The New Avengers #51–54 by Brian Michael Bendis, Billy Tan and Chris Bachalo Time to catch up with more trade paperbacks I purchased over the course of the months in which I wasn't blogging regularly. Today, the latest New Avengers paperback collection. I have been enjoying the odd mix of…
The last week of comic books from January, and there's a lot to get through, so no time for pithy introductions. Astro City: The Dark Age Book 4 #1 Although Kurt Busiek packs a lot into this book, I've got a little fatigued by The Dark Age – the Swamp…
More comics from the past, although not all of them (I still hadn't read all of my back issues of Incredible Hercules at the time issue 140 came out this week, and I hadn't caught up on Agents of Atlas yet, so I couldn't start on Avengers vs Agents of…
Another visit to the past, as I discuss the comic books I purchased in the second week of January. Still got four months of weekly hauls to go before I get up to date – it's nice to have a goal to aim towards. Buffy the Vampire Slayer #31 The…
After some tired rambling about politics and comic books, it's time for some thoughts on specific comic books, as I return to talking about the weekly haul of books from the month of January this year. The Boys #38 The origin of The Female by Ennis and Robertson – she…
Wolverine: Origins #1–5 by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon Too much damn punctuation in that damned title ... You know what's weird? Seeing a good artist on the wrong title – Dillon is an excellent penciller but he shouldn't be drawing Wolverine superhero comics. Punisher comic books, written by Garth…
Batman Annual #26, Robin Annual #7, Batman #670, #671, Robin #168, #169, Nightwing #138, #139, Detective Comics #838, #839; written by Grant Morrison, Paul Dini, Peter Milligan, Fabian Nicieza, Keith Champagne; art by Don Kramer, Jason Pearson, Tony Daniel, David Lopez, Freddie Williams II, Ryan Benjamin and others I can't…
The Flash #231–237 by Mark Waid, Daniel Acuna, Freddie Williams III Waid's original run on The Flash was a charming, joyful, modern delight – it wasn't a Silver Age throwback as some would have it, but a story of a man doing the right thing (with science!) while growing up…
Justice League of America #0, #8–12, Justice Society of America #5–6 by Brad Meltzer and Geoff Johns, and various artists The JLA/JSA crossover – tradition or lack of ideas? I didn't grow up reading DC comics, so I don't have nostalgia for this cornerstone of comic book history to impel…
GeNext #1–5 by Chris Claremont and Patrick Scherberger This mini-series is described as the project the readers demanded – a poll on Marvel.com to see what Claremont should write next resulted in this book. The premise is that the Marvel universe aged in real time, making the X-Men in their…