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An adorable webcomic about living with your first dog.

A prose novel giving Rogue of the X-Men a new origin story.

An interesting group of folk tales from the Pacific Isles with some so-so art.

The artwork is just gorgeous. The book reminds me of Bone without the humor. It's got that animated Disney look to the art.

The fifth in Brremaud and Bertolucci's wordless Love series of graphic novels focusing on different animals. The Mastiff follows a hunting mastiff in Australia. After his master is killed, he has to track through the deadly wilderness ito find his way home.

I'd rather sit through a root canal than be forced to read this again. Savage is a Tarzan ripoff for Generation Z. Valiant you used to make such great comics. What happened?

An anthology of over the top, ultra-violent comics that don't make the most sense.

A strange, confusing story about a journalist who swears he saw Jim Morrison in Italy and disappears.

Part of Zenescope's Grimm Universe, Van Helsing's daughter heads back into action when Dracula's bones are stolen by his daughter.

Billed as a story being reprinted in its original Martian form, all the lettering is in Martian. In essence, making this a wordless graphic novel.

The story of a black veteran who flew fighter planes as part of the Red Tails in World War II. His story is told through a framing sequence of the man talking with his adult son who is getting involved in Dr. King's civil rights rallies.

Collects the last 2 Dark Horse trades along with all of the crossovers with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Incredibly detailed artwork of animals in decay. Technically the art was stunning. The subject matter was not my scene though.

The story follows three foster kids who start a band in SoCal in 1994. Then one of them enters a haunted house and establishes a rapport with it.

Another one of the fluff Stranger Things comics.

Green Arrow and Black Canary finally get hitched. The wedding issue is hilarious. It's got all the hijinks you'd expect in a superhero wedding. The series as a whole is a lot of fun and packed with action.

Say what you will, but this might be my favorite thing Alan Moore's done. It may not be as earth shattering as Watchmen or Swamp Thing, but this is the series I always find myself revisiting.

This run of the Justice League from the 80's remains my favorite run on the title to date. There is a perfect balance of action and jokes. Kevin Maguire comes out of nowhere and immediately kills it on art.

Abnett pads this out so they can get to 25 issues when they only really need one.

Anyone who grew up in the 90's is going to want to read this. It's got everything you'd want to see in a crossover between the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

I thought this was a nice little addition to the Invisible Woman's backstory. On occasion, she would run undercover ops for SHIELD.

I really liked the addition of Lady Shiva to the Outsiders. I like her as a foil tempting team members to do things differently than Batman demands.

Easton tries to create a modern parable story paralleling Fox News and refugees trying to enter the U.S, but in Mega City.
Here's what the IRCB folks read on this week's episode: Episode 288 | The Class and the Curious: Academic Shift.
- Paul: Sabrina, Justice League: Last Ride (2021-) #1
- Kait: Bang! A Gift for a Ghost
- Nick: Haha #5, X-Ray Robot, Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid
Check out the episode to hear what we thought.
- Paul: Sabrina, Justice League: Last Ride (2021-) #1
- Kait: Bang! A Gift for a Ghost
- Nick: Haha #5, X-Ray Robot, Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid
Check out the episode to hear what we thought.

The Swamp Thing #4
The Next Batman: Second Son #3
Justice League #62
Fire Power #12
Hellions #12
Heroes Reborn #5
Marauders #21
Serial #4
X-Force #20
Suicide Squad #4
Batman / Catwoman #5








The series juts ahead 10 years where all the Killjoys have grown up and gotten jobs, falling into the same traps they'd always looked out for.

On a ravaged future Earth, 5,000 children strive to make it to extraction points before the earth is destroyed. The art and coloring in this is fantastic.

Details a 25+ year battle to get Texaco / Chevron to be held accountable for destroying the Amazon rain forest in Equador.

One of the worst things I've read in a while.

When a mega comic book event crossover manifests in our universe, what happens?

