The SFcrowsnest archive
Comics and graphic novels.
Something is still very odd about ‘The Invisibles’ with the second volume, ‘Apocalipstick’. We quickly move away from the main team and see…
Reading Les Dennis’ book, ‘DC Comics: A Celebration Of The World’s Favourite Comic Book Heroes’, last month, I came across a reference to…
Before tempting potential buyers with a positive review, it’s best to include a caveat. ‘Outer Lands’ is a Comixology Original, exclusive to Kindle…
The reason I delayed reading ‘Incredible Science Fiction: The EC Archives Volume 2’ was because of some confusion with the issue numbering for…
‘The Avengers In The Veracity Trap’ is a new adventure that harks back to the very early days of Marvel’s Avengers, a superhero…
In his introduction to this rather long titled ‘JMB: The Unseen Art Of John M. Burns: A Surfeit Of Assassins 1888’, author John…
Finally, I’ve collected all the stories from Dave Stevens’ ‘The Rocketeer’. Actually, there are only two multi-parter stories. Set in the later 1930s,…
I came across ‘The Illustrated History Of Science Fiction Comics Number 3’ by Mike Benton purely by chance and at a low price.…
‘Ronin Rising’ combines samurai-style combat with dystopian Science Fiction but, while the artwork is okay, the story doesn’t really make much sense. First,…
I’ve got to a stage wondering if I’ve missed any ‘Legion Of Super-Heroes’ stories. I think I’m missing one volume, even if I…
There is an art to writing comic books in any format. Unlike written fiction, the visuals are handed over to the artist, and…
Post-note 2025, 9 years after I originally wrote the review, I’ve finally read the two previous unnumbered volumes leading up to this one…
