From A Library – Punisher: Valley Forge, Valley Forge

The Punisher #55–60 by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov I started reading Garth Ennis' Punisher Max series in the comic books but I stopped after a year when I realised it would read better in trade form, especially as Ennis seemed to be deliberately writing six-issue arcs. I still haven't…

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Comic Review: Midnighter (The Ennis Issues)

Midnighter #1–6 by Garth Ennis and various artists Issues 1–5 ‘Killing Machine' Midnighter doesn’t strike me as the type of character who requires his own series. He is a Batman analogue, taken to the extreme, who works well by brooding and being deliriously violent at appropriate junctures. Probably the only…

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From A Library – The Authority: Kev

The Authority: Kev by Garth Ennis & Glenn Fabry I’m not sure why this comic exists. I’m not talking existential angst or getting deeply philosophical. I mean, why would Garth Ennis write a series about a former SAS assassin interacting with the widescreen superheroics of the Authority? I can’t make…

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