Classic Comic Compendium: COLOR OF RAGE is a less-known work from Kazuo Koike
Color of Rage is a travelling buddy story that plays off the idea of a stranger in a strange land learning the customs.
Classic Comic Compendium: CRYING FREEMAN – VOLUME 1 introduces us to the titular assassin
Crying Freeman is an adult crime thriller with elements of tragic romance, as an assassin falls for someone who should have been his target.
Classic Comic Compendium: LADY SNOWBLOOD – VOLUME 1 – THE DEEP-SEATED GRUDGE
Lady Snowblood Volume 1: The Deep-Seated Grudge is a compelling story of revenge, set in an interesting transitory period of Japanese culture.
Classic Comic Compendium: LONE WOLF & CUB – VOLUME 1 – THE ASSASSIN’S ROAD...
A brief look at why Lone Wolf & Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima is one of the most popular and influential comics ever.
Classic Comic Compendium: DREADSTAR RETURNS is a welcomed comics revival
Jim Starlin's Dreadstar Returns is a very welcome comics revival story, one that picks up 25 years later without skipping a beat.
Classic Comic Compendium: MARVEL UNIVERSE – THE END is another great Thanos story
Marvel Universe - The End is a great stand-alone Thanos story that is also part of the much larger narrative being told by Jim Starlin.
Classic Comic Compendium: BATMAN – THE CULT is a harrowing Batman comic
Batman - The Cult by Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrightson, and team is a harrowing look at the psychology of cults, through Batman.
Classic Comic Compendium: STRANGE TALES #178-181 setup years of Marvel cosmic stories
Strange Tales builds the foundation for what would become the Infinity Gauntlet story, nearly two decades before its publication.
Classic Comic Compendium: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD – BATMAN AND WONDER WOMAN
Liam Sharp's THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: BATMAN AND WONDER WOMAN is rich in both storytelling and myth-making.
Classic Comic Compendium: INCREDIBLE HULK #427 & 428 feature stunning LIAM SHARP art
Liam Sharp drew Incredible Hulk #427 - #428, and Sharp's Hulk was massive, impossibly muscled, and imposing.
Classic Comic Compendium: SPAWN – THE DARK AGES is the same Spawn, different era
Spawn - The Dark Ages took the familiar elements of Spawn lore and placed them in a harsher time, plus story elements of crusades and knights.
Classic Comic Compendium: That time Alan Moore teamed with Rob Liefeld for JUDGMENT DAY
Judgment Day by Moore, Liefeld, and others was meant as a shake-up for Liefeld's characters, a re-framing and blueprint for what was next.
