Written by Jody Leheup, Sebastian Girner | Art by Mike Spicer, Nil Vendrell | Published by Image Comics It is hard to make good smart dumb comedy. That’s a hard sentence to both read and write and it may not make sense at first but some comedy that on face value can look very slapstick […]
Written by Mike Costa, David Michelinie, Robbie Thompson | Art by Ron Lim, Tradd Moore, Gerardo Sandoval | Published by Marvel Comics Synopsis: Bonded together again, Eddie and the symbiote are web-slinging their way across New York City. But, is their relationship as harmonious as it once was? Or is their bond more sinister than ever? But […]
Written by Dennis Hopeless | Art by Victor Ibanez | Published by Marvel Comics Synopsis: TELEPATHS UNITE! The Phoenix is coming! And determined not to become its next victim, JEAN GREY will enlist the help of its previous hosts…but will RACHEL GREY, QUENTIN QUIRE and HOPE SUMMERS have the answers she’s searching for? Two issues […]
Steve Rogers: Captain America #17 Written by Nick Spencer | Art by Andres Guinaldo | Published by Marvel Comics There has been a lot of things said regarding the current state of Marvel and one of the biggest issues that needs to be addressed is the inconsistency of art in some of their biggest books. […]
Written by Brian Michael Bendis | Art by Alex Maleev | Published by Marvel Comics They say you never know what you have until it gone. Well, as someone who did not care much about The Fantastic Four, I do have to say I miss them a great deal. The Marvel universe just does not […]
Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #2 Written by Peter David | Art by Mark Bagley | Published by Marvel Comics Dan Slott has stated that every time he has a major event storyline he tries to use the event to propel a character to their own individual series. This process has led to mixed results as […]
Hi! Welcome back to Needle in a [Comic] Haystack, where I tell you all about the incredibly awesome comics that you’re missing out on because, honestly, there’s just so many of them. Today I’m going to talk about All of This Will Crumble, a single issue, one-off story that was published through Comixology’s indie imprint […]
Written by Brian K. Vaughan | Art by Pia Guerra, José Marzán Jr. | Published by Vertigo Synopsis: “Y” is none other than unemployed escape artist Yorick Brown (his father was a Shakespeare buff), and he’s seemingly the only male human left alive after a mysterious plague kills all Y-chromosome carriers on earth. But why […]
Written by Gerry Dugan | Art by Aaron Kuder | Published by Marvel Comics All–New Guardians of the Galaxy has a lot working against it immediately. For one the ‘All New’ tagline has greatly been overused by Marvel and for that matter so have the Guardians of the Galaxy. While it is understandable they would […]
Written by Alex Paknadel, Dan Watters | Art by Jose Holder | Published by Titan Comics Assassin’s Creed Uprising was always an interesting idea, melding together characters from other Assassin’s Creed titles. As Assassin’s Creed has mainly been a single player type of adventure, which the other titles mainly kept in line with, this is more […]
Written by Matt Kindt | Art by Tomas Giorello, David Mack | Published by Valiant X-O Manowar continues the be one of the best new comics of 2017, and one of the most fun series period. As we are on the precipice of summer movie season you may not find better blockbuster action than what […]
Written by Kim Newman | Art by Paul McCaffrey | Published by Titan Comics This has been great fun so far, a nice blend of interesting story, familiar though slightly different literary characters, and a whole load of alternate universe world building. Hugely entertaining stuff. This series pretty much had me at Queen Victoria marrying […]
Written by George Mann | Art by Mariano Laclaustra | Published by Titan Comics Normal service is resumed as, after last issue’s very good stand alone story , we return back to part 2 of George Mann’s ‘Beneath the Waves’ arc. It is always a little jarring when an ongoing storyline, such as this, is […]
Hello again, and welcome to the recently resurrected Panel Discussion. I’m Kieran, and every week I’m going to go through some of the best comics of the week to give you an idea what you should pick up that you might have missed. This is another stacked week with some fantastic first issues and great […]
Hi! Welcome to the first installment of Needle in a [Comic] Haystack where I tell you all about the incredibly awesome comics that you’re missing out on because, honestly, there’s just so many of them. For my first column, we’re taking a dive into the past to focus on one of the best comic creators […]
Written by David Michelinie, Bob Layton | Art by John Romita Jr. | Published by Marvel Comics Synopsis: When armors collide! Trapped in the time-lost land of King Arthur, Iron Man battles Doctor Doom in a classic clash of titans! Found in Iron Man #149-150. My Background: Although I have not read a lot of […]
Written by Andi Ewington | Art by Simon Coleby | Published by Titan Comics I’m sure all of us of a certain age remember the Fighting Fantasy books series. I still have few on my nostalgia bookshelf in fact. Before the internet, social media, and online gaming, there weren’t that many avenues for escapism (I […]
Written by James Peaty | Art by Warren Pleece | Published by Titan Comics All change from last issue as we have another of those ‘interlude’ issues, where a different creative team fill in on the book for an issue. Having noticed something similar on other Doctor Who books, one could almost think they are […]
Written by Donny Cates | Art by Geoff Shaw, Jason Wordie, John J. Hill | Published by Image Comics First off, I would like to thank writer Donny Cates for pumping the brakes for a second with issue #5 of this balls to the wall story. Secondly, once again he has added yet another layer […]
Written by Louise Simonson, Jody Houser | Art by Jody Houser, Rafer Roberts, Louise Simonson | Published by Valiant Getting a new character to work in comics is nearly impossible. The harder a company tries to push a character the more comic fans often reject their efforts. Faith is not necessarily a brand new character. She has […]
Hello again, and welcome to the recently resurrected Panel Discussion. I’m Kieran, and every week I’m going to go through some of the best comics of the week to give you an idea what you should pick up that you might have missed. This is another stacked week with some fantastic first issues and great […]
