In talks with my comic book-reading chums, they’ve pointed out—mostly Kiel pointed out—that whereas many young fans tend to gravitate toward...

Last time , I covered some of the most essential reading from Fabian Nicieza’s first 25 issues on New Warriors. This go-around, let’s take a...

Growing up, I always liked to root for the underdogs; maybe it was the burgeoning Red Sox fan in me, who knows. I pulled for the Buffalo Bil...

I have a general stance on books in which villains are the protagonists, and that is that if they run too long, they tend to be no good and ...

Honestly, there's not one of Joe Kelly's 33 issues of Deadpool--plus the various annuals and specials--I wouldn't heartily recom...

Not too long ago, some friends and I were talking about the truly iconic characters in comic books. The characters that transcend the genre ...

A week ago, in the last installment of The Essentials , I talked up the superlative first 50 issues of the initial volume of New Teen Titans...