Kamala Khan continues her super hero adventures by training with Medusa and the Inhumans, and by foiling Loki’s attempts to be a good guy. The last volume dealt with some major villainy. This volume deals with (seemingly) smaller crimes, side quests, and the emotional fall out of being a super hero. Not all the Inhumans […]
Category: graphic novels
Abbott by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä BOOM! Studios, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1684152452 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed gives us the story of journalist Elena Abbott, who is investigating police brutality and corruption in 1972 Detroit. There are crimes being committed by the very people sworn to protect and serve. Elena doesn’t […]
Bone Parish Volume 1 by Cullen Bunn, art by Jonas Scharf BOOM! Studios, 2018 ISBN: 9781684153541 Available: Paperback Bone Parish is, frankly, one of the better Stoker-nominated books I read for Monster Librarian. As a new fan of the Harrow County series, I like Bunn’s writing style. While this is a departure from the backwoods of that Southern Gothic […]
A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman, art by Rafael Albuquerque Dark Horse, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-50670-393-0 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology edition A Study in Emerald is a Lovecraftian/Doyle mystery featuring a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a murder. The investigation follows the investigators, named only as the Detective and the Major, […]
Harrow County Library Edition Volume 1: by Cullen Bunn, art by Tyler Crook Dark Horse, 2018 ISBN: 9781506710648 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology edition Hester Beck is hung and burned for being a witch on the strange, crooked oak tree that stands on the Crawford farm. Emmy experiences recurring dreams about things under the earth. Emmy […]
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D., Vol. 4: 1955 by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson; art by Shawn Martinbrough (Secret Nature), Brian Churilla (Occult Intelligence), and Paolo Rivera and Joe Rivera (Burning Season) Dark Horse, 2018 ISBN: 9781506705965 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology edition In Hellboy and the B.P.R.D., Vol. 4: 1955, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D hunt down unseen predators […]
Jenny Finn by Mike Mignola and Troy Nixey, art by Troy Nixey and Farel Dalrymple Dark Horse, 2018 ISBN: 9781427606754 Available: hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology edition A mysterious girl, Jenny Finn, arrives in Victorian England and leaves death, destruction, and a strange curse in her wake. There is a plague causing gruesome lesions in the crooked […]
Have you ever wanted a volume of all the biggest bad ass women of the Marvel U fighting zombies together? Here you go! Misty Knight and Valkyrie come together to rebuild the legendary Valkyries and stop a mysterious collection of puppy-kickers from resurrecting a cover of corrupt Valkyries embodying evil forces. Like a lot of […]
Review: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur volume 3 The Smartest There Is
February 19, 2019When Moon Girl solves a puzzle built by Bruce Banner that was previously unsolvable the super hero world is rocked. Lunella takes this as proof that no one was giving her enough credit. (But she already knew that.) Even when the other super heroes try to reach out, and when crime fighting opportunities arise, Lunella […]
Review: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur v 2 Cosmic Cooties
February 12, 2019In the vein of Ms. Marvel, this comic is aimed at a slightly younger audience. (Honestly, this is what Teen Titan Go could be.) Lunella is a young girl gifted not just with Inhuman genetics, but also with a blistering level of intelligence. And a pet T-rex from another dimension. In this volume, Lunella struggles […]