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, …

ELSEWHERE / IMAGE+ / SAVAGE TOWN / MAGE [Comic News]: A Splash of Summer.

Comics/TV writer Jay Faerber (Copperhead, Zoo) teams up with rising star artist Sumeyye Kesgin for an all-new fantastical series, Elsewhere, coming this August from Image Comics. What really happened to famed airwoman Amelia Earhart? As it turns out: a lot. Somehow transported to a strange new world filled with flying beasts and baffling alien civilizations, Amelia …

IMAGE COMICS [Previews]: Redlands / Lazarus – X+66 / The Street Angel Gang

First announced at Emerald City Comic Con, the new ongoing series REDLANDS—created by the all-female team of bestselling, Eisner award-winning Jordie Bellaire (PRETTY DEADLY, Vision, Batman) and critically-acclaimed Vanesa R. del Rey (ZERO, Scarlet Witch, Constantine)—will launch this August. “Redlands is my sick, weird love letter to Stephen King, Florida and Riot Grrrls everywhere but ultimately, hate mail …

SECRET EMPIRE / BRITANNIA / NICK FURY / REDNECK / CAPTAIN AMERICA – STEVE ROGERS [Reviews]: Waiting to Ex-Hail…

Secret Empire #0 begins wrapping up the extensive storyline that had critics and fanboys getting up in arms before the second issue of this arc even wrapped (whatever happened to letting a story pan out and actually end before waiting to get upset by it?). And if you haven’t warmed up to Captain America: Steve …

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 …

ALL-NEW WOLVERINE / BLACK CLOUD / HAWKEYE / THE IMMORTAL BROTHERS / FAITH / GODSHAPER / ROYALS [Reviews]: How, Valiant.

All New Wolverine #19 kicks off with Laura and her younger sister Gabby stealthily infiltrating the yacht of a human trafficker, it’s running along smoothly until a great big ball of fire illuminates the night exposing them to armed guards who open fire. This being a Wolverine story, the claws come out and appendages are removed. …