A mere three issues in, Rachel Rising has already advanced beyond a simple focus on the mystery surrounding the title character's death and rebirth. It's a book suitable to be read by anyone in search of a thrilling and eerie story.
Starting over with issue number one, this is a new beginning for Uncanny X-Men. Following the events of Schism, Scott Summers is solidifying his leadership over the mutants who remained on Utopia and reaffirming his commitment to protecting what's left of mutantkind. That doesn't mean, however, that Scott is planning for life on Utopia to be business as usual. He's set up the "Extinction Team," an elite team of mutants dedicated to protecting humanity -- while making sure they know to fear them.
Throughout all the topsy-turvy plotting, Spencer maintains the knack for social commentary that, since day one, has catapulted The Infinite Vacation from fun to relevant. As good science fiction is supposed to do, all of the fantastical elements here cleverly allude to issues faced in our real world society.
It's the first day of school at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning and a pair of New York Education Department inspectors are visiting! What could go wrong, besides everything possible? Sara McDonald: Chris Kiser: Kyle Garret: Sara McDonald: After leaving Utopia following the events of X-Men Schism , Wolverine has reopened the Westchester school, now dubbed the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, and put himself in charge as headmaster.
I was quite the vocal fan of Hickman and Ribic's The Ultimates #1, a fantastic book that still stands out in my mind as one of the best superhero comics of the year.
I was quite the vocal fan of Hickman and Ribic's The Ultimates #1, a fantastic book that still stands out in my mind as one of the best superhero comics of the year.
As I read more and more of Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener's Atomic Robo , it becomes less and less of a surprise that each subsequent installment ends up being very good.
Sometime recently, John Byrne must have decided that he wanted to write and draw a James Bond comic, as there's really no other explanation for Cold War , the new series published by IDW.
As I read more and more of Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener's Atomic Robo , it becomes less and less of a surprise that each subsequent installment ends up being very good.
Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. , one of the two New 52 series written by the increasingly well regarded Jeff Lemire, is a bit of a paradox in terms of its general concept.
