Apart from getting rid of old comics (Trimming the Collection), reading a variety of stuff I wouldn’t buy (From A Library), and being silly (Q&A), I do actually buy comics as they come out. Shocking, I know. Since starting a new job that is in the opposite direction from my…
I Can't Believe I Own This Comic Mutant X #1 by Howard Mackie & Tom Raney Okay, let me justify myself first. I am a sucker for alternate universe stories. Not the boring 'Nazis won World War II' stuff, but skewed versions of fictional worlds that I enjoy. It is…
Ultimate Daredevil Elektra #1–4 by Greg Rucka & Salvador Larroca This Ultimatization is essentially a new version of the origin of Elektra; Daredevil does appear, in the form of Matt Murdock in a mask, but it is definitely how the Ultimate Elektra came to be. I'm not sure why they…
Ash vol. 1 (Trade collecting #1–5) by Joe Quesada & Jimmy Palmiotti I can't recall if it was Azrael or The Ray where I first saw the dazzling art of Joe Quesada, back when he was just an artist, but I do know that I liked it. It sizzled with…
Nexus: The Origin by Mike Baron & Steve 'The Dude' Rude Some comic-reading history first. I got the bug in my teens, in the mid-to-late '80s, reading superhero comics, like most other people. For me, it was the X-books; I couldn't get enough Claremont and mutant soap opera. However, by…
Suicide Squad (Volume 2) #1–12 by Keith Giffen & Paco Medina The original Ostrander/Yale Suicide Squad had a lot of charm and took a great idea and played with it. This revival plays on that charm and history, but bypasses a lot of grounding and characterisation to try something that…
I Die At Midnight by Kyle Baker The Cowboy Wally Show and Why I Hate Saturn are sublime in their beauty, wit and charm. Baker need never work again, if the quality of work was rewarded. In the real world, artists need to create to live. I want to support…
Just A Pilgrim (series 1) by Garth Ennis & Carlos Ezquerra Even if Ennis wasn't a great writer, he demands attention for having written Preacher and Hitman, among many others. So, the chance of seeing him let loose on his own creation seemed like an obvious choice, and it had…
Superman: Secret Identity Kurt Busiek & Stuart Immonen Although this story is based on an obscure tale from DC Comics Presents #87 by Elliot S Maggin and Curt Swan about the Superboy of Earth-Prime, this is a wonderfully moving and beautiful tale about what it’s like to be human, told…
Teen Titans: A Kid’s Game (collecting #1–7) Geoff Johns & Mike McKone Before I start, I just wanted to make a point of mentioning the Turner cover above: it's so depressing to have the butt shot of Starfire, along with her unfathomable breasts, yet still being able to see her…