Shadowhawk and Bane of Kings take a look at the third issue of Brubaker and Epting’s new series for Image Comics.
“Intensely fun and engaging.” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
“Amazing. Velvet is just superb – Brubaker and Epting are at the top of their game. Unmissable.” ~Bane of Kings, The Founding Fields
Shadowhawk and Bane of Kings welcome you to the first comics round-up of the new year.
“Just one title for me this time, but it was a pretty good one, so that’s that. I’m getting into reading some older Batgirl comics and across three different trades, the experience has paid off. I think I’m developing into a fan of Bryan Q. Miller’s Batgirl with Stephanie Brown as the titular character.” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
“Death of the Family hits Red Hood and the Outlaws and Nightwing in trade. Whilst Lobdell is able to make Red Hood one of the most relevant books to the crossover out of the entire Bat-family he’s unable to do Jason Todd justice. On the other hand, Kyle Higgins’ Nightwing story is the better of the two, but not the character’s best outing.” ~Bane of Kings, The Founding Fields
Shadowhawk runs down the top DC comics to be looking forward to in January, 2014.
Shadowhawk and Bane of Kings take a look at the second issue of Brubaker and Epting’s new series for Image Comics.
“Some nice revelations plus some great action all mean that the series avoids the sophomore slump and continues strongly.” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
“Absolutely awesome. Velvet #2 gets a 5/5 stars and proves to establish itself as one of the best new series of 2013. If you missed the first issue then go back and check it out – it’s essential stuff” ~Bane of Kings, The Founding Fields
Shadowhawk takes a look at the top titles from DC to look out for in the holiday month.
After a month-and-a-half long break, Shadowhawk and Bane of Kings welcome you to the first comics round-up for December, and the penultimate one for the year.
“For a change, this was a fairly good crop of stories, whether it is the always amazing Paul Dini’s Zatanna or the other supernatural of DCU with Dan DiDio’s Phantom Stranger, which turned out to be fairly decent, especially once J. M. DeMatteis stepped in for scripting duties. ” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
““Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files delivers a solid standalone graphic novel, whilst Brian Wood impresses with Mara. Over at Zenescope, Robyn Hood: Wanted is entertaining and fun whilst Corinna Beckho impresses with the first volume of the second Star Wars: Legacy series, set 138 years after the events of Star Wars: A New Hope.” ” ~Bane of Kings, The Founding Fields
Milo, aka “Bane of Kings”, reviews the fourth Ryan Lock novel that can work well as a standalone without prior knowledge of the previous three novels – written by Sean Black. The Devil’s Bounty is a thriller novel, published by Transworld Books in the UK.
“A fun, fast paced read that whilst may not be perfect is certainly pretty promising with some entertaining stuff. Accessible to newcomers as well as readers who have read the previous Ryan Lock novels - this helps make The Devil’s Bounty a fairly solid read.“ ~Bane of Kings, The Founding Fields
Shadowhawk takes a look at and talks about the top DC comics to watch out for in November, single issues and graphic novels alike.
Bane of Kings and Shadowhawk review the first issue in a new creator-owned series by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting.
“An excellent opening to what looks set to be a very strong series. Count me in for more.” ~Bane of Kings, The Founding Fields
“Quite a slow-burner, and a rather interesting take on the espionage game.” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
Shadowhawk and Bane of Kings welcome you to the second comics round-up for October.
“In an effort to read more Marvel, I picked up a bunch of new titles, plus one of the few ongoing series I’m following right now and have to say that the experience has been largely negative. Both the new Captain America and Spider-Man comics have proven to be duds with the first issue while the new Punisher comic was half-decent at a stretch.” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
“Judge Dredd: Year One provides a great look into the early years of the character whilst the first volume of Grimm provides a nice adaption set in the world of the NBC series that you can enjoy whether or not you’re a fan.” ~Bane of Kings, The Founding Fields
