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Poison Ivy: The Virtuous Cycle - A Dark and Complex Journey of Revenge and Redemption

G. Willow Wilson

Poison Ivy: The Virtuous Cycle - A Dark and Complex Journey of Revenge and Redemption

Poison Ivy has lost something and this trip is her attempt to regain it. It’s more than just her powers that are lost; it’s her direction.

The Dead and the Dying in The Human Target #12

The Dead and the Dying in The Human Target #12

The Human Target #12 is about saying goodbye without letting go.

The Empty Writing of Todd McFarlane

The Empty Writing of Todd McFarlane

Todd McFarlane’s two recent books lack one critical thing— actual writing.

Where Are You, Demon? Detective Comics 1062

Where Are You, Demon? Detective Comics 1062

The existential crisis that drives Batman stems from a five-second decline. This is the kind of Batman we’re working with.

#screenshot reviews- Batman #125 & Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: Old Man Whittier

Screenshot Reviews

#screenshot reviews- Batman #125 & Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: Old Man Whittier

Check out our capsule reviews of Hellboy and the BPRD: Old Man Whitter, and Batman #125, Chip Zdarsky's first issue.

From The Archives- Jonah Hex #50 (December 2009)

From The Archives

From The Archives- Jonah Hex #50 (December 2009)

Maybe Hex wants to change, maybe he doesn't. But he's never given the opportunity to choose who or what he wants to be. He's a killer, and as fate will have it, that's all he's going to remain.

What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and George Perez’s JLA/Avengers?

What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and George Perez’s JLA/Avengers?

An appreciation of George Pérez's stellar work on the JLA/Avengers crossover.

#screenshotreviews- What's The Furthest Place From Here #2, Rorschach, and Asadora V4

Screenshot Reviews

#screenshotreviews- What's The Furthest Place From Here #2, Rorschach, and Asadora V4

Check out our capsule reviews of Tyler Boss and Matthew Rosenberg's What's The Furthest Place From Here #2, Naoki Urasawa's Asadora! Volume 4, and Tom King and Jorge Fornés Rorschach.

From Cover to Cover's Favorite Comics of 2021

From Cover to Cover's Favorite Comics of 2021

Here are our favorites from 2021, a year that saw a lot of great books.Please know this post serves to celebrate our favorites, and while we read a bunch, we certainly don't read everything. Really, there's just too much out there.

#Screenshot Reviews-- The Human Target #2 and Fire Power #18

Screenshot Reviews

#Screenshot Reviews-- The Human Target #2 and Fire Power #18

Check out our capsule reviews of Robert Kirkman & Chris Samnee's Fire Power #18, and Tom King & Greg Smallwood's The Human Target #2

From The Archives- Kyle Baker's Why I Hate Saturn (1990)

From The Archives- Kyle Baker's Why I Hate Saturn (1990)

Why I Hate Saturn shows a creator at the beginning of the graphic novel age leading the way and figuring out how to tell a 200 page story.

A Far Sector Discussion with Scott and Mike

N.K. Jemisin Featured

A Far Sector Discussion with Scott and Mike

What I love about the beginning of Far Sector is that it starts en media res. Here’s a brand new Lantern on a brand new planet. It’s fresh, but you have to bring a certain schema to it. You kind of need to bring certain things to it.

From the Archives: Daytripper #1

From the Archives: Daytripper #1

But for all of its similarities, Daytripper #1 lacks the excitement and joy of life found in Bá and Moon's short stories and ends up dragging through the first issue, which is more of a prologue or framing sequence to the larger story that the twins will be telling over the next nine issues.

From The Archives: New York The Big City

From The Archives: New York The Big City

While either sitting on the front stoop of an apartment building to riding the subway, shoulder to shoulder with strangers, to enjoying a summer day with an open fire hydrant to cool you off, Eisner catches the essence of life in the big city. New York, The Big City (trade