Grimjack remains one of my favorite characters/series despite the fact he hasn't had a regular series since 1991 or a new adventure since 2010. I think more about his entire life has been revealed than has about most other comic book characters who h
I just finished re-reading Watchmen for the first time in many years. Every time I read I notice some new detail or nuance I had never noticed before. I used to pretend that non-comics readers might one day ask me to recommend a comic book or series
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #59: Here's an homage to Uncanny X-Men #268. I guess you just have to know what you're doing if you buy this, because it sure looks like an X-Men book, when it is a Spider-Man book -- abd Spidey doesn't
"The past is never dead. It's never even past." -- William Faulkner
Some company named Super7 (or maybe PX, it's unclear) has announced four glow-in-the dark action figures from pre-Code horror comics. Not ongoing characters, mind you -- just single
"[Mike] Grell created a Celtic barbarian in the time of the Roman Empire who, at the moment of his death, is yanked into a far-flung future where he becomes a space pirate and freedom fighter aboard a star-roving vessel shaped like a Spanish Galleon
STORM #1 ($4.99): She's got a new team (Avengers), a new HQ ("Storm Sanctuary" in Atlanta) and a new costume (very similar to her original). From the many press releases I got, it seems Marvel is doubling down on Ororo Mu
Warp is the very first series published by the fledgling First Comics. I came to First Comics in a roundabout way: Marvel/Epic's Coyote crossover brought me to Badger, which in turn brought me to Nexus, which in turn brought me to everything else. I'
Interest has been expressed in a Planetary discussion so I guess I'll start one and see where it goes. I have never read it before. I don't plan to do in-depth summaries because those who expressed said interest have, and some have committed to readi
DAZZLER #1 (OF 4, $4.99): So, if mutants are so hated and feared, how could one have a successful concert tour? Maybe that will be explained in a book that also features Domino (head of security), Strong Guy (personal gua
AVENGERS ANNUAL #1 ($4.99): The ninth and final chapter of the "Infinity Watch" story is here! Finally! The stone-bearers are assembled (that's them on Cover D), and I assume a climax of some sort will happen. But the s
Alan Moore and Frank Miller get a lot of credit for "reinventing" comics in the 1980s (and deservedly so), but I don't think Howard Chaykin gets enough. I that's because "grim 'n' gritty" is an easy-to-sum-up catchphrase, but the kind of storytelling
This series just didn't click with me the first time I read it (or started to). After an issue or two I decided to set it aside to read sometime when I'm more in the mood, now that I had a better idea of what it was like. Then last week, The Justice
Recently I had been reading the Captain America by Mark Gruenwald omnibus specifically to determine why that run didn't appeal to me. Once I found that answer, I lost all interest in the project a dozen or so issues shy of the end of the volume. Wher
