Dark Days: The Forge #1 (review) DC Comics, September 2017 Writers: Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV The man who controlled the world’s largest empire by land mass was Tamer the Lame (or Tamerlane). Known also as the “Scourge of God”, Tamerlane was a nomadic warlord who carved his dominion out of Central Asia in … Read more
Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #24 DC Comics, July 2017 Writer: Robert Venditti We have written about American publisher’ DC Comics’ “Green Lantern” characters previously. Our reviews of these titles have not been happy. This review has a very different tone. “Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps” #24 is not a great … Read more
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Again #1 Marvel Comics, July 2017 Writer: Cullen Bunn In 2012, American superhero comic publisher Marvel Comics released a non-canonical comic book miniseries titled “Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe.” We use the term “non-canonical” because that is the American superhero genre’s term for stories which fall outside its regularly continuity. … Read more
Wolverton, Thief of Impossible Objects Burnt Biscuit Books, 2017-2018 Writers: Michael Stark and Terrell T. Gerrett This charming comic book, the subject of a fully-funded Kickstarter campaign, is concerned with a thief who goes by the sobriquet “The Black Cat”. His real name is Jack Wolverton, a thief and adventurer who “specialises in the arcane, … Read more