Category: Features

• Mister Miracle #8

  

  Writer: Tom King Artist + Colors: Mitch Gerads Cover: Nick Derington Published: April 18, 2018 It’s an oft repeated tale about how having a kid changes you, and it lets you start sentences by saying ‘as a mom’ or ‘as a dad’ if that’ a thing you want to do (this whole ‘as a dad’…

• Black Panther #172

  

  Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Artist: Leonard Kirk Colors: Laura Martin + Matt Milla Cover: Chris Sprouse + Matt Milla + Karl Story Published: April 18, 2018 The Wakandan pantheon of gods (the Orisha) locked away the originators (the original persons/creatures who occupied the land) in another dimension which secured the territory that is now called Wakanda…

• All-New Wolverine #33

  

  Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Ramon Rosanas Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover Artist: David Lopez Published: April 4, 2018 This is the first issue of the final arc of the All-New Wolverine series. The arc is called “Old Woman Laura” and takes inspiration from the Old Man Logan story published a few years ago. This review and…

• Runaways #8

  

  Writer: Rainbow Rowell Artist: Kris Anka Colors: Triona Farrell Cover: Kris Anka Published: April 4, 2018 In the review of the previous issue of Runaways there was a lot of discussion/appreciation for the depiction of the state of the Runaways. They’ve come back together, they faced a baddie, and they’ve sort acknowledged how they all…

• Runaways #7

  

  Writer: Rainbow Rowell Artist: Kris Anka Colors: Matt Wilson Cover: Kris Anka Published: March 21, 2018 Moments of perfection/inspiration/development aren’t permanent. That’s not entirely an easy thing to wrap your head around, especially if (like mine) your ideas about inspiration and genius and personal growth are largely influenced by what you see in the movies…

• The Black Panther #171

  

  Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Artist: Leonard Kirk Colors: Laura Martin Cover: Brian Stelfreese + Laura Martin Published: March 28, 2018 What can lingering resentment and hate be used to accomplish? This is some of the subtext running through issue #171 of Black Panther in regard to the Asira as Ras the Exhorter plot line. In the…

• Mister Miracle #7

  

  Writer: Tom King Artists: Mitch Gerads Colors: Mitch Gerads Cover: Clayton Cowles Published: March 14, 2018 There were two massive developments at the end of the previous issue of Mister Miracle, and this issue deals exclusively with one of them, but maybe not the one you expect (I absolutely didn’t). Right before Scott and Barda…

• Black Panther #170

  

  Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Artist: Leonard Kirk Colors: Laura Martin Cover: Phil Noto Published: February 28, 2018 After the conclusion of the A Nation Under Our Feet storyline the next threat facing Wakanda has been the apparent absence of their protecting deities. This problem has been occupying T’Challa’s attention since before the Legacy event and the…

• The Mighty Thor #705

  

  The Death of the Mighty Thor Part 6 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Russell Dauterman Colors: Matt Wilson Cover: Russell Dauterman + Matt Wilson Published: March 21, 2018 Would it have been better for Jane Foster if she never picked up the hammer? It’s undoubtedly too late to ask this question twenty some odd issues (twenty-nine…

• All-New Wolverine #32

  

  All-New Wolverine #32 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Djibril Morissette-Phan Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover: David Lopez Published: March 14, 2018 The fallout from Laura’s interactions with the Orphans of X continue in issue #32 as Laura teams up with Amber to hunt down the man responsible for ordering the hit in  which Laura killed Amber’s father.…

• All-New Wolverine #31

  

  Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Marco Failla Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover Artist: David Lopez Published: February 28, 2018 After a fantastic conclusion to the “Orphans of X” storyline, issue #31 seems to be a bit of a breather before the next arc begins. This is the third or fourth time that All-New Wolverine has taken a…

• The Mighty Thor #704

  

  The Death of the Mighty Thor Part 5 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Russell Dauterman Colors: Matthew Wilson Cover: Russell Dauterman + Matthew Wilson Published: February 21, 2018 The history of all things, or of a single human, is understand in a linear fashion. As a thing that started and and then proceeded in some sort…

• Paper Girls #20

  

  Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Cliff Chiang Colors: Matt Wilson Cover: Cliff Chiang Published: February 7, 2018 After having some of the plot clarified slightly in the previous couple of issues, the opening pages of issue #20 complicated what we thought we new. The issue opens on the Grand Father (the older version, last scene…

• Runaways #6

  

  Writer: Rainbow Rowell Artist: Kris Anka Colors: Matt Wilson Cover: Kris Anka Published: February 7, 2018 Issue #6 is the final in this first arc of the rebooted Runaways, and maybe sees our six protagonists in a worse place than when this series started. That is not categorically true, remember in the first issue Nico…

• All-New Wolverine #30

  

  Orphans of X Part 6 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Juann Cabal Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover: Dan Mora & Romulo Fajardo Jr. Published: January 31, 2017 For anyone who was worried that Marvel Legacy would disrupt what Tom Taylor has been working one in the All-New Wolverine book, can probably stop (for the moment) after the…

