THE KITCHEN #4 Written by Ollie Masters Art by Ming Doyle, Jordie Bellaire Published by Vertigo Comics Release Date: February 18, 2015 We’re back with this month’s installment of The Kitchen. Last issue, we were left with the news that Angie, Kath, and Raven’s husbands were being released from prison and would be returning to…
Review: MOON KNIGHT #12
MOON KNIGHT #12 Written by Brian Wood Art by Greg Smallwood, Jordie Bellaire Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: February 18, 2015 And so we reach the coda of Brian Wood and Greg Smallwood’s run on Moon Knight. We pick up with Marc Spector where he left off—jumping out of a plane without a parachute,…
Review: SILK #1
SILK #1 Written by Robbie Thompson Art by Stacey Lee, Ian Herring Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: February 18, 2015 Silk is the story of Cindy Moon, a Korean-American woman, who was bit by the same radioactive spider as Peter Parker and developed the same powers. We haven’t heard of her until now because…
Advance Review: FRANKENSTEIN UNDERGROUND #1
FRANKENSTEIN UNDERGROUND #1 Written by Mike Mignola Art by Ben Stenbeck Published by Dark Horse Comics Release Date: March 18, 2015 The Frankenstein monster makes his second appearance in the Mignolaverse in this mini-series that gives the monster the spotlight. A Frankenstein story isn’t a Frankenstein story without the character going through hell, and Underground…
Review: AVENGERS WORLD #17
AVENGERS WORLD #17 Written by Frank Barbiere Art by Marco Checchetto Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: February 18, 2015 This is a story that takes place in the present. The key here is that the series has gone to the past and jumped ahead to the future. Now, in the one-shot pacing of this…
Review: BITCH PLANET #3
BITCH PLANET #3 Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick Art by Robert Wilson IV Published by Image Comics Release Date: February 18, 2015 If Bitch Planet #1 and #2 were entries into showcasing the frightening world of the setting, issue #3 seems to show where the real heart of the comic is going to shine: the characters.…
Review: THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR: SPARKS NEVADA: MARSHAL ON MARS #1
THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR: SPARKS NEVADA: MARSHAL ON MARS #1 Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker Art by J. Bone Published by Image Comics Release Date: February 18, 2015 The Thrilling Adventure Hour comes to comics with Sparks Nevada, an old school Marshal bringing justice to Mars. I’m going to preface this review…
Review: DEADLY CLASS #11
DEADLY CLASS #11 Written by Rick Remender Art by Wes Craig & Lee Loughridge Published by Image Comics Release Date: February 18, 2015 After ten issues I started to think that we’ve seen it all from Deadly Class. It has consistently been a special comic, and I was sure that the creative team of Rick…
Review: THE VALIANT #3
THE VALIANT #3 Written by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt Art by Paolo Rivera Published by Valiant Entertainment Release Date: February 18, 2015 So…the Immortal Enemy is a bit of a bastard, eh? The heroes of the Valiant Universe have been assembled by Gilad & his benefactors with one goal in The Valiant #3: bring The…
Review: MULTIVERSITY: MASTERMEN #1
MULTIVERSITY: MASTERMEN #1 Written by Grant Morrison Art by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair Published by DC Comics Release Date: February 18, 2015 Wilkommen to Earth-10. America is extinct. Germania has risen after the events of World War II and Nazi world domination. And it all came about because of a rocket ship…