Despite all the crossovers going on, it’s somehow a quiet week for comics. That, to you and me, means that it’s time to take a chance on some new series - and this week, we’re in luck. The first of Paul “Captain Britain” Cornell’s new Fantastic Four miniseries is out, and it is, in technical [...]

Every Wednesday we take turns to delve into our trusty longboxes, pluck out a dusty back issue, and give you our thoughts. We’ll also try and place it in the context of the time it was originally published.
Uncanny X-Men just reached its 500th issue, becoming only the 4th Marvel comic to reach such a lofty [...]

There are some interesting parallels between the first two books we’ve looked at this week, with Thunderbolts also acquiring a new writer as it dives into a crossover. Unlike Fabian Nicieza, Christos N Gage enjoys the advantage of having a clearly apportioned segment of an overall story to tell, but chooses to save this element [...]

The omens weren’t good. It’s unreasonable to expect any writer, no matter how experienced, to produce their best work when parachuted at the last minute into a long-running series. Especially when that series is just starting to feed into one of the most intricately prepared comics epics of the last few years. Despite these handicaps, [...]

A small week because Seb’s still on holiday, but there’s still plenty inside, including Russian Sitcoms, Thunderbolts, Neil Gaimen on Batman, the Watchmen trailer AND a Paul Cornell interview!

It’s been a while due to the server movie and redesign, but annotations for X-Men: Legacy #210 are now up. Hopefully someone besides me will enjoy them!