Every once in awhile, things shape up so that a certain week brings a host of good books. Fittingly, the Wednesday before Christmas marked one of the strongest releases of comics this year. I picked up (in the order I read them): Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #1 Damon Lindelof &Leinil Francis Yu -I thought this…
I wrote a review of some Christmas-y comics for my “real” comics-related job, so I thought I’d post a few thoughts as we’re nearing the big day. This year’s Marvel Holiday Special was pretty entertaining. The first story is a silly Moleman tale, and brought out a few chuckles, but little more. The second story…
If you’re a comic book fan today, chances are you’re really into Infinite Crisis. It’s the biggest and best thing going in superhero comics right now. If you’re not reading it, you should be. The thing is, there’s so much going on right now that’s seemingly unrelated. That’s where this series of articles comes in….
Nothing calms down the anger of waiting an extra month for a comic than finally opening it up and finding that time went into making one of the balls-to-the-wall best issues ever. Buy Ultimates 9. Every page, every frame is worth the price. This is a series that is unafraid to do things as big,…
Well, it was done in possibly the least meaningful way, in a storyline that probably was thought up in a five-minute “Oh crap, Spidey sales are lagging and House of M is over so what the heck are we gonna do?” session. Check out the last splash page of Friendly Neighborhood #3. Iron Man carrying…