The current run of Hawkeye has been outstanding. Writer Kelly Thompson, artists Leonardo Romero and Michael Walsh, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and letterer Joe Sabino created one of the most exciting, stylish comics on stands with Kate Bishop’s Los Angeles adventures, and the strength of this team suggested the book…

Aleš Kot has made their name writing politically charged comics, using genre fiction to explore domestic and international problems surrounding warfare, class conflict, and bigotry. Days Of Hate, Kot’s new series with artist Danijel Žeželj and colorist Jordie Bellaire, explores all three of these topics as it ventures…

Magical schools are a popular plot device in fantasy stories, allowing creators to combine the drama of a scholastic environment with the extraordinary elements of the mystical plane. DC’s Mystik U miniseries reimagines the publisher’s magical heroes and villains as the students and faculty of a secret university, and…

Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on newly released comic books of significance. This week, they are Doctor Strange #384 and Thanos #15. Written by Donny Cates (God Country, Redneck) with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Magneto, The Vision) and Geoff Shaw (Buzzkill, God Country) and colors by Jordie Bellaire (Magneto…

The key that unlocked the true potential of Tom King’s run on Batman was the romance between Batman/Bruce Wayne and Catwoman/Selina Kyle. Both their superhero and civilian identities are at play, and now that the characters are engaged, they have to seriously consider what it will mean to bring their separate lives…

Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Redlands #3. Written by Jordie Bellaire (Injection, Pretty Deadly) with art by Vanesa R. Del Rey (Scarlet Witch, The Empty Man) and Bellaire, this issue adds a strong erotic element to the horror series as it introduces a…

Marvel’s Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme has consistently experimented with visual storytelling, making it one of the most imaginative superhero comics of the past year. The main art team of penciler Javier Rodriguez, inker Álvaro López, and colorist Jordie Bellaire took advantage of the book’s magical…

Kate Bishop never had an especially great relationship with her father, and their dynamic has only gotten more strained since she became a superhero private investigator that is trying to take down villains like her dad. Marvel’s current Hawkeye series by writer Kelly Thompson, artist Leonardo Romero, and colorist…

The first year of Becky Cloonan’s exceptional The Punisher run took Frank Castle out of New York City for a thrilling, horrifying story that pitted The Punisher against an old military friend and his gang of mercenary drug dealer. And now that Frank’s mission is done, he’s headed back to his regular stomping grounds.…

Occupy Avengers has been Marvel’s strongest Avengers series this year, so it’s a pity that the book has struggled to gain an audience. Much of the blame can be placed on the title, which ties the book to a social movement that lost steam years ago. But it didn’t help that the book spun out of Civil War II, a messy…

Jimmy “Savage” Hardy wants to make a name for himself as a gang leader in Limerick City, Ireland, but he’ll have to overcome waves of opposition to get there. He’s made enemies of rival gangs, the cops, his best friend, and even his mother, and they all want to take him out before he becomes an even bigger problem.…

Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme has been flying under the radar, but it’s a damn good superhero comic. Doctor Strange is one of those characters that has a really cool concept but isn’t easy to make compelling, and writer Robbie Thompson has successfully crafted an intriguing story around Stephen Strange by…

Frank Castle is a killer, and that’s very scary. He may kill bad guys, but that doesn’t make him any less terrifying, and writer Becky Cloonan is deeply aware of this. Cloonan’s run on The Punisher has been an exceptional action-horror series that emphasizes Frank Castle’s cold, disturbed nature, and she’s not trying…

Kate Bishop proved that she could sustain her own series with her solo plot in Matt Fraction and Annie Wu’s Hawkeye issues, but readers have had to wait to see Kate at the center of an ongoing book. The wait is finally over with the new Hawkeye series debuting next week, and writer Kelly Thompson, artist Leonardo…

With Doctor Strange topping the box office two weeks in a row, interest in Marvel’s sorcerer superhero is at an all-time high. A new superhero movie means new comics spotlighting the central character, and while Marvel is taking it easy in terms of quantity, it’s not skimping on quality with the new Doctor Strange And…

Writer Scott Snyder made Batman the flagship title of DC’s New 52, but his four years on that book were just a warm-up, giving him the experience and profile that make him fit to launch a new All-Star Batman series. This comic is fucking awesome. There was always an element of bombastic spectacle to balance the strong…

Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic-book issue of significance. This week, it’s The Vision #12. Written by Tom King (The Omega Men, The Sheriff Of Babylon) with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Astonishing X-Men, Magneto), and colors by Jordie Bellaire (Batman, Injection), this issue wraps up the…

Dr. Strange’s life is in a state of disrepair. The Empirikul has stripped the Earth of its magic and done major damage to Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum, so it might not be the best time for Stephen Strange’s ex-wife to reenter his life. Or maybe it’s the perfect time. Clea has been noticeably absent from the Marvel…