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Phantom Road #11 by Jeff Lemire - Review

Phantom Road #11 by Jeff Lemire - Review

Heiko Heiko 05/02/2025 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

Jeff Lemire is once again masterful in the leisurely way he builds a world for us.Phantom Road #11 brings us something more tangible with the new The Horrormen storyline. While the first arc was so crammed with puzzles and mysteries and the unexplained that as a reader I never knew whether I... more »

Ultimate Spider-Man #14 by Jonathan Hickman - Review

Ultimate Spider-Man #14 by Jonathan Hickman - Review

Heiko Heiko 03/26/2025 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

I freely admit that Marvel has inspired very little enthusiasm or even simple interest in me in recent months.When people ask me what has excited me lately or which series I would recommend, Marvel titles are most certainly not among them.The ever-expanding Ultimate Universe, the numerous Red Band... more »

Bug Wars #1 by Jason Aaron - Review

Bug Wars #1 by Jason Aaron - Review

Heiko Heiko 03/21/2025 12:00pm 3 minute read Comics

Yes, I know, one shouldn’t praise the day before the evening and the series before the second issue, but this first issue has it all.Starts with the scope, wrapped in sturdy cardstock cover we get 48 full pages in best print quality. As soon as you leaf through the pages, you realize that there is... more »

Absolute Batman #2 by Scott Snyder - Review

Absolute Batman #2 by Scott Snyder - Review

Heiko Heiko 12/02/2024 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

Sometimes it only clicks at the second attempt. With Absolute Batman #2, my enthusiasm for Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta’s alternative world of the Dark Knight has finally taken hold.And I’m glad that at least with this new, fresh continuity, DC is keeping up the enthusiasm for Batman that... more »

Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron

Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron

Heiko Heiko 11/25/2024 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

Absolute Superman of all things!Looks like DC and Jason Aaron have managed to surprise me once again.They're both generally quite good at that, so it's not really all that surprising that they've joined forces to surprise me.Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that Jason Aaron and Rafa... more »

Poison Ivy #25 by G. Willow Wilson - Review

Poison Ivy #25 by G. Willow Wilson - Review

Heiko Heiko 10/07/2024 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

For the silver anniversary of my favorite series (yes, I’m just going to commit to that), we were served a green buffet with Poison Ivy #25, which was unexpectedly nutritious.What initially looked like a nice anthology, like a good collection of various short stories from different creative... more »

Minor Arcana #1 by Jeff Lemire - Review

Minor Arcana #1 by Jeff Lemire - Review

Heiko Heiko 09/30/2024 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

So here it is, the first issue of Minor Arcana, Jeff Lemire’s major project at Boom Studios. The whole thing is planned as a series of four books (Wands, Swords, Cups, Pentacles), which will be released in a Deluxe Hardcover version at some point. Of course, it’s Boom afterall.But... more »

Aliens vs Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman - Review

Aliens vs Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman - Review

Heiko Heiko 09/23/2024 12:00pm 3 minute read Comics

Occasionally there are such issues like Aliens vs Avengers, such titles, where every page screams, you must find me amazing. Where critics and readers also radiate a rare unanimity. Where even the speculators cause stupid prices after a short time.Where I then almost feel bad because I... I just can’t... more »

Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1 by Michael Walsh

Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1 by Michael Walsh

Heiko Heiko 09/16/2024 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

All titles in the Universal Monsters line have (at least this) one thing in common: the first issue always feels too short.Not „too short“, in the sense of badly edited or rushed, but more like a good pop song that you want to put on repeat, or better still, like the first episode of a... more »

Paranoid Gardens #2 by Gerard Way - Review

Paranoid Gardens #2 by Gerard Way - Review

Heiko Heiko 09/09/2024 9:22am 2 minute read Comics

Paranoid Gardens is definitely the strangest, wackiest and most surreal series in my pullbox right now, and it captivates me like magic.But why does it captivate me so much, even though issue #2 only confuses me even more. Although, it’s not even that. Gerard Way and Shaun Simon don’t actually... more »