Graphic novels. Collected editions. Omnibuses. Trades. These are really all just words for “a kickass way to read comics”. So, with this column we’re going to look at all of those kickass bound pages that are hitting comic shops, bookstores and online outlets this week! (Note that in some instances, the release dates to comic…
Learning to Love the Legion: FUTURE STATE: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #2
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! Legion of Super-Heroes ends for the foreseeable future by wrapping up the story begun last month in Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 in a way that, if it isn’t wholly satisfying, is at least definitive. So… This is it. The final issue, so far as we know, of this run of…
Learning to Love the Legion: FUTURE STATE: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! At some point in the future of the future, a ragtag band of former Legionnaires criss-crosses the galaxy, trying to get the team back together to confront the one responsible for the galaxy’s destruction… a former teammate! Well! That wasn’t quite what I was expecting! There is, at least in this issue,…
Learning to Love the Legion: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #9
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! This issue features art by David Marquez, Ryan Sook, Wade Von Grawbadger, Joe Quinones, Mike Grell, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Nick Derington, James Harren, John Romita, Jr., Klaus Janson, Nicola Scott, Arthur Adams, Jim Cheung, Gary Frank, Tula Lotay, Riley Rossmo, Gene Luen Yang, Kevin Nowlan, Michel Fiffe, Jenny Frison, Emanuela Lupacchino,…
Review: MARTIAN MANHUNTER #1
MARTIAN MANHUNTER #1 Written by Steve Orlando Art by Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia, Deron Bennett Edited by Dave Wielgosz, Chris Conroy, Jamie S. Rich Published by DC Comics Release Date: December 5, 2018 J’onn J’onnz was a corrupt cop on Mars before his world burned. Now, in his new life on Earth, a gruesome murder will bring…
Review: CURSED COMICS CAVALCADE #1
CURSED COMICS CAVALCADE #1 Written by Tim Seeley, Gary Dauberman, Vita Ayala, Kenny Porter Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko, Mags Visaggio, Michael Moreci, Bryan Hill, Dave Wielgosz, and James Tynion IV Art by Kyle Hotz, Riccardo Fedirici, Victor Ibáñez, Riley Rossmo, Gabriel Hardman, Minkyu Jung, Dexter Soy, Christian Duce, Felipe Watanabe Mark Buckingham, Jonas Trindade, Andrew Pepoy, FCO Plascencia,…
Advance Review: DEATHBED #1
DEATHBED #1 Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Riley Rossmo, Ivan Placencia, and Deron Bennett Edited by Amedeo Turturro and Mark Doyle Published by DC Comics/Vertigo Release Date: February 21, 2018 Let me be honest with you all, and no spoilers, but this book is WILD. I want to tell you everything, but I’m trying to keep…
Review: BATMAN/THE SHADOW #6
BATMAN/THE SHADOW #6 Written by Steve Orlando and Scott Snyder Art by Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia, and Clem Robins Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 27, 2017 “You must choose: become immortal, unshackled to war eternal against evil…or return to life in mortal form, to fight and fight…and one day die”. Shamba-La is dying!…
Review: BATMAN/THE SHADOW #5
BATMAN/THE SHADOW #5 Written by Steve Orlando, Scott Snyder Art by Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia, Clem Robins Published by DC Comics/Dynamite Entertainment Release Date: August 23, 2017 Batman has been stabbed by the Stag’s blade! As Batman tries to keep it together, will he succumb to the deathblow that prehistoric dagger interwoven with metaphysical circuitry…
Review: BATMAN/THE SHADOW #4
BATMAN/THE SHADOW #4 Written by Steve Orlando Art by Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia, and Clem Robins Published by DC Comics Release Date: July 26, 2017 Dangers surround Batman! Captured by the Joker and the Stag, Batman finds himself encircled by a slew of his rogue gallery. But will Batman be able to get out of…