Captain America #1‒7 by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Michael Lark and John Paul Leon I have read some Captain America comics in my time, as well as comics with Cap as a central character in a team, but I've never really connected with the character. For this reason, I didn't…
Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler I read this book via my library after it appeared on the list of recommendations from Amazon – I feel guilty that (a) I’m not spending money to read the book and (b) if I did, I wouldn’t be using a ‘proper’ book shop.…
Scalped #1–5 by Jason Aaron & RM Guera I may be revealing the workings behind the curtains of Clandestine Citadel here, but I don't always write about the comic books immediately after I've read them. Shock, horror, I know, but I've never been about being up to date. This is…
Punisher War Journal #1–4 by Matt Fraction, Ariel Olivetti and Mike Deodata First off – this trade is a complete swizz: four issues and then a repeat of the first issue but in black and white. That’s not on, Marvel; if it wasn’t so enjoyable, it would be a complete…
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1–3 by Frank Miller Frank Miller is undoubtedly one of the few big creators in the world of comic books. Whether or not he has created anything recently of note that hasn’t descended into unironic self-parody is another question. Although The Dark Knight Returns…
Agents of Atlas #1–6 by Jeff Parker and Leonard Kirk The spy, the spaceman, the goddess, the robot, the gorilla. Aren’t comics cool? FBI agent Jimmy Woo, Bob ‘Marvel Boy’ Grayson, the goddess Venus, M-11 the human robot, Ken Hale the Gorilla Man, brought together in 1958 to save President…
Superman #654–658 by Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco Busiek and Pacheco are a good team (see Avengers Forever or Arrowsmith), so I was keen to see what they would do with the big blue boy scout. The accepted aspect is the lovely art – if you have a first page…
Superman: For Tomorrow volumes 1 & 2 (collecting Superman #204–209 and #210–215) by Brian Azzarello and Jim Lee I try to be rational and reasoning when talking about books I read, but for this book: WTF? How can these two top-notch creators produce something as bizarre as this? Long dull…
Action Comics #841–843 by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza and Pete Woods, plus other material This trade collects the three issues of Action Comics that returned Superman to the DC universe after the events of Infinite Crisis (which I have yet to read). As such, it is a slight excuse for…
Batman and The Mad Monk #1–6 by Matt Wagner (I'm exhausted after the bank holiday weekend, Iron Man and the site redesign. A short post only today) Matt Wagner is a fantastic visual stylist; he draws a great Batman in the black and grey, a solid figure yet fluid, and…