Mercury Heat #1 review Ah yes, good ol' Avatar Press is bringing you something that isn't Uber or Crossed for a change. Mercury Heat #1 doesn't fall far from their typical fair though, there's still plenty of blood and destruction to go around. Mercury Heat #1 is coming from Kieron Gillen who most of you may know has written some fantastic books like The Wicked and the … [Read more...]
Archie #1. Riverdale Welcomes You Back.
Archie #1 review ARCHIE IS BACK! Ok, so he's been back, or maybe he never really left, but let's be honest, no one was reading Archie anymore, so much so that they killed off Archie of Life with Archie, so of course a reboot was in order. It's the American way, and you'd be hard pressed to find something more American than Archie. Archie #1 is the reboot, the revamping of … [Read more...]
We Stand on Guard #1. Defend the North
We Stand on Guard #1 review What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than writing a review about our invasion of Canada in the year 2112. I'm of course talking about Brian K. Vaughan and Steve Kroce's We Stand on Guard from Image Comics. We Stand on Guard #1 starts off with a bang, or with many many bombs exploding over Canadian territorial soil in retaliation to a … [Read more...]
Airboy #1. May Your Conscience Be Your Guide.
Airboy #1 review Airboy, the 4 part mini-series written by James Robinson, penciled by Greg Hinkle and published by Image. That was the easy part of this whole review, the rest of it, well, it's hard to explain. Bringing back a hero from the Golden Age of comics always sounds like a good idea, "sounds" like a good idea, I'll tell you in my experience it never turns out real … [Read more...]
Let’s Talk About Fight Club 2
Fight Club 2 review The first rule of Fight Club 2 is: We talk about Fight Club 2. Second rule of Fight Club 2: We talk about Fight Club 2. I wondered a few times how many other authors wrote that same beginning to their Fight Club 2 review. I'd assume many but I'm too lazy to verify, so here, I guess we and the world will never know the true answer. The twisted story of … [Read more...]
Harrow County #1. Witches Debt.
Harrow County #1 review There are many types of horror, each depicted in many different ways. I can use movies for the best examples since they're typically more prevalent in pop culture than comic books, and because I can't really think of any other than Tales from the Crypt and even that one was featured on television. But what I'm talking about is there's a very large gap … [Read more...]
Swords of Sorrow #1. You get a sword! And you get a sword!
Swords of Sorrow #1 review Listen up cosmic nerd farmers, I was given three books to review over the past two weeks and I've ended up putting Swords of Sorrow #1 on the top of that list, unfortunately it's much like your mom asking you to choose which vegetable you'd rather have between broccoli, brussel sprouts or green beans. Sure you'll choose green beans because they taste … [Read more...]