Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #1–5 by Rick Remender and Jefte Palo Doctor Strange is a great character but he can’t seem to sustain an ongoing series. There have been some excellent recent mini-series (The Oath by Brian K Vaughan and Marcos Martin, and Strange by Mark Waid and…
Power Man and Iron Fist #1–5 by Fred Van Lente and Wellington Alves This mini-series launched out of the Shadowland crossover, with ‘The All-New, All-Different’ on top of the logo – the new is Victor Alvarez, the new Power Man, a young man with the power to absorb chi from…
Underground #1–5 by Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber This book is perhaps more famous for the piracy/sales incident (see this Robot 6 piece or this Comics Alliance piece for more information) when somebody posted scans of the whole book on 4chan but Lieber interacted with the pirate and then saw a spike…
Hulk #25–30 by Jeff Parker and Gabriel Hardman I wrote recently about gambling on comic books, and these thoughts on this book can be considered a relative to that post. The reasons for buying this trade paperback are the creators: Parker is a good writer (Agents of Atlas was a…
House of Mystery: Room and Boredom (issues #1–5) by Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham and Luca Rossi A young woman, Fig, an architect of sorts, is chased by a creepy couple and ends up escaping in to the House of Mystery, a strange house located at a supernatural crossroads between worlds. The…
Who Is Jake Ellis? #1–5 by Nathan Edmonson and Tonči Zonjić This is an excellent modern spy/action thriller with a hint of the paranormal, which I enjoyed immensely. The first sixes pages sum up the premise excellently: we see our protagonist Jon escaping some criminal types on a boat in…
Star Trek: Crew #1–5 by John Byrne I did not know about the character known as ‘Number One’ in the Star Trek universe. Played by Majel Barrett in the original pilot episode, she was never referred to by name and was an intelligent, logical, calm first officer to Captain Pike.…
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1–7 by Peter David, Robin Furth, Jae Lee and Richard Isanove The appeal of this comic book is supposed to be Stephen King – the first adaptation of his work into comics, I believe – but the real attraction is the art of Jae…
Marvel Universe Vs The Punisher #1–4 by Jonathan Maberry and Goran Parlov I don't understand the current obsession with apocalyptic scenarios in pop culture (and comics in particular). I think it is very strange and and seems a bit macabre and depressing, but then I’m not a fan of the endlessly…
Conan #0–6 and part of #7 by Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord Even though I’m a fan of genre stories, I’ve never read any Conan the Barbarian, which includes the original pulp stories and the respected comics by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith; I’ve only seen the Schwarzenegger films and…