Deadpool vs. S.H.I.E.L.D

After the hellish events that took place in North Korea, Deadpool decides it’s time for Shield to come clean with the money they owe him for knocking off all those zombie presidents.  When the coin doesn’t show, Deadpool takes matters into his own hands and pursues the keeper of the cash himself, rogue special agent…

The Chrysalids

Many years have passed since a devastating nuclear war left much of the world in ruins.  A small village in northern Labrador comprised of religious fundamentalists is on the lookout for what they call “deviations” – food, animals or even people who deviate from the socially acceptable norm.  Once these deviations have been discovered, it…

The Long Goodbye

“Time makes everything mean and shabby and wrinkled. The tragedy of life … is not that the beautiful things die young, but that they grow old and mean.” Marlowe befriends a down-on-his-luck war hero roaming the streets of California.  A few months after Marlowe cleans him up and sets him on his way, the man…

Velvet: Before the Living End

When the top agent for the spy organization ARC-7 is murdered, all evidence points to Velvet Templeton, the unassuming organization’s secretary.  She’s innocent but capturing her is proving difficult and those hot on her trail are meeting the true Velvet, the retired secret agent with the skills to pay the bills. While recently on vacation…

The Deep

A mysterious disease dubbed “the ‘gets” is ravaging the human population.  Starting off slowly, it hinders your ability to remember where you parked or where you left your wallet.  In time, it advances to the point where you forget to breathe and your heart forgets to beat. A new substance, believed to be a miraculous…

The Handmaid’s Tale

Tragedy strikes the United States and in an effort to rebuild society, terrifying new measures are implemented, stripping women of their rights as human beings.  No longer permitted to work, own property and their identities erased, women have been reduced to their most basic function – carrying life.  If they’re unable to conceive, they’re shipped…

The Museum of Literary Souls

After coming into a small fortune, a quiet closed accounts registrar named Mr. Berger decides to pack it in and retire. At only thirty four years of age and with countless years ahead of him, Berger decides to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. After a particularly frustrating evening with pen and paper, Berger…

The Fade Out (Issue #1)

Buying and reviewing single issues of comic books isn’t something I normally do (I think Locke & Key has been the only exception).  I’m the kind of reader that would prefer to wait until the trade paperback is released and read it all in one shot.  However, seeing as I have the opportunity to get…