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“Alex + Ada” #15 Satisfies With A Thoughtful Conclusion
The last 3 issues of “Alex + Ada” finally delivered the action and intensity I’ve been waiting for for more than a year. This is a book that I have always found to be rich in character an...
“The Fiction” #1 Is A Perfect Debut Hook
“The Fiction” is a mini-series about a group of friends that discover a collection of books that when read transport the reader to a fantasy world. The friends have incredible adventures to...
“Chrononauts” #4 Only Hints At Greatness
I gave “Chrononauts” a hard time when the first issue came out calling it “Time Bros” and drawing attention to the flat characters and groan-worthy dialogue. Over the remaining 3 issues...
Let “Material” #1 Was Over You
“Material” #1 is ambitious, it is not a book with a message, it IS a message. In this first issue alone Ales Kot explores a great many themes and social complexities that each could sustain...
“Arcadia” #2 Sweeps You Up In A Grand World
“Arcadia” #2 quickly expands upon the already at critical mass premise of the first issue by introducing a heaping plate of new concepts, conflicts, and characters to both the virtual Arcadia...
“Broken World” #1 Is Emotionally Captivating
In the days leading up to a “Deep Impact” style apocalypse 75% of the population has been evacuated from earth through space elevators. The rest have either resigned themselves to their fat...
“Mayday” #2 Is A Product Of The Present… And That’s Good
“Mayday” #2 does not for one second let us forget its time and place. Curt Pires’ books are very much a product of the present. They have a here and now quality that elevate them to the...
Mark Waid’s “Insufferable” #1 Is Anything But
First published as a weekly series on thrillbent.com, “Insufferable” asks the question “What if Batman and Robin had a really bad breakup?” It’s an intriguing setup, and in Mark Waid’...
“Valhalla Mad” #1 Is A Great Albeit Insignificant Debut
“Valhalla Mad” is a comedy about three Norse Gods who descend on earth for a ritual they call “The Gluttonalia”, which is basically an excuse to stomp around and get really drunk and be p...
Curt Pires Talks New Series’ “The Fiction” And “The Tomorrows”
Curt Pires is on a meteoric rise this past year with critical hits “POP” and “Mayday”, two books that hold a scathing mirror up to culture and celebrity and deliver on every side. We at...
“The Mantle” #1 Is Brutally Fun And Self Aware
“The Mantle” #1 is a self-aware superhero book with an uncommon twist: Mantles die a lot. The Mantle is hunted by The Plague, for reasons yet unknown, and when The Mantle is killed, like th...
“Injection” #1 Is A Story Of Failure And Control
If you read the solicits for you’ll have seen “Injection” #1 described as sci/fi-horror-crime-techno thriller about 5 people that poisoned the world and now have to deal with the consequenc...
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” – Season Two Finale
Last week’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. promised war and war is what we got in this two-hour season finale. There were tons of casualties, thankfully (or regrettably depending on how yo...
“Arcadia” #1 Is Massive And Engaging
“Arcadia” #1 is dense. Not overwhelmingly dense or dense in an intellectually superior kind of way, but there is a lot of world building happening in this first issue. I was immediately i...
“Descender” #3 Is Masterful Science Fiction
“Descender” #3 gives me great visceral pleasure. Understanding where that feeling comes from leads us to a genuinely remarkable discovery surrounding the potential of postmodern narratives...
“Burning Fields” #4 Shifts To Supernatural Horror
“Burning Fields” #4 makes it very clear that the series is distinctly a supernatural horror. It isn’t a completely accurate category; nothing in this post-modern landscape is exactly one ...
“Marvel’s Daredevil” Episode 1.13 ‘Daredevil’
The best compliment the season finale of Marvel’s Daredevil earns is that it’s satisfying. Though we will see Matt again in “The Defenders”, and possibly even Kingpin, the wait for seas...
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” – ‘The Frenemy of my Enemy’
This week Cal is heavily featured as he takes Skye on a tour of the “old haunts” where he would have liked to have raised her. I particularly enjoy his manic, child-like approach to things ...
“The Fly Outbreak” #2 Feels Empty
“The Fly: Outbreak” #2 takes us through the first 17 days of quarantine after everyone is exposed to the “disease” during Bartok’s escape. Martin sits in solitary secretly video chatt...
“Intersect” #6 Proves We Are Not Alone
“Intersect” #6 begins with the most recognizable image and coherent thought in the entire series as an incredible amount of blood runs out from under a destroyed car. Two men are trapped to...
“Marvel’s Daredevil” Episode 1.11, ‘The Path Of The Righteous’
Once again I have to talk about the narrative structure of a Marvel’s Daredevil episode because I am consistently impressed and inspired by the non-traditional form each episode of this episod...
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” – ‘Melinda’
“Melinda” finally gives us the answer to why Agent Mae is called the Cavalry and its every bit as fucked up as we’ve been led to believe all this time. The story is perfectly timed to coi...
“The Fade Out” #5 Proves The Golden Age Is Anything But
The (exceptionally late) beginning of act two delivers a major clue as to why starlet Valeria Sommers was knocked off in the form of retired Victory Street Pictures cofounder and psychotic perver...
“Marvel’s Daredevil” Episode 1.05, ‘World On Fire’
Fisk makes a major move in this episode of Marvel’s Daredevil and, although I’ve only reviewed as far as I’ve seen, It seems that the pace of things will significantly pick up from here on...
“Marvel’s Daredevil” Episode 1.03, ‘Rabbit In A Snow Storm’
Marvel’s Daredevil very deliberately stands out from the rest of the MCU for its use of graphic violence, which I will talk about later, and because it is so intentionally a product of the here...
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” – ‘Afterlife’
“Afterlife” showed how seriously descendants take this terragenesis business as Skye is transported to her new home ahem…, Afterlife, and introduced to her vaguely-lightning powered “tra...
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” – ‘One Door Closes’
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D returns this week with the hostile takeover of S.H.I.E.L.D by the other S.H.I.E.L.D that plays out against a flashback of the hostile takeover of the former S.H.I...
“Cluster” #3 Fails To Keep It’s Hold
“Cluster” #3 introduces an element of political thriller into the series as the renegade team’s captor drop a truth bomb on them implicating all of humanity in hostile takeover of an alien ...
‘Rick And Morty’ #1 Is A Cheap Substitute
In the interim between seasons. “Rick and Morty”#1 delivers a genuine fill in that manages to match character, dialogue, and visual style in a satisfying way. It feels familiar, which gives...
“Intersect” #5 Will Break You
At the end of this issue there is a “previously on” block that you would normally find at the beginning of the issue. I must admit that I’ve been relying on these recaps to figure out wha...
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” – ‘Love in the time of Hydra’
The other S.H.I.E.L.D- what everything has been building towards this half season, is an interesting concept that leaves me with some mixed feelings. It makes sense that an organization as vast...
“Murder Book” TPB – Dark, Dangerous, and Delightful
“Murder Book” is a series of 16 semi-related short stories that each deal with a murder (or several). Some are accidental, some are revenge, many are drug/money related, and each and every ...
“The Fly: Outbreak” #1- Revives “The Fly”
“The Fly: Outbreak” is a continuation of “The Fly” series that started with the 1986 Cronenberg film. This series picks up after the events of “The Fly 2” and follows Martin as he a...