In the aftermath of the Joker War, Harley Quinn is trying to find a way to rehabilitate those who joined in on the chaos as the Joker’s clowns, offering them a redemptive path. It turns out Hugo Strange has the same idea – the difference is that he’s got the city’s backing on his side,…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,035, the mystery of what is happening in Bruce Wayne’s new neighborhood of Fort Graves deepens, as death and mourning couple with corruption in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. …
A big head means big head games. As this M.O.D.O.K miniseries wraps up – and we look ahead to the groundwork it lays for the villain’s own Hulu show – we just might have discovered that just below the giant brain, there is a giant… heart? Well, we’ll see. The writers of this issue are…
We all love a Man-Thing. How many other Marvel character have a song written about them by The Mountain Goats? It’s not shocking in our organic, Krakoan era, Man-Thing would come in conflict with the mutants, but who could have predicted this? Steve Orlando and Andrea Broccardo have been building to a crescendo in in…
The First Family’s title finally remembers it’s about families in Fantastic Four #31. Written by Dan Slott, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by Jesus Arburtov, and lettered by Joe Caramagna, Fantastic Four #31 finds the Richards Family attempting to ground themselves in the wake of Knull. Reed has a boys trip planned with Ben while…
Welcome back to Bonus Reading, the column where we take a character, creator or concept and tell you about four stories you should read or avoid. But today, it’s all about the recommendations, thanks to WMQ&A’s newest Patreon backer, the Loyalest Content Consumer, Asimov Fangirl! She asked for a column about the works of writer…
Vox Machina take part in an underground fighting tournament in an attempt to bolster their empty coffers in Vox Machina Origins III #2. Script by Jody Houser, Art by Olivia Samson, Colors by Diana Sousa, Lettering by Ariana Maher and Cover by Jess Taylor. Based on the story and characters created by the cast of…
Darth Vader explores Exegol and makes a decision as “Into the Fire” reaches a conclusion in Star Wars: Darth Vader #11 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffaele Ienco, colored by Neeraj Menon and lettered by Joe Caramanga. Having survived being left broken & marooned on Mustafar, fighting his way past droids, Sith assassins and…
Bill goes hunting for Odin, still desperate to resurrect his lost hammer Stormbreaker, but the former King of Asgard is far from his glory days. Stormbreaker is never coming back, but there is one place where Beta Ray Bill could restore his full powers. The All-Father of nothing offers the Korbinite a path to immortality,…
We doubted — honestly, we were very mean about this in the past — but look at that, Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill delivered on the promise of the book. For all our complaining, all our criticism, the team delivered an action-packed finale to the first arc in Crossover #6….
Cable has a problem. He made a big fuss about making sure the timeline was safe and stable and then stuck around for far too long. Now he is in over his head and thinks there is only one way this ends. Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto and Joe Sabino deliver Cable #10. Ian Gregory: We’re…
The OG New Mutants are responsible for training a new generation of teens on Krakoa, and the teens resist. Dani and Xi’an chased a runaway former student into Otherworld, then got snagged by malevolent Merlyn: can they find him, or even free themselves? And what’s the Shadow King training his hand-picked group of disconsolate teens…
Revisit the days of the original X-Factor as a new story set in a new corner of X-history begins in X-Men Legends #3 written by Louise Simonson, art by Walt Simonson, colored by Laura Martin, and lettered by John Workman After a pair of issues set in the grim ‘n’ gritty, hatch mark-y 90s, X-Men…
GOLD SILVER BRONZE The Amazonian daughter of Hippolyta, Princess Diana of Themyscira journeys to the world of men after discovering Steve Trevor, a United States intelligence officer, washed up on the shores of Paradise Island. Wonder Woman adopted the civilian identity of Diana Prince, serving first as a military secretary before moving on to a…
Rob and Chris use comics as an excuse to talk about films in the Criterion Collection, a grouping of notable and culturally relevant movies, mostly available in beautiful physical releases, but also on their streaming service – the Criterion Channel. Did you enjoy the very recent (okay, very recent Oversized Hardcover Release) X-Men crossover X…