Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #1–5 by Jonathan Hickman and Sean Chen This trade was another bargain I picked up at the Fantastic Realm sale, and another great purchase. I picked up Hickman's first issues of Fantastic Four around the same time I bought this, and it was good timing: this…
X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl #1–5 by Peter Milligan and Nick Dragotta & Mike Allred I bought (and still have somewhere in my longboxes) the issues of X-Force where Milligan and Allred created X-Statix, but I was never a great fan of them; however, I was impressed that Marvel allowed the…
Fantastic Four: True Story #1–4 by Paul Cornell and Horacio Domingues I really enjoyed Paul Cornell's Captain Britain and MI:13 very much, and was sad to see it prematurely cancelled. Along with Leonard Kirk, he created a really good comic book that was exciting, emotional and funny. I really wanted…
Green Arrow: Year One #1–6 by Andy Diggle and Jock The Losers by Diggle and Jock is a great espionage action comic book that is very deserving of its adaptation into a film coming out this year (and I'm looking forward to it very much). Therefore, anything that these two…
By Ian Rankin and Werther Dell'edera Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels are a great series of detective fiction set in Edinburgh around a strong central character. They are great books and Rankin is a really good writer, so it was a bit of a surprise when the news was announced…
After yesterday's waffling on about a single comic book, today sees a return to more normal service, with five comics books (although I also bought Incredible Hercules #138 as well, but have yet to read all the preceding issues). On with the show. Criminal: The Sinners #2 What can be…
This is a nice breather after the previous heavy weeks – only one comic book purchased. My bank account was grateful at least. I hope I have a lot to say about this single book, or perhaps it might be a bit of a cheat to have a entire blog…
Chew #1–5 by John Layman and Rob Guillory Chew should not work – it is an out-there idea that doesn't fit into an easily identifiable category – but it does. Tony Chu is a cibopath, meaning he gets a psychic impression of whatever he eats. This is unusual enough for…
In which I continue telling you about comics I bought last year as if it was this week, because I must do this. Batman and Robin #6 'Batman and Robin say ... Get a life!' It seems Grant Morrison has his tongue in his cheek this issue; the Flamingo (Damian's…
As I try to be honest in all things, I should point out that I am also buying Incredible Hercules now, but I'm still catching up (I recently purchased most of the missing back issues in a bargain from Gosh!), so Assault On New Olympus #1 was purchased, but I…