BLACK BEETLE: THE NIGHT SHIFT #0 Written by Francesco Francavilla Art by Francesco Francavilla Release Date: December 19, 2012 Nostalgia is a curious thing in 2012, because it no longer appears to be strictly connected to personal experience. Often my strongest nostalgic pining comes for material with which I couldn’t possibly have first person experience,…
Review: DARK AVENGERS #184
DARK AVENGERS #184 Written by Jeff Parker Art by Neil Edwards Release Date: December 12, 2012 There’s an unspoken danger about comic line re-launches (don’t call it a reboot!) that plagues books like Dark Avengers #184. It’s the assumption that new trade dress and the “Marvel NOW!” stamp on a book automatically makes it a…
Review: BATGIRL #15
BATGIRL #15 Written by Gail Simone Art by Daniel Sampere and Vicente Cifuentes Release Date: December 12, 2012 It’s not been a great week to be Batgirl. After the baffling back channel announcement on Sunday that writer Gail Simone was removed from her post as the chief driver of Barbara Gordon’s fate (after nearly a…
Review: HUMAN BOMB #1
HUMAN BOMB #1 Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray Art by Jerry Ordway Release Date: December 5, 2012 Ex-Marine and recent war vet Michael Taylor has been having nightmares — about receiving the medal of honor and inexplicably exploding, and taking the White House with him. No run-of-the-mill PTSD, these dreams quickly become reality as…
Crisis of Epic Proportion: The Illusion of Change
I am always genuinely impressed by the vigor with which fans react to the monthly twists and turns of their favorite comic book. As a testimonial to the power of these characters — and the craft of the creative teams behind them — you can’t beat insane message board and twitter uproar. Meanwhile, it’s completely…
Review: KEVIN KELLER #6
KEVIN KELLER #6 Written by Dan Parent Art by Dan Parent and Rich Koslowski Release Date: December 5, 2012 Archie’s pal Kevin has to give a presentation to his class on “People Who Inspire Us” and there’s no better choice than TV legend (and out gay man) George Takei. But when Kevin hears his inspiration…
Review: FF #1
FF #1 Written by Matt Fraction Art by Mike Allred and Laura Allred Release Date: November 28, 2012 Following up on the release of Marvel NOW’s new volume of the Fantastic Four comes the new FF: Ant Man! Medusa! The Sensational She-Hulk! Miss Thing? When Reed Richards must take his family away from Earth for…
Review: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Vol. 1
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Volume 1 Written by Denise Mina (adapted from the original novel by Stieg Larsson) Art by Leonardo Manco and Andrea Mutti Release Date: November 7, 2012 The lives of two people — journalistic crusader Mikael Blomkvist and isolated punk genius Lisbeth Salander — begin to circle the vortex of…
HOT FIVE: Week of November 28, 2012
Every week, Comicosity will be bringing you our Hot Five, a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold for the week in the…
Review: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #646
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #646 Written by Kathryn Immonen Art by Valerio Schiti Release Date: November 21, 2012 Marvel’s soon-to-be highest numbered book (as the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man #700 is the last of that series) gets a brand new protagonist as the Lady Sif takes over from the Kid Loki. Asgard is in flames and only…