(Ed. note: I first asked Rob to rate all the fast food fish sandwiches under the auspices of my own hubris. I am fairly certain, that on some of his trips, he may have been locked in some liminal spaces. For that, I apologize) On February 10, 2021, Popeyes announced a new fish sandwich. They…
The Baltimore legacy lives on in Lady Baltimore. Picking up nearly 13 years after the last Baltimore epic, The Red Kingdom, the Outerverse (the name provided to this separate arm of the Mignola umbrella of titles) finds itself expanding. Led by a new leading lady and two new titles, writer Christopher Golden and a full…
It’s an off week for all the main Bat titles, so we’re digging into the DC Vault for this week’s BatChat, specifically the digital issue #3 of Let Them Live!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault, a tale entitled “Flesh Made Word” written by Scott Bryan Wilson, drawn by John Paul Leon, colored by Dave…
The Marauders of the Hellfire Trading Company have claimed Madripoor as a friend of Krakoa, something the bigots of Homines Verendi aren”t fond of. Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Edgar Delgado and Cory Petit have been building to this conflict for their entire run. With the Hellfire Gala looming, this volley promises to be critical to…
On November 3rd, 1954 the first Godzilla movie, titled simply as Gojira was released into theatres in Japan. The film would go on to be a cultural phenomenon, going on to create its own genre of monster movies and launching what would at time of writing be a franchise of 36 films. 32 of those…
As Anne architects a social media campaign of looming dread, she begins to doubt her actions and fear her co-workers. Locked in a terror-shrouded fortress of her own design, with nowhere left to run, Anne confronts the fury of a Fungal God long thought dead in I Breathed a Body #3 by Zac Thompson, Andy…
Can FBI agent Miranda Keller save the day, or will dark forces consume her and the rest of a sleepy little valley’s humanity? It’s curtains for Miskatonic, the riff on H.P. Lovecraft’s lore and personal lousiness by writer Mark Sable, artist Giorgio Pontrelli, colorist Pippa Bowland and letterer Dave Sharpe. Harry’s on a train. The…
Time to move into the endgame as we read the penultimate issue of The Union by Paul Grist, Andrea Di Vito, Le Beau Underwood, Nolan Woodard, and Travis Lanham. Liz Large: Well, we’re back, after a month spent pining for Snakes. How are you holding up? Nola Pfau: I’m very glad that The Union is…
Evan’s oldest friend returns to find the prosthetics she once built transformed into her doppelganger. Mason and the Order of The Red Relay investigate an elephant graveyard of towering Giga remains. Let’s return to the world of Giga with issue #3, written by Alex Paknadel, drawn by John Lê, colored by Rosh and lettered by…
The King of Hell era of Ghost Rider comes to a close in the middle of another King’s saga in King in Black: Ghost Rider #1 by Ed Brisson, Juan Frigeri, Jason Keith, and Joe Caramagna. So, normally when we talk about “meta” comics, we’re referring to comics that by their narrative seem to intentionally…
Cindy Moon has just started a new job for her old boss J. Jonah Jameson at a new media conglomerate called Threats & Menaces. That’s not going to get in the way of Moon’s other job as Silk, the crime-fighting Superhero. Can Cindy keep her day job separate? It’s not looking good as a series…
Fear reigns and a country is fractured in Captain America #28. The reincarnated Red Skull continues to plan, plot, and execute his plan to kill the idea of Captain America – and Cap and friends can’t seem to stop him. Will headway be made, or will cynicism succeed? Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, illustrated by Leonard…
A fearful world burns as eco-terrorist Harrower turns Man-Thing into a weapon of mass genocide! Good thing the Avengers had all that practice with Knull and the Cotati… Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 is written by Steve Orlando, drawn by Francesco Mobili, colors by GURU-eFX, and lettering by Clayton Cowles. Avengers: Curse of the…
Queen Cat is back, baby, and she’s got her sights set on Felicia. Nina Vakueva is guesting on art duties, alongside our usual creative team – Jed MacKay, Brian Reber, and Ferran Delgado. Allison Senecal: Uh, I was not expecting this from a Lily Hollister issue in the year of our Lord 2021. Zoe Tunnell:…
Can Synch, Wolverine, and Darwin survive the endless span of hellishly stretch time in the Vault? We’ll dig into X-Men #19 written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Mahmud Asrar, colors by Sunny Gho, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Chris Eddleman: Rob, we saw a very decompressed incursion into the Vault in our last issue, and…