Criminal #1–5 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Crime comics have always worked well – this could be the fact that superhero comics are based on the whole ‘fighting crime’ concept, I don’t know. There has been a good ratio of quality to noise in the pure crime comics, even…
Superman/Batman: Absolute Power TPB by Jeph Loeb and Carlos Pacheco Despite my dislike of a previous Loeb-written story, I wanted to read this trade for two reasons: firstly, the majestically gorgeous art of Carlos Pacheco; secondly, I have a weakness for alternate dimension stories (and I do mean weakness –…
Spider-Woman: Origins by Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed and the Luna Brothers Everything you wanted to know about Bendis’ obsession, in one handy tome. Jessica Drew’s father is a scientist in Wundagore Mountain, and her mum is pregnant with her when she is hit by the DNA compiler ray –…
The Boys #1–6 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson When the first image in a comic is a DM boot squashing a superhero’s head in a graphic full-page spread, and the first words are ‘I’m gonna fucking have you. You cunts.’, you kind of get the sense of what sort…
Young Avengers TPB #1 by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung I have never watched The OC (a bunch of well-off teenagers whining about life? No thanks) and I’ve never been much of an Avengers fanboy. Therefore, this wasn’t a book that was on my radar. However, the great word of…
Daredevil: The Devil, Inside and Out TPB #1 by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark ‘The Devil in Cell-Block D’ Carrying on from Bendis and Maleev's run on Daredevil would be a challenge: Matt Murdoch has been outed as Daredevil and put in prison. Where do you go from there? Ed…
Fantastic Four: The End by Alan Davis (inks by Mark Farmer) The future: long after the Mutant War (don’t know what it is but it sounds cool). A deranged Dr Doom attacks the Fantastic Four; Franklin and Valeria Richards join in to help but die with Doom due to an…
by Brian K Vaughan & Marcos Martin ‘Yes, I’m Iron Fist. No, I don’t know where Power Man is. We’re partners, not a couple.’ Nice dialogue to distract you before the strong start to the series: Strange has been shot. Which is why Wong has brought him to Night Nurse,…
Iron Man: Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov First off, let us talk about the art. I waited for the trade because I knew there would be one, but it was also nice to read this in one sitting without having to wait for the delays seemingly caused by…
Buffy The Vampire Slayer #1 & 2 by Joss Whedon and Georges Jeanty When Buffy arrived on our screens, I was soon to become an acolyte of Joss Whedon. In using fantasy to explore everyday problems, he could have a pretty girl fight a demon and still have it mean…