature of standalone issues, writer Geoff Johns pens a work of superlative meaning and character development.
Tuesday, April 13 2010
Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way #1 & 2
Even if you never break into comics, at least you will have read Marvel's best anthology in some time.
Thursday, April 8 2010
Ultimate X #1
Jeph Loeb delivers a tale of fatherhood and the growing into adolescence of a young mutant with an unremitting kindness.
Tuesday, April 6 2010
Thursday, April 1 2010
Fantastic Four #574
Would you give recent Marvel books to your 10-year old self? Hickman taps that magic that originally made us want to read comics.
Tuesday, March 30 2010
The Light #1-2
Let there be no light... Edmondson and Weldele have created a fascinating meditation on the warp speed with which we now exchange and ingest information.
Thursday, March 25 2010
A-Team War Stories: Hannibal
A reintroduction, rather than a reboot, writers Chuck Dixon and Erik Burnham prepare audiences for the upcoming summer blockbuster.
Tuesday, March 23 2010
Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1
Greg Rucka refuses to lose character in the shuffle of a major crossover event.
Thursday, March 18 2010
Nemesis: The Imposters #1
Remember Charles Bronson? Nemesis: The Imposters is all-out action from page one. But that is just the beginning.
Tuesday, March 16 2010
Thursday, March 11 2010
The Question #37
'One More Question' sees the passing of the torch between predecessor and successor characters, and writers of the character. But does this legacy statement come at too high a price?
Tuesday, March 9 2010
Thursday, March 4 2010
Pluto: Volume 001
Considering the caliber of the talent involved, the fact that Pluto is an artistically successful comic is hardly something to marvel at.
Tuesday, March 2 2010
Batman and Robin: “Blackest Knight” #7-9
The whimsical artwork of Cameron Stewart proves an excellent vehicle for the strange combination of cuteness and dread in Morrison's story.
Thursday, February 25 2010
Superman: Secret Origin #3 (of 6)
If we can ret-con the Son of God, we can ret-con the Last Son of Krypton.
Tuesday, February 23 2010
Human Target #1
Is Human Target a thinly veiled marketing ploy to bring the comics-market on as a regular viewing audience for the John E. Steinberg show?
Thursday, February 18 2010
Moon Girl
Johnny Zito and Tony Trov have mastered what the legendary Will Eisner called the art of comics as a 'literary staple'.
