World Comic Book Review

20th April 2024

The Six Swords #1 (review)

Writers: Melchor Sapiandante, Matthew Perez, Chris Massari Artist: Ryan Cody AHR Visions, 2017 At a bar called “The Call Up” (appropriately so for a location which causes the main characters to come together), an assassin closes in on his target, only to find that he is the target of a second assassin. The second assassin … Read more

Jack Irons: The Steel Cowboy #2 (review)

Writer: Cody Fernandez Artist: Maxi Dall’o Wkd Publishing / IronVerse Comics, October 2019 Crack open your best, cheapest bourbon. Everyone’s favourite hulking, muttering space cowboy returns in Jack Irons #2. We favourably reviewed the first issue back in December 2018 – see https://worldcomicbookreview.com/2018/12/31/jack-irons-the-steel-cowboy-1-review/.  The hook to this title is the droll comedy. The issue opens with … Read more

Euthanauts (Volume 1) (review)

Writer: Tini HowardArtist: Nick Robles Black Crown / IGN, February 2019 Purchased: Quality Comics, Perth The cover to this volume is striking. Here in the gloom is a person who resembles a deep sea diver. She is happy, looking directly at us, her head contained in a form of life support, a glowing glass dome … Read more

Sharkey the Bounty Hunter #1 (review)

Sharkey the Bounty Hunter #1Image Comics / MillarWorld Writer: Mark Millar On 7 August 2017 the television production and broadcasting company Netflix purchased a company called MillarWorld Limited. MillarWorld was the corporate vehicle for the creativity of a Scottish comic book writer named Mark Millar, of whom we have written many times previously. The terms … Read more