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
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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
Manga Review: Mao Vols. 21 & 22
Manga Review: Mao Vols. 21 & 22 by Rumiko Takahashi Note: This review will contain spoilers for previous volumes. If you’re new to the series, please consider reading older reviews on this blog. Quick recap: Nanoka Kiba lost her parents in a suspicious accident when she was young. Years later, she learns that the site… Continue reading Manga Review: Mao Vols. 21 & 22
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: Adventure Comics #493
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #493 edited by Carl Gafford It’s time for another Adventure Comics digest, though the cover is somewhat misleading. “When Destiny Calls!” story by Bob Rozakis, pencils by George Tuska, inks by Andy Mushynsky, is what it purports to be, a revised retelling of the origin of the Challengers of the… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #493
Comic Book Review: Doctor Who: Once Upon a Timelord
Comic Book Review: Doctor Who: Once Upon a Time Lord written by Dan Slott, art by Christopher Jones, Matthew Dow Smith & Mike Collins Among the many spinoffs of the long-running Doctor Who franchise have been quite a few comic strips and comic books. These have been highly variable as to quality, but give multiple… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Doctor Who: Once Upon a Timelord
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #492
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #492 edited by Dick Giordano & Carl Gafford My goal is to get all of these digest issues reviewed here before I retire. Let’s see how close I can get! “Battle with the Gods!” written by E. Nelson Bridwell, pencils by Don Newton and inks by John Calnan is the… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #492
Manga Review: Mao Volumes 19 & 20
Manga Review: Mao Volumes 19 & 20 by Rumiko Takahashi Note: SPOILERS for previous volumes. You may want to read my reviews of those if you’re not caught up. Quick recap: Nanoka is a girl from the 21st Century who travels in time to the 1920s, where she helps the onmyoji (wizard/priest/doctor) Mao, who is… Continue reading Manga Review: Mao Volumes 19 & 20
Book Review: Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation
Book Review: Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation edited by Groff Conklin Mutation and the mutants resulting from it have long been a popular subject of science fiction stories, but really took off as a topic after World War II and the atomic bomb made exposure to radiation much more a public fear. This collection was… Continue reading Book Review: Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #36: Superman vs. Kryptonite
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #36: Superman vs. Kryptonite edited by Nicola Cuti Kryptonite is Superman’s most famous weakness, the shattered, radioactive fragments of his homeworld Krypton. The prototype version, “K-metal” was created by Jerry Siegel for a 1940 story that would have revealed Superman’s secret identity as Clark Kent to Lois Lane,… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #36: Superman vs. Kryptonite