THE BOYS – DEAR BECKY / BLACK LABEL – BIRDS OF PREY [Comics Reviews]: The Boys/Birds Are Back In Town!

The Boys are back in town (sorry...I had to. I'm going mad with isolation...)! Writer Garth Ennis and artists Darick Robertson (doing covers) and the incomparable Russ Braun return to the satirical, perverse, hilarious, seedy, ultra-violent world of Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, and the rest of the Boys, in The Boys: Dear Becky. And they …

CABLE / SAGA / RAPTURE / I AM GROOT / TEEN TITANS / THE SOVEREIGNS / VENOM [Reviews]: Back II The Future.

With Marvel Comics reverting the X-titles to the “fun” of the 90s (i.e. big action villains with subtle messages of progressivism), former Cable scribe James Robinson returns to the time-jumping mutant title with artist Carlos Pacheco (Uncanny X-Men). Robinson’s return to Cable is almost what you want in a first issue; it has suspense, mystery, …

BATMAN / MONSTERS UNLEASHED / PLASTIC / THE GREATEST ADVENTURE [Reviews]: I Always Feel Like…

For the record, I'm super behind on all things comic book related. I haven't even had the chance to read last year's DC Comics: Rebirth #1 Special that set the stage for "The Button Part 1", which is nearly half a year old at this point. But I can tell you that the tease that …

JAMES BOND / ROYAL CITY / EXTREMITY / SUPERMAN / SAVAGE THINGS [Reviews]: You know the name.

James.. James Bond is back with a new team and a new take on suave British Espionage! I was a big fan of the previous team that had a stellar run with Volume 1 and 2, respectively Warren Ellis and Jason Masters, but opening up this new issue reminded me of a new production team …

SAVAGE / ULTIMATES 2 / VIOLENT LOVE / ETHER [Reviews]: Grand Passion.

My first thoughts when reading Savage #1 are very familiar to my thoughts when I watched the first episode of Lost--though I only made it through one episode so don’t correct me if my comparison is incorrect!--but then as I kept reading, faint memories of Jurassic Park came to me as well. How can you …