http://www.alternatecover.com A new comic review EVERY weekday! Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:39:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you've not been paying close attention to the solicitations, you might be surprised to discover that this limited series - heavily pushed as being based on Iceman's journey towards San Francisco - is actually an anthology. It's much in the vein of the recent "Divided We Stand" 2-issue miniseries, with ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/09/05/x-men-manifest-destiny-1/ Although their fellow Wildstorm writers have chosen to cut their heroes a break after the chaotic starts to the World's End scenario, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning are obviously determined to bring more trouble to The Authority's door. Returning to aid the Midnighter's party of refugees, Swift finds herself caught ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/09/04/the-authority-2/ 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. As you may have gathered, James, Seb and I share fond memories of ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/09/03/dusting-off-sonic-the-comic-50-april-1995/ I'm quite kindly disposed towards James Robinson at the moment, having recently picked up volume one of The Starman Omnibus and been reminded of just how perfect in almost every conceivable way that series (er, up until Jack goes into space) really is. I'm not sure whether this made me ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/09/02/superman-679/ Despite beginning from a standing start, Mike Carey has managed to turn Legacy into something genuinely different. Although the tale is obviously destined to be collected as a hardcover once the fourteen issue story is complete, the writer has still managed to deliver enough plot each month to satisfy those purchasing ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/09/01/x-men-legacy-215/ This week, forgoing the usual Sunday Pages news items, I'm going to take a quick look at the meagre purchases I made at yesterday's Camden Comics mini-Festival, Low Energy Day. I'll leave it to the official site to explain the idea, but needless to say it's a frankly brilliant one ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/08/31/the-sunday-pages-low-energy-day-special/ As the only one of Marvel's "Tsunami" marketing exercise to make it out alive, Runaways has struggled for popularity at the best of times. Following creator Brian K. Vaughan's departure, the future of the series was more uncertain than ever, and a 6-issue run by Joss Whedon combined the writer's ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/08/29/runaways-1/ New Avengers, as a series, has become both incredibly rewarding and rather frustrating of late. During the whole Secret Invasion crossover, it's been the main place to find answers to the myriad questions of how the Skrull invasion was achieved. As a result, we have issues like this - a ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/08/28/new-avengers-44/ 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. Our occasional trip through DC crossoverville now brings us to Millennium, the 1987/88 ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/08/27/dusting-off-justice-league-international-10-feb-1988/ Although the X-Men franchise managed to break it's "Annual" habit in the first half of this decade, it's recently discovered an even more debilitating addiction: specials. Barely a month goes by without Wolverine embarking on a forty-eight-page killing spree, or a supporting character seizing their moment in the sun. It's ... http://www.alternatecover.com/2008/08/26/x-factor-layla-miller/