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This is a strong first issue and I'm already kind of sad that it's not the start of an ongoing title. I like a story that has an ending as much as the next person, but I really want to see way more than a miniseries worth of work out of Butler and Mellon. Read More

Phoebe and Piper have each had their turn in the spotlight, so I guess it was Paige's turn. And that's why this issue of the Charmed comic is featuring her front and center, though I don't think having her house burning down was what she had in mind. Read More

I am sold. This thirty-two page comic managed to create a killer opening that will bring the reader in and force them to stay focused, eyes wide open on each panel of every page. I haven't been this engrossed in an opening since the series premiere of Lost. Read More

Steve Niles knew that no matter where or when you set a “Thing” story, the most important elements are the characters and an overwhelming sense of paranoia. Read More

The mission to unearth the Mohra blood continues in this issue. Angel is more determined than ever to use the precious fluid to bring Giles back from the dead, thus correcting one grievous error he made. Even if everyone around him thinks it's a bad Read More

How many times can you tell a story about, for example, a super powered guy who flies and is impervious to bullets? Or, as is the case with this comic, about a school for super villains? The answer is that you can do it an infinite amount of times if Read More

Before the New 52, I had never heard of the Blue Beetle. I decided to pick it up, however, because it sounded interesting. This first issue sets up what the scarab is and why it is on Earth. The main character, Jamie Reyes, doesn’t even become the Blue Read More

Moriarty is different that I thought it would be. I thought it would be like Sherlock Holmes, but from the perspective of Moriarty. However, that is not this comic. Holmes may or may not even be real. It takes the Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes Read More

The Definitive Irredeemable Volume 1 gathers together the first three volumes of this hit comic. That's 304 glorious pages to follow the adventures of the Plutonian, a superhero turned supervillian. I had never read the comics before diving into this Read More

The Last Of The Greats is a superhero comic book, of a sort. It starts with a superhero dying and the people celebrating. Not exactly how many superhero comics start. Read More

Zenescope continues to expand its Grimm Fairy Tales series with The Library. The first two installments show some promise, with richy-rich student Sela Mathers and her younger brother Thomas, her cutthroat rich businessman father, and sexy librarian Ms. Read More

I haven’t been reading Darkwing Duck, but apparently Darkwing and Launchpad have been running for mayor of St. Canard and have gotten themselves abducted by someone called Suff-Rage. Suff-Rage doesn’t think that Darkwing and Launchpad are suitable Read More