Year: Publication: Writer:Artist: Includes:Available on: 2000DCDoug MoenchGloria Vasquez#1-3Amazon Synopsis: The federal government has authorized a crackdown on vigilantes, and an elite force is on Batman and his associates. Now, it’s up to them to band together and save themselves by taking the fight back to the enemies. Will Gotham City and its inhabitants survive the […]
Review #042.1: The Reign of the Super-Man
Year: Publication:Appeared in: Writer:Artist: Includes:Available on: Jan 1933Science Fiction/Licorne PrintsThe Advance Guard of Future Civilization #3Herbert Fine (Jerry Siegel)Joe ShusterThe Reign of the Super-Man and Other StoriesAmazon Synopsis: A short story on Bill Dunn, a vagrant, singled out by a misanthropic scientist, Professor Smalley, gets powers in an experiment. Too much power can even corrupt, […]
Review #042: Wolverine: The End
Year: Publication: Writer:Artist: Includes:Available on: ’03MarvelPaul JenkinsClaudio CastelliniWolverine: The End #1-6Amazon Synopsis: The final story of the Wolverine. The story portrays James Howlett as an old man living in the Canadian wilderness, readily facing his own mortality, in a distant future. Many years have passed; many of his friends are dead and buried, including his […]
Review #041: Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Year: Publication: Writer:Artist: Includes: Available on: Jun ’08-Nov ’09MarvelFrank MillarSteve McNivenWolverine #66-72, Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-SizeAmazon Synopsis: The night evil triumphed, everything changed for Wolverine. After 50 years in a dystopian future, the old man Logan is living a quiet life until an old friend, old man Hawkeye, shows up, asking a favor. Here, […]
Review #040: Time & Vine #1
Year: Publication: Writer/Artist: Includes: Available on: Jul ’17IDWThom ZahlerIssue #1Amazon Synopsis: A middle-aged school history teacher, looking for a break, finds an amazing one with the owner of a local winery. Together, they set off to explore a time lost in history! AWEsomeness: The plot/art is a short and sweet story. It tells about the […]
Review #039: Death Note (Short Stories)
Year: Publication: Writer: Artist: Includes:Available on: May ’22Viz MediaTsugumi OhbaTakeshi Obata6 short stories, including one 4-panel comicAmazon Synopsis: Is Kira’s story truly over, or does his influence linger? Death Note’s story continues in this collection of short stories penned by the series’ creators. Find out what happens next!? AWEsomeness: The art is awesome, and so […]
Review #038: Superman/Batman: Protégé
Year: Publication: Writer: Artist: Includes: Available on: ’04DC Jeph LoebPat Lee#7Amazon Synopsis: Superboy and Robin are tasked by their mentors to recruit someone for the heroes. But in the process, they face Metallo. AWEsomeness: The plot was good and just a filler, and the manga-inspired art felt a tad hard in some places. My Review: […]
Review #037: Bruce Wayne: Not Super
Year: Publication: Writer:Artist: Includes: Available on: Mar ’23DCStuart GibbsBerat PekmezciSingle digestAmazon Synopsis: 13-year-old Bruce Wayne attends an exclusive prep school for kids with powers, but Bruce lacks any. He has a goal: Make a difference in the world. The challenge comes when he crosses paths with Jack Napier and his hired bully Bane. Bruce decides […]
Review #036: 300
Year: Publication: Writer/Artist: Includes: Available on: May-Sept ’98Dark HorseFrank MillerWitchblade #125-130Amazon Synopsis: This book is loosely based on the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher […]
Review #035: Witchblade: War of the Witchblades
Year: Publication: Writer: Artist: Includes: Available on: Mar ’09-Aug ’10Top CowRon MarzStjepan Sejic, Marc Silvestri, Barbara Ciardo, Michael TurnerWitchblade #125-130Amazon Synopsis: Sara Pezzini and Danielle Bapiste are forced into battle forgetting their sisterhood; for the control of the artifact, Witchblade, split between the two when the former became pregnant with her daughter, Hope. And then […]