Dark Night: A True Batman Story
Paul Dini, writer; Eduardo Risso, artist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Writer Paul Dini had a dream job during the 1990s: scripting the hugely popular Batman: The Animated Series and Tiny Toon Adventures. There was sufficient
Read more…VALIANT COMICS FOR SEPT. 28, 2016
The Comics Guide just got too big, so I moved these monsters to their own page.
BLOODSHOT REBORN #17
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by MICO SUAYAN
Cover A by TOMAS GIORELLO
Cover B by BUTCH GUIC
Read more…Constantine: The Hellblazer Volume 1: Going Down
Ming Doyle, James Tynion IV, writers; Riley Rossmo & others, artists; Ivan Plascencia, colors
DC Comics, 2016
Rogue mage John Constantine gets another DC series, this time with "the Hellblazer" back
Read more…The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story
Vivek J. Tiwary, writer; Andrew C. Robinson, illustrations; Kyle Baker, illustrations.
M Press, 2013
Captain Comics Review gave extensive coverage of this book in November, 2016. I finally got around to rea
Read more…Unfollow Vol. 1: 140 Characters
Rob Williams, writer; Mike Dowling, R.M. Guéra, artists; Quinton Winter, Giulia Brusco, colorists
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Unfollow is based on a brilliant topical premise: a social media mogul named Larry Ferrell who ha
Read more…Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
by Tom Hart
St. Martin's Press, 2016
Tom Hart's daughter Rosalie died suddenly of Sudden Unexplained Death In Childhood (SUDC) just before her second birthday. This memoir is his attempt to honestly chronicle the
Read more…Reviews for books shipping Feb. 1, 2017, including:
• A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #12
• AQUAMAN #16
• ASSASSIN'S CREED: UPRISING #1
• BATMAN #16
• FAITH #8
• THE FLINTSTONES #8
• GREEN LANTERN #16
• JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS #4
• JUDGE DR
Read more…Avengers #8 - After Avenger X takes down all of the Avengers save the Wasp, Doom shows up to help out. Story by Mark Waid, art by Jeremy Whitley.
The art's better. However, this story just screamed "let's make the heroes act like idiots to further the
Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 1: Atomic Garden
Rick Remender (Writer); Sean Murphy (Artist); Matt Hollingsworth (Colorist)
Image Comics, 2016
Co-creators Rick Remender and Sean Murphy get their dystopia on with Tokyo Ghost. They've both done stories in this kind
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Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash
Dave McKean
Dark Horse Books, 2016
Paul Nash was a British artist famous for his paintings inspired by his experiences on the frontline during the First World War: first as a soldier, and then as an official war a
Read more…Get Jiro! Blood and Sushi
Anthony Bourdain & Joel Rose, writers; Alé Garza, artist; José Villarrubia, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2015
In the first Get Jiro! story Jiro was a sushi chef in a futuristic, dystopian Los Angeles. This prequel tells the s
Read more…ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL (TPB)
Publisher: DC COMICS
Written by STERLING GATES
Art by BENGAL, EMANUELA LUPACCHINO, EMMA VIECELI and others
Cover by CAT STAGGS
144 pg • FC • $16.99 U.S.
In this collection of the six-issue digital-first miniseries bas
Read more…Comments for books shipping March 1, 2017.
Once again, my overlords have determined that I only need nine hours for a weekend, which took place Monday. I clipped my nails, and, uh, took a shower and, uh, watched a TV show. I might have eaten a couple
Read more…Black Magick Vol. 1: Awakening
Greg Rucka, writer; Nicola Scott, artist
Image Comics, 2016
A crime story with a twist: Rowan Black is a homicide detective with the Portsmouth Police Department, and she's also a witch. In fact the story opens with her c
Read more…Monsters Unleashed #1 - We get Kid Kaiju's new set up--he's been reloacated by SHIELD, Elsa Bloodstone is his bodyguard. HERBIE has been sent to help educate him, and his group of "monsters" are itching for action--which comes. Story by Cullen Bunn,
Read more…Daredevil #22 - Daredevil testifies in court. Story by Charles Soule, art by Goran Sudzuka.
Once again, this is the sort of thing I was hoping for when Charles Soule took over writing this title, and this delivers. Well done.
Doctor Strange #22 - Docto
Angel Catbird Volume 1
Margaret Atwood, story; Johnnie Christmas, illustrations; Tamra Bonvillain, colors
Dark Horse Books, 2016
Renowned author Margaret Atwood has come to comic books late in her career--but in her Introduction she says she's a lon
Read more…Cable #1 - Cable tracks bad men throughout ancient times. Story by James Robinson, art by Carlos Pacheco.
I doubt I shall ever warm up to Cable. After all, his power has always seemed to be big guns, and that's not something I'm really into. The setu
ARCHIE VOL 2 (TPB)
Publisher: ARCHIE COMICS
Script: MARK WAID
Art: VERONICA FISH, THOMAS PITILLI, RYAN JAMPOLE, JACK MORELLI, ANDRE SZYMANOWICZ, JEN VAUGHN
Cover: VERONICA FISH
$19.99 • $21.99 CAN • 6 5/8 x 10 3/16” • 176 pp • Full Color
The all-new
Read more…Deadly Class Vol. 4: Die for Me
Rick Remender, writer; Wes Craig, illustrator; Jordan Boyd, colorist
Image Comics, 2016
The school for assassins ends the first big series arc with a bang. It's Freshman Finals, which requires the legacy students (th
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