I was browsing Goodreads one night and noticed a friend of mine had posted a review for Batman: Year One. Out of curiosity, I went to see what I had rated it when I read it all those years ago. Turns out, I didn’t rate it at all. No review either! I had to rectify…
Funny story about these two graphic novels. Every year, usually completely by accident, I end up spoiling most of my own Christmas gifts. 2019 year was no exception. I was looking for books to read during the holiday season and came across Grant Morrison’s comic books series containing an origin story for Santa Claus. I…
Dylan has committed himself to a mental institution in an effort to keep himself and others safe from his gun-toting, mobster-killing ways. However, his relaxation is short lived when he discovers the truth about what is going on between a certain staff member and residents under his care. Can Dylan truly remove himself from the…
In the third volume of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ series Kill or Be Killed, we pick up with Dylan as he tries to sort through the origin of the demon forcing him to kill. Having discovered images of the demon inside of his father’s artwork, he begins to struggle with whether or not this…
Dylan seemed to be getting a grip on this masked vigilante thing before a hit-gone-wrong puts him on the radar of the NYPD. With Dylan’s face (albeit masked) plastered all over New York City and the cops stepping up security, it becomes a lot more difficult for him to do his job. To make matters…
After surviving a suicide attempt, Dylan is approached by a Demon who credits itself with saving his life. In order to continue living, Dylan must seek out and kill one person per month, one person who deserves to die due to the lives they lead. Dylan is skeptical but the month comes to a close,…
I had started reading Block’s Scudder books way back in 2011 and when I finally got to the fifth installment – Eight Million Ways to Die – I knew I had just read a game changer for the series. In his foreword, Block says that in the original novel, he was trying to tell three…
Following the departure of Superman and the old guard of heroes, a new generation is content to play judge, jury and execution by killing its enemies. 10 years have passed and a battle in the heartland of America results in a nuclear explosion that wipes out millions of people and effectively obliterates stockpiles of America’s…
