Home Columns Page 4

Columns

The Marvel Rundown: ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM ends in tragedy and potential

1
The Beat reviews the finale of Marvel's big event, One World Under Doom, by Ryan North and R.B. Silva, plus a rapid rundown of several new releases.
Capes #1

Wednesday Comics Reviews: Kirkman, Englert give CAPES #1 a remastering, and more

0
Kirkman and Englert's new remastering of Capes #1 is the lead review in this week's slightly abbreviated Wednesday Comics column.

DC Round-Up: Metafictional mayhem in Morrison & Mora’s BATMAN/DEADPOOL #1

0
The Dark Knight and the Merc with the Mouth's second team-up is a gleeful riff on the characters and on Morrison's past work.
Comics to buy for November 19

Top Comics to Buy for November 19, 2025: New comics from the best weirdo...

0
This week's Top Comics to Buy Features new books from Tom Scioli, Grant Morrison with Dan Mora, and many more.
Star Trek Deviations Threads of Destiny featured

The Beat Digest 11/18/25: STAR TREK marks Black History Month

1
Also on today's Digest, Dark Horse reveals the next Lands Unknown comic, de Campi and Laming revive Dan Dare, and there's a double dose of competition news from Thought Bubble.
fruits basket cover. a teenage girl wearing a blue and white high school uniform.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: FRUITS BASKET is a classic

0
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers FRUITS BASKET, MONEY FOREST and THE SKELETON SOLDIER FAILED TO DEFEND THE DUNGEON.

Classic Comic Compendium: FROM HELL – CHAPTER 4

0
“The greater part of London's story is not writ in words. It is instead a literature of stone, of place names and associations.”

Graphic Novel Review: HYBRED is the story of a future-adjacent, alternate reality LA

0
Like the best sci-fi and Afro-futurism, HYBRED is a quiet, gorgeous book that says a lot. 
Hostile Planet

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: HOSTILE PLANET, PLANET DEATH, DETONATOR, and two more comics you’ll love!

0
Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: HOSTILE PLANET, PLANET DEATH, DETONATOR, and two more comics you'll love!
Tales of the TMNT #1 2025 cover A featured

The Beat Digest 11/14/25: TALES OF THE TMNT ending

0
Also on today's Digest, there's double doses of VisionQuest casting and Marvel Games news, and an unexpected Hideo Kojima/Zerocalcare story.

Graphic Novel Review: Vivian Nguyen’s THE FOOL, THE ABSOLUTE MAD WOMAN is a mystical...

0
With new book THE FOOL, THE ABSOLUTE MAD WOMAN, Vivian Nguyen delivers a occult tale of tarot and sapphic longing.
Spider-Man and Wolverine #7 I was always going to be at least a little interested in a book featuring two of my (and the world’s) favorite Marvel characters. Their odd couple rapport is simply too good and I feel strongly a book featuring these two should always be available. Give me Kaare Andrews drawing, with Spidey and Wolverine going on huge, zany adventures with enormous action set pieces? It’s all I need. The first five issue story left me cold from a narrative standpoint with its focus on Peter’s secret agent parents, but after a one off with a full-in artist, this second story from writer Marc Guggenheim and Andrews is pure, over the top fun featuring a villain from an alternate earth that is a twisted amalgamation of our heroes. Kaare Andrews goes wild on the layouts in this issue, with massive double page spreads and contorted figures. The final page reveal is pure cool. The inventiveness of the visuals, and Andrews’ strange mix of McFarlane and Romita suits the contortionist Spidey and animalistic Wolverine. Sometimes you want your superhero books to say something about the human condition. And sometimes you really just want to see an artist pushing himself to the limit with your two favorite guys as the subject. This is easily the best script we’ve gotten from Guggenheim on the series so far, though. Moving away from the tortured motivation of the first arc’s mystery villain and the baggage of Peter and Mary Parker is a big help. Brian Reber’s retro approach to colors, mostly flat with simple shading and highlights, helps Andrews’ bold figure work stand out on the page. The switch in dimension also includes a subtle color shift to a more washed out, grimier palette that helps define the tone of this darker world. VC’s Travis Lanham’s lettering is clean and readable, tracking comfortably even among the wilder layouts and heavy caption use. You could easily skip the first arc of this series and jump in here and have a great time, but it’s worth seeking out past chapters too, if only for the great Kaare Andrews work. - TR

The Marvel Rundown: ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #22 sees the long game play out

0
Welcome once again to another edition of The Marvel Rundown. This week as the year starts coming to a wind down, we have a...

LATEST POSTS

ADVERTISEMENT