Comic Picks By The Glick

It has its moments, but this series about a low-key clash between superbeings wasn't quite as good as I remembered it being.

Rob is back and we've got *FULL SPOILER* talk about the end of the Hickman era and the start of the next one.

There's a lot of pain in Fumi Yoshinaga's alternate-history epic about a shogun matriarchy, but it's all worth it in the end.

Is this the secret best X-book of the Krakoa Era?

It's "Prison School" but with superheroes, and shorter, and maybe that's enough.

Al Ewing and company send off "Guardians of the Galaxy" in a flawed but still enjoyable event.

The latest series from the creators of "100 Bullets" has a nice shiny surface, and almost nothing underneath.

It's the first big crossover event of this era of "Star Wars" at Marvel and it's... fine?

Does the final volume do this run justice? Rob is back to help me find out.

Liu! Samura! Ewing! Thompson! Tynion! Fujimoto! And MORE in my look back at the year that was.

Steve is back to discuss this series that only has TWELVE VOLUMES!

Rooting for the bad guy has never been more fun when the good guys are this dumb.

It's a thoroughly readable take on vampirism, even as it gets more silly as it goes on. Edit: Oh, wait. This will probably work better if I actually upload the episode with the post!

Gillen & Hans' series is where RPG storytelling gets dark as it gets examined, and not necessarily for the better.

Rob is back to help me decide if this gala is worth attending.

Do a lot of great little moments make up for a lack of an overall direction in this run?

Cap gets political again, with disappointing results.

Remender grinds another of his protagonists down, but in some interesting and beautifully-rendered ways.

Myron joins me again to talk about this historic "Venom" run and the event series which capped it off.

This sci-fi space opera allegory about Amazon, organized religion and the people caught in between has its moments, but whiffs it in the end.

How crazy is "too crazy" for a series from Morrison? I've got your answer right here.

The famed writer's first comics' work starts slow, but gets much better when it takes to the stars.

In which I find out just how good the comics that inspired the movie really are.

Manga's most Stephen King-esque series gets its most Stephen King-esque arc yet.

Does the series with the slowest burn in comics finally catch fire at its end?

Morrison and Paquette's reinvention of the character is a good one -- provided you make it to the end.

A flawed-but-fascinating take on a legendary bluesman from one of the last creators you'd expect!

Follows on from this. It's an improvement, but is it a significant one?

Spurrier + Henson + Bowie = Greatness...?

You're better off enjoying "WandaVision" on its own terms than checking out this key story that inspired it.

Rob is back as we try to find out if "Calvinball" is a good basis for an "X-Men" crossover.

Myron is back to help me talk up this very enjoyable MMA manga.

Sorrentino's art elevates Lemire's mediocre storytelling.

This is the best manga I've read from Matsumoto. Does that mean it's actually good?

The good, the bad, and the "What the hell did he do to Frank Castle?" of Cate's cosmic comics.

Spurrier! King! Noda! Fujimoto! ONE! Murphy! and more inside!

Steve is back so we can talk about the new hotness from Shonen Jump and the crazy series its creator did before it.

A perfectly fine Marvel Event, courtesy of Ewing, Slott, Schiti, and friends.

Does the writer's work on the Armored Avenger compare favorably to his legendary run on "Amazing Spider-Man?"

Follows on from this. John and I talk a bit about this superior sequel.

Rob joins us again to talk about the current state of the X-Titles. Spoilers: It's pretty good!

Hiromu Arakawa trades alchemy for agriculture, with mixed but generally good results.

FINALLY! Hickman and Dragotta's fictional apocalypse has more than enough style to make up for any lack of substance.

The latest volume, "Cruel Summer," isn't just good, it completes the circle of the series.

The writer didn't just do runs at the House of Ideas, he did a bunch of random stuff too.

It's been diminished by age, but this classic Marvel run still has some appeal.

Thanks to David Rubin, Matt Kindt's most accessible creator-owned series is also his best looking.

It's actually a bad thing that this, and other DC/Dark Horse crossovers, will be going out of print soon.

Vertigo's last gasp is a glorious one.

Rob and Myron return so we can find out if this is the next big Shonen Jump series, or the worst "Bond" movie never made.