story by Frank Miller; sequential adaptation by Steven Grant; art by Juan Jose Ryp Published by Avatar Press. Originally published as Robocop #1-9. Cover price $29.99. Frank Miller is probably the biggest name in comics-to-film adaptations. Sin City and 300 were both big hits, and now Ronin is on its way. But way back in…
By Grant Morrison (W) and others Published by DC Comics. Cover price $19.99. Originally printed as DC 1,000,000 1-4, Green Lantern 1,000,000, Stannan 1,000,000, JLA 1,000,000, Resurrection Man 1,000,000, and Superman: The Man of Tomorrow 1,000,000 The Plot: The JLA of today and the JLA of the year 85,271 fight the threat of Vandal Savage…
By Craig Kyle, Chris Yost (W), and Mark Brooks (A) Published by Marvel Comics. Cover price $10.99. Originally printed as New X-Men 20-23. The Plot: The student body of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning deals with the immediate impact of M-Day. The Positives: New X-Men felt the effects of Scarlet Witch declaring “no more…
By Mark Millar (W) and Dave Johnson (A). Cover price $17.99. Published by DC Comics, 2003. Originally printed as Superman: Red Son #1-3. Plot: In as little words as possible, this book raises the question, “What if Superman’s rocket crash landed in the Soviet Union instead of the United States?” There is, however, quite a…
By Dan Brereton (W), Hector Gomez and Sandu Florea (A) Original graphic novel published by Dark Horse Comics. Cover price $9.95. The Plot: Buffy and the rest of the Scooby Gang must prevent vampire queen Lilith from summoning an Old One while Giles’ niece stops by Sunnydale for a visit. The Positives: N/A The Negatives:…
By Grant Morrison (W) and Frank Quitely (A) DC Comics, $19.99 Take a quick stroll around the comics blog-o-sphere. You’ll see plenty of variety, but if there’s a common theme, it’s the Review of the Goofy Old Comic. There are plenty of sites that rely entirely on making fun of the misadventures of Jimmy Olsen…
By Harvey Pekar (W) and many others (A) Vertigo, $14.99 The Plot: By now, pretty much everyone knows about Harvey Pekar, the straight-talking, slice-of-life-telling, crusty persona of the comics industry. Let’s hope that, at the very least, most everyone has seen the great movie American Splendor. Since that came out a few years back, Pekar…
By Larry Young (W), Charlie Adlard and Matt Smith (A) Published by AiT / PlanetLar. Cover price $19.99. Originally published as Astronauts in Trouble: Live from the Moon #1-5; Astronauts in Trouble: Cool Ed’s #1; Astronauts in Trouble: Space 1959 #1-3; Astronauts in Trouble: One Shot, One Beer Astronauts in Trouble is one of those…
By Judd Winick (W), Doud Mahnke and Paul Lee (A) Published by DC Comics. Cover price $9.99. Originally printed as Batman 635-641. The Plot: A new Red Hood, who has ties to the Dark Knight’s past, appears in Gotham City and runs afoul of both Batman and the Black Mask. The Positives: Since Batman became…
By Scott Kurtz Published by Image Comics. Cover Price $14.99. Originally printed as PvP 13-18. The Plot: The staff of a gaming magazine tackles the issues of the day, ranging from plagiarism and copyright laws to finding the true spirit of Christmas to paradoxical trips to the San Diego Comic-Con to hyper-intelligent cats trying to…