Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One Written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo It is the year 50 B.C. and Gaul has been conquered by the Roman forces under Julius Caesar. Well, almost conquered. There’s one small village that refuses to surrender, and although it is surrounded by four Roman encampments, has managed… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One
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Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy edited by Julius Schwartz With the success of Superman as a character and a cash cow, it was pretty much inevitable that the comic book company would find ways to expand the franchise. Thus in 1944, Jerry Siegel was convinced to create tales of Superboy, Superman… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #501
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #501 edited by Nicola Cuti After the all-Legion issue #500, the digest-sized Adventure Comics returned to featuring multiple characters. Let’s see what it has to offer! “Codename: Pinkeye!” story by Martin Pasko, art by Joe Staton & Bob Smith, picks up right after the killing of foreign agent Dmitri Dervish.… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #501
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #500
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #500 edited by Nicola Cuti For this milestone issue of the anthology comic book in digest form, DC decided to go with the most popular feature, all Legion of Super-Heroes stories! “The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire” story by Jerry Siegel, art by John Forte, opens with a reminder that… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #500
Comic Book Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks: Second Contact
Comic Book Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks: Second Contact written by Ryan North, art by Derek Charm & Jack Lawrence Even in the Federation Starfleet of the 24th Century, not everyone gets to explore strange new worlds, meet new civilizations or go boldly where no one has gone before. These are the adventures of the… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Star Trek: Lower Decks: Second Contact
Comic Book Review: Robot Archie and the Time Machine
Comic Book Review: Robot Archie and the Time Machine story by E. George Cowan, art by Ted Kearon Robot Archie was created in 1952 for Lion, a British weekly comic paper. Initially appearing in the serial “The Jungle Robot”, he was built by Professor C.R. Ritchie to help his nephew Ted Ritchie and Ted’s chum… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Robot Archie and the Time Machine
Comic Book Review: Dark Mysteries Vol. 1
Comic Book Review: Dark Mysteries Vol. 1 by Various Artists This is another of the PS Artbooks softcover collections of pre-Code horror comics, collecting the first five issues of Dark Mysteries from Master Comics, published in 1951-1952. These comic books may have been read by the youth, but the shaping underwear ads indicate an older… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Dark Mysteries Vol. 1
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #14: Batman’s Villains
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #14: Batman’s Villains edited by Dick Giordano One of the things that has kept Batman a popular superhero over the many years of his existence is that he has a good rogues’ gallery, a set of colorful recurring villains that drive fun stories for the Caped Crusader. This… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #14: Batman’s Villains
Comic Book Review: Lost Marvels No.1: Tower of Shadows
Comic Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows edited by Dr. Michael Dean The “Lost Marvels” series of books reprints Marvel Comics publications that have not been previously collected in reprint volumes, looking to be mostly short-run series and one-offs that match a theme. This first volume reprints most of a horror anthology… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Lost Marvels No.1: Tower of Shadows
Comic Book Review: Best of 2000 AD Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Best of 2000 AD Volume 1 edited by Tharg The British speculative comic book 2000 AD has been running weekly since the 1970s, so there’s a lot of material they can call on for reprint volumes. This collection isn’t for a single series or creator, but what the current management thinks was… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Best of 2000 AD Volume 1