Thor: God of Thunder Volume 1: The God Butcher
Collecting Thor: God of Thunder #1-5
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Esad Ribic
Marvel Comics, $24.99, color, 136 pages
I expected to dislike this book, and was pleasantly surprised.
For one thing, we've s
Read more…The Manhattan Projects Volume 1: Science Bad
Collecting The Manhattan Projects #1-5
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Nick Pitarra
Image Comics, $14.99, color, 144 pages
Can you like a book but not really want to read it any more?
Jonathan Hickman i
Read more…Swamp Thing Volume 2: Family Tree
Collecting Swamp Thing #0, 8-11 and Swamp Thing Annual #1
Writer: Scott Snyder
Artists: Yanick Paquette, Marco Rudy
DC Comics, $14.99, color, 144 pages
Swamp Thing's new book has gotten a little confusing, as it is
Read more…Wolverine and the X-Men by Jason Aaron Volume 5
Collecting Wolverine & The X-Men #19-24
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artists: Nick Bradshaw, Steve Sanders, David Lopez
Marvel Comics, $17.99, color, 136 pages
I'm still enjoying Wolverine & The X-Men, but this
Read more…Books, GNs, and Collections Review List (as of 05/17/15)
The below list should include all the books, GNs, and collections that have been reviewed in the Reviews, Cap's Blog (CC), Fluit Notes (FN), Baron's Timelines (BT), and Inklings (Ink) sections
All Star Western Volume 2: The War of Lords and Owls
Collecing All Star Western #7-12
Writers: Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti
Artist: Moritat
DC Comics, $16.99, color, 192 pages
I don't have any intellectual things to say about All Star Western. I jus
Read more…Good Riddance: An Illustrated Memoir of Divorce
Writer/artist: Cynthia Copeland
Abrams ComicArts, $17.95, color, 224 pages
I really wanted to like this book, but I couldn't even finish it.
This is a good book, maybe an important one. It's the story
Read more…Marvel First: WWII Superheroes
Collecting first appearances of Timely characters
Writers, artists: Various
Marvel Comics, $39.99, color, 456 pages
I learned more than I expected from this collection.
I had planned to skip it, because I've read most
Read more…Iron Man Volume 1: Believe
Collecting Iron Man #1-5
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Artist: Greg Land
Marvel Comics, $24.99, color, 136 pages
I hate to say it, but I think this whole book is just a set-up to get Iron Man into space, where he can team up with
Read more…Hot on the heels of Saga Brian K. Vaughan launched The Private Eye, a digital-only collaboration with artist Marcos Martin. It's a very forward looking format: DRM-free comics (in PDF, CBR or CBZ format, so they can be read in most comic book viewers
Read more…Lois Lane #1 and 2
August and September 1986
Cover art by: Gray Morrow
Story: When It Rains, God Is Crying
Writer: Mindy Newell
Art: Gray Morrow
This is one of those socially conscious comics that comes out from time to time. This one dealing with
Read more…Archer & Armstrong Volume One: The Michelangelo Code
Collecting Archer & Armstrong #1-4
Writer: Fred van Lente
Artists: Clayton Henry, Matt Milla
Valiant, $9.99, color, 112 pages
Van Lente sure packed a lot into four issues.
First of all, he introd
Read more…The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics
Writers, artists: Various
Edited by David Kendall
Running Press, $19.00, B&W, 480 pages
This book has been out for five years, so I normally wouldn't review it (although I just read it). But it disappointed me enough
Green Lantern Volume 3: Rise of the Third Army
Collecting Green Lantern #13-16, Green Lantern Corps #13-16, Green Lantern: New Guardians #13-16, Red Lanterns #13-16, Green Lantern Annual #1, Green Lantern Corps Annual #1
Writers, artists: Various
DC
Read more…Earth 2 Volume 1: The Gathering
Collecting Earth 2 #1-6
Writer: James Robinson
Artists: Nicola Scott, Eduardo Pansica, Trevor Scott, Sean Parsons
DC Comics, $22.99, color, 160 pages
I realllllly want to like this book, but I'm having trouble doing s
Read more…I started reading this last weekend, but since it contains 13 issues I split it up. The first five issues were the miniseries American Vampire: Lord of Vampires. It's an interesting use of the original Dracula legend (the "Lord" of the title). It als
Read more…Green Lantern Corps Volume 2: Alpha War
Reprinting Green Lantern Corps #0, 8-14
Writer: Peter Tomasi
Artists: Fernando Pasarin, Scott Hanna
DC Comics, $24.99, color, 192 pages
If you read this book, I hope you have a high tolerance for the color gre
Read more…Avengers Volume 2: The Last White Event
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artists: Dustin Weaver, Mike Deodato
Marvel, $24.99, color, 136 pages
Writer Jonathan Hickman's greatest strength is his ability to write long-form stories with elements introduced ove
Read more…Hellboy Library Edition Volume 6
Reprinting "The Storm and the Fury" and "The Bride of Hell"
Writers and artists: Various
Dark Horse, $49.99, color, 376 pages
I may have Hellboy fatigue. If that's true, then I may give an unfair review. I'll give my
Read more…Captain Atom Volume 1: Evolution
Collecting Captain Atom #1-6
Writer: J.T. Krul
Artist: Freddie Williams II
DC Comics, $14.99, color, 144 pages
Captain Atom has been presented a lot of different ways: He was essentially Charlton's Superman, he was t
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