Number One deals with an outbreak aboard the Enterprise while Pike and Spock are trapped on-world with the âGhosts of Illyria.â Written by Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff, directed by Leslie Hope. Mark Turetsky: This episode has it all! Contact tracing, lockdowns, people engaging in risky behavior in the face of a deadly infection. Sometimes…
In 1991 six teenagers sit down to play a RPG and end up trapped in a fantasy world. They fight, love, explore and do all the things you do when you play a RPG. Eventually the consequences of their actions become too much and they return home, scarred for life. One is left behind in…
Mutants have history. Ridiculous amounts of history. Despite the friendly, reassuring #1s emblazoned on these new X-Comics weâre getting, donât be fooled â that historyâs going to be coming up again, and again, and again. While every writer tries to be as welcoming to new readers as possible, thereâs only so much they can do…
If a monk waterskies in the desert with a Nazi dinosaur, am I on acid? Itâs either that or Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to Be Kin #1, with story and art by Geof Darrow, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by Nate Piekos and published by Dark Horse. For a book called A Town Called Terror, weâre…
Silk has tried and failed to stop an evil witch from terrorizing New York. Now the witch is putting her grand plan into motion. What is the witch’s plan? And what’ll happen to the city, and the world, if Silk is too late? Find out in Silk #5, written by Emily Kim, drawn by Takeshi…
Dick Grayson is making waves in BlĂźdhaven, helping the less fortunate. His latest move is opening Haven, a place that offers free food, free book, and a place to just be, free of judgment. Surely no one could be evil enough to want to tear a place like that downâŚright? Nightwing #92 is written by…
Bruce, along with Anton, heads to Moscow to find a new mentor, a master of espionage and disguise, to take the next step toward becoming Batman in Batman: The Knight #5, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Pat Brosseau. Batman and Superman race to help…
It’s so important that we remember that a “deal with the devil” is a common phrase about compromising your values and not a literal deal with a literal devil. That would be a morally abhorrent thing for Spider-Man to do. Some would say an unforgivable act. Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. deliver another issue…
The Deviantsâ secret is revealed at last as the Eternals take on Thanos and the stage is set for Judgment in the seriesâ finale, Eternals #12, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Esad RibiÄ, colored by Matthew Wilson, and lettering/design by Clayton Cowles. Karen Charm: Zoe! Hey Zoe! Youâve been in that hot tub forever,…
The Red planet sits on the intergalatic chess board, used as a pawn with no regard for its inhabitants. A union, a Brotherhood, in needed to assist it. Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli, Federico Blee and Cory Petit bring the thunder in X-Men Red #2 Jude: Joy has been in short supply. The specter of judicial…
In Immortal X-Men #2, our courageous council fights off a detestable Kaiju, and the new girl eliminates the threat with extreme prejudice. Written by Kieron Gillen, with line art by Lucas Werneck, colors by David Curiel and letters by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Itâs been a month and a half since the premiere issue of…
In âChildren of the Comet,â the Enterprise encounters a comet on a collision course with an inhabited planet, while cadet Uhura harbors doubts about her place in Starfleet. Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Sarah Tarkoff, directed by Maja Vrvilo. Mark Turetsky: Weâve got our first âregularâ episode of Strange New Worlds. It doesnât have…
A âHotel Californiaâ reference here would be pretty lame, right? But there are literally characters checking out and never leaving in Hotell Vol. 2 #5, written by John Lees, drawn by Dalibor Talajic, colored by Lee Loughridge, lettered by Sal Cipriano and published by Artists, Writers and Artisans. Thereâs a âNew Kid in Town,â and…
Hey, is Illyana still the Queen of Limbo? What if sheâd rather someone else do it? Itâs a triumphant return for our creative team (and perhaps less so for our hero team!) in New Mutants #25, from Vita Ayala, Rod Reis, Jan Duursema, Ruth Redmond and Travis Lanham. Liz Large: Itâs been 3 months since…
If you were tasked with assembling your ideal superhero team, who would be on it and does it have to include Wolverine? Would you mix members of the Avengers and X-Men or maybe even throw in an Inhuman or two? As comic fans, itâs something we daydream and debate about all the time, but I…