Jun 17 2013
Gerard Way returns to comics bringing a sequel of sorts to the final My Chemical Romance album…and it’s not the end of the world. The nature of comic geekery is such that is rarely allows interlopers into its fold. Outsiders are often seen as jumping on the bandwagon, and heaven forfend a celebrity known for …
Jun 12 2013
Batman begins again in this origin story with a twist, creatively reimagined without losing anything that makes the character great. Without a doubt, Scott Snyder’s Batman has been one of the consistent highlights of the entire New 52. From the “Court of Owls” through to “Death of the Family”, Snyder and writing partner James Tynion …
Jun 12 2013
The highly anticipated series debut couldn’t possibly live up to the hype machine – or could it? Superman cuts loose in this timely new series. It’s no accident that Superman Unchained #1 debuts in the same week as the big screen adaptation Man of Steel hits cinemas. Not simply a flagship character for DC Comics, …
Jun 09 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (5 June 2013) we check out what Superman is punching in Action Comics #21 (DC Comics), see what story Age of Ultron #9 (Marvel) …
Jun 07 2013
A new Daredevil anthology series proves that there is no such thing as too much Matt Murdoch. The character might be bombarded by a series of misfortunes, but Daredevil readers have rarely had a golden age quite as shiny as this one. In addition to the superb Eisner Award-winning work being done by Mark Waid …
Jun 06 2013
Filling in some of the gaps of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, our first taste of the Thor sequel comes in this comic prelude. It’s said that pop will eat itself, and there’s no greater example of that idiom than the official Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comics. That’s a series of comics based on a movie …
Jun 06 2013
Kick-Ass is back and he’s ready to…you get the idea. Mark Miller’s hyperkinetic spin on superheroes gets a little sombre at the start of his final chapter. Mark Millar’s 2008 comic Kick-Ass has become more than simply a cult success, instead spinning out into a multimedia empire. Following a mostly faithful film adaptation, there was …
Jun 05 2013
Gestalt breaks out the cosmic goulash with their new series from Kevin J. Anderson and Steven L. Sears. Gestalt have been steadily expanding their empire of writers over the last few years, and with Stalag-X they bring Kevin J. Anderson into the fold. Best known for his Dune spin-off series with Brian Herbert and Jedi Academy/Young Jedi Knights series, …
Jun 02 2013
Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (27 May 2013) is a little quieter! We’ve got the second (or is it third?) chapter of Steve Horton and Michael Dialynas’s mini-series Amala’s Blade …
May 30 2013
Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel confidently deliver their take on an all-female X-Men team that reminds us of how good it can get. In the concluding notes to this debut issue, Brian Wood sums up the hype leading up to the rebooted X-Men. “The female only cast,” he comments, “was an attention grabber”. Which it really …
May 29 2013
An all-star creative team plunges the depths for a stunning debut about what lies beneath. While DC/Vertigo may not have experienced as many highs in the past year as they have in decades gone by, some of their bigger titles have been from Scott Snyder (American Vampire) and Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus). Yet the union …
