Tag: Janice Chiang

Ape-ril Special #1 review

Comic readers love apes. And chimpanzees. DC has known this for decades, relying on gorillas on covers to give individual issues a sales boost during the Silver Age of Comics. So here’s the latest example of gorillas amidst the comic shop shelves, an Ape-Ril Special that is, appropriately enough, bananas. I was expecting an 80pp […]

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Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1 review

Another week, another Lazarus Planet anthology, with another meaningless subtitle. May as well call it Lazarus Planet: Random Doomy Words. You know the deal by now. Magic green rain is coming down, people are getting super powers, blah blah. This one I’ve been looking forward to, though, as it brings the return of the Doom […]

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Monkey Prince #9 review

Another day, another city for Marcus Shugel-Shen, who’s been moving around the DC Universe since