So I mentioned a few reviews ago that it's clear that John Ostrander was establishing a new status quo for Starslayer. But unlike the many times I have seen this done in comics and on television, there wasn't one issue where the supporting cast was jettisoned in favor of a new group of sidekicks and a …
Starslayer #18
You notice two things about Starslayer #18 right away: it's a full-length story that teams our heroes up with Grimjack (who is about to get his own book) and it's printed on better paper, which if it isn't Baxter paper is pretty close. The price hadn't changed, though. We open with Torin at the prison and going …
Grimjack: Buried Past
So this isn't a "keep, sell, donate, or trash" type of comic because a couple of issues into John Ostrander's run on Starslayer, First was publishing backup stories featuring his and Tim Truman's creation Grimjack. This isn't anything new to the comic--as I noted, issue #2 of the Pacific Comics series is going to prove to …
Uncollecting Update June 2020
Well, as always, I’ll start with my numbers for the month … Media consumed # (remaining/total) Comics Read: 77 (164/366) Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels Read: 6 (38/80) Books Read: 3 (128/156) Movies Watched: 6 (54/78) TV Shows Completed: 3 (14/17) Podcast Episodes Remaining: 129 Wow, that's a whole lot of comics read. At the rate I'm going, I'll zero out …
Starslayer #16, 17
So ... is Torin crazy? Or is everyone out to betray him? Well, when #16's main action takes place, it seems like the former because he's going after whom he thinks are assassins and mowing them down to the point where Tamara literally fights him on it. I guess it doesn't help that he walked …
Starslayer #14, 15
When I saw the next issue blurb at the end of issue #13 that Tim Truman was going to take over pencils, I got excited. Oh yeah, I had been enjoying the art up to this point, but I really liked his artwork on the Hawkworld series as well as his work on The Kents, and even though …
Starslayer #11, 12, 13
With a solid issue under his belt, John Ostrander moves into the multi-part storyline here with a last hurrah from Lenin Delsol and Mike Gustovish (although at least one of these issues is a "Man E. Hands" inking job) as the the past starts catching up to someone other than Torin. Like I said, I …
Starslayer #9
I'm covering only one issue here because I'm missing issue #10 and this marks the only place (aside from issues #1-4) where I have a gap in my run of Starslayer. It also marks the point where Mike Grell turned over the writing chores to John Ostrander, although the art team of Lenin Dustol and …
Starslayer #7, 8
"He's back! And he's here to stay!" So says the cover of issue #7 of Starslayer, the first one published by First Comics in 1983 following the conclusion of the Pacific Comics series two years earlier. In fact, the inside cover of issue #7 has a text piece by Mike Gold that tells the entire story …
The Shadow (1988) #9, 10
I was curious enough about the Howard Chaykin Shadow miniseries to want to collect the issues I don't own; I can't say the same when it comes to this one. These comics are about halfway through the mature readers series written by Andrew Helfer with art by Kyle Baker (although I don't think Baker is …
The Uncollecting 