• Mark Spears Monsters #6

    The kids have sought refuge from the werewolf by climbing the water tower but find it shaky and unstable. When the situation becomes precarious a mysterious new character arrives – a silver man who flies.

  • RETRO REVIEW: Origins of Marvel Comics: The 50th Anniversary Edition

    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.

  • The Terminator #9

    The latest issue of Terminator by Declan Shalvey takes two different points of view. First, we have the humans who are angry, determined, and willing to die to stop the catastrophe to come. The second is that of the Terminator who is singularly focused on protecting Cyberdyne and Skynet.  

  • Batman #161

    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.

  • Geiger #16

    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.

  • Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre

     It’s 1922 and popular party man Jay Gatsby is throwing another soirée and hoping to draw the attention of Daisy Buchanan – that is until his Long Island estate is attacked by Godzilla!

  • RETRO REVIEW: Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons

    A perennial favorite fantasy roleplaying game and a beloved supernatural TV show based in 1980s nostalgia come together in the limited series Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons.

  • The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six #1

    After the Confederacy ended, agents of good and evil began a hunt for six occult objects with incredible power. The heroes won that battle, but it was just a setback for the villains, known as the Cabal, who want their power to begin an age of war and suffering. A group of Wild West heroes operate in the Crossroads, a mythical space that can connect throughout the world, to find the powerful Sixth Gun and stop the Cabal.

  • Cat & Mouse: Vipers #1

    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.

  • COVER STORY: Marvel Premiere #47

    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

  • Gotham City Sirens Unfit for Orbit #3

    The Gotham City Sirens – aka Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy – are back together. It starts when Catwoman plans to steal a valuable artifact called “the conduit” and needs Harley and Ivy to create a big distraction so that she can pull off the heist. Naturally, things spin out of control rather quickly when they discover that the conduit is actually a child.

  • RETRO REVIEW: Magnus Robot Fighter: Invasion

    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.

  • Mark Spears Monsters #6

    The kids have sought refuge from the werewolf by climbing the water tower but find it shaky and unstable. When the situation becomes precarious a mysterious new character arrives – a silver man who flies.

  • RETRO REVIEW: Origins of Marvel Comics: The 50th Anniversary Edition

    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.

  • The Terminator #9

    The latest issue of Terminator by Declan Shalvey takes two different points of view. First, we have the humans who are angry, determined, and willing to die to stop the catastrophe to come. The second is that of the Terminator who is singularly focused on protecting Cyberdyne and Skynet.  

  • Batman #161

    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.

  • Geiger #16

    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.

  • Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre

     It’s 1922 and popular party man Jay Gatsby is throwing another soirée and hoping to draw the attention of Daisy Buchanan – that is until his Long Island estate is attacked by Godzilla!

  • RETRO REVIEW: Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons

    A perennial favorite fantasy roleplaying game and a beloved supernatural TV show based in 1980s nostalgia come together in the limited series Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons.

  • The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six #1

    After the Confederacy ended, agents of good and evil began a hunt for six occult objects with incredible power. The heroes won that battle, but it was just a setback for the villains, known as the Cabal, who want their power to begin an age of war and suffering. A group of Wild West heroes operate in the Crossroads, a mythical space that can connect throughout the world, to find the powerful Sixth Gun and stop the Cabal.

  • Cat & Mouse: Vipers #1

    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.

  • COVER STORY: Marvel Premiere #47

    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

  • Gotham City Sirens Unfit for Orbit #3

    The Gotham City Sirens – aka Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy – are back together. It starts when Catwoman plans to steal a valuable artifact called “the conduit” and needs Harley and Ivy to create a big distraction so that she can pull off the heist. Naturally, things spin out of control rather quickly when they discover that the conduit is actually a child.

  • RETRO REVIEW: Magnus Robot Fighter: Invasion

    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.