BATMAN/TMNT ADVENTURES #1 Written by Matthew K. Manning Art by Jon Sommariva, Sean Parsons, Leonardo Ito, Shawn Lee Published by IDW Publishing Release Date: November 9, 2016 Batman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back to team-up once again in a zany clash of two worlds. While earlier this year we saw the original TMNT pair up…
Review: THE SKEPTICS #1
THE SKEPTICS #1 Written by Tini Howard Art by Devaki Neogi, Jen Hickman, Aditya Bidikar Published by Black Mask Studios Release Date: October 26, 2016 What if the Russians had soldiers with special abilities during the Cold War? What if there was a special unit of the United States government designated to seek out people with…
Review: REBORN #1
REBORN #1 Written by Mark Millar Art by Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia, Nate Piekos Published by Image Comics Release Date: October 12, 2016 There’s a force to be reckoned with and it’s Mark Millar! Millar has been absolutely nailing creator-owned properties for the last half year (on top of an impressive catalog before that), with beautiful titles…
Review: GREEN VALLEY #1
GREEN VALLEY #1 Written by Max Landis Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cliff Rathburn, Jean Francois-Beaulieu, and Pat Brosseau Published by Image Comics Release Date: October 5, 2016 I just read a comic about knights and medieval barbarians, and I loved it. It’s not every day you can get me to utter those words, as period-style pieces…
Review: CANNIBAL #1
CANNIBAL #1 Written by Brian Buccellato, Jennifer Young Art by Matias Bergara, Brian Buccellato, Troy Peteri Published by Image Comics Release Date: September 5, 2016 People eating people?! Unheard of! Just kidding…it’s 2016 and flesh-eaters are still in season. J. Young and Brian Buccellato present a slight twist on the tale, crafting a story about cannibals with…
Review: FROSTBITE #1
FROSTBITE #1 Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Jason Shawn Alexander, Luis NCT, and Steve Wands Published by Vertigo Release Date: September 28, 2016 That cold dark feeling deep in your heart is about to get a whole lot colder. Frostbite #1 brings readers to the freeziest freeze of a new Ice Age with breathtaking art and a captivating…
Review: THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS #1
THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS #1 Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Tomm Coker, Michael Garland, and Rus Wooton Published by Image Comics Comics Release Date: August 10, 2016 Money talks, and so do the plentiful evil-doing characters in The Black Monday Murders #1. A lot. So, what are they discussing? Well, there’s a new Jonathan Hickman…
Review: KILL OR BE KILLED #1
KILL OR BE KILLED #1 Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Sean Phillips, Elizabeth Breitweiser Published by Image Comics Release Date: August 3, 2016 It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, never explored more callously than in Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Elizabeth Breitweiser’s new Image series, Kill Or Be Killed. This first issues opens with several shotgun bangs…
Review: BLACK HAMMER #1
BLACK HAMMER #1 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Dean Ormston, Dave Stewart, and Todd Klein Published by Dark Horse Comics Release Date: July 20, 2016 One look at the Justice League of America homage cover for Black Hammer #1, and I was sold. Okay, I was sold long before that, as soon as I saw this was…
Review: JADE STREET PROTECTION SERVICES #1
JADE STREET PROTECTION SERVICES #1 Written by Katy Rex Art by Fabian Lelay, Mara Jayne Carpenter, and Taylor Esposito Published by Black Mask Studios Release Date: June 29, 2016 It’s been quite some time since I’ve read a first issue of an all-ages book and didn’t feel once like I was doing so. I constantly…