Logan Black, White & Blood #1 Writers: Tom Waltz, Saladin Ahmed & Larry Hama | Artists: Alex Lins, Adam Kubert & Dave Wachter | Colourist: Arther Hesli | Letters: Cory Petit First of all, I want to say I am a fan of this series format. Although I do think it would be better if […]
Written by Benjamin Percy | Art by Geoff Shaw | Colours by Alex Sinclair | Letters by Joe Sabino | Published by Marvel Comics There was a time when any new Deadpool #1 would have gone straight to the top of the pull pile. Then came the over-saturation. Minis. Ongoings. Team-ups. Events. Reboots of reboots. […]
Welcome to the latest instalment of our Dissected feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and looks back at comics press throughout the 80s, 90s and 2000s. This time round he’s looking at Amazing Heroes #167, from June 1989. This week we’re diving into Amazing Heroes […]
Written by Kyle Higgins, Matt Groom | Art by Davide Tinto | Colours by Rachelle Rosenberg | Letters by Ariana Mahler | Published by Marvel Comics There are some pop culture loves that never quite leave you. For me, Ultraman sits right alongside late-night Channel 4 showings of Godzilla movies: all rubber suits, miniature cities […]
Written by Joshua Williamson | Art by Tom Reilly | Colourist: Jordie Bellaire | Letterer: Rus Wooton | Published by Skybound If the last issue was all about tightening the screws, G.I. Joe #17 is where the whole thing finally blows wide open. Part Five of The Dreadnok War kicks off with zero buildup, throwing […]
Ultimate Wolverine #12 Writer: Chris Condon | Artist: Alessandro Cappuccio | Colourist: Bryan Valenza | Letters: Cory Petit With this issue, Condon and Co serve up another stellar story. It is even more impressive when you consider that we are now in the countdown towards Endgame. It still very much feels like its own thing. […]
Writing and Art by Kyle Starks | Colours by Vladimir Popov Some stories hook you with novelty, others with familiarity. Wrestle Heist manages both. It is a genre mash-up that combines pro wrestling, crime drama, and comic storytelling into a surprisingly grounded first issue. Rather than relying on its premise alone, the debut focuses on […]
Written by Joshua Williamson | Art by Tom Reilly | Colourist: Jordie Bellaire | Letterer: Rus Wooton | Published by Skybound G.I. Joe #16 brings the Dreadnok War to a boiling point, delivering the kind of chaotic, character-driven carnage this arc has been promising since the opening chapter. If parts one through three were about […]
Welcome to Episode 2 of the new Nerdly Comics series, Nerdly Presents: NCBD! Each week for NCBD (New Comic Book Day), I take a quick look at what I picked up, what stood out on the shelves, and which books added a little extra chaos to my pull list. Think of it as a weekly […]
Written by Joshua Williamson | Art by Tom Reilly | Colourist: Jordie Bellaire | Letterer: Rus Wooton | Published by Skybound Skybound’s G.I. Joe line keeps proving that when it leans into pulp grit and character tension, it fires on all cylinders. Issue 15, the third chapter of the Dreadnok War arc, slows the breakneck […]
Written by Dan DiDio | Art by Alex Sanchez | Colour by Juancho Velez | Letters by Carlos M. Mangual | Published by Mad Cave Studios I haven’t read any of the Mad Cave Flash Gordon books OR the previous Defenders… series, so I came into this one cold, as a fan of the old […]
Welcome to the latest instalment of our Dissected feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and looks back at Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft (DAK). The moment we have all been waiting for, the all John Byrne issue […]
Written by Joshua Williamson | Art by Tom Reilly | Colourist: Jordie Bellaire | Letterer: Rus Wooton | Published by Skybound Skybound’s relaunch of G.I. Joe continues to impress, with issue 14 delivering a pulse-pounding continuation of the Dreadnok War storyline. This chapter doesn’t ease into the action. It thrusts readers into a high-speed desert […]
Written by Joshua Williamson | Art by Tom Reilly | Colourist: Jordie Bellaire | Letterer: Rus Wooton | Published by Skybound Skybound’s G.I. Joe run has been consistently strong, but Dreadnok War looks set to be the book’s first truly wild, unpredictable event—and issue #13 kicks it off with exactly the kind of pace and […]
Written by Mairghread Scott | Art by Sebastian Piriz | Colourist: JP Jordan | Letterer: Taylor Esposito | Published by Boom! Studios VR Troopers #2 wastes no time proving that BOOM! Studios haven’t just revived a ’90s property, they’re actively rebuilding it into something with real emotional backbone. The issue opens with a wonderfully grounded […]
Written by Mairghread Scott | Art by Sebastian Piriz | Colourist: JP Jordan | Letterer: Taylor Esposito | Published by Boom! Studios We are VR! Spinning out of Power Rangers Prime, the first VR Troopers series in 30 years! The perfect jumping on point for Troopers fans old or new! The VR Troopers are the […]
Written by Dan Watters | Art by Sami Kivelä | Published by Titan Comics Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox #1 launches Titan Comics’ new Fifteenth Doctor run with a confident burst of colour, energy, and classic Whovian charm. From the opening pages, the story drops the Doctor and Belinda Chandra straight into a colossal prison […]
Up Front with… Me So, as I teased last time out, I am taking a break from breaking down issues of Comics Interview. From here on out, I will be alternating between random issues of CI and other interview magazines focusing on comics. First up, we have Wizard Magazine #119. You never forget your first […]
Ultimate Wolverine #9-#10 Writer: Chris Condon | Artists: Alessandro Cappuccio/Alex Lins | Colourist: Bryna Valenza | Letters: Cory Petit We now know that Ultimate Wolverine will finish with #16, and the Ultimate Universe as a whole will end in January. So yes, we are in the endgame now! Over the course of the first 5 […]
This week I dig into the world of Killtopia with head architect Dave Cook. Cook has previously written for Boom Studios! and Titan Comics. In recent years he has had success with two gaming history books in; ‘Go Straight’, the guide to side-scrolling beat ’em ups and ‘Run ‘n’ Gun’, a history of on-foot shooters. […]
Ultimate Wolverine #8 Writer: Chris Condon | Artist: Alessandro Cappuccio | Colourist: Bryan Valenza | Letters: Cory Petit Now there is as much mystery around the release of this series as the story itself. I read recently that the series had been increased to run twelve issues. I haven’t been up to date reading solicitations, […]
Welcome to the latest instalment of our Dissected feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and looks back at Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft (DAK). Yak with DAK The shortest Up Front to date. I only mention it […]
