Reviews of comics
Writer – Marieke Nijkamp Artist – Yasmin Florez Montanez If you are my age, you were raised on a steady diet of Goosebumps and Fear Street books and TV shows like Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Tales from … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Goosebumps – Secrets of the Swamp #1 (of 5)
Morbius the Living Vampire #6 Writer – Len Kaminski Artist – Ron Wagner My friend went to Gettysburg to tour the battlegrounds for a week and during her downtime, she looked around the local shops, one of which was a … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Morbius the Living Vampire #6 ( Feb 1993)
Writer – Tom DeFalco Layouts – Gary Hartle Finished Art – Milgrom and Yates “Beware the Bloodaxe” As an avid comic book reader, there are many blind spots that I have encountered over the years. There may have been a … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Mighty Thor #451 (Sept 1992)
Amazing Spider-Man #101 Writer – Roy Thomas Artist – Gil Kane “A Monster Called…Morbius!” Back in September when I was going to pick comic books to read and review on the Road to Halloween, Amazing Spider-Man #101 immediately came to … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Amazing Spider-Man #101 (October 1971)
Writer and Artist – Dan Jurgens Finishes by Josef Rubinsten “Earth Run” Alien kingpin Chadda summons Massacre and his sidekick, Skimmer, to Chadda’s World. Chadda requests Massacre to retrieve an item of great importance from the planet Earth. At the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Superman #92 (August 1994)
Writer – Paul Cornell Artist – Leonard Kirk In the town of Burton, California, a group of townspeople are walking in a trance, repeating the words, “I am an X-Man.” They are all close to walking over the side of … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Dark X-Men #1 (of 5) January 2010
Writer- Geoff Johns Artists – Ryan Sook and Fernando Pasarin “Bye Bye Birdie!” During the Blackest Night miniseries, several heroes were deputized as members of the multi-colored Corps for 24 hours. Ray Palmer, the Atom, was chosen by the Indigo … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Atom and Hawkman #46 (March 2010)
Writers – Meg and Greg Smallwood Artist – Greg Smallwood The Blossom Twins are having a party at Pembroke Estates with their classmates and everyone is having a great time until a vampire crashes the festivities. As the undead bloodsucker … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Vampironica #1 (March 2018)
Writer – Max Bemis Artist – Eryk Donovan I have heard great things about Vault Comics but I haven’t come across any of their comic series at the local comic book stores in the Pittsburgh area. I finally was able … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Heavy #1
Written by Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak Art by Ben Oliver It’s Election Day in Canada and a day off for the members of Alpha Flight until each of them are called into action by Department H. Rolling blackouts … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Alpha Flight 0.1 (May 2011)
“Atomic” Writer – Joshua Williamson Artist – Clayton Henry Atomic Skull is wreaking havoc in Gotham City. Batman tries to stop GCPD officers from opening fire and causing unnecessary harm to Atomic Skull, but the men fail to heed the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Batman/Superman #9
What would you do in order to have powers like the Fastest Man Alive? Vandal Savage has been offering ordinary people a drug called Velocity-9 in order to gain super speed like the Flash. The cost is much steeper than … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Flash #15 (Sept 1988)
Writer –Peter David Artists – Dale Keown and German Peralta In the miniseries Future Imperfect, the Hulk was transported to the future and met his future self, an evil, despotic ruler that called himself the Maestro. This limited miniseries by … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Maestro #1
Batman: Year One is a tough read in 2020. Continue reading Late to the Party: Batman – Year One (1987)
Writer – Sterling Gates Artist – Jamal Igle Metropolis is under siege by an unknown threat. A young boy is looking for his parents when cars crash into each other, narrowly missing him. A small flame and rushing gasoline spell … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Supergirl #54 (September 2010)
Writer – Brian Reed Artist – Eric Battle Jake Gallows, the Punisher of 2099, is sent back to the past to eradicate the cancer plaguing the streets of New York City – superheroes. He has no love lost for superheroes. … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Timestorm 2009- 2099 #1 (April 2009)
Written by Alan Grant Art by Norm Breyfogle Eide’s Entertainment had their yearly anniversary sale and I decided to hit up the dollar bin for some comics to review. All dollar comics were 50 percent off, so I purchased about … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #613 (April 1990)
Biff to the Future Written by Bob Gale and Derek Fridolfs Art by Alan Robinson My uncle’s birthday is next month, and I wanted to surprise him with a present. He is a big fan of the Back to the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Back to the Future : Biff to the Future
Writers – Dave Ross, Dann Thomas, and Roy Thomas Artist – Dave Ross How much of the 1990s can be contained inside one comic? We are going to break that down as I discuss Avengers West Coast #93! Dr. Demonicus … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Avengers West Coast #93 (April 1993)
Writer – Walt Simonson Artist – John Buscema This week is a double shot of the Avengers! This issue is an official Inferno tie-in starring Edwin Jarvis – the last Avenger? That’s right! The Avengers have disbanded and Edwin is … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Avengers #298 (Dec 88)
Writer – Roger Stern Artist – John Buscema The first mutant Namor the Sub-mariner gets the spotlight in this issue. The citizens of New York are divided over Namor’s recent induction into the Avengers. A large protest is held outside … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Avengers #270 (Aug 1986)
