Reviews

 BATMAN #357 FACSIMILE EDITION     DC COMICS Batman in the early 80’s was an interesting yet disjointed time. While Writer Gerry Conway was venturing into themes like Jim Gordon’s health issue (blood pressure, smoking, stress were leading to a possible heart attack or worse). Crime Boss Falco had been taken down by the Batman and … Read more

 STARGIRL THE LOST CHILDREN #4     DC COMICS Holey Moley! Not even including the avamzing semi-retro cover, this one starts the ball rolling! Classic Rip Hunter Time Master stuff! Flashbacks featuring the Flash and Batman! A new way to look at the multiverse! And finally, the gang finally springs into action! A reference to the … Read more

 SUPERMAN SPACE AGE BOOK 3     DC COMICS Holy Cow! Dark, depressing, and not at all what I had expected from Mark Russell and the Allreds! With more guest appearances than you can shake a stick at (including some great JSA cameos!) The Justice League has grown in strength and number. But Superman’s visions are … Read more

 CHILLING ADVENTURES PRESENTS BETTY THE FINAL GIRL #1  This one definately peaked my curiosity. Some of the horror titles from Archie Comics have done a very good job of being both Archie and scary. And while I am not the biggest fan of the realistic art and Riverdale TV series designs, they do have the … Read more

AVENGERS #8     MARVEL COMICS You know what one of the best parts of new comic movies and tv shows being announced? It is almost a guarentee that there will be some best of comic or facsimile edition of the new hot character. Which is why I get to be transported to July 9th, 1964 … Read more

 SANTOS SISTERS #3     AMERICAN NATURE PUBLISHING There is nothing I like more than seeing a quirky independant comic series keep popping up. And so I loved that Santos Sisters’ “iconic third issue” hit the stands. And that it has not lost any of that weird vibe that brought it to my attention two issues … Read more

 ACTION COMICS #1051     DC COMICS First off, I’d like to personally thank DC Comics for NOT starting a new numbering system with an All-New #1 issue. Getting to a issue count over 1000 should be something to celebrate and brag about. And this issue brings us into the new Dawn of DC era! And … Read more

 WASP #1     MARVEL COMICS Well now, this one was actually quite refreshing. Writer Al Ewing definately knows his Tales To Astonish stories. Jumping back to pull a villain from June of 1963! This first issue stands as a love letter to the First Lady of the Avengers. Janet Van Dyne spends the entire issue … Read more

 BATMAN INCORPORATED #4     DC COMICS As the members of Batman Inc and Lex’s group go head to head, Ed Brisson’s story ventures a little into predictable territory as we get more details of Phantom 1’s miraculous return and meet the failed Batman imitator who helped save him. But am I the only one who … Read more

 SCARLET WITCH #1     MARVEL COMICS Many creative teams have tried their hand at a Scarlet Witch title. None have really succeeded. And now that she’s in the Cinematic Universe and had her own short TV show, it was only nature that someone would try again. But it would be impossible to top the Scarlet … Read more