Yet another time traveling villain who's mad at the Flash. He's altering time, blah blah blah.

Iron Man gets an updated origin story focusing on his drinking problem along with his traditional origin updated to modern times.

Kelly Thompson just really gets Caral's character. I like how even though it tied in with Empyre, it was its own thing.

Your standard, grimdark, nuclear wasteland, Elseworlds comic.

Bendis tries to bring in every concept he can think of all at once as the Legion of Doom attacks Metropolis and it's just too much.

DeMatteis has Cap deal with lots of social issues of the early 80's. It's amazing how much of this comic is still relevant now.

What happens when someone who hates superheroes gains the ability to manipulate Superman?

Miles gets sucked into the Outlawed event, then Ultimatum from Spider-Men II returns.

Kindred is finally revealed after milking it for 50 issues. It's exactly who I thought it was from Kindred's first appearance. He's made this same similar play multiple times in the past. Nothing is explained on how he got all these additional powers he never had before.

Completely superfluous to the Last Remains story. It's the Order of the Web (the other Spider related superheroes) plus Black Cat and Dr. Strange running around while Spider-Man does his own thing in Last Remains.

Adapted from an old French folktale, Daughters of Ys is a tale of dark magic, murder, seduction, beheadings, and more murder. Yes, this is a little more adult than most First Second fare.

This mainly follows around Adam Warlock and his Infinity Watch crew after Infinity War.

Six vignettes revolving around some of the X-Men's biggest foes.

Narnia for the amusement park set.

Incredibly brave but I personally can't handle that much self-loathing.

25 years removed from their storylines, most of these "revelations" are difficult to put in context. I did find it hilarious that Armstrong got drunk and created Stonehenge as an art project one night a millenia ago.

A group of interconnected noirish crime story vignettes, jumping through time. Somewhat similar to Pulp Fiction in story structure and themes.

-Absolute Boyfriend, vols. 1-6
-An Incurable Case of Love, vols. 1-7
-Blue Morning, vols. 1-8
-Candy Color Paradox, vols. 1-4
-Coyote, vols. 1-2
-Fullmoon, vols. 1-7
-Given, vols. 1-4
-Higurashi: When They Cry, vols. 1-3
-Honey & Clover, vols. 8-10
-Living Room Matsunaga-san, vols. 1-8
-Love in Limbo, vol. 1
-Our Fake Marriage, vols. 1-6
-Secret xxx
-Therapy Game, vols. 1-2
-Shortcake Cake, vols. 1-8
-The Walls Between Us, vols. 1-6
-We Must Never Fall In Love, vols. 1-7

DC Pride #1
Justice League: Last Ride #2
Rorschach #9
Children of the Atom #4
Excalibur #21
Heroes Reborn #6
Strange Academy #11
X-Men #21
Geiger #3
American Vampire: 1976 #9
Batman: The Detective #3
Nothing major to report for the show other than Brian and Paul reading and discussing We Only Find Them When They're Dead Vol. 1 this week on the show.
As for me: Everyone should read The Nice House on the Lake (2021-) #1. It'll scare the hell out of you.
As for me: Everyone should read The Nice House on the Lake (2021-) #1. It'll scare the hell out of you.


Welcome Alex. The Marvel Star Wars comics are much better than I thought they'd be. Good stuff.


Barbalien has always been an analog of Martian Manhunter with the twist that he's gay. This origin story is set during the AIDS Crisis of the 80's.

A memoir of Gill's childhood, growing up poor and black in the burgeoning crack era of the 80's. Constantly pushed to fight to defend himself, Gill reflects on a childhood where the have-nots look to take out upon one another in a culture learned from older children and adults.

The fourth season of Kaijumax changes focus to a super max prison for female kaiju. It's not quite as funny as previous seasons.

Ninjak Vs. The Valiant Universe is exactly what it says it is. When Ninjak is forced into stealing a valuable object from MI-6 headquarters, the members of Unity hunt him down.