• Black Panther #169

  

  Klaw Stands Supreme Part 4 Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Artist: Leonard Kirk Colors: Laura Martin Cover: Brian Stelfreeze & Laura Martin Published: January 31, 2017 To make sure that everyone is across what’s going on in Black Panther post Marvel Legacy and really since the A Nation under Our Feet story ended in issue #12 (numbering…

• The Superhero Movie We Need, But Not The One We Deserve

  

  I meant to write this soon after Logan came out last March, and a rough draft has been sitting on my computer since then. After a recent rewatch and the announcement of Logan’s Oscar nomination I thought I might to a good time to finish this overdue piece. I can’t fully begin this essay without acknowledging…

• Your Consideration Please

  

  As a person who offers their thoughts on the internet about the artistic and creative work that other people, who are much more talented and creative than me, put forth, I’m not totally comfortable with numerical rating systems. I realize that that they are very popular and that they are a tool a lot of…

• The Mighty Thor #703

  

  The Death of The Mighty Thor Part 4 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Russell Dauterman Colors: Matt Wilson Cover: Russell Dauterman + Matt Wilson Published: January 17, 2018 After seeing Jane Foster collapse at the end of the previous issue, this one opens with her and agent Roz in a flying car above New York City…

• All-New Wolverine #29

  

  The Orphans of X Part 5 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Juann Cabal Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover: Elizabeth Torque Published: January 17, 2018 The Orphans of X have raised some interesting questions for Laura concerning her role as a hero, and the legacy of Wolverine. Broadly speaking they are a group of villains, but they are…

• Runaways #5

  

  Writer: Rainbow Rowell Artist: Kris Anka Colors: Matt Wilson Cover: Kris Anka Published: January 10, 2017 So (revealed on page one) it turns out that the weird mad scientist that has been hinted at in each of the previous issues is… Molly’s Grandma. There were heavy hints in the last issue that something was a…

• Mister Miracle #6

  

  Writer: Tom King Artist, Inks, Colors: Mitch Gerads Cover: Nick Derington Published: January 10, 2018 For anyone who hasn’t read the first five issues of Mister Miracle (MM), this issue would serve as a great jumping on point (although those first five issues are great and people should read them). The heaviness and inscrutability of…

• Black Panther #168

  

  Klaw Stand Supreme Part 3 Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Artist: Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Walden Wong Colors: Matt Milla, Chris Sotomayor Cover: Brian Stelfreeze Published: December 27, 2017 After some pretty heavy thematic development in the previous issue, this issue gives us  a bit of sweet Black Panther action. The issue opens with T’Challa’s mother (Ramonda)…

• Paper Girls #19

  

  Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Cliff Chiang Colors: Matt Wilson Cover: Cliff Chiang Published: January 3, 2018 So everyone’s safe, at least at the beginning of the issue, after the huge “heroes” robot fell on  future Tiffany’s house at the end of the previous issue. The four girls and Tiffany’s future partner (Chris) are all…

• The Mighty Thor #702

  

  The Death of The Mighty Thor Part 3 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Russell Dauterman Colors: Matt Wilson Cover: Russell Dauterman + Matt Wilson Published: December 20, 2017 There’s a moment in this issue of the Mighty Thor that echoes one of the prevailing sentiments from the recently released, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. At some…

• Mister Miracle #5

  

  Mister Miracle #5 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist, Inks, Colors: Mitch Gerads Cover: Nick Derington Published: December 13, 2017 After being sentenced to death by Orion in the last issue Scott must decide how to spend his last three days of life. The issue opens with Scott and Barda placing their handprints into the Hollywood Walk…

• Runaways #4

  

  Writer: Rainbow Rowell Artist: Kris Anka Colors: Matt Wilson Cover Art: Kris Anka Published: December 13, 2017 After reuniting with Karolina in the last issue and the emotional sediment that was stirred up from that meeting, it’s almost just pure joy when Nico, Gert, and Chase show up on Molly’s doorstep. Before that the issue…

• All-New Wolverine #28

  

  Orphans of X Part 4 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Juann Cabal Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover Art: Elizabeth Torque + Nolan Woodard Published: December 13, 2017 So the Orphans of X have the Murmusa blade, and Laura, Gabby (now know as Honey Badger), and Daken are on the run. The logical/only place for them to run…

• Paper Girls #18

  

  Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Cliff Chiang Colors: Matt Wilson Cover Art: Cliff Chiang Published: December 6, 2017 More is learned in this issue about the (moral/fundamental) divide between the ‘old timers’ and the ‘heroes’ that Erin, Tiff, KJ, and Mac have gotten caught up in. It was hinted at in (and mentioned in the…

• Mister Miracle #4

  

  Writer: Tom King Artist, Ink, Colors: Mitch Gerads Published: November 8, 2017 In issue #1 of Mister Miracle (MM) the Highfather (not Orion) told Scott that Darkseid had acquired the anti-life equation. In issue #2 Scott is warned by Granny Goodness about the prophecy and how Darkseid fears him. In issue #3 Scott begins to…