Limbo # Review I've been meaning to do a review of Limbo #1 from Image Comics for Cosmic Comics! since the first time I laid eyes on it. Limbo #1 has one of those covers that just pops, it speaks to me, neon pastels with a mix of old school, teasing nostalgia with it's vomiting mix tape. Limbo #1 is a noir private detective tale with a mix of science fiction. Think Fatale … [Read more...]
Huck #1. Hometown Hero.
Huck #1 review Mark Millar brings the classic hero tale to Image Comics in Huck #1. It's beginning to get to the point where we just wonder if Mark Millar is capable of writing anything that isn't good. He has such an uncanny talent of making old stories new and original ideas great. To think of it, there isn't a book of Millar's that comes to mind that I didn't enjoy to some … [Read more...]
Klaus #1. Christmas Mythos.
Klaus #1 review Forget everything you know about Christmas and forget everything you think you know about Santa Claus, because Grant Morrison is here to set the record straight in Klaus. Santa Claus wasn't the puffy and jolly red nosed humanitarian you know him to be now, he was something much more bad ass. Klaus #1 is the dark re-imagining of Santa Claus using fantasy and … [Read more...]
Black Magick #1. Portsmouth Witch Hunt
Black Magick #1 Review Phew, it's been a while since I've reviewed a new Image Comics book hasn't it, but I assure you it's been worth the wait. Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott bring you a detective book that dives into the macabre world of the occult. Black Magick #1 follows Rowan Black, a homicide detective of the Portsmouth PD and *spoiler* witch, but her secret may soon be … [Read more...]
Paper Girls #1. Right Route. Wrong Time.
Paper Girls #1 review ***DO NOT MISS PAPER GIRLS #1!*** I put that right there at the time of this here review. In a week with giant releases, Brian K. Vaughan has managed to take his independent Image book right to the top. That's saying a lot, especially when Paper Girls was going up against Wolverine and Brian Michael Bendis in Old Man Logan. Old Man Logan is one of the … [Read more...]
The Paybacks #1. Final Notice.
The Paybacks #1 review *Doing your best commercial/infomercial voice* SUPERHEROES! Do you have an unquenchable desire to do good? Do you have super powers that are going to waste? Are you wasting your life away at a dead end job because you just don't have the financial means to fight crime? Well look no further, Mr Pierce is here for YOU! I imagined that infomercial … [Read more...]
Danger Girl Renegade #1. Origins of Chase.
Danger Girl Renegade #1 review Abbey Chase is back in Danger Girl Renegade #1. I don't exactly know how long she's been gone, I mean, I've seen some Danger Girl books around over the past few years, but never such a push from IDW like this for Danger Girl Renegade. Before I get into too much detail as to why Danger Girl Renegade might be a big deal, I have to tell you my … [Read more...]