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
Read more…Having given up on monthly comics, I'm only now getting to this final Hellblazer collection, the end of the series, and probably the end of the character as we have known him for all of these years. It's a very generous collection, which includes the
Read more…Losers Special #1
1985
Cover art by: Joe Kubert
Story: Losers Die Twice
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Pencils: Judith Hunt & Sam Glanzman
Inks: Mike Esposito
Sgt. Rock and easy company are pinned down by the German's in Hell's Corner. He is on the radio
Read more…New Avengers Volume 1: Everything Dies
Collecting New Avengers #1-6
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Steve Epting
Marvel Comics, $24.99, color, 144 pages
Well, that was depressing. Depressing, but fascinating.
Aside from marketing, there's no reaso
Read more…Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger Volume 1: A Stranger Among Us
Collecting Phantom Stranger #0-5
Writer: Dan DiDio
Artists: Brent Anderson, Philip Tan
DC Comics, $14.99, color, 144 pages
There is absolutely nothing I like about this book. But two thi
Read more…Justice, Inc. #1 & 2
Summer 1989
Cover art by: Kyle Baker & Dean Motter
Story: Trust (#1) Betrayal (#2)
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Art: Kyle Baker
This is a book that shows us what happens to Richard Benson and his crew after World War II. I have a fe
Read more…Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Collecting super-villain origin stories
Writers, artists: Various
DC Comics, $19.99, color, 192 pages
The obvious question about this book is: Who's it for?
Necessary Evil is comprised of 27 stories about
Read more…Batman the Dark Knight Volume 2: Cycle of Violence
Collecting Batman the Dark Knight #0, 10-15
Writer: Gregg Hurwitz
Artist: David Finch
DC Comics, $22.99, color, 160 pages
The first BTDK collection was a hot mess, story-wise, but I gave it a pass f
Read more…Another series-ending collection. I'm not sure anyone here has been reading it--at least past the first few issues--but I thought I'd see if anyone wants to discuss it. The first three issues remind me of many of the things I've liked about the serie
Read more…Justice League of America #144
July 1977
Cover by: Dick Dillin & Frank McLaughlin
Story: The Origin of the Justice League – Minus One!
Writer: Steve Englehart
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Frank McLaughlin
This is one of those books that tries to cl
Read more…Roy Thomas Presents The Heap Volume Two
Collecting Heap stories from Airboy #52-82 (Jun 48-Dec 50)
Writers, artists: Various
PS ArtBooks, $49.99, color, 242 pages
As I've observed elsewhere, the Golden Age of Reprints is revealing the origins of mod
Read more…Superior Spider-Man Volume 1: My Own Worst Enemy
Collecting Superior Spider-Man #1-5
Writer: Dan Slott
Artists: Ryan Stegman, Giuseppe Camuncoli
Marvel Comics, $17.99, color, 120 pages
I stopped reading Spider-Man once, because it was no longer the
Read more…Indestructible Hulk Volume 1: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Collecting Indestructible Hulk #1-5
Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: Leinil Yu
Marvel Comics, $24.99, color, 136 pages
At last, a Hulk I can love!
I've never been a Hulk fan. Being small and smart as a b
Read more…Publisher: Archaia
Story and art: David Petersen
The volume of the series serves as a prequel to the previous two. The tells the story of Celanawe's mission...wait this is fantasy, so it is a quest. Celanawe's quest to retrieve the mythical Black Axe
Read more…Red She-Hulk Volume 1: Hell Hath No Fury
Collecting Red She-Hulk #58-62
Writer: Jeff Parker
Artist: Carlo Pagulayan
Marvel Comics, $15.99, color, 120 pages
This is probably unfair, but I'm disappointed.
Red She-Hulk is on the run from a murder she
Read more…The Simon & Kirby Library: Science Fiction
Writers, artists: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, et al
Titan Books, $49.95, color, 352 pages
Of all the books in the S&K Library, this is the one I was most eager to see, as it was the one I knew the least about. A
Read more…Happy
Collects Happy #1-4
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Darick Robertson
Image Comics, $12.99, color, 96 pages
Maybe I expect too much of Grant Morrison, but after reading this I wondered why it was written.
Here's the description from the back of
Read more…Wonder Woman Volume 3: Iron
Collecting Wonder Woman #0, 13-18
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Artist: Cliff Chiang
DC Comics, $24.99, color, 176 pages
What I like about the new Wonder Woman continues in the volume, so I enjoyed Iron immensely.
With the und
Read more…Talon Volume 1: Scourge of the Owls
Collecting Talon #0-7
Writers: Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV
Artist: Guillem March
DC Comics, $16.99, color, 192 pages
I think it goes without saying that this book wouldn't exist without Scott Snyder's name on it
Read more…Green Lantern: New Guardians Volume 2: Beyond Hope
Reprinting Green Lantern: New Guardians #8-12, Blue Beetle #9
Writer: Tony Bedard
Artists: Tyler Kirkham, Batt
DC Comics, $22.99, color, 144 pages
My experience with this book was one of reading the
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