BLACK BOLT / BANE CONQUEST / JEAN GREY / ETERNAL WARRIOR / BATMAN / SECRET EMPIRE [Reviews]: Buy Comic Book Day!

It isn't too often that a novelist transitions into writing comics, so I always find it interesting to see what their initial output is like. Last year we had an example of someone making a near seamless transition, when Ta-Nehisi Coates made his debut on Black Panther. This time, Saladin Ahmed, in his comics debut, …

GREEN LANTERN/SPACE GHOST // SUICIDE SQUAD/BANANA SPLITS // BOOSTER GOLD/FLINTSTONES // ADAM STRANGE/FUTURE QUEST [Reviews]: The Con of Wonder!

A DC/Hanna Barbera mash-up yields lustrous spacerock to pack yer cosmic pipe with. James Tynion IV (Batman Eternal) and Christopher Sebela (Injustice: Ground Zero) tag-team it to bring the interplanetary lore, as Ariel Olivetti (Cable, X-Men) drops astral waves of multi-dimensional imagery. Two legendary galaxy drifters eventually collide when they answer the same distress call, …

THE GEEEEK AWARDS [Best Comics of 2016]: ‘Rebirth’ of a Nation.

Eleven GHGers give their Top 5 Comics of the Year--ongoings and one-shots, indies and superheroes. Yeah. That's a ton of funnypages, so let's get to it! (Feel free to click on the highlighted titles to read the reviews.) 1. Shade the Changing Girl (Young Animal/DC Comics) - "Nearly every single panel could be framed and …

X-MEN v. INHUMANS / JUSTICE LEAGUE v. SUICIDE SQUAD / GAMORA / KLAUS / MIGHTY CAPTAIN MARVEL [Reviews]: Fistful of Stocking Stuffers.

Ho, ho, ho, fellow geeks (and...ho, ho Channukah to our other interfaith believers?)! This is it, the last stretch before the holiday season reaches its apex and we can kick the dumpster fire that is 2016 to the curb! Until then, we've another week full of new releases; so throw a log on that fire, …

GHOST RIDER / STAR WARS / INHUMANS vs. X-MEN / REGGIE & ME / M.A.S.K. / VENOM [Reviews]: Spirits of Vengeance.

Taking a cue from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.--a comic that finally resembled the likeness of the hit television show--Ghost Rider #1 sparks its scorching hot engines for another go at Robbie Reyes. Another, as in.. his 3rd #1? With Marvel counting on the fiery East LA resident's newfound popularity to survive on the shelves, it's …