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Power Girl #27 – Review

By: Matthew Sturges (writer), Hendry Prasetya (artist), Jessica Kholinne (colorist) The Story: You’ll have to excuse Power Girl; she doesn’t usually make waves. The Review: If you’ve ever taken a philosophy or ethics class, you’ve no doubt experienced the fictional, but strangely fraught and disturbing perils of the hypothetical question.  You were likely asked to [...]

Power Girl #26 – Review

By: Matthew Sturges (writer), Hendry Prasetya (artist), Jessica Kholinne (colorist) The Story: Showing up somewhere in the same outfit as 5,000 other people sure is awkward, ain’t it? The Review: I’ve said my piece about women and comics this week, but considering the story we get in this issue, let me put in a couple [...]

The Spirit #14 – Review

By: Matthew Sturges (writer), Victor Ibáñez (artist), Ego (colorist) The Story: Make no mistake, kids: collecting comics pays! The Review: Even though The Spirit is of the old-school pulp/noir tradition, meaning it’s ostensibly a detective series at its heart, the actual detective work has been rather light on this run so far.  David Hine made [...]

Zatanna #12 – Review

By: Matthew Sturges (writer), Stephane Roux (artist), John Kalisz (colorist) The Story: We all know Zatanna’s a wordplay geek, but this takes it to a whole new level. The Review: Zatanna’s backwards talk is an essential part of her character, and one of the most appealing, and yet it’s also probably the least understood.  Grant [...]

JSA All-Stars #2 – Review

By: Matthew Sturges (writer), Freddie Williams II (art), Richard & Tanya Horie (colorists) The Story: Constellations, Part One: After last issue’s ambush and the kidnapping of Stargirl by a love-smitten Johnny Sorrow, the JSA All-Stars are in full action mode. The problem is, the guy paid to take Stargirl is double-crossing Johnny Sorrow, who’s got [...]

Jack of Fables #40 – Review

by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham (writers), Russ Braun (pencils & inks), Jose Marzan Jr. (inks), Andrew Pepoy (inks & balance), Daniel Vozzo (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Jack Frost battles the sorcerer while Jack Horner discovers his fate and the true nature of his condition. What’s Good: Since he first appeared, I’ve [...]

Justice Society Of America #32 – Review

by Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham (writers), Jesus Merino (art), Allen Passalaqua (color), Rachel Gluckstern (assistant editor), Mike Carlin (editor) The Story: The Bad Seed, Part 4: Power Girl, the Flash and Mr. America struggle to find out who killed Mr. Terrific. In the meantime, Dr. Midnight discovers that the Green Lantern has been using [...]

Jack of Fables #38 – Review

by Matthew Sturges & Bill Willingham (writers), Russ Braun (pencils), Jose Marzan Jr. & Andrew Pepoy (inks), Daniel Vozzo (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Jack Frost gets his first real quest as a hero for hire, while Jack Horner just keeps getting fatter. What’s Good: Well, this month wasn’t quite the tranquilizer that [...]

Justice Society of America #30 – Review

by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges (writers), Jesus Merino (art), Allen Passalaqua (colors), and Rob Leigh (letters) The Story: The JSA fight back, getting a little extra help from a new member, before returning to the Brownstone to discover the wounded Mr. Terrific.  Meanwhile, cracks are beginning to develop in the team that may reach [...]

Jack of Fables #37 – Review

by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges (writers), Russ Braun (pencils), Jose Marzan Jr. (inks), Daniel Vozzo (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Jack Frost sets out to carve a life of his own as a hero, disowning his mother’s powers and returning to the dead heart of the Empire. What’s Good: I’m digging the [...]

Fables #85 (Great Fables Crossover) – Review

by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges (writers), Tony Akins (pencils), Andrew Pepoy & Dan Green (inks), Lee Loughridge (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Jack meets his son, offering fatherly advice before he and Rose are shipped off to Wolf Manor. What’s Good: Jack’s comedy seems to be a bit better than it was [...]

The Literals #2 (Great Fables Crossover) – Review

by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges (writers), Mark Buckingham (pencils), Andrew Pepoy (inks), Lee Loughridge (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The Page sisters battle the Genres, Old Sam and Hansel finally get sick of one another, and Kevin Thorn tries to get around his brother, Writer’s Block. The Good: Not that it’s saying [...]

Jack of Fables #34 (Great Fables Crossover) – Review

by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges (writers), Russ Braun (pencils), Jose Marzan Jr. (inks), Daniel Vozzo (colors), and Todd Klein (letters) The Story: Bigby continues to feel Kevin Thorn’s wrath, Thorn continues to grapple with writer’s block, and the Page sisters decide to get in on the action. The Good: After a lacking Fables issue [...]

The Literals #1 (Great Fables Crossover #3) – Review

by Bill Willingham (writer), Matthew Sturges (writer), Mark Buckingham (pencils), Andrew Pepoy (inks), Lee Loughridge (colors), & Todd Klein (letters) The Story: The Great Fables Crossover continues as Kevin Thorn tries to break his writer’s block, calling in the Genres and two of his fables to help out.  Meanwhile, Bigby, Snow, Gary, and Revise hit [...]

House of Mystery #6 – Review

By Matthew Sturges (Writer), Tony Akins (Prologue Artist), Andrew Depoy (Prologue Inker), Alex Wald (Prologue Colors), Luca Rossi (Artist), Lee Loughridge (Colors) The Story: This second arc kicks off with more of a whimper than a bang. As with other installments in the series, there are two stories at work here. The first is about [...]

House of Mystery #5 – Review

By Matthew Sturges (writer), Luca Rossi and Sean Murphy (artists), Lee Loughridge (colors) Well, this did it. This sealed the deal for me. I’m officially dropping House of Mystery with issue #5. It’s not that it’s a horrible book – it’s just not for me. Matthew Sturges has tried valiantly to flesh out the character [...]

House of Mystery #3 – Review

By Matthew Sturges (writer), Luca Rossi and Zachary Baldus (artists), Lee Loughridge (colors) I’m still waiting for this book to make a left turn and become all “70s gothic-horror” on me. Other than a few fleeting moments from the first issue, it still hasn’t happened. Still, HoM #3 reads much better than the second issue. [...]

House of Mystery #2 – Review

By Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham (writers), Luca Rossi and  Jill Thompson (artists), Lee Loughridge (colors) While I appreciate and enjoyed the story presented in this issue, I’ve got to admit I was a bit let down by the lack of “horror” elements. I guess this place can’t be scary all the time. Instead, HoM [...]

House of Mystery #1 – Review

By Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham, Luca Rossi , Ross Campbell, Lee Loughridge Horror and mystery fans gather ’round, your book has arrived. After being canceled in 1983, DC’s flagship horror title makes its triumphant return. And while the House of Mystery never really disappeared off the radar (it played a role in many of Neil [...]

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