Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Jorge Jiménez Image Comics, July 2023 (collected edition) Here is the promotional copy from Image Comics for this title: The world’s most evil comic book is back! Who is Nemesis, and why does this eccentric billionaire who dresses up in a mask and cape want to terrorize people instead of helping … Read more
Writer: Jonathan Hickman Penciller: Bryan Hitch Marvel Comics, August 2023 Warren Ellis watched it unfold, back in 2000. In Come in Alone, a collection of his essays on the American comic book industry, Mr Ellis railed against myopic superhero fans who did not want the impenetrable continuity of Marvel Comics to be replaced by something … Read more
Writers: Ram V, Ed Brubaker et al. Artists: Fernando Blanco, Darwyn Cooke et al. DC Comics: Omnibus edition published August 2022 RAM V RAPT ME up in Catwoman #25 from 2020, where I followed him to a place I had not thought to visit before. In this issue, writer Ram V starts a year-long run, … Read more
Writer: Tom King Artist: Greg Smallwood DC Comics (Black Label), 2022-2023 DC Comics chose to publish this title under its Skunkworks imprint Black Label for good reason. The final issue, which we consider in this review, features the death of title character, Christopher Chance, also known as The Human Target. Even in the yoyo death-afterlife-and-life … Read more