REVIEW: Black Hammer Reborn #1 is a new direction for Lemire's superhero homage world

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Black Hammer Reborn #1 is a welcoming introduction for new fans and a fun reinvigoration of the world for long time readers. On a deeper level, it’s an exploration of the internal struggles of daily life play out with superheroes.

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REVIEW: X-Ray Robot #3 is charming, unique, and utterly absurd

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By Benjamin Morin — In a comics landscape that is continually flooded with new indie sci-fi books, it can be difficult to stand out. Books like Tartarus, Ascender, We Only Find Them When They’re Dead, and many more tend to occupy the frontrunners for the genre, which unfortunately leaves titles like X-Ray Robot in the more niche categories. X-Ray Robot is the kind of book that seems written for a very particular audience yet should be widely read and experienced. I personally went in with no expectations other than a passing acknowledgement of the name Mike Allred and came out pleasantly surprised.

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REVIEW: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - National Anthem #1

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By Larry Jorash — Look alive, Sunshine! Oh, how the music world has missed the wildly creative and intense music of My Chemical Romance and front man Gerard Way. When not working with the band, Way has spent time becoming a major force in the comic book industry. His pen has stretched from the alleyways of Gotham City to the fateful grassy knoll of Dallas, TX, circa 1963. Way consistently deploys a shamelessly bizarre storytelling style aimed at niche ideas and properties. For Way fans picking up his new comic True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - National Anthem #1 today, be sure to have the album Danger Days cranked in your headphones, because the nostalgia is coming.

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REVIEW: Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology #1, a fantastic adaptation of mythology

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By Benjamin Morin — Ever since I played the latest God of War game I have been obsessed with Norse mythology. For the unfamiliar, the game follows the titular God of War, Kratos, as he battles the pantheon of Norse gods. In between fighting monsters or other gods, there are slow moments where your guide — the decapitated Mimir — tells you the epic stories of the Nordic myths. It is in these quiet moments that Mimir’s tales grasped my imagination with stories I had never heard of before, such as Odin being the lord of the hanged and the blessing of the mead of poets. My exposure to these stories led me to search out a collection of these myths which inevitably brought me to Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology.

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REVIEW: You Look Like Death - Tales from The Umbrella Academy #1

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By Larry Jorash — As superhero stories, few are as as unique as The Umbrella Academy. The satirically bleak tone, subtle humor, and raw emotion have put Umbrella Academy in a rare niche of mainstream indies. Now, renowned rock-and-roller Gerard Way returns once more to the comic book stage to deliver us back unto the world where it all began….with a flying elbow.

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REVIEW: BANG! #3 is a fun issue that stumbles in one area

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By Keigen Rea — Bang! #3 isn’t a book I expected to think much of, but I’m surprised by how fun it is, yet it misses the mark with the main character’s portrayal. Largely, this is a fun gender-swapped Knight Rider homage. A car talks. Bad guys get beaten up. It’s very fun, which would be good enough to read, but it’s elevated by the craft on display.

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Everything Vol. 1 - TRADE RATING REVIEW

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By Gabe Gonzalez — “If you don’t find it in the index, look very carefully through the catalogue.” …this quote comes at the start of Everything #5, the first season finale of one of the most interesting and abstract titles put out by Dark Horse’s Berger Books imprint. That quote comes at the beginning and expertly speaks to what the entire story is about. If you need to ejaculate every time you lay down to sleep, if you need an infestation of ants, if you need an illness, or if you need a paint chip-driven hallucination — The Everything shopping center has it all!

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