The "Supergirl -- Season 5 SPOILERS!!" thread was starting to turn into a "Crisis on Infinite Earths" thread, so I figured somebody ought to start one.
"Crisis on Infinite Earths" is this year's annual Arrowverse crossover on the CW, which will inclu
Read more…The Dark & Bloody
Shawn Aldridge, writer; Scott Godlewski, artist; Patricia Mulvihill, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Iris Gentry is an Iraq war veteran, returned to his home in rural Kentucky. It's a dry county, so he pursues the family business of bo
Read more…I thought this might be a nice companion thread to "On the chopping block," where we can talk about currently running books that we're thinking of picking up in the middle of their run.
The one that comes to mind for me is Firestorm. Dan Jurgens is t
Read more…(EDITOR'S NOTE: This column was filed on March 16 for a March 18 release. By the time of release, more comics-related TV and movies had been delayed or canceled due to the coronvirus pandemic. Marvel's Black Widow has been indefinitely postponed, a
Read more…From Dateline: "'DC's Legends of Tomorrow': Brandon Routh & Courtney Ford to Depart CW Drama As Series Regulars in Season 5"
This wasn't their call[ it is, as they say, a storyline-dictated decision.
Too bad. I've felt increasingly iffy about the sho
Read more…Regarding “Outlawed”: I think that if I lived in a “super-hero” universe, I would be doubtful about having kids fighting crime, especially in unsupervised situations.
I never really thought about it until Courtney Whitmore joined the JSA, when it
Read more…Pirates comes out this month from Clover Press. (Cover art by Sol Brodsky, courtesy Clover Press)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
March 12, 2020 — Avast, me hearties! Pull up a barrel and I’ll spin ye a tale of freebooters, sea-soaked adve
Read more…The Umbrella Academy Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion
Gerard Way, story; Gabriel Bá, art; Nick Filardi, colors; Nate Piekos, letters
Dark Horse Books, 2019
This installment opens with Hargreeves sending a super-villain to the title location: a hotel/prison lo
Read more…Though I didn't know it at the time, Superman Family #164 (My'74) was its first issue as, due to a paper shortage and falling sales, DC combined Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane and Superman's Cousin Supergirl into a bi-mon
Read more…In no particular order, here are the conventions that have been cancelled or postponed because of concern for COVID19/Coronavirus. All Round Table members are invited to add or update the list.
Read more…House of Whispers Vol. 2: Ananse
Nalo Hopkinson & Dan Watters, writers; Dominike "DOMO" Stanton, art; John Rauch & Zac Atkinson, colorists
DC Vertigo, 2020
The second installment finds Erzulie and company free of the Dreaming, sailing on the rivers of
Read more…I’ve probably mentioned on more than one occasion that Jonathan Hickman is one of my favorite writers. I consider his runs on Avengers and Fantastic Four to be among the best ever for those titles. So I was happy to hear about his new X-Men project.
Read more…Lucifer Vol. 2: The Divine Tragedy
Dan Watters, writer; Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara, & Kelley Jones, illustrators; Dave McCaig, colorist
DC Vertigo, 2020
This installment takes over where the previous volume left off: the suave version of Lucifer
Read more…For most of my life, I never thought I would ever stop reading comic books. But these days I find myself buying fewer periodical comics than ever before. That’s because every time I pick up a highly-touted first issue in a new direction, I flip throu
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
March 5, 2020 — In these days of digital everything, it’s rare when we ink-stained wretches receive physical, analog review copies. And when there are nine of them – well, we tend to take notice.
The nine boo
Read more…Books of Magic Vol. 2: Second Quarto
Kat Howard, writer; Tom Fowler, Brian Churilla & Craig Taillefer, artists; Jordan Boyd & Marissa Louise, colorists
DC Vertigo, 2020
The collection opens with two detectives investigating Ellie's disappearance and t
Read more…Justice League of America Annual #2 (12/84)
Writer - Gerry Conway Editor - Alan Gold
Penciller - Chuck Patton Inker - Dave Hunt
Cover Art – Chuck Patton & Dick Giordano
“... The END of the Justice League!"
Lets deal with that cover first.
I love it!
W
The Dreaming Vol. 2: Empty Shells
by Simon Spurrier, writer; Bilquis Evely & Abigail Larson, artists; Mat Lopes & Quinton Winter, colorists
DC Vertigo, 2020
Abigail Larson takes over on art for the first arc here, which revolves around Rose Walker spe
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Feb. 27, 2020 — The Walking Dead returned for the second half of its 10th season Feb. 23, outliving most genre shows (and the majority of its major characters). While I enjoy the series, I have long couch-cr
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