Hellions #15 Explores Its Seriously Sinister Trust Issues
Everything is going wrong and Tarn wants his stuff back!
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The Todd & Co. Get the Wrong Kind of Gritty in Spawn #321
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.* …
New Mutants #21 Answers The Hardest Questions About Krakoan Resurrection
Gabby’s dead, Rahne’s confused, and the Shadow King is messing with who knows how many teen minds! Plus Warpath leads a second team of mutant kids as they…. clean dayglo space-nudibranches off a dome on the moon?!?! New Mutants #21, written by Vita Ayala, art by Rod Reis, letters by Travis Lanham with Joe Caramagna. …
Power Rangers and the Color of Pride
I have a vivid memory of standing in line at McDonalds with my grandfather when I was just 8 years old. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie had just hit theaters and the fast-food juggernaut (knowing exactly which way the wind was blowing) had announced the inclusion of Power Rangers toys in each of their…
Why Am I Like This – Musings on Bliss and Man-Bat
“Why am I like this?” What a loaded question right? It definitely comes with a burden of uncomfortable introspection and contemplation about the changes we might want to make moving forward. After all, we can’t change the past, right? What we’ve already done, for better or worse, is permanently imprinted onto us, and what people…
Man-Slaughter Teams Up With The Mutants In X-Force #22
Remember Man-Slaughter? Us neither! But he’s back for more plant shenanigans in X-Force #22 by Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, and Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. Ari Bard: The plants are everywhere! There are different strains and they’re infectious and they all matter EXCEPT Black Tom Cassidy and his veg. Percy has made it very clear that…
Dark Ages #1 Is An Innovative New Series For People Who Only Read Marvel
What happens when the lights go dark? Tom Taylor, Iban Coello, Brian Reber and Joe Sabino answer that in Dark Ages #1. Ask any American parent what their child’s favorite food is and two answers will repeat more than any other: chicken nuggets and macaroni & cheese. There’s nothing wrong with these meals, per se….
Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down in Ice Cream Man #25
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum where the creepy, crawly things will slither over your bones as you decay into the dry dust of timelessness. But before that, before you’re just a line in a review or on a tombstone, you’ve got to hit the ground in the overstuffed anniversary Ice Cream Man…
Two Hits and a Big Miss in This Week’s Super-Sized SuperChat
A triple offering of Super-comics this week, looking to the Man of Steel’s past, present, and future. Over in Action Comics#1,034, the members of the House of El are doing all they can to stop Warworld from spreading its influence on Earth, stopping both all-out war and ending a home invasion – but are these…
Billionaire Dick Grayson Starts Saving His City in Nightwing #83
Having discovered that Blüdhaven’s seemingly corrupt Mayor is more of an ally than he could possibly have imagined, Dick Grayson realizes that it’s time to use his new fortune to save the city. Despite being raised around it, however, Dick doesn’t really have a lot of experience using wealth to save the world, and he…
Flash #773 is Superhero Comfort Food
Wally West seems to have landed on his feet after an unfortunate run of Crises – he’s got a great new job that caters to both his skills and needs, he’s got his family back, and he’s once again taken up the mantle of the Fastest Man Alive. His life is just the way it…
Wonder Woman Nears the End of her Multiversal Journey
In Afterworlds part 8 Diana, Siegfried, and Ratatosk find themselves back on Earth, but is it their Earth? Wonder Woman #777 is written by Michael W. Conrad and Becky Cloonan, pencilled by Emanuela Lupacchino, inked by Wade Von Grawbadger and colored by Jordie Bellaire and Letters by Pat Brosseau. And in Afterworlds Part 9 Diana,…
Harley Quinn #6 Misses the Mark but Still Has Some Fun
It’s a Cat and Quinn team-up this month, as Harley heads to Catwoman’s turf in Alleytown to try and track from where Hugo Strange is getting his mind-altering drugs. Catwoman’s none too eager to have Harley around, but as Harley finds out, sometimes you just have to work a little to earn a cat’s trust….
‘Tec Clears the Table before Fear State in Our Latest Bat Chat
In Detective Comics #1,042, Batman and Huntress conclude their battle with The Jury in the feature, while in the backup, Deb Donovan and Red Hood continue their investigation into missing supervillain corpses as the oddest couple in Gotham. The feature was written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Viktor Bogdanovic, inked by Daniel Henriques and Bogdanovic,…
Lines Get Crossed in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #120
Hob’s Mutanimal Enforcers are on the run. After an attempted assassination at a rally leads to rioting, the Splinter Clan and their allies storm Hob’s stronghold – and we find out for the first time just how in over his head Hob really is. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #120 is written by Sophie Campbell, drawn…