Justice League of America #19
Writer Geoff Johns
Artist: Ivan Reis
DC Comics, $2.99, color, 28 pages
The slam against The New 52 Justice League is that it's slow-moving, and this issue will do nothing to change that impression. However, it's chock-f
Read more…Vibe #3
Writer: Sterling Gates
Artist: Pete Woods, Fabian Parsons
DC Comics, $2.99, color, 20 pages
DC's strategy for making former punchline Vibe a success has become clear: They're going to make him central to the DC Universe.
The third issue of
Read more…Wonder Woman #19
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Artists: Goren Sudzuka, Tony Akins
DC Comics, $2.99, color, 20 pages
I have loved every issue of Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman, and this issue is no exception.
Not that this issue is a major one of any kind
Read more…He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1
Writer: Keith Giffen
Artist: Pop Mhan
DC Comics, $2.99, color, 20 pages
I don't know if it's possible for someone my age to ever take He-Man seriously, but DC is certainly giving it a good shot.
I don't mea
Read more…Nightwing #19
Writer: Kyle Higgins
Artist: Brett Booth
DC Comics, $2.99, color, 20 pages
This is a revamp, but a minor one that's a bit clumsy as well.
Nightwing is now in Chicago, on the trail of Boss Zucco, the guy who killed his parents and was
Read more…Red Hood and the Outlaws #19
Writer: James Tynion IV
Artist: Julius Gopez
DC Comics, $2.99, color, 20 pages
The first 18 issues of this title were all written by Scott Lobdell, and the previous issue was drawn by Tyler Kirkham, so this is obviously
Read more…The Edge of Destruction
1)This is an unusual story in that it features only the regular cast, and that the action never moves outside of the TARDIS. In a way, it's an odd story to do for what is only the program's third story in, but it does offer an
Read more…This will come off clearly as being from someone who started reading comics in the early 1960s. And it will be 99% nostalgic and 1% as a rant.
I still go into my favorite comic shop here in the Los Angeles area, House of Secrets, to pick up Alter E
Read more…So , do you have anything to say about DC's corporate " life-long " (hey , they're PERSONS - sez the Supremes , anyway !!!!!!!!!) habit of buying other comic book companies' assets , either in whole or in part ???????
Really ~ It's in DC's corporat
Read more…This is a hidden treasure to me. As I've said three stories in one title. Really I like the way they've expanded from the tv show and are exploring some new ground. Superman finds out that the situation on the planet is both worse and more complicate
Read more…Last week I went to Berlin for Spring Break. While packing, I was thinking about the plane ride and my large stack of unread comics. I've always had those digital codes in the back of most of the Marvel comics, and decided to load them onto my iPad a
Read more…Ditko Monsters: Gorgo
Collecting Ditko-drawn Gorgo stories from Charlton comics (1961-65)
Writer: Joe Gill
Artist: Steve Ditko
Edited and designed by Craig Yoe
IDW, $34.99, color, 224 pages
As a boy, I saw a Gorgo comic book somewhere (I didn't own
Read more…For comics and various sundry items that will appear in your LCS in June.
1. Black mask Comics warning for shop owners amused me,"Comic shops: Expect new customers looking for this." It was for some new series about vigilantes who I guess kill peopl
Read more…May God give comfort to those affected by the bombings in Boston.
Read more…Punk Rock Jesus
Collecting Punk Rock Jesus #1-6 (Sep 12-Feb 13)
Writer/artist: Sean Murphy
DC/Vertigo, $16.99, B&W, 224 pages
There's a lot to recommend Punk Rock Jesus in general, and it's definitely a book that will make you think. But, weirdly f
Read more…Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Jungle Adventures Volume 3
Reprinting Lorna, the Jungle Girl #13-16 (May-Nov 55), Jungle Tales #5-7 (May-Sep 55) and Jungle Action #4-6 (Apr-Aug 55)
Writers and artists: Various
Marvel Comics, $74.99, color, 280 pages
T
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