What if you were a brilliant scientist – Stephen Hawking-type brilliant – but like Hawking, you were in a body that...

The deluxe, collector’s edition of the Origins of Marvel Comics includes a new Alex Ross take on the original cover, essays by Ryall, Tom Brevoort, Ross, and Larry Lieber, as well as an interview with Fireside editor Linda Sunshine.

 Breathtaker was the story of Chase Darrow, whose kiss is eventually deadly, yet who is craved by men nonetheless. Cultured by the government to have these powers, anyone who loves her pays the ultimate price. She is conflicted about her powers and was on the run from the government. They sent another of their creations, The Man, after her. 

I’ve previously called Geiger the best monthly comic on the market at the moment, and after reading Geiger #16, it’s easy to stand by that claim.

Even two issues before its conclusion Batman #161’s fourth chapter of “Hush 2” has proven a number of things: First, with the right story, creators can go home again.

Where Magnus Robot Fighter #1-4 (“Steel Nation”) witnessed the initial world-building and set the stage, the second story arc, “Invasion,” cemented the world of 4001 A.D. for readers. In the initial arc, writer Jim Shooter and artist Art Nichols presented readers with an immense, complicated world to which they added equal layers of action and moral conflict. In this arc, Shooter makes the world even more complicated and yet draws the moral quandaries into starker relief.

Beginning in 1990 at Aircel Publishing, Cat & Mouse told the story of two thieves in New Orleans caught in between the Yakuza and the Mafia, which were each attempting to control the city.

What makes the best comic book covers? It’s a great topic for debate. For us as individuals there is no wrong answer, of course. It’s purely subjective. But with a little thought, it is frequently possible to explain what it is about a particular image that grabs you

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.