A fun, all-ages tale set in Dickensian fantasy world.

This should have been better than it was. A thousand years from now, vampires live with humans in the megacity Asylum. There's a serial killer on the loose.

Something of a feminist Monty Python & the Holy Grail. When the men all get themselves killed while crusading, the women must learn how to run the kingdom and take charge of themselves.

A crappy R.L. Stine comic.

John Byrne comes onboard the Hulk for an all too brief run in the first half after his epic Alpha Flight. Then Al Milgrom comes in and tries to dismantle everything, creates some ho-hum stories while turning Rick Jones into the Hulk while maintaining his signature hair.

Rai was one of my favorite Valiant comics back in the 90's. Unfortunately, Rai #0 wasn't included which had contained a lot of the setup for future Japan. (I'm guessing because the pages originally appeared as a flipbook in Magnus, Robot Fighter #5-8.) So we're left a little bit lost when this starts.

And so Outcast comes to a close. It was about as good as could be expected given Azaceta's limitations as an artist.

Samurai Executioner is by the same creative team as Lone Wolf & Cub. Yamada Asaemon is the Shogun's sword tester. Typically he tests new swords on the corpses of executed prisoners. He also serves as a travelling executioner.

XIII attempts to make his way out of the U.S. while NSA goons attempt to hunt him down.

This volume hearkens back to Three Silver Watches as XIII and his cohorts go on the search for treasure while the NSA is still hunting them.

XIII and his friends head to Mexico to search for lost gold. Of course, by this point, you know how that will go.

We finally learn what happened between Jason Fly and Kelly Brian in the mountains on Colorado and which one XIII actually is. The iconic Moebius steps in to illustrate this volume.

After 24 years, Van Hamme and Vance bring an end to their convoluted story of amnesiac XIII.

This feels more like a Vertigo book than a Marvel one. Maybe that's because it's basically Preacher masquerading as Ghost Rider.

Superman returns from New Krypton and decided to walk across the country ala Forrest Gump to try and reconnect with the people.

-A Sign of Affection, vols. 1-4
-Coyote, vol. 3
-Given, vol. 5
-Higurashi, vols. 4-8 & 11
-Lost Letters, vols. 1-3
-Love in Limbo, vol. 2
-The Match Seller
-The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window, vols. 1-7
-One Punch Man, vols. 19-21
-Our Precious Conversations, vols. 1-7
-Sweat & Soap, vol. 6
-Waiting For Spring, vols. 1-4


An adorable webcomic about living with your first dog.
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Oh nice! I still have Rogue: Untouched on my tbr! So hopefully I can get to that soon :) How did you enjoy it?


Oh sounds great! I really want to read that Spider-Woman volume now!


Home Sick Pilots, Vol. 1 by Dan Watters 2.5 ★ - I found this very confusing, and it's not my favourite genre so don't know if I'll continue with this series. But the artwork was great. Here's my review

Riverdale: The Ties That Bind by Micol Ostow ★★ - Honestly, I'm not a big fan of the tv show and this comic wasn't great either. I really miss the old Archie's comics that I used to love as a kid. Here's my review

