In Battlestar Galactica #16, Captain Apollo faces off against an independent, high-functioning, different kind of Cylon, pretty much alone on a dangerous alien world. The story and art had a World War I, Red Barron kind of feel to it, and it stands out as one of the best of the 23-issue run.
No, the contrast came between the highly detailed figure of Aric in the X-O armor and the completely monochromatic background. Aric’s muscles and the armor’s metal were in parts indistinguishable, but there were also parts in which we saw distinct elements of man and machine. We saw defiance in his facial expression and power in his arms. This was a character not to be messed with.
Easily some of the best science fiction to ever appear in a superhero comic book, Solar, Man of the Atom: Alpha and Omega collects the origin story for Solar. Originally serialized as inserts in Solar, Man of the Atom #1-10, it is an epic, morally complex tale born of casual neglect, a catastrophic accident, and a man coming into incalculable powers.
no other writer has understood Magnus Robot Fighter the way that Valiant founder Jim Shooter did. In the pages of the “Steel Nation” arc that originally ran in Magnus Robot Fighter #1-4, Shooter and artist Art Nichols introduced Magnus to a whole new audience and reintroduced him to older fans.
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1 seemed to pick up a few cues from the latter day portrayal of Oliver Queen in Batman: The Dark Knight Return, and it gave the character a new setting, a perspective on aging, a deeper exploration of his relationship with Black Canary, and a consistent new tone.
Like The Micronauts and ROM, from the mid-1970s and into the ‘80s, a number of Marvel Comics’ licensed titles were firmly rooted in the Marvel Universe. That included Godzilla.
Falling in one of the greatest – if not the greatest – era of Avengers stories, coming on the heels of “The Korvac Saga” and kicking off the Chthon story arc, Avengers #185 is a superb, striking cover.
From its earliest days as a crowdfunded comic, Pop Kill has had tremendous appeal. The creative team, co-writer and cover artist Dave Johnson, co-writer Jimmy Palmiotti, and artist Juan Satacruz all have their well-earned credentials, and this is them at the tops of their respective forms
In the aftermath of Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Legends mini-series further established DC’s new single universe and reintroduced the Charlton superheroes that DC Comics had acquired as part of it. Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle, was part of that.
Included in this massive hardcover – the thickets volume in this series to date – are also Avengers-related issues such as Super-Villain Team-Up #9, Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2, Marvel Premiere #35, #36, and #37 (3-D Man), and #49 (The Falcon), What If? #3 (Iron Avengers) and #9 (1950s Avengers) and material from Marvel Tales #100 (Hawkeye and the Two-Gun Kid) and Marvel Treasury Edition #13.
