Category: Opinions

• 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…

• 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…

• Runaways #3

  

  Writer: Rainbow Rowell Artist: Kris Anka Colors: Matthew Wilson Cover Art: Kris Anka Published: November 8, 2017 When Chase burst into Nico’s apartment at the beginning of issue one, there wasn’t too much consideration to why he went back in time and did what he did. Love was sort the blanket excuse used to justify…

• Black Panther #167

  

  Klaw Stands Supreme Part 2 Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Artist: Leonard Kirk Colors/Inks: Laura Martin, Marc Deering Published: November 22, 2017 The black panther returns in this issue after the previous issue focused almost exclusively on Klaw. After discovering that some of the strange creatures coming out of the dimensional portals appearing in Wakanda were actually…

• The Mighty Thor #701

  

  The Death of The Mighty Thor Part 2 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: James Harren Colors: Dave Stewart Cover Art: Russell Dauterman Published: November 15, 2017 The mangog is here and well… it really does mangog about in this issue. It runs across Volstagg/War Thor in Old Asgard where they proceed to beat up on each…

• Paper Girls #17

  

  Writer: Brain K. Vaughan Artist: Cliff Chiang Colors: Matt Wilson Cover Art: Cliff Chiang Published: November 1, 2017 There’s something nice about reading a comic book as it come out that you don’t get when you read it as a trade paperback. When you’re reading a good book that you really enjoy, by a writer…

• Black Panther #166

  

  Klaw Stands Supreme Part 1 Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates Artist: Leonard Kirk & Marc Deering Colors: Laura Martin Published: October 25, 2017 The development at the end of the previous issue of Black Panther (#18), where T’Challa discovers that the monsters that have been coming through portals around Wakanda are beings created from hard sound, probably…

• All-New Wolverine #27

  

  Orphans of X Part 3 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Juann Cabal Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover Art: Terry Dodson Published: November 22, 2017 Much like that episode of Community this issue of All-New Wolverine is a bit of a bottle episode which takes place mostly inside Laura’s Aunt’s house (its not totally a bottle episode but…

• All-New Wolverine #26

  

  Orphans of X Part 2 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Juann Cabal Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover Art: Terry Dodson Published: October 25, 2017 Well, this issue answered why Daken has a weird third claw that is on the underside of his wrist and what it’s useful for. It’s a tool for surprising evil scientists who want…

• Runaways #2

  

  Writer: Rainbow Rowell Artist: Kris Anka Colors: Matt Wilson Cover Art: Kris Anka Published: October 11, 2017 It’s only issue #2, so it is perhaps massively presumptuous to say, but this series might be a slow burn. Logically or emotionally, it would take quite a while for readjustment after Chase went years into the past…

• The Mighty Thor #700

  

  The Death of The Mighty Thor Part 1 Writer: Jason Aaron Artists + Colors: Numerous Cover Art: Russell Dauterman Published: October 18, 2017 The Mighty Thor, number 700 (said in an appropriately booming voice) is very very good. This issue is what Marvel Legacy #1 was supposed/could have been. A grand tale consisting of separate…

• All-New Wolverine #25

  

  Orphans of X Part 1 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Juann Cabal Colors: Nolan Woodard Cover Art: Terry Dodson Published: October 11, 2017 One of the biggest moments of Marvel Legacy was the return of Logan, the original Wolverine, who is the focus of the first pages. In them Logan retrieves a sword “Forged from his…

• Mister Miracle #3

  

  Writer: Tom King Art, Colors, Inks: Mitch Gerads Cover Art: Nick Derington Published: October 11, 2017 While the first two issues of Mister Miracle weren’t exactly fun, or light, they were interesting and engaging comics that could be wrestled with a little bit. That begins to change somewhat in issue #3.  In the first scene…

• Paper Girls #16

  

  Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Cliff Chiang Colors: Matt Wilson Cover Art: Cliff Chiang Published: October 4, 2017 In case you haven’t been reading Paper Girls then please, the next time you go into your local comic book shop or you’re perusing Comixology, or go here, do yourself a favor and pick up the first…