Howard the Duck #1 review

Way back when, Disney forced Marvel Comics to change the design of Howard the Duck so he didn’t look like Donald’s bad-tempered brother. And Howard stopped seeming like Howard, de-feathered by the big corporations he’d spent a comic book lifetime kicking against. He was a dead duck. More recently, that very same Disney bought Marvel […]

Spider-Gwen #1 review

When Spider-Gwen broke big a few months back I quickly downloaded a copy of her debut story in Edge of Spider-Verse #2, ready for something amazing. What was the x-factor that inspired heaps of positive reviews, sparked acres of Twitter chat and birthed dozens of Tumblrs? Darned if I could tell you. I saw a […]

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 review

The conceit of this series is in the title. Squirrel Girl can vanquish any foe. It helps that being decidedly cute, with buck teeth and furry tail, bad guys see her as a joke. She just sees easy prey, villains to be tossed aside so ordinary folk can get on with their lives. Or, in […]