Tales of the Legion of Super-heroes #315
September 1984
Cover art by: Terry Shoemaker & Karl Kesel
Story: Judgement!
Writer: Paul Levitz
Pencils: Terry Shoemaker
Inks: Karl Kesel
A trio of Legionnaires are hot on the trail of Ontiir in Dark Circle
Read more…Legion of Super-heroes #273
March 1981
Cover art by: Rich Buckler & Steve Mitchll
Story: A Murderer--Among Us?
Writer: Gerry Conway
Pencils: Jimmy Janes
Inks: Frank Chiaramonte
Marte Ida Allon, Colossal Boy's mom and president of the United Planet
Read more…From Image comes Ghosted by Joshua Williamson, Goran Sudzuka and Miroslav Mrva, all of whom I am unfamiliar with. It stars Jackson Winters, a thief so cool that he ignores the brutality and violence of prison life, waiting for death to free him. To h
Read more…The second Justice League Dark collection opens with Peter Milligan's last issues as writer, parts One and Three of the "Rise of the Vampires" story done as a crossover with I, Vampire. The TPB tries to minimize the crossover by leaving the part numb
Read more…Mod Squad #1
December 1968
Cover art by: Unknown
Story: The Deadly Skies
and Nobody's Angels
Writer: Unknown
Art: Jose Delbo
Many kudos to the GCD for providing the art credit on this comic. Honestly, I am not even a Mod Squad fan. I was just so h
Read more…Our Army at War #172
October 1966
Cover art by: Joe Kubert
Story: A Slug For A Sergeant
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Art: Russ Heath
This issue kicks off with Sgt. Rock about to start an old-fashioned duel with the German Sergeant Schlum. Surprisingly, Schlu
Read more…Sean Murphy's Vertigo miniseries has a surprisingly unique premise (surprising that no one had thought of it before). DNA lifted from the Shroud of Turin is used to create a human clone of Jesus Christ. This being the 21st century, the clone is impla
Read more…Superboy #159
September 1969
Cover art by: Neal Adams
Story: The Day it Rained Superboys!
Writer: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Bob Brown
Inks: Wally Wood
There are a few issues I had to work through on this comic. First, the middle aged Kents was a big
Read more…Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #87
September 1965
Cover art: Curt Swan & Sheldon Moldoff
Story: The Arena of Doom
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Art: Al Plastino
Hey Superman learns that Brainiac is a robot! After getting Brainiac to put Jimmy Olsen's brain bac
Read more…More catch-up reading, this time the short lived Vertigo series Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child created by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds & Denys Cowan (with John Floyd doing most of the inking). It's an atmospheric New Orleans story about a magical voodoo dynast
Read more…Punisher #2
August 1987
Cover art by: Klaus Janson
Story: Bolivia
Writer: Mike Baron
Art: Klaus Janson
What is very enjoyable about the Punisher here, is that it is still early in his story telling career, so there is a lot of fertile ground to co
Read more…Thunderbolts Volume 1: No Quarter
Collecting Thunderbolts #1-6
Writer: Daniel Way
Artist: Steve Dillon
Marvel Comics, $15.99, color, 136 pages
Sometimes I hate it when I'm right.
I was a regular reader of Thunderbolts, going back to its first incar
Read more…A+X Volume 1 = Awesome
Collecting A+X #1-6
Writers, artists: Various
Marvel Comics, $17.99, color, 144 pages
Of all the repercussions of Avengers vs. X-Men -- including the re-launch of a number of titles -- this one is my favorite.
Maybe I was the
Read more…Hawkeye: Little Hits
Reprinting Hawkeye #6-11
Writer: Matt Fraction
Artists: David Aja, Steve Lieber, Francesco Francavilla
Marvel Comics, $16.99, color, 136 pages
Still the best book Marvel puts out.
This is the story of Clint Barton when he's not
Read more…Adventures into the Unknown Volume 4
Collecting Adventures into the Unknown #16-20 (Feb-Jun 51)
Writers, artists: Various
PS ArtBooks, $49.99, color, 288 pages
I don't have a lot new to say about series collecting the ACG title Adventures into the U
Read more…The Adventure Time Encyclopedia
Abrams Books
Martin Olson
19.99
What could have been presented as a character guide, such as Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe or DC's Who's Who, takes a little side-step here. The Adventure Time Encyclopedia d
Read more…Captain America Volume 1: Castaway in Dimension Z
Collecting Captain America #1-5
Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: John Romita Jr.
Marvel Comics, $24.99, color, 136 pages
I had such low expectations for this title, I almost had to like it better than I
Read more…I, Vampire Volume 2: Rise of the Vampires
Collecting I, Vampire #7-12, Justice League Dark #7-8
Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov, Peter Milligan
Artists: Andrea Sorrentino, Daniel Sampere
DC Comics, $16.99, color, 192 pages
I'll give Fialkov credit: I ne
Read more…The Shade
Writer: James Robinson
Artists: Cully Hamner, Javier Pulido, Frazer Irving, Darwyn Cooke, Jill Thompson, Gene Ha
DC Comics, $19.99, color, 280 pages
This has been out for quite a while, but I'm just getting to the bottom of my review pile,
Read more…Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos
Writer: Harlan Ellison
Artist: Paul Chadwick
DC Comics, $24.99, color, 208 pages
When I got this book, I couldn't wait to read it, and planned to build an entire Scripps column around it. It's a science fiction story
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