Star Trek #5 continues an incredible journey across space to save mythical beings from multiple worlds against the slaughter by Kahless himself. Even more shocking is Worf’s son Alexander as one of Kahless’ soldiers. Sisko and his crew must battle on two fronts. The first is an attempt to stop the destruction of T’Kon. The… Read More »
Tantalus Depths Uses Strong Parts Of Its Various Subgenres Tantalus Depths is the kind of book that the right audience will love. It’s a solid combination of cosmic horror, somewhat-hard science fiction, and has sprinkles of space epic. And perhaps its biggest triumph is how it balances those three things in an organic, unfolding way… Read More »
Setting New Standards The Amazing Spider-Man #21 opens up on an unfamiliar scene; instead of our hero swinging high above the New York skyline, we peer in on Mary Jane, who is married and has two kids. Surprisingly the father/partner is not Spider-Man himself. Already this issue shakes up the status quo by skipping MJ into… Read More »
From Polygons to Pages I’m having a very DC kind of day while reading the newest issue of this book as a lady dressed as Batgirl sets down a cappuccino at my table; there’s this little place called Gotham Coffee where sometimes the servers are in costume; it’s a fun gimmick, but it’s also a… Read More »
As the weather in the UK turns brisk, now seems the perfect time to re-visit a shapely princess of the far off world of Barsoom! Dejah Thoris returns and in doing so, we get to meet a younger Dejah before she got mixed up with, among other things, John Carter. A kind if Year One… Read More »
[embedded content] Lockwood & Co. Is So Much Better Than Expected I dismissed Lockwood & Co. during my first exposure to it. A random segment of the show I walked past didn’t impress me. But now, having seen the first three episodes, I must admit how wrong I was. This is not only one of… Read More »
Some people that you have to mindful that your world view doesn’t become your reality. Take for example you insecurities; you know what that they are (worldview), but you may think that others feel the same ay about you (your new reality). This idea is extrapolated in Scott Snyder and Francis Manapul’s new mini series… Read More »
Quantumania Is Quirky But In An Entertaining Way I try my best to avoid spoilers or discourse about a piece of media before I review it. But I already know that I’m the odd one out. Because I have no particularly strong issues with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania—and the internet seems to have quite… Read More »
WRITING Ghost Planet is a very nice throwback to one of the early staples of comics, scifi horror stories. Burant weaves a story of a family of space explorers searching for a suitable planet for human colonization. There is a dire need for this as we learn that this family is just a fraction of… Read More »
Thor: Love and Thunder Needed Way Fewer Jokes I’m late to the party to review Thor: Love and Thunder. So late that I’ve been spoiled somewhat by consensus. Going in, I knew people didn’t like the goats and that the comedy was apparently overbearing. But nowhere had I heard about how structurally and tonally off… Read More »