X-Men: Days of Future Past

This collection is labeled as “Days of Future Past” but seeing as the feature presentation is only a two issue story, there’s a great deal of padding on either side of it and while DOFP is tremendous, everything else in here kind of sucks. Before the stories even begin, we’re given a massive amount of history bringing us up…

The Lady in the Lake

“Police business,” he said almost gently, “ is a hell of a problem. It’s a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there’s nothing in it to attract the highest type of men . So we have to work with what we get— and we get things like this.”…

I Am Pilgrim

  Pilgrim is the code-name for one of the world’s foremost authorities in forensic investigation.  Spending his entire career employed by a secret division of the US government, Pilgrim rode off into the sunset by putting a lifetime of knowledge into what would become the definitive text on forensic crime scene investigation.  But what happens…

The String Diaries

Hannah arrives at a safe house in the middle of nowhere with a sleeping daughter and a bleeding husband.  In a frantic attempt to save his life, she invites in a complete stranger to clean and close the wounds.  Shortly after she settles down, Hannah notices an all too familiar mark on the stranger’s hand…

The High Window

“The wind was quiet out here and the valley moonlight was so sharp that the black shadows looked as if they had been cut with an engraving tool.” Marlowe is tasked with tracking down and acquiring a stolen rare coin dubbed the Brasher Doubloon.  Its owner, Mrs. Murdock, believes that her recently estranged daughter-in-law is…

Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla

The Ka-Tet of Nineteen’s skills are requested when a gang of marauders threaten an entire generation of townsfolk.  As Gunslingers, Roland and company are unable to refuse those who seek their assistance so they quickly begin preparing for battle.  Susannah Dean, pregnant with a demon’s child, has yet another personality arise during her sleep.  Her…

Farewell, My Lovely

“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance.  I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country.  What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.  I put them on and went out of the room.” While working a missing persons case, Detective Philip Marlowe finds himself drawn…