Strange Adventures
Various writers & artists
Vertigo, 2014
A compilation of two science fiction themed Vertigo anthologies: Strange Adventures 1 (2011) and Mystery In Space 1 (2012), which both used the 84-page saddle-stitched format that Vertigo adop
Read more…Gideon Falls Vol. 3: Stations of the Cross
Jeff Lemire, writer; Andrea Sorrentino, art; Dave Stewart, colors
Image Comics, 2019
This installment centers around Father Burke. He had already become deeply involved in the mystery of Gideon Falls, but no
Read more…Black Hammer: Streets Of Spiral
Jeff Lemire, writer/creator; Dean Ormston, creator; Emi Lenox, art; and many others
Dark Horse Comics, 2019
It's kind of amazing that Black Hammer has been around long enough to generate a miscellaneous collection like t
Read more…Plunge
Joe Hill, writer; Stuart Immonen, artist; Dave Stewart, colorist
DC Black Label, 2020
Hill returns to the writer's chair for this Hill House miniseries, which he describes as "the last of the first wave Hill House books." The all-star art tea
Read more…Black Science Vol. 9: No Authority But Yourself
Rick Remender, writer; Matteo Scalera, artist; Moreno Dinisio, colors
Image Comics, 2019
After all this time, the finale caught me by surprise. Not only did I not realize this was the series ending before
Read more…Due to actually having a life, I had only one night to read DC’s output this weekend before the books were withdrawn. I caution once again that since I don't have the books in front of me, I'm not doing actual reviews; I'm just reporting my impressio
Read more…Invisible Kingdom Vol. 2: Edge of Everything
G. Willow Wilson, writer; Christian Ward, artist
Berger Books, 2020
The second installment of this series is very much an "out of the frying pan, into the fire" situation. Having revealed that the domin
Read more…The Dollhouse Family
M.R. Carey, writer; Peter Gross, layouts; Vince Locke, finishes; Chris Peter, colorist
DC Black Label, 2020
Alice is six years old when she inherits an antique dollhouse from a great aunt no one in her family knew about. The to
Read more…Imaginary Fiends
Tim Seeley, writer; Stephen Molnar, artist; Quinton Winter, colors
Vertigo Comics, 2019
Another imaginative concept from horror writing veteran Tim Seeley and artist Stephen Molnar. The key element is that childhood imaginary frien
Read more…Bitter Root Vol. 1: Family Business
David F. Walker, Chuck Brown & Sanford Greene, creators; Rico Renzi & Sanford Greene, color artists; Clayton Cowles, letterer.
Image Comics, 2019
This is a horror story with a difference. On the surface it's an
Read more…The Lost Boys
Tim Seeley, writer; Scott Godlewski, artist; Trish Mulvihill & Michael Wiggam, colorists
Vertigo Comics, 2017
This is a direct sequel to the 1987 film (it ignores previous sequels, in any medium). So it is a licensed property, only the s
Read more…East of West Vol. 10
Jonathan Hickman, writer; Nick Dragotta, artist; Frank Martin, colors
Image Comics, 2020
The end of the series is finally here. Having been promised the end of the world, I expected complete annihilation, even if I wasn't sure pre
Read more…Frostbite
Joshua Williamson, writer; Jason Shawn Alexander, artist; Louis Nct, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2017
Frostbite is set in a frozen future dystopia ("Fifty-seven years into the new Ice Age"). The setting certainly isn't unique--Snowpiercer immed
Read more…The Umbrella Academy Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion
Gerard Way, story; Gabriel Bá, art; Nick Filardi, colors; Nate Piekos, letters
Dark Horse Books, 2019
This installment opens with Hargreeves sending a super-villain to the title location: a hotel/prison lo
Read more…House of Whispers Vol. 2: Ananse
Nalo Hopkinson & Dan Watters, writers; Dominike "DOMO" Stanton, art; John Rauch & Zac Atkinson, colorists
DC Vertigo, 2020
The second installment finds Erzulie and company free of the Dreaming, sailing on the rivers of
Read more…Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen
Helen Mullane, writer; Dom Reardon, artist; Matthew Dow Smith, layouts artist & title page illustration; Jock, cover & page 3 illustration; Lee Loughridge, color artist
Humanoids, 2020
This starts out looking like a ty
Read more…Lucifer Vol. 2: The Divine Tragedy
Dan Watters, writer; Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara, & Kelley Jones, illustrators; Dave McCaig, colorist
DC Vertigo, 2020
This installment takes over where the previous volume left off: the suave version of Lucifer
Read more…Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade
Story by Kurt Vonnegut; written by Ryan North; illustrated by Albert Monteys
Archaia, 2020
I'm not usually a great fan of adaptations of novels, in movie or graphic form. Too often essential aspects of
Read more…Books of Magic Vol. 2: Second Quarto
Kat Howard, writer; Tom Fowler, Brian Churilla & Craig Taillefer, artists; Jordan Boyd & Marissa Louise, colorists
DC Vertigo, 2020
The collection opens with two detectives investigating Ellie's disappearance and t
Read more…The Dreaming Vol. 2: Empty Shells
by Simon Spurrier, writer; Bilquis Evely & Abigail Larson, artists; Mat Lopes & Quinton Winter, colorists
DC Vertigo, 2020
Abigail Larson takes over on art for the first arc here, which revolves around Rose Walker spe
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