2019 Summer Comics Binge

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“One Piece” Volume 7

By | Jul 23, 2019 | Reviews

Ahoy, mateys! For this year’s Summer Comics Binge, I’ll be tackling a huge gap in my manga library; the gargantuan “One Piece,” written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. Over the next few weeks I’ll be journaling my way through the first 100 chapters, making up the East Blue Saga. This week we’re at our halfway […]

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“Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden” – Volume 6

By | Jul 23, 2019 | Reviews

Takiko has found five celestials, and spends this volume battling, separately, the fifth and sixth. That’s par for the course. What I’m interested in today is the translation. I can’t speak or read Japanese, so I have to rely on fan translations to compare and contrast, to understand what choices are made. Written and carefully […]

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“X-Factor” #220-228

By | Jul 22, 2019 | Columns

These issues of “X-Factor” were subpar, but I still enjoyed the hell out of them. And hell is the operative word, because both stories dive into the demonic side of the Marvel universe. With a great collection of ghouls and hellspawn, you’d hope for a great time, but various comics crafting concerns make these issues […]

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“Countdown” #51-46

By | Jul 22, 2019 | Reviews

The first few issues of “Countdown” were… underwhelming. However, I mean that in a slightly positive way, considering the less-than-stellar reputation the series has. In fact, there are some somewhat decent ideas here, the first of which has to do with the rebirth of the multiverse in “52” and Superboy Prime changing reality via his […]

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“Bulletproof Coffin: The 1000 Yard Stare”

By | Jul 21, 2019 | Reviews

Creative differences. Written by David Hine, illustrated by Shaky Kane, lettered by Richard Starkings and Comicraft’s Jimmy Betancourt The long-awaited sequel to THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN! When indie publisher Image Nation hires Shaky Kane to write and draw his own comic book, the artist finally finds himself free from the tedium of visualizing the geriatric ramblings […]

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“Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor” #11

By | Jul 20, 2019 | Reviews

The shapeshifter ARC takes control of the TARDIS this week, but what are its motives in doing so? (Please note that this review will contain some light spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home. Yes, you read that right.) Written by Al Ewing Illustrated by Boo Cook Colored by Hi-Fi Lettered by Richard Starkings and Comicraft’s Jimmy […]

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“Moon Knight” #6

By | Jul 19, 2019 | Reviews

In recent years, Moon Knight has been a recurring character at Marvel Comics, with different iterations of the character being frequent but short-lived. The most recent run of the series, by Max Bemis and Jacen Burrows, ended last October and the title has yet to be relaunched. For the next 12 weeks, in this summer […]

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“Monster” Perfect Edition Vol. 5

By | Jul 18, 2019 | Reviews

Have you ever heard of the Magnificent Steiner? Back in the sixties, there was a cartoon show in West Germany, and there were ways to watch it secretly in East Germany too. The hero was usually pretty wimpy but whenever he got stuck in a real tight corner, a secret friend always came to his rescue. What the hero never noticed though, was that his secret friend. . . was really him.

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Wizard #55 – The Time Marvel Contracted Image Studios to Create Comics for Them

By | Jul 18, 2019 | Reviews

Way back in March 1996, the biggest news of the month was the arrangement between Marvel and Image founders Rob Liefeld and Jim Lee. Surely hindsight will show this short-lived and ill-remembered run isn’t the most noteworthy thing covered that month… The cover After the unsuccessful Marvelution (see last week’s review of “Wizard” #54), Marvel […]

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