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Review: 'Conan the Barbarian' #16 Features Goofy Drug Use, Too Many Caption Boxes
I had my hopes raised high with The Death (#10-12) and The Woman on the Wall (#13-15) story arcs. Conan readers got six consecutive issues of...
1.5
4.5
Review: Richard Corben's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' #1 Is a Near-Perfect Adaptation of Poe
Tell me that Richard Corben is doing a new Edgar Allen Poe adaptation, and I'm a happy guy. Tell me he is doing a new adaptation of The Fall...
5.0
Review: 'Archie Archives Volume 8' is a Stark Reminder that Your Grandparents Probably Had a Lot of Sex
I've been reading and reviewing Dark Horse's Archie Archives since the beginning, and it is getting harder and harder to come up...
4.0
Review: 'The Massive' #11 is a Feast of Agonies — In the Good Way
Declan Shalvey possesses the soul of a poet. A few pages into The Massive #11, Shalvey draws what may be the saddest and most poignant...
5.0
Review: The 'Alabaster: Wolves' Hardcover Collects One of the Best Miniseries of 2012
When I first stumbled on Alabaster: Wolves, I was a bit apprehensive. At the surface, the book felt a bit like Buffy with a southern bend...
4.0
Review: ‘The Curse of Dracula’ Brings the Famous Vampire into the ’90s
Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan gave readers some of the greatest horror comics ever published with their epochal run on Marvel's Tomb of Dracula. That...
3.0
Review: 'Silver Streak Archives Vol. 2' Is Kinetic, Old as Hell and Thus Kind of Racist
Geez, comics have been around for a long time. And geez, they sure were different in 1941 than they are today.Silver Streak Archives is a crazy...
4.5
Review: 'MIND MGMT Volume One: The Manager' Successfully Rewrites Reality
MIND MGMT is the first solo monthly comic from Harvey and Eisner Award nominated graphic novelist Matt Kindt. It tells the tale of Meru, a true...
Review: 'Criminal Macabre: Final Night — The 30 Days of Night Crossover' #4 Doesn't Destroy a Franchise But That's Fine By Us
I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! This review is going to be hard to hell to write without spoilers -- after all, Criminal Macabre/30 Days...
4.0
Review: ‘The Massive Vol.1: Black Pacific’ Is a Story of Environmentalists vs. the Environment
The Massive is a story about a radical environmentalist group run by ex-mercenaries in a (natural disaster-fueled) post-apocalyptic world, sailing...
4.0
Review: 'Conan the Barbarian' #14 Shows What Happens in a World Where Couples Counseling Doesn't Exist
Damn, but this was a tough issue to swallow. On the one hand, Wood, Colak and Stewart deliver a powerhouse -- this is an almost-perfect issue....
5.0
Review: ‘Last Day in Vietnam: A Memory’ is a Subtle, Readable, Work of Genius
It should come as no real shock that a comic by Will Eisner is a work of genius. This is, after all, not just the guy who set the bar high...
4.0
Review: Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword Vol. 1 Will Mostly Please a Robert E. Howard Fan
It's kind of awesome that Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword even exists. It's not perfect -- the quality is inconsistent, and...
5.0
Review: 47 Ronin #3 Really Makes Us Wish This Was a 12-Issue Miniseries
I was a little sad when I cracked open this issue of 47 Ronin and saw how far the story had come along. It reminded me that this is only a...
5.0
Review: Hellboy in Hell #4 is Mike Mignola's "Goodnight Moon"
I did a good thing this month. While waiting for the next issue of Hellboy in Hell, I drug my massively heavy and massively cool collection...