Reviews of comics
Long before Peter Parker and Eddie Brock were hosts to the symbiote Venom, Mike Costa, Ron Lim, and Mark Bagley introduce us to the First Host! During the Kree- Skrull War, a mighty soldier named Tel-Kar used the symbiote in … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Venom-First Host TPB
Red Sonja – Age of Chaos #1 Writer: Erik Burnham Art: Jonathan Lau Every so often, I decide to take a step back from the comics book offerings from the Big Two and pick up a new number one from … Continue reading Comic Book Review- Red Sonja – Age of Chaos #1
After going to see Birds of Prey at the theater last month, I wanted to read something connected to the movie. I requested the first volume of Harley Quinn DC Rebirth from the library. Harley Quinn Volume 1 – Die … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Harley Quinn Volume One – Die Laughing
Booster Gold #1 Writers – Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz Artists – Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund After saving the multiverse in the weekly 52 maxiseries, Booster Gold has his sights on joining the Justice League. After single handedly taking … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Booster Gold #1 (Aug 2007)
Marvel Zombie One-Shot (October 2018) Writer – William Prince Artist – Stefano Raffaele In this post-apocalyptic story, the Marvel Universe is split between the undead horde of zombies, consisting of former super villains and the living, superheroes consisting of Spider-Man … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Marvel Zombie (Oct 2018)
A while back, I reviewed the first issue of Guardians of the Galaxy by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw. I recently completed the first volume of their run. I had this series on my pull list but like other fellow … Continue reading Comic Book Review -Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1 – The Final Gauntlet
What If? Fallen Son Written by Marc Sumerak Drawn by Trevor Goring In the Marvel Universe, Captain America fought Iron Man in the war over the Super Human Registration Act. Captain America surrendered to end the fighting. As he was … Continue reading Comic Book Review – What If? Fallen Son (February 2009)
Written by Tom Taylor Art by Stephen Byrne The town of Angel Grove has been decimated and its population of 376,000 people are missing. Zack blames himself and Superman tries to console him. Thirty-six hours earlier, the Power Rangers meet … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Justice League/Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers #1 of 6 (March 2017)
Name a superhero the Hulk has tussled with since his birth in the desert of the American Southwest…I’ll wait. I’ve previously reviewed the Amazing Spider-Man fighting the Jade Giant. Today we look at an unlikely hero taking on the Incredible … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Cable #34 (August 1996)
Sometimes when I take a deep dive into the dollar bin, I’ll find newer releases, most likely because the store ordered way more copies of a comic than they could sell. I like to rescue these comics just to see … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Batman and Robin Annual #3 (April 2015)
Writer – Peter David Artist – Greg Land. Dr. Strange and Spider-Man share burgers and milkshakes at a Howard Johnson in the heart of New York City. Dr Strange tells Spider-Man how a man disguised as a reporter for the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Symbiote Spider-Man – Alien Reality #2 (of 5)
“Metropolis Mailbag” Writer: Dan Jurgens Artist: Jackson Guice When looking for comic books to read and review, I like to write about new releases, but I also like to go back to the comic books of my childhood. I remember … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Superman #64 (December 1991)
Hot on the heels of the wildly popular Symbiote Spider-Man miniseries, Peter David and Greg Land reunite for the sequel miniseries Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality Picking up shortly after the initial miniseries, Spider-Man has a new partner in Kraven the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Symbiote Spider-Man – Alien Reality #1 (of 5)
For those of you that love both Halloween and Christmas equally, writer Tim Seeley and artist Meredith Laxton team up together for a tale of family, love, and revenge in The Crow: Hark the Herald One Shot. Brandi and her … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Crow – Hark the Herald One Shot
I was doing some Christmas shopping on Small Business Saturday at a local comic shop and I picked up the latest issue of Harley Quinn to give to a friend as a gift for the holidays. This Year of the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Harley Quinn #67
After two months sucked into the world of the book of the month club, I decided to cleanse my palate with The Green Lantern Volume 1 Intergalactic Lawman by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp. I was hesitant to pick this … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Green Lantern Vol. 1 – Intergalactic Lawman
As a child of the 1980s, one of the cornerstones of my youth was Masters of the Universe. I was thrilled when I found a copy of He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #1 at my local comic shop … Continue reading Comic Book Review – He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse #1
This one’s been a long time coming. The Question started as a Blue Beetle backup character from Charlton Comics “Action Heroes” line created by Steve Ditko and famously adapted by Moore & Gibbons into the Watchmen characters. Question himself was … Continue reading Comic Review – The Question: Deaths of Vic Sage #1
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. Our focus this week is the first 30 issues of Fantastic Four, the genre-defining introduction to the Marvel Age … Continue reading Late to the Party: Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 1
Gwen Stacy’s first day of college is the highlight of Ghost Spider #2 brought to you by the team of Seanan McGuire and Takeshi Miyazawa. Before Gwen leaves for school, her father tells her the unfortunate news of Man-Wolf being … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Ghost Spider #2
So far in the month of October, we have seen New York City under siege by the undead in Vampire State Building. The same week, we see a threat against New York City in the Marvel Universe in Contagion #1 … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Contagion #1
