Harlan Ellison’s Phoenix Without Ashes #1 – Review

By: Harlan Ellison (writer), Alan Robinson (art), Kote Carvajal (colors) & Robbie Robbins (letters) The Story: Something weird is going on in this comic adaptation of Harlan Ellison’s long out-of-print novel Phoenix without Ashes.  A young man named Devon finds himself getting crossways with the Puritanical leaders of his community except this isn’t the 1600′s, [...]

Dungeons & Dragons #0 – Review

Fell’s Five By: John Rogers (writer), Andrea Di Vito (art), Andrew Dalhouse (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) Freedom by: Alex Irvine (writer), Peter Bergting (art), Ronda Pattison (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: IDW establishes some characters to play with in their newest licensed property: Dungeons & Dragons What’s Good: This two-part story is a pretty [...]

Kill Shakespeare #3 – Advance Review

By Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Hamlet meets a new friend in a gentleman named Fallstaff—and also gains a bit of purpose and guidance from a “Prodigal” forest spirit called Robin Goodfellow. Elsewhere, Richard III and Macbeth negotiate between themselves and jockey [...]

Kill Shakespeare #1 – Review

By Connor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (writers), Andy Belanger (art), Ian Herring (colors) and Robbie Robbins (letters) The Story: Prince Hamlet of Denmark finds himself pulled off a ship and into a magical portal (created by Macbeth’s witches) that transports him into another realm. After nearly drowning at sea, he is found and rescued [...]

Angel vs. Frankenstein – Review

by John Byrne (writer & artist) The Story: Well, it’s all in the title, isn’t it?  Comics legend Byrne reveals the untold battle between vampire Angel (of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and his own titular show), before he gained a soul, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’s Monster. What’s Good: Most people warn against judging a [...]

Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter – Review

By Darwyn Cooke (writer and artist) from a novel by Richard Stark In 1962, author Donald Westlake (writing under the pen name Richard Stark) took the world of crime fiction by storm with the creation of his most enduring legacy, the ruthless antihero Parker.  A professional heistman and contemptible bastard, Parker’s nearly fifty-year crime spree [...]

Ghostbusters: The Other Side #4 – Review

Keith Champagne (writer), Tom Nguyen (pencils), Moose Baumann (colors) The Story: The Ghostbusters are running out of time. If they don’t get through the pipeline and back into their own bodies soon they’ll be trapped in Purgatory forever! What’s Good: It’s over. What’s Not So Good: Telling a Ghostbusters story with Heaven and Hell involved [...]

Ghostbusters: The Other Side #3 – Review

Keith Champagne (writer), Tom Nguyen (pencils), Jon Alderink (inks), Moose Baumann (colors), Chris Mowry (letters), Fabio Mantovani (cover) The Story: The Ghostbusters are still stuck in Purgatory, trying to find a way to get their souls back into their bullet-riddled bodies on Earth. While they plan their escape, The Ghost Mafia looks for a way [...]

Maximum Dinobots #1 – Review

By Simon Furman (writer) Nick Roche (pencils) Josh Burcham (colors) Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: Unsure who to trust, and trapped on Earth and on the run from the Autobots, Decepticons, and Scorponok, Grimlock is the last free Dinobot. To clear his name and rescue his fellow Dinobots, he’ll need to fight to uncover the [...]

Welcome to Hoxford #4 – Review

By Ben Templesmith (Creator, Writer, Artist) Some Thoughts Before The Review: Welcome to Hoxford has been one of the biggest surprises of the year for me. Gory and disturbing, yet driven by an extremely compelling anti-hero, Ben Templesmith’s latest has definitely satisfied the horror fan within me far more than I ever expected. I can’t [...]

Transformers Spotlight: Optimus Prime 3D – Review

Simon Furman (writer), Don Figueroa (pencils), Josh Burcham (colors), Hoon (cover), Chris Mowry (letters) The Story: “Heavy is the head that wears the crown” would be a good analysis of this story thematically. After a near-death experience while fighting Megatron, Optimus Prime senses something he knows to be impossible, the consciousness of another Prime. After [...]

Ghostbusters: The Other Side #2 – Review

By Keith Champagne (writer), Tom Nguyen (pencils), Drew Geraci (inks), Moose Baumann (colors), Neil Uyetake (letters), Nick Runge (cover) The Story: After their death, the Ghostbusters, like all good people, expected to go to Heaven. Unfortunately for them, the Ghost Mafia had different plans, and following their murder the boys ended up in Purgatory. The [...]

G.I. Joe #0 – Review

By Chuck Dixon, Larry Hama, Mike Costa, and Christos N. Gage (writers), Robert Atkins, Tom Feister, and Antonio Fuso (artists), Andrew Crossley and Chris Chuckry (colors) What You Get: Three short stories that serve as teasers for three upcoming series from IDW: G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe: Origins, and G.I. Joe: Cobra. One story takes us [...]