Hell on Earth will rise if the final ghost cannot be quieted, which is rather a lot for the Pilots to be managing as a band that struggles with three-chord songs. And yet they persevere in Home Sick Pilots #13, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed by…
Killing Dick Grayson has not been as easy as Blockbuster thought it would be. Perhaps blowing up his entire apartment building would help? If only there was someone fast enough to stop that kind of destruction from happening… Nightwing #90, written by Tom Taylor, drawn by Geraldo Borges, colored by Adriano Lucas and lettered by…
Thanos comes face-to-face with Marvel’s true Darkseid, the omni-genocidal Uranos in Eternals: The Heretic #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Ryan Bodenheim and Edgar Salazar, colored by Chris O’Halloran, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: We’ve been looking forward to talking about this one for a while, but its arrival is bittersweet. Artist…
While you sleep, nightmare warrior Stetson works to kill the things that torment you in your dreams. But she’s got a thing or two bothering her in Slumber #1, written by Tyler Burton Smith, illustrated by Vanessa Cardinali, colored by Simon Robins, lettered by Steve Wands and published by Image. A couple of prime ministers…
With his identity in jeopardy, the serial killer known as The Foundling makes a bold move, and it’s up to Bruce Wayne, Henry Ducard and the Grey Shadow to stop him before he kills again in Batman: The Knight #3, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered…
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,”…
In all of the multiverse, there is only one world that Uatu has avoided watching, one “What If” that he never wished to see. And now it will be revealed, the story that could damn him for all time, in Fantastic Four: Reckoning War: Trial of the Watcher #1, written by Dan Slott, drawn by…
The meek shall inherit the earth. And by meek, we apparently mean kiddie vampires in Little Monsters #1, written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Dustin Nguyen, lettered by Steve Wands and published by Image. Netflix needed something to adapt, so we’ve got King of Spies #1, written by Mark Millar at Netflix, drawn by Matteo…
The Sampson family prepares for a meal of clown, but the arrival of Vengeance makes their meal much less satisfying in The Joker #13, written by James Tynion IV, penciled by Giuseppe Camuncoli, inked by Cam Smith, colored by Arif Prianto & Romulo Fajardo Jr. and lettered by Tom Napolitano. In Detective Comics #1,056, the…
One of my favorite comic book subgenres is mahou shoujo or magical girl, a Japanese manga and anime subgenre involving female magic users who are usually witches, warriors, superheroes or idol singers. Not only are most of these comics considered feminist, but many of these manga also have LGBTQ+ characters and themes that appeal to…
A delivery boy bears a most important package, and will let nothing stop him from bringing it to his destination. The only thing standing in his way? A large troll, and a bridge on which no living soul may set foot. Monkey Meat #3 is a Juni Ba creation (with special authorization from the Monkey…
The Eternals sneak into Avengers Mountain (which happens to be a dead Celestial) in an effort to find an answer to the Thanos problem in Eternals #10, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Esad Ribić, colored by Matthew Wilson, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: As the great poets once sang, Zoe, “it’s been…
Professor X promised there would be no prisons on Krakoa. He lied. Sabretooth was the first mutant sent to the Pit. Now he welcomes five more mutants into his own private hell. What laws did they break? Are they ready for what they’ll find? Sabretooth #2 continues digging into Krakoan justice. Written by Victor LaValle,…
At the end of the first issue of Silk’s newest ongoing series, a new villain revealed herself: a Korean witch who is sapping the youth out of people. Now, it is up to Silk to learn more about the witch so she can defeat her and restore the aged-up people to normal. In the meantime,…
We’ve seen other Spider-people in the Marvel Comics Spider-verse. A lot of them, in fact, just like in that movie. Several are even Peter Parkers. But are there other Spider-Gwens? Or [redacted]-Gwens? Or … what? Find out in Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse #1, written by Tim Seeley, drawn by Jodi Nishijima, colored by Federico Blee and lettered…