Well this issue solidified my two favorite characters of the series. I was already leaning heavily towards Karen, but I wasn’t all in on Sanami. After this issue though, I think these girls stole the show and have moved into “breakout character” territory. I’m sure that won’t stick because the next issue is likely to rotate and make another character someone else’s favorite, but that’s why The Woods is one of BOOM!’s top titles.

The mystic side of the Valiant Universe is one that I like. It’s very different from the other mystic arts of other established comic universes, but it never forgets the most important thing… it should be dark and scary.

It’s been a while since we last saw Concrete Park, but it’s back with a mini-series all to itself. Previous the series appeared in Dark Horse Presents and eventually the story there was collected into a one-shot issue as well.

Like most people when I learned that Matt Wagner was making a new Grendel comic I became excited, but I was more excited to see that it was crossing over with The Shadow. If there’s one creator you want handling such a feat it’s Wagner.

I skipped reviewing a few issues of The Twilight Zone because really there wasn’t any difference in the quality and the structure of the issues during this particular storyline. The treads of our three tales were still being weaved together and that was about all there was to note of difference.

War isn’t a new subject in comic books and really it’s one of the oldest themes for the medium. Katusha takes a look at the Ukrainian and Russian side of World War II.

Let me tell you it’s been a long time since I’ve read The Mice Templar.

Originally I wasn’t going to review The War at Ellsmere; it was too be a book that I simply read for pleasure. The problem is that I just like Faith Erin Hicks’ storytelling far too much not to talk about it and what I found really impressive was that this was some of her early work.