Inkblot, Vol. 1 by Emma Kubert ★★★★ - I really enjoyed this one! Here's my review
Wonder Woman #770 & #771 - I think this is a great new story arch and I really want to know how Diana ended up in Asgard.
Nightwing #78 & #79 - I'm glad that Dick is finally his old self again and have high hopes that the new story line is way better than the last 30 or so issues. I wasn't a fan of him losing his memories and becoming Rick at all!
Here's what the IRCB folks read on this week's episode: Episode 289 | Mike Has *Some* Bad Picks (+ Interview with Dave Baker & Nicole Goux for Everyone Is Tulip).
- Mike: Ice Cream Man Presents: Quarantine Comix Special #1, Dead Dog's Bite #4, The Nice House on the Lake (2021-) #1
- Kait: Green River Killer: A True Detective Story
- Rene: Übel Blatt 1-5, Berserk Deluxe Edition Volume 1-2
Everyone should check out Everyone Is Tulip by Dave Baker and Nicole Goux!
Check out the episode to hear what we thought.
- Mike: Ice Cream Man Presents: Quarantine Comix Special #1, Dead Dog's Bite #4, The Nice House on the Lake (2021-) #1
- Kait: Green River Killer: A True Detective Story
- Rene: Übel Blatt 1-5, Berserk Deluxe Edition Volume 1-2
Everyone should check out Everyone Is Tulip by Dave Baker and Nicole Goux!
Check out the episode to hear what we thought.

Venom #200 <--- This thing is massive.
Planet-Size X-Men #1
Nightwing #81
X-Corp #2
Seven Secrets #9
New Mutants #19
Heroes Reborn #7
Alien #4
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1 <--- New Tom King miniseries
Grendel: Devil's Odyssey #7
Demon Days: Mariko #1


For some reason a martial arts master is hiding out as a substitute teacher and begrudgingly befriends a loser kid who is severely beaten up several times by a group of classmates.

The story of a band who breaks up at twenty going their separate ways only to meet again at thirty and reflecting back on the hard times in between.

A prose story about an obscure badass monster hunter in the Marvel universe. We need more Elsa Bloodstone.

Superman's existential crisis continues in this boring snoozefest. I expected more out of J. Michael Straczynski.

XIII is framed and involved in some kind of new conspiracy that's an offshoot of XX. Somehow it involves the Mayflower. The creative team bends over backwards to somehow try and tie Jason McLane back to the Mayflower. I honestly couldn't even follow the logic.

This new nefarious organization goes after Jones to use as leverage to force XIII to work for them.

Cormac McCarthy's The Road mixed with hybrid human/animal children.

Gus is trapped in a militia camp while we see Jeppard's origins.

Jeppard attempts to gather an army to storm the militia compound by talking to some cultists.

All of the women in this cast get some nicely fleshed out background stories when they come across Walter Fish, a mysterious man with an Eden like oasis.

The first half of this is a flashback to 1911 and the origins of the plague. These issues are drawn by Matt Kindt and if you have a problem with Jeff Lemire's art, you're going to have a snit fit over how bad Kindt's is.

I really enjoyed this series. Gus and his optimism and innocence really did it for me. Even as he's awoke from his sheltered life and exposed to the awfulness of man, he maintains that optimism even when he's forced to harm others to defend himself.

Howard the Duck has merged with the Nexus of Realities. So all these cosmic beings are now after him for his uniqueness and access to alternate realities. Zdarsky balances story and humor really well.

Crossing over the Six Million Dollar Man with G.I. Joe should be a natural fit. The issue is Steve Austin is brainwashed and working for Cobra for the whole thing. So he's just mopping the floor with the good guys and we never get to see them team up.

Marvel's Oz adaptations are fantastic! Eric Shanower is a Frank L. Baum groupie and nails these. Scottie Young and Jean-François Beaulieu are the perfect choice of artists.

These are great. I can't wait to read the other 4.

-A Man & His Cat, vols. 1-2
-Fort of Apocolypse, vols. 1-10
-Hajime no Ippo, vol. 87
-Higurashi, vols. 12-16
-How to Treat a Lady Knight Right, vol. 1
-Satashi Kon's Opus
-Starving Anonymous, vols. 1-7
-Waiting For Spring, vol. 5
-Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty, vols. 1-6
-Yakuza Lover, vol. 1

Also read Ivar, Timewalker: Deluxe Edition. It is basically Doctor Who. But at least the companion is an intelligent woman physicist. I'm not a big fan of stories with time loops, but some of the humor works. The art in volume 3 (issues 9-12) is by Pere Perez and is my favorite of the series.
I'm trying to read the John Constantine book for the book-of-the-month, but I'm not getting into it. I don't know that character and I'm not liking the story.

Checkmate #1
Justice League #63
Shadow Service #9
Something Is Killing the Children #17
Sword #6
Way of X #3
Wolverine #13
X-Men: Legends #4
Imogen of the Wyrding Way
Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens #4
Nuclear Family #5
Black Hammer: Reborn #1
Spawn's Universe #1
Wonder Woman: Black and Gold #1
Heroes Return #1
Batman: Reptilian #1 <-- Had to see what Garth Ennis would do on a Black Label Batman book. Turns out it stunk. My review


Like most things Tom Taylor touches, this was golden. Taylor smartly jettisons most of the typical Suicide Squads bringing in a new cast of characters along with Deadshot and Harley Quinn with no previous history.

A grandfather creates a golem to protect his village from Nazis.

A cat and mouse story with a sci-fi twist.

Two strangers meet while trying to survive a zombie apocalypse with a heavy dose of sarcasm.

An excellent primer for Black Wall Street. It introduces most of the prominent black people that made the area so successful and goes over what happened to cause the Tulsa race massacre.

Something of a reimagining of the Heaven and Hell mythos as a fantasy tale.

A biography comic about Walt and Roy Disney that focuses mainly on their curmudgeonly business practices.

Collects a bunch of Neil Gaiman short stories that have been adapted to comics.

A new YA Gotham hero is born when a Jewish teenage girl is scratched by Killer Croc and her DNA gets mixed with a great dane's giving her dog powers. It's a really dumb origin played seriously.

A comic about a 12-year old who finds an alien when it crash lands behind his house. There's a lot of E.T. in this.

A middle grade comic about three friends finding Bizarro living in the woods.

A grimdark reimagining of the Robin Hood story where the Merry Men are evil and the Sheriff of Nottingham is using his detective skills to track them down.

A self-righteous Livewire continues to learn nothing after killing thousands of people when she caused a blackout across the U.S.

A solid sci-fi comic about a mercenary who gets drug back into a conflict when her former leader starts killing off all the old members of her group to steal their cursed weapons.

A generous 3 stars for an indie comic about the world's first LGBTQIA+ super team. Great idea but put together shoddily.

Some solid short tales featuring Harley Quinn in all her incarnations from some excellent creative teams.

Collects three trash Godzilla miniseries that were previously collected.

A fun collection of comics that came out in conjunction with the cartoon 15 years ago.

Kirkman originally intended this to be a companion piece to Invincible and the many characters here do show up in Invincible often.

What a disappointment! It took BWS 37 years to create what originated as a Hulk origin story and it felt like 37 years for me to read this 370 page story.

I was very excited to see Ennis revisit Batman, especially in a Black Label book. Unfortunately, Liam Sharp is using some cartoonish painted art style that is just plain fugly. It looks like Simon Bisley drawing Arkham Asylum.

-False Memories, vols. 1-2
-Fire Power #12
-Go With The Clouds, North by Northwest, vol. 2
-Haha #5
-Hajime no Ippo vols. 88-97
-Higurashi: When They Cry, vols. 17-21
-I Love Yuri... vol. 1
-Real Girl, vols. 1-2
-Sweet Tooth, vols. 1-6
-Vinland Saga, Omni 1
-The Walking Dead Deluxe #15-16
Here's what the IRCB folks read on this week's episode: Episode 291 | Goodreads Book of the Month – Constantine: The Hellblazer Vol. 1.
- Kate: Be Prepared, Stargazing
- Kait: Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 1, Sweet Tooth, Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods
- Mike: Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book
Check out the episode to hear what we thought.
- Kate: Be Prepared, Stargazing
- Kait: Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 1, Sweet Tooth, Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods
- Mike: Friend of the Devil: A Reckless Book
Check out the episode to hear what we thought.
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