Kurt is a teenager. Life is hard. He wants to kill himself. When a beautiful young woman swoops into his life like a guardian angel and there’s a murderer on the loose he has no time for such self-indulgent constructs are death.
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When Damian first appeared, I literally loathed the character. He was arrogant and oh so different from any Robin that ever stood by Batman’s side. If there had been a vote as to whether he should live or die (as with Jason Todd), I would have voted multiple times for him to kick the bucket! Now, I hope he’ll be back at some point.
Trish learns that she is descended from a race of people called the Blue that live beneath the ocean waves. She’s told this multiple times. Everybody has a similar character design and somebody dies only to then be stuffed in a trunk.
You may have heard about Snowpiercer, a soon to be released film starring Chris Evans. No? Don’t worry, I didn’t either. What you may not know is that it’s an adaptation of a French graphic novel “Le Transperceneige” recently released as Snowpiercer in the US If not, again neither did I. Luckily I was able to read the first volume and have all the information you need.
The Avengers want to fire Spider-Man? Find out why, on this week’s episode of Jason Reads Comics!
Browncoats rejoice! Captain Mal Reynolds and the crew of the Serenity are back in this brand new comic series from Dark Horse.
Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland think they’ve returned to St. Hilarions to protect Crystal Palace, but she may turn out to be the person helping them.
The Midas Flesh is a science fiction comic that builds its story around ancient Greek mythology. Fatima and her space crew are looking for a lost forbidden planet called Earth. On this alternate Earth, King Midas of mythology has turned the entire planet into gold. Fatima and her crew are trying to figure out the source of this power so they can harness it to combat their nemesis, the Federation. However, the Federation has discovered Fatima’s ship and secretly sending people to stop her.
If you watch ‘Big Bang Theory’, you know from Stuart’s sad little life that working in a comic book store ain’t all free beer and Iron Man helmets. Still, there are some major upsides, especially when you’re the official Back Issue Guy, such as when a sold-out book shows up in a lapsed customer’s pull list, and you decide whether it goes in the back issue bins or *your* pull list. So it was with the first three issues of Pretty Deadly recently, and having read them all in quick succession, I was gratified to find #4 on the stands…
Mobster Xulu Cultists vs. Scientists ft. Tentacles. It’s a lot less fun than it seems and a lot more messy. H.P. Lovecraft is perhaps an odd choice for an all-ages comic that ultimately relies too heavily on the trope that Lovecraftian and tentacles are synonymous.
Comics are a cyclical game. From the very earliest days of the industry, stories and concepts have been recycled, reused and generally repurposed on a regular basis. This explains why, for instance, Quality Comics’ Midnight was essentially The Spirit (and also why I laugh every time someone declares the latest incarnation of any given comic to be “the greatest ever”, but that’s another story.) Superman had been plagued by other-dimensional imp Mr. Mxyzptlk since the mid-40s, the world’s greatest detective waited a few years before getting his own, presumably to make sure that the phenomenon was worth his time… Your…
Kate Bishop has had a rough time of things lately, suffering a tough breakup with her alien boyfriend, and ditching New York for the warmer climates of Los Angeles. Can she figure out how to be a detective and a hero in time to keep Madame Masque from raining vengeance down on her head? Your Major Spoilers review of Hawkeye #16 awaits!
What do you do when your whole world is turned upside down? Dana just wants her Queen Street West neighbourhood to be prosperous and electic – is that so much to ask? Between perpetual Canadian snow storms, a local shooting and her bookstore job on the brink of extinction, it evidently is.
Batman and James Gordon come to an agreement in Batman #27. Plus find out what other DC Comics you should buy in this week’s installment of Jason Reads Comics.