Among the books that I gathered up at the Baltimore Comic-Con either from bins or mystery boxes were several Bat-books from different eras. Two of them were signed--Robin #40 and #41, which were signed by Chuck Dixon. I've automatically decided to keep those (in addition to a Superman issue signed by Dan Jurgens) without reading …
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Indie Comics from the Quarter Bin
I'm working my way through the big pile of comics, many of which are from the Baltimore Comic-Con and my LCS' quarter-bin sale over Thanksgiving weekend. I thought I'd try and pop in from time to time with lists of mini reviews covering what I've read. For this, it's a smattering of comics from Image, …
SHOCKtober recap: Horror Mini-Reviews
October being ... well, October, I spent a lot of time watching and reading horror stuff, much of which wasn't actually on my to-read/to-watch list. We're talking new horror comics, some old horror comics, and at least one novel that I grabbed from the public library. But I did knock a few things off the …
Comics from the Depths of the Nineties
I've been working my way through a pile of back issues that I've bought over the last couple of years, mostly from my LCS' quarter bin sale. In a number of cases, they're beat-up copies of Eighties Marvel books that are so damaged and mildewed, recycling them is really the only option. In other cases, …
The Legend of Kamui
I should start by confessing that I've ready very little manga. There is no real reason for it except that my comic book preferences have always bent toward superheroes and the manga explosion of the last two decades passed me by because of other interests. The Legend of Kamui, therefore, is probably the first real …
Leave the World Behind
So if you were online at an point in late 2023, you probably remember seeing an ad where Julia Roberts and her family were on a beach vacation and an oil tanker got closer and closer and closer and closer to the beach until it ran right up onto the shore. I never watched the …
Star Trek (DC Comics, 2nd Series)
The vast majority of my digital comics are Star Trek books that were ripped from a DVD-ROM a few years ago (thanks to J. David Weter for sending it my way), and I've been slowly making my way through all of them. And the DVD-ROM, which came out sometime in the 2000s, was pretty comprehensive …
Green Arrow (1988) #9-12, Annual 4; Brave and the Bold (1991) #3
My experience with Mike Grell's Green Arrow run is cursory at best. I've read The Longbow Hunters as well as the prestige-format Shado series and a few random issues, but for the most part it's been a blind spot in my late 1980s DC reading. I know that the first 30 issues or so are …
Continue reading Green Arrow (1988) #9-12, Annual 4; Brave and the Bold (1991) #3
Star Brand and The Pitt
If I have ever read a New Universe comic, it's been in passing. I remember the books coming out back in the late 1980s because I would see them on the shelves while I grabbed my G.I. Joe books and definitely remember seeing the ads for the line, but it never really seemed interesting to …
Devil House
I was on a horror kick a few years ago--well, a "horror buying" kick, which means that here and there, I'm on a "horror reading" kick, but anyway--and when I was in my local independent bookstore (oh God that sounds so pretentious, I'm sorry), the cover of John Darnielle's Devil House caught my eye. I …
The Uncollecting 