MIND MGMT Volume Two: The Futurist
Created, Written & Illustrated by Matt Kindt
Dark Horse Books
Our heroine Meru finds herself in her apartment with her mind a blank, about to begin the cycle of working on a book and following clues to former Min
Read more…Kinski
Written and drawn by Gabriel Hardman
Monkeybrain Comics (digital original); Image Comics (print collection)
Joe has a frustrating dead-end job as a chicken feed rep. But he finds a new calling when he encounters an apparently neglected Labra
Read more…Silver Surfer #98
November 1994
Cover art by: Joe Phillips
Story: Temptation: Power
Writer: Ron Marz
Pencils: Jim Hall
Inks: Tom Christopher
There isn't much I like about that cover, but it does actually look like the Silver Surfer is surfing on a
Read more…Black Science Vol. 1: How To Fall Forever
Rick Remender, writer & Matteo Scalera, artist (creators); Dean White, painted art
Image Comics
I was a big fan of Remender's previous sci-fi series Fear Agent, and this one has a similar pulp sensibility. On
Read more…The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice
Mike Carey/Peter Gross/Kurt Huggins/Zelda Devon
Vertigo
This is Tommy Taylor's origin story, which Vertigo describes as a prequel to the series The Unwritten. It came out over a year ago, bu
Read more…The Bunker: Volume 1
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov; Illustrated, Colored, and Lettered by Joe Infurnari
Oni Press
This series started out digitally; the double-sized debut print issue collected five digital issues, newly colored. The story opens
Read more…Punisher War Zone #22
December 1993
Cover art by: Hoang Nguyen
Story: Taking Tiger Mountain
Writer: Larry Hama
Art: Hoang Nguyen
Assists: Han Nguyen
ARGH! My eyes!
I often say that the comics from the 90s get a bad rap, but man this cover just a
Read more…The New Teen Titans #6
March 1985
Cover art by: George Perez
Story: Titansmania
Writer: Marv Wolfman & George Perez
Pencils: Dan Jurgens
Inks: Romeo Tanghal
The Titans have returned to New York City with a hero's welcome for defeating Trigon. The
Read more…Punisher War Journal #70
September 1994
Cover art by: Hugh Haynes & Scott Koblish
Story: Warm Bodies: Last Entry Prelude
Writer: Steve Grant
Pencils: Hugh Haynes
Inks: Scott Koblish
Payback is captured by a member of V.I.G.I.L. who believes Paybac
Read more…THE LEG or The Remarkable Reappearance of Santa Anna's Disembodied Limb
Written by Van Jensen, art by Jose Pimienta
Kickstarter project; book available through Top Shelf
The Kickstarter campaign for this project had a great tag line: "The Leg: Th
Read more…Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD #47
May 1993
Cover art by: John Heebink & Don Hudson
Story: Final Retribution
Writer: Gregory Wright
Pencils: John Heebink
Inks: Brian Garvey
Nick and other agents of SHIELD are fighting Hyrda in the mutant Gideon's (r
Read more…Fatale Book Four: Pray For Rain
By Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Image Comics
Book Three went way back, into the history of the Fatale, including women who fulfilled the role before Josephine, the Fatale of this series. This collection returns to
Read more…Our Army At Our #202
February 1969
Cover art by: Joe Kubert
Story: The Sarge is Dead!
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Art: Joe Kubert
Sergeant Rock seemingly dies while protecting the rest of Easy Company from Nazis during their invasion of the Italian Al
Read more…East of West, Volume 2: We Are All One
Jonathan Hickman, writer; Nick Dragotta, artist
Image Comics
At the end of the first collection, Death had just discovered that his son was alive, and vowed to find him. Just before that, Bel Solomon had pro
Read more…Iron Man #251
December 1989
Cover art by: Herb Trimpe
Story: Wrecked Him? He Nearly Killed Him!
Writer: Dwayne McDuffie
Pencils: Herb Trimpe
Inks: Al Milgrom
I love the look of maniacal glee on The Wrecker's face on that cover.
As I mentioned in
Read more…Fairest: In All The Land
Written by Bill Willingham, illustrated by A Wonderland of Artists
Vertigo Comics
At first glance this original graphic novel from the Fables spinoff series Fairest looks like a collection of very short stories, a more ext
Read more…Miniature Jesus
Created, written, illustrated and lettered by Ted McKeever
Image Comics
Ted McKeever's comics have always been idiosyncratic. His visual style favors distorted, expressionistic character designs (often in B&W), and the stories are
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Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick
Written By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Chip Zdarsky
Suzie and Jon both have the same bizarre ability: when they have an orgasm, they stop time. They meet at a party Suzie has thrown as a benefit for the local libra
Read more…Moon Knight: Divided We Fall
January 1992
Cover art by: Denys Cowan
Story: Divided We Fall
Writer: Bruce Jones
Pencils: Denys Cowan
Inks: Mike Manley & Tom Palmer.
Marc Spector ticks off both Frenchie and Marlene, so they leave him on his own. He
Read more…Mind The Gap Vol.3: Out Of Bodies
Written & Created by Jim McCann
Art by Rodin Esquejo, Sami Basri, & Dan McDaid
This collection ends Act I of the series with a bang. But first it answers a great many questions. The opening event certainly doesn't
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