Top ten or five or whatever lists are strange things as they only represent the personal preference of the one making the list. So there will be no top list here, but […]
Still Swingin’ – Lord of the Jungle Volume 1 and 2
Dynamite’s Lord of the Jungle sees Edgar Rice Burroughs’ hero explored through his familiar origin story. For those that are not familiar, Tarzan’s parents are stranded on an island and are soon […]
Back in Fighting Form – The Shadow Volume 1: The Fire of Creation
In the first volume of The Shadow ongoing comic from Dynamite, we of course get to know who The Shadow is and what he does. For those that do not, The Shadow […]
War Comes to the Deep – Fathom Volume 2 + Cannon Hawke
As Fathom moves into volume two, the series takes a turn by covering a subject both topical when it was published and one that splits the focus away from its main attraction. […]
Tragedy and Fury – Miss Fury Volume 1: Anger is An Energy
The book starts out with our anti-heroine falling into a machine and thrust forward into 2013 from 1943. Jumping forward seventy years out of your time and comfort zone must be a […]
Two Different Tonics – Strange Killings: Strong Medicine and Necromancer
The next two chapters in the ongoing tribulations of Ellis and Wolfer’s combat magician, William Gravel are good, with one far better than the other. Strong Medicine has our hero looking into […]
Funny How Things Turn Up – Captain America: Living Legend #1-4
Living Legend is a new four issue miniseries from Marvel about Captain America having to deal with shades of his past come back to plague him in present day. The series features […]
Apocalyptic Actions Do Not An Apocalypse Make – Sheltered Volume 1
Sheltered is one of those rare comics where going into the book, there was no prior knowledge of it, the creators or the concept. Comprising five issues, it was a blind buy […]
Gravel, Teacher – Strange Killings: The Body Orchard
This series of Warren Ellis’s combat magician sees our hero in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Again. Seems Gravel just cannot keep out of trouble no matter where he goes. […]
He Knows What He’s Doing – Witch Doctor: Under the Knife
The best thing about watching Hugh Laurie as House is the sarcastic wit and the know-it-all attitude he has. He is so full of himself, thinking he is always right yet unlike […]