Comics
Review: Superman: The Coming of the Supermen #4
Superman: The Coming of the Supermen #4 burst forth from the creative mind of Neal Adams last week, teaming the Man of Steel with Orion in Sun of New Gods. ComiConverse’s Superman writer, T. Kyle King, is here to review the latest chapter in the...
Review: Weavers Issue #1
Weavers is a six issue mini-series by Boom Studios that bends the genre of organized crime with the supernatural. Weavers invites comic book fans to the family! Exposing readers to the brutal side of the mafia and the grotesque end of supernatural abilities. This is our Weavers...
Review: Batman/Superman #32
Batman/Superman #32 carried the New 52 closer to its conclusion and brought readers nearer to the due date for Rebirth. Writer Peter J. Tomasi's transitional Super League saga, titled The Final Days of Superman, passed the halfway point with last Wednesday's installment. T. Kyle King...
Review: Power Lines #2
The racially charged, super hero drama Power Lines, by Image Comics, is back this month with issue #2 and our Sammy Rendon has the ComiConverse review. The first issue had gotten much deserved attention and rightfully so. Power Lines quenches the thirst that mainstream comic books is missing: a...
Review: Guardians of Infinity #5
The latest issue of Marvel Comics' Guardians of Infinity has hit the shelves this last week. ComiConverse Contributor Mitch Nissen is here with the galactic rundown. Hermetikus ~ Guardian of the Galaxy? Caution. Spoilers Ahead. Issue #5 of Marvel Comics' Guardians of Infinity has arrived...
Review: Bill And Ted Go To Hell #3
Having had an excellent adventure and a bogus journey, Bill and Ted Go To Hell. ComiConverse contributor Darryll Robson takes a look at the latest issue of this Boom! Studios franchise comic. The stairway to Heaven might not be as easy to find as the...
Review: Superman/Wonder Woman #28
Superman/Wonder Woman #28 picked up where Action Comics #51 left off, continuing wordsmith Peter J. Tomasi's New 52-concluding story arc The Final Days of Superman. Alongside artist Ed Benes, Tomasi brings Princess Diana into the picture as Kal-El faces his impending death. ComiConverse's Man of...
Review: Mars Attacks Occupation #2
Mars Attacks: Occupation #2 by IDW Publishing has hit the shelves. Contributor Darryll Robson answers the question; in a world run by mindless, killer Martians, what becomes of mankind? Martian’s rule the Earth and mankind are no more than slave labour. Ruby Johnson thinks that her...
Review: Superman: Lois and Clark #7
Superman: Lois and Clark #7 brought readers the latest in writer Dan Jurgens’s action-packed love letter to the first couple of superhero comics. The story is picking up steam, and the series has taken on new significance since DC Comics announced that Jurgens will be...
Review: Superman: American Alien #6
Superman: American Alien #6, the penultimate issue of writer Max Landis's boldly original take on "a guy named Clark Kent from Kansas, who is an alien", came out last Wednesday. Each installment pairs Landis with a different graphic artist to tell a separate vignette from...
Review: Batman/Superman #31
Batman/Superman #31, the second installment of writer Peter J. Tomasi's Super League story arc spanning multiple titles, was released this week. As DC Comics prepares for Rebirth, Tomasi is taking the terminally ill Man of Steel through his final days, and his latest adventure pairs...
ECCC: Camilla d’Errico At Emerald City Comicon
Our Lydia Roberts is at Emerald City Comicon (ECCC) this weekend and she has filed the first of what promises to be many reports from the convention floor. Spring is in the air! For many in the South Sound on Thursday, that meant spending time...
Review: Superman: The Coming of the Supermen #3
Superman: The Coming of the Supermen #3 escaped from the fertile mind of iconic comic book creator Neal Adams this week. As both author and artist, Adams has undertaken to carry the Man of Steel back to his Bronze Age basics. ComiConverse’s Action Ace correspondent,...
Review: Superman #51 Marks the Start of Rebirth
Superman #51 was released this week, following a palate-cleansing Wednesday on which no new issues starring the Man of Steel hit the stands. DC Comics began bridging the gap between the end of the New 52 and the coming Rebirth with the opening installment of...
Review: Grizzly Shark
Image Comics is the new home for Grizzly Shark by Ryan Ottley. ComiConverse contributor, Darryll Robson, reviews the comic. Warning: this review contains spoilers. Sometimes a comic comes along that is difficult to review because it is so wildly eccentric. However, even the most seemingly...
Review: Power Lines Issue #1
Power Lines is the most recent comic book by the extraordinary author Jimmie Robinson, who is most famous for his Bomb Queen series. ComiConverse Contributor, Sammy Rendon has the full review. Synopsis: Power Lines is one of the few books out right now with social...
Batman: The Killing Joke Releases 12 Minute Preview
Batman: The Killing Joke is one of the most recognized and most controversial Batman stories of all time. As was reported here on ComiConverse, Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy are set to return to their iconic roles for this highly anticipated animated feature. Today, DC...
The Dark Knight Returns: A ComiConversation
This month's topic is The Dark Knight Returns. Mitch Nissen and Sam McCoy have been friends since the late nineties when they used to work in the cornfields together. Reading comics and watching movies were the foundation of their friendship that has lasted all these...
Review: Judge Dredd #4
ComiConverse Contributor, Darryll Robson, reviews the continuing adventures of Judge Dredd as visualised by writers Ulises Farinas and Erick Freitas for IDW Publishing. Judge Dredd is out of his depth, quite literally, in part 4 of IDWs Mega-City Zero storyline, and his newest little friends aren’t...
Review: ‘Marvel’s Daredevil’ Season 2
The incredible Daredevil is back on Netflix with its second season and ComiConverse's own Elodie Cure is here to break down all of the action for us. Last year, Charlie Cox slipped on the crimson costume of Daredevil for the first time, in an original...
Review: Superman: Lois and Clark #6
Superman: Lois and Clark #6 was released this week, continuing writer Dan Jurgens's and penciller Lee Weeks's chronicle of the adventures of the pre-Flashpoint Clark Kent and Lois Lane as married parents hiding out in the background of the New 52 universe with their son,...
Review: Venus #4
ComiConverse Contributor, Darryll Robson, reviews the final issue in the Venus series from Boom Studios!, Venus #4, a comic that puts character development and personal conflict above all else. Stranded on the surface of Venus with no way of escape. The Earth nothing more than smoldering debris in...