Curse Words Vol. 1: The Devil's Devil
Created by Charles Soule & Ryan Browne
Image Comics, 2017
The keywords on the back cover of this first collection of Soule and Browne's series (below "Mature Readers") are "Fantasy/Humor/Koalas," which summarize
Read more…Revival Vol 3 Deluxe Collection Hard Cover
Tim Seeley, story; Mike Norton, art
Image Comics, 2016
Year Three opens with a group of visitors hoping to receive miracle healing from the rive in Wausau, Wisconsin (home of the Revivers). Things do not wo
Read more…Lucifer Vol. 1: Cold Heaven
Holly Black, writer; Lee Garbett, artist; Stephanie Hans, guest artist (Issue #6); Antonio Fabela, colorist (Issues #1-5)
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Lucifer Morningstar steps out of the pages of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman for a
Read more…Revival Vol 4 Deluxe Collection Hard Cover
Tim Seeley, story; Mike Norton, art
Image Comics, 2017
As the series concludes there are a series of revelations, carefully orchestrated over the twelve issues in this deluxe collection. Seeley clearly had
Read more…MIND MGMT Volume Six: The Immortals
Created, written, & illustrated by Matt Kindt
Dark Horse Books, 2016
The final chapter of MIND MGMT: good triumphs over evil. Love conquers hate. Friendship beats enmity. Remembering eclipses forgetfulness. All t
Read more…Extremity Vol. 1: Artist
Daniel Warren Johnson: creator, writer, artist; Mike Spicer: colorist
Image Comics, 2017
It's been awhile since I started a new series created by a writer/artist, and they are quite uncommon outside of the "art comics" world
Read more…This week's Guide will be a bit truncated. It's been a rough week.
FIVE BOOKS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT
THE CLONE CONSPIRACY #1 (OF 5)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by DAN SLOTT
Art by JIM CHEUNG & RON FRENZ
Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
Variant Cov
Read more…Comments on these books shipping March 8, 2017:
• ACTION #975
• ASSASSIN'S CREED: REFLECTIONS #1
• BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #8
• THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI #1
• CANNIBAL VOL 1
• CHARMED #1
• EARTH 2: SOCIETY #22
• THE FLASH #18
• HAL JORDAN AND
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AVENGERS #1
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by MARK WAID
Art by MIKE DEL MUNDO
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Variant Covers by ADAM KUBERT, LORENZO PASTROVICCHIO
Hip-Hop Variant by DANIEL ACUNA
Action Figure Variant by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHE
Read more…Southern Cross Vol. 1
Becky Cloonan: story/covers; Andy Belanger: art; Lee Loughridge: colours
Image Comics, 2016
The Southern Cross is a tanker/personnel carrier headed to Titan, a refinery moon of Saturn. Alex Braith is on her way there to invest
Read more…This Damned Band
Paul Cornell, script; Tony Parker, art; Lovern Kindzierski, colors
Dark Horse Books, 2016
Compiles Cornell and Parker's six issue miniseries about the rock band Motherfather that uses Satanism as a marketing ploy...or so they think.
Read more…Seven to Eternity Vol. 1: The God of Whispers
Written by Rick Remender; Drawn by Jerome Opeña; Color art by Matt Hollingsworth
Image Comics, 2017
Remender and Opeña introduce a new fantasy world here, a strange combination of Western and high fantas
Read more…Black Hammer Volume 1: Secret Origins
Jeff Lemire: script; Dean Ormston: art; Dave Stewart: colors
Dark Horse Books, 2017
Canadian cartoonist/writer Jeff Lemire first made his name as an indie creator, notably with the Essex County trilogy for Top S
Read more…Dept. H Volume 1: Pressure
Matt Kindt, story and art; Sharlene Kindt, colors
Dark Horse Books, 2017
Matt Kindt's latest ongoing series is an undersea sci-fi murder mystery--but there is also flashback material set in deep space. Not many stories empl
Read more…The Hellblazer Vol 1: The Poison Truth (Rebirth)
Simon Oliver, writer; Moritat, Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan Jr., artists; Andre Szymanowicz, colorist
DC Comics, 2017
They keep starting and cancelling John Constantine series, but he never stays away fo
Read more…A.D.: After Death
Scott Snyder, writer; Jeff Lemire, illustrator
Image Comics, 2017
Dystopian science fiction has become an increasingly crowded genre, but Snyder and Lemire have managed to come up with a unique concept--and they execute it brillia
Read more…Good lord, it's Thursday already! Time to pop out the Captain's Comments for March 22, 2017, while they're still timely! This week's offerings:
• ACTION COMICS #976
• ANNO DRACULA #1
• ARCLIGHT
• BLACK HAMMER #7
• BLOODSHOT REBORN #0
• BRUTAL NATUR
Read more…The Fuse Vol. 2: Gridlock
Antony Johnston (Goodreads Author), Justin Greenwood (Illustrator)
Image Comics, 2015
The collection title refers to "Gridlocking:" maglev-bike races across the Fuse’s vast solar arrays, an illegal activity which has nonet
Read more…Red Thorn Vol. 1: Glasgow Kiss
David Baillie, writer; Meghan Hetrick, artist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Gifted American artist Isla Mackintosh is a Scot at heart. Both of her parents were born in Glasgow, and 25 years ago her older sister Lauren vanished du
Read more…This is the last Comics Guide for now.
I like doing the Comics Guide, as I feel as if I'm keeping a Comics Buyer's Guide tradition alive, plus it keeps me up to date on comics I don't read. And it's fun! But I feel that lately the cost/benefit ratio
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