Daniel Coleman 1/7/15 Daniel Coleman 1/7/15

Review: Tomb Raider #11

Lara returns to London after saving Alex's sister, Kaz, in Pripyat (radiation zone near Chernobyl) last issue. The issue opens with Mr. Cruz, who has somehow managed to get to a hospital, talking to another Trinity member called Mr. Ramile. Ramile has been ordered to clean up Cruz's mess. To which Cruz simply asks that he make Lara suffer.

Daniel Coleman 1/7/15 Daniel Coleman 1/7/15

Review: Conan The Avenger #9

Time to catch up with the current arc of Conan the avenger 'The damned horde'. With this new arc comes returns series regular artist, Brian Ching. I like most of the character design and artwork, except for Conan, I think I prefer Eduardo Francisco's take.

Daniel Coleman 1/6/15 Daniel Coleman 1/6/15

Review: TMNT – The New Animated Series #18

This Issue contains two stories the continuation of the 'Deep Below' story and a festive Christmas story.

Daniel Coleman 1/6/15 Daniel Coleman 1/6/15

Review: Borderlands #5

I was super excited to review Borderlands as I really enjoyed the first game, it was like playing a living comic book. Extra gory, great humor, brilliant visuals. More stories in this universe couldn't be bad thing, could it?

Daniel Coleman 1/6/15 Daniel Coleman 1/6/15

Review: Big Trouble in Little China #7

I have to start by saying that Big Trouble in Little China is one of my favorite movies. Yeah, that's right it's in my top 5 (they move around a lot but it's always in there). So when they announced they were making a comic book series in this universe I was both terrified and excited. However 7 issues in I'm no longer worried and continually look forward to seeing the next issue.

Dustin Cabeal 1/6/15 Dustin Cabeal 1/6/15

Review: Escape From New York #2

I can tell you the exact panel of this comic in which I knew I was done reading this series: page nine, panel two. That’s right, Snake wakes up on a prison submarine and after the mandatory (and I do mean mandatory), “it’s not him, he’s too short” joke; Snake asks for a smoke and a comical amount of hands and cigarette packs surround him. Here’s the thing about this panel… it’s not physically possible for so many people to reach the same distance and height around his face, then when you take in to account they’re on a close-courters submarine… well it’s a joke stinks and that breaks the serious nature of the world.

Dustin Cabeal 1/6/15 Dustin Cabeal 1/6/15

Review: The Woods #9

I never got around to reviewing the last issue of The Woods, but damn it was good. I tried to even work it in on my end of the year list and it honestly came in just behind Mind MGMT which should tell you a little something about the quality of this series.

Nick Philpott 1/6/15 Nick Philpott 1/6/15

Review: Feathers #1

Jorge Corona’s new all-ages title, Feathers, is, at the high risk of mixing animal metaphors, a horse of a different color, compared to its ilk on the shelves. It’s got a little bit of everything--unreliable narrators, a riches-to-rags story, angelic and demonic symbolism, and really charming artwork. The unfortunate part is that it feels very stiff, though with some time, it could be a whole lot of fun.

Guest Contributor 1/6/15 Guest Contributor 1/6/15

Review: John Carter: Warlord of Mars #3

I’m continuing to enjoy how fun this series is. I think I mentioned in a review of JCWM #1 how it feels like an old sci-fi serial mixed with some Saturday morning cartoons, and that description is holding true. While there are no major story breakthroughs in issue #3, the action is thick and the rollercoaster of a story is there in full force.

Guest Contributor 1/6/15 Guest Contributor 1/6/15

Review: Shaft #2

Shaft #1 started with a roar, and by issue 2, the roar is just as loud. It’s hard to ask more of David F. Walker and Bilquis Evely, to be honest with you. So far, the series reads like a great action movie with actual good writing. That’s especially evident in Shaft #2.

Carl Boehm 1/6/15 Carl Boehm 1/6/15

Review: Smiley The Psychotic Button

The one-shot special featuring the comedic sidekick to Evil Ernie breaks down into two separate stories that look backwards and forwards. The first, “What Ever Happened to Richard Smiley” supplies an origin for the demonic lapel rider.

Carl Boehm 1/6/15 Carl Boehm 1/6/15

Review: Army of Darkness: Ash in Space #2

In the last issue, Ash got blasted into space while chasing a possessed astronomer. Artemis Vrill, the stargazer, uploaded the Necronomicon’s contents into the space stations computers creating a technologically based Evil Dead.

Steve Paugh 12/30/14 Steve Paugh 12/30/14

Review: Memetic #3

Quite possibly the first, and perhaps best thing you could say about the end of Tynion and Donovan’s Boom series, Memetic, is that you will not see it coming. Of course, that last sip from this, its third and final issue, comes from something of a poisoned chalice. I say that with intent, that while this book didn’t end in the way I was expecting, it also didn’t do so unsatisfactorily.

Carl Boehm 12/30/14 Carl Boehm 12/30/14

Review: X-O Manowar #31

Robert Venditti officially declared war on the other armor-wearing hero, Iron Man, with this issue. His first volley of shots fired came from the satirical equivalent of an F-22 Raptor: efficient, brutal, and right on target.

Samantha Roehrig 12/30/14 Samantha Roehrig 12/30/14

Review: Robyn Hood #5

So clearly I was pretty stoked after our last issue. Robyn and Red Riding Hood met up again to show us some awesome moves, banter about love lives, and of course take down some evil villains.

James Anders II 12/24/14 James Anders II 12/24/14

Review: Captain Midnight #18

In reading this issue, I discovered a fact that has been there since the beginning, but I don’t think that I ever saw it until Issue #18. That fact is this…Captain Midnight (aka Jim Albright) can’t plan an attack worth a shit. I don’t necessarily know if that is the intention of writer Joshua Williamson or if it is just what it is.

David Craig 12/24/14 David Craig 12/24/14

Review: Resurrectionists #2

Resurrectionists is shaping up to be such a mixed bag that it was tricky assigning it a score for this review. On the one hand, the book’s plot is coming along nicely. Characters that I assume will become major players in the story are gradually being introduced and built on, and the mythology that Fred Van Lente has created is interesting and continues to be developed.

James Anders II 12/24/14 James Anders II 12/24/14

Review: Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle #12

It all ends here (?)

Carl Boehm 12/24/14 Carl Boehm 12/24/14

Review: Grindhouse: Drive-In, Bleed Out #2

Shayla and her grandmother, Mother Wolf, continue on the revenge quest against the monsters that murdered their family. These fiends, “The Overseer,” “The Clown,” “The Cowboy,” and “the Man Who Walks” personify the vices that mortally affect the lower classes.