In The Silver Coin #10, a sequel 300 years in the making. Audrey is a high schooler with an unusual ability who’s drawn to the occult. When she encounters the coin, she conducts a ritual meant to break its curse but instead summons something darker still. The coin’s mystery deepens in Part Two of “Covenant,”…
It is said that when the world dies, the spirits of the first people will return to witness the last days of humanity. Well, the spirits have arrived, and the end is here. But not everyone has given up hope. Naledi, a teenage girl living in the deserted city once called Johannesburg, has always believed…
The South Bronx is on fire, and a crooked cop can clear his debts if he helps it burn. But with each dirty deed, the Silver Coin gets hotter to handle. The Silver Coin #9 is written by Vita Ayala, with art, colors and lettering by Michael Walsh and color assists by Toni Marie Griffin….
When an executive at a 1960s stock brokerage acquires a collection of antiquities, the gap between the haves and the have-nots becomes painfully clear. The price of the Silver Coin keeps going up, even as the fortunes of its owner plummets, in issue #8, written by Matthew Rosenberg, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, and…
GOLD SILVER BRONZE Cliff Steele is a race car driver. Larry Trainor is a test pilot. Rita Farr is an actress. They have little in common. Cliff’s car goes up in flames. Larry’s plane is hit by radiation. Rita’s exposed to strange gasses in a shoot. They now have something in common. Tragedy has taken…
Histories are often revealing. Being constructions of the past by people, rather than absolute encapsulations of reality, they contain insights into their makers. What we think we know of the past as opposed to what the past actually was. And given the famous and apt adage of “History is written by the victors,” the task…
What is the true origin of the Phantom Ranger? And what is his connection to the Morphin Grid? From the moment he first appeared 24 years ago, fans have wondered about the origin of the mysterious Phantom Ranger. Questions which have never been answered, until now. BOOM Studios presents a limited-series event that will delve…
For the first time in his life, Lou Prado is on a winning streak. Maybe it’s the new casino or maybe it’s the lucky coin in his pocket, but all of a sudden, Loser Lou’s bets can’t go wrong. He’s about to make the gamble of his life — and the stakes are deadly high…
Ram V, Al Ewing and Bryan Hitch begin the tale of Venom anew in Venom #1 Vishal Gullapalli: Knock knock, let the devil in! Al Ewing and Ram V’s Venom has finally kicked off and lemme tell you this is the book I’ve been most excited for since I first heard about it. Zachary Jenkins:…
The Silver Coin continues as an ongoing series. The kid has been losing serious quarters to the arcade’s hot new fighting game. But when he finds the Silver Coin, he just can’t stop winning — no matter how bloody the game gets. Issue #6 is drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh and written by Josh…
Great comics are made of great scenes: the pages and panels that use the comics medium to tell a story well. This is a column to unpack why it is that they work, and spotlight some cool bits that might not get talked about enough. Whether it’s a stellar page, a multi-page sequence, or a…
Jackson Hyde steps out of the shadow of his mentor and begins the journey to accept his legacy in Aquaman: The Becoming #1 written by Brandon Thomas, pencilled by Diego Olortegui, inked by Wade Von Grawbadger, colored by Adriano Lucas and lettered by AndWorld Design. There’s always something thrilling about a debut that knows exactly…
Unbelievable Unteens comic book artist Jane Ito finds her world flipped upside down after discovering that the heroes from her comics were not so fictional and she herself was one of them and had powers. As she and the team of underdog heroes once known as the Unteens begin to come back together, they slowly…
If you’ve ever spoken to anyone who’s met or interacted with Keith Giffen at a convention, they typically tend to have one recurring bit of advice to offer from their experience: Don’t bring up Lobo. Don’t ask him about it. He doesn’t like to talk about it. And it makes sense. But to understand why,…
The Todd’s core text dips back into thematic excess amid some substantial worldbuilding as the Spawn’s Universe branding reaches Spawn #321, written by Todd McFarlane, drawn by Carlo Barberi and Thomas Nachlik, colored by Jay David Ramos and Andrew Dalhouse, and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. *TW/CW: This review contains mentions of sexual assault and trafficking.* …