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Sensay/iStock via Getty Images Like jazz, comic books are one of the true American art mediums. Dismissed as disposable reading for their first few decades in existence, they experienced a renaissance in the 1980s thanks to work like Frank Miller’s Watchmen (1986). More recently, they’ve graduated to a place of modern mythology, providing the source material for movies and television shows that reap billions for parent companies like Marvel Studios at Disney and the Warner Bros.-owned DC Comics. Telling a sequential story across panels and pages is the purview of the comics artist, who m...

JAMES BOND: AGENT OF SPECTRE #2 (W) Christos Gage (A) Luca Casalanguida James Bond is in the USA…but NOT as part of Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Shockingly, he’s there as an Agent of SPECTRE, sent to eliminate an upstart rival SPECTRE boss at the bidding of Ernest Blofeld himself! The leverage Blofeld has against Bond is a threat to the life of one of the few people in the world Bond can trust… but that friend may have the interests of Bond’s target as the higher priority! Price: $3.99 4/7/2021 Order 12 or more copies of issue 2 and qualify to have your order made fully returnable.

What They Say: Oh no—looks like the bad guys have won! The good guys are defeated, and the leader of the Martian invasion has declared himself absolute ruler of all of Earth. And Red Sonja? Well, she died last issue, beheaded by her mighty Martian warrior counterpart– Green Sonja. How is our Hyborian heroine supposed to come back from something like that? HOW INDEED?!?! Join us for the unforgettable conclusion of the most thrilling crossover in the universe! Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers): John Layman has clearly had a good time with this ser...

Mars Attacks Red Sonja #5 writer:  John Layman artist:   Fran Struken covers: Arthur Suydam (A), Luca Strati (B), Barry Kitson (C), Barry Kitson (RI/BW), Barry Kitson (RI/Virgin) Luca Strati (RI/Virgin) FC  |  32 pages  |  Action/Adventure  |  $3.99  |   Teen+  Oh no—looks like the bad guys have won! The good guys are defeated, and the leader of the Martian invasion has declared himself absolute ruler of all of Earth. And Red Sonja? Well, she died last issue, beheaded by her mighty Martian warrior counterpart– Green Sonja. How is our Hyborian heroine supposed to come back fro...

| Published by DC Comics It’s that time of year when the Christmas/ Holiday/ Winter Solstice/Hanukkah/ Kwanzaa Specials come out. Not all different ones of course, but these days the books try and be inclusive and include all the above. DC have cleverly sidestepped the yearly outrage at using either Christmas or Holidays in the title. Life’s too short. I’ve been enjoying these seasonal specials in one shape or another for many years, going back to the late 70’s. I still have most of them and still read them every year in the run up to Christmas. Digital now means I don’t even have t...