Author Archives: Jaina Hill

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“Runaways” #4

By | Dec 15, 2017 | Reviews

A great series with a great creative team should automatically be great, but comics don’t always work like that. That’s what makes them so interesting. Good writing, good characters, good artwork, they seem like the necessary ingredients to a perfect issue, and they are, but you need something else. It’s where the elements come together, […]

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“Klaus and the Crisis in Xmasville” #1

By | Dec 8, 2017 | Reviews

Grant Morrison is a creator known for psychedelic insanity. That can be fun when taken to extremes, but when he’s given a more narrow focus, he does some of his best work. “We3,” “All-Star Superman,” “Animal Man,” and his legendary run on “Batman” are some of his best works, whereas stories like “Final Crisis” are […]

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“Star Trek Discovery: The Light of Kahless” #1

By | Nov 30, 2017 | Reviews

It’s important to note I’ve really been digging Star Trek Discovery. There’s a lot of criticism for the show floating around, but I like the characters, the stories, and the aesthetics of the latest Trek show. Going into the comic book tie-in, I was excited. Would we learn the backstories of minor characters like Lt. […]

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“Rat Queens” #6

By | Nov 23, 2017 | Reviews

As I started this new issue of “Rat Queens,” I thought it would be fun and disposable. After a half dozen artists, a renumbering, and loads of other changes, the book had sort of lost its identity. The crackling energy of those early issues had subsided and “Rat Queens” slid into a routine, which would […]

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“The Wicked + the Divine” #33

By | Nov 17, 2017 | Reviews

If we just rated comics on how shocking they were, this issue would get a perfect score. It contained not just one of the most shocking panels in an ongoing comic series, it had three. Beyond that, “The Wicked + the Divine” #33 fired on all cylinders: it was emotionally gripping, moved the plot along, and […]

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“Daredevil” #595

By | Nov 10, 2017 | Reviews

When Daredevil premiered on Netflix in April of 2015, I had a bunch of friends over to my small Harlem apartment to binge-watch it. One friend had never read a Daredevil comic, but became fascinated with the villainy of Wilson Fisk. “He’s just like Donald Trump!” she pointed out. Trump announced his presidential candidacy two […]

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“Extremity” #8

By | Nov 2, 2017 | Reviews

Comics are a ripe medium for science fiction and fantasy. Somewhat more elusive is that nebulous genre of science fantasy, the home of laser guns, magic spells, and alien dragons. “Saga” has pretty much cornered the genre, but for those looking for a comic with a little bit less whimsy, “Extremity” is an awesome story […]

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