Comic Reviews

Review: Doctor Fate Vol. 1: The Blood Price "With Doctor Fate Vol. 1: The Blood Price, Paul Levitz and Sonny Liew have given readers a story that touches on issues of insecurities, heritage, and horror in...

Dreaming Eagles #4 joins issues 1 – 3 in being a serviceable war comic, but not at all an outstanding one, a judgement that – barring some drastic changes in the final two issues – will likely apply to...

Review: Batman #50 "Batman #50 is the culmination of nearly five years' worth of stories and a shining example of what a creative team can accomplish when they both love what they're doing and understand...

Review: The Only Living Boy Vol. 1: Prisoner of the Patchwork Planet "With volume 1 of The Only Living Boy, Gallaher and Ellis have tapped into an alchemy that not only provides high adventure and...

Titan Comic’s Johnny Red #4 was a highlight of February’s pull list, and continues to be the best war comic on the market, with Ennis (w), Burns (a), and Wordie (c) consistently performing at the highest...

Dreaming Eagles #1 is off to a rough start. Ennis, Coleby, and Kalisz too often seem to be working against each other, and that’s a shame, because the story of the Tuskegee Airmen is one that deserves to...

Review: Jem and the Holograms#11 "Jem and the Holograms #11 demonstrates once again why the series month-in and month-out is one of the most enjoyable and most pertinent books on the racks. Brimming with...

Review: Batman #48 "The melancholic malaise that hangs BATMAN #48 is palpable, and it’s a credit to how adept Snyder and Capullo are at characterization that they make readers do the nigh-impossible: feel...

Review: Lucifer #1 "Black and Garbett have taken what made the original Vertigo series such a joy to read—the rich characterization, the wry humor, the sprawling Judeo-Christian theology and...

Johnny Red #2 is an "end of the beginning" comic, and tends to feel like the second half of issue 1, ending just as the main storyline begins. Still, the stage is now nicely set, the actors properly placed,...