Nightwing #19
Writer: Kyle Higgins
Artist: Brett Booth
DC Comics, $2.99, color, 20 pages
This is a revamp, but a minor one that's a bit clumsy as well.
Nightwing is now in Chicago, on the trail of Boss Zucco, the guy who killed his parents and was
Read more…Action Comics Volume 2: Bulletproof
Collecting Action Comics #9-12, Action Comics #0, Action Comics Annual #1
Writers: Grant Morrison, Sholly Fisch, Max Lands
Artists: Rags Morales, Gene Ha, Cafu, Cully Hamner, Ryan Sook
DC Comics, $24.99, color, 224
Read more…Shadowman Volume One: Birthright
Reprinting Shadowman #1-4
Writer: Justin Jordan
Artists: Patrick Zircher, Brian Reber
Valiant Comics, $9.99, color, 112 pages
In the original Valiant era, I considered Shadowman to be the least of a pretty good lot.
Read more…Stormwatch Volume 1: The Dark Side
Collecting Stormwatch #1-6
Writer: Paul Cornell
Artist: Miguel Sepulveda
DC Comics, $14.99, color, 144 pages
Is this supposed to be a joke?
What made the original Stormwatch fascinating -- and dangerous -- was "su
Read more…Punk Rock Jesus
Collecting Punk Rock Jesus #1-6 (Sep 12-Feb 13)
Writer/artist: Sean Murphy
DC/Vertigo, $16.99, B&W, 224 pages
There's a lot to recommend Punk Rock Jesus in general, and it's definitely a book that will make you think. But, weirdly f
Read more…Eros Gone Wild
Writers and Artists: Various
Humanoids, $89.95, color, 304 pages
One thing European porn has going for it, as opposed to American porn, is that Europeans don't have the strain of Puritan priggishness that runs through the U.S. psyche.
Read more…Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Jungle Adventures Volume 3
Reprinting Lorna, the Jungle Girl #13-16 (May-Nov 55), Jungle Tales #5-7 (May-Sep 55) and Jungle Action #4-6 (Apr-Aug 55)
Writers and artists: Various
Marvel Comics, $74.99, color, 280 pages
T
Read more…Ditko Monsters: Gorgo
Collecting Ditko-drawn Gorgo stories from Charlton comics (1961-65)
Writer: Joe Gill
Artist: Steve Ditko
Edited and designed by Craig Yoe
IDW, $34.99, color, 224 pages
As a boy, I saw a Gorgo comic book somewhere (I didn't own
Read more…Space: 1999: Aftershock and Awe
Writer: Andrew E.C. Gaska
Artists: Gray Morrow, David Hueso, Miki
Archaia, $24.95, color, 160 pages
The press release with this GN describes Space: 1999 as "a classic series!" The introduction by John Kenneth Muir des
Read more…Adventures into the Unknown Volumes One-Two
Reprinting Adventures into the Unknown #1-10 (Fall 48-April 50)
Forbidden Worlds Volume One
Reprinting Forbidden Worlds #1-5 (Jan 51-April 52)
Out of the Night Volume One
Reprinting Out of the Night #1-6
Read more…Liberatore
NBM Publishing/Eurotica
$39.99, color, 168 pages
Artist: Le Donne
My wife and I joke when we're in a restaurant where all the waitresses look vaguely alike, we know what the manager's wife probably looked like 20 years ago. That is to say
Read more…Alex Toth's Zorro: The Complete Dell Adventures
Hermes Press
$49.99, color, 240 pages
Writers: Unknown
Artist: Alex Toth
Reprints Four Color Comics #882, #920, #933, #960, #976, #1003, Zorro #12 (1958-Dec 60)
This was a pleasant surprise.
Not that
Read more…The Great Showdowns
Titan Books
$14.95, color, 144 pages
writer/artist: Scott Campbell ("Scott C")
Silhouettes from Popular Culture
Titan Books
$16.95, B&W with occasional spot color, 144 pages
Writer/artist: Olly Moss
These are two very different
Read more…Batman: Night of the Owls
DC Comics
$29.99, color, 360 pages
Writers and Artists: Various
Reprinting in print or whole All-Star Western #9, Batgirl #9, Batman #8-9, Batman and Robin #9, Batman Annual #1, Batman: The Dark Knight #9, Batwing #9, Birds
Read more…The Dark Knight Archives Volume 8
DC Comics, $59.99, 248 pages
Writers and artists: Various
Reprinting Batman #32-37 (Jan-Nov 46)
There's not a lot to add here that hasn't been said in previous reviews. Batman and Robin have settled into a groove by
Read more…MAD Archives Volume 4
DC Comics
$59.99, color, 243 pages
Writers and artists: The Usual Gang of Idiots
Reprinting MAD #19-24 (Jan-Jul 55)
This is such a wonderful and wonderfully perfect book, it makes me weep that it's the last.
Let's start at the
Read more…The Death of Superman
DC Comics, $14.99, color, 160 pages
Writers, artists: Various
Collecting Action Comics #684, Justice League of America #69, Superman #74-75, Superman: The Man of Steel #18-19 (Dec 92-Jan 93)
I disliked this story when it first
Read more…Archie: The Married Life Book Two
Archie: The Married Life Book Three
Archie Comics, $19.99 each, color
Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Artists: Norm Breyfogle, Tim Levins, Andrew Pepoy, Fernando Ruiz, Pat & Tim Kennedy
Inkers: Pepoy, Joe Rubenstein, Dan Dav
Read more…Chamber of Chills Volume Three
Chamber of Chills Volume Four
PS Artbooks, $48 each, color
Writers and artists: Various
Collecting Chamber of Chills #14-26 (Nov 52-Dec 54)
Of all the pre-code horror books being collected these days, the Harvey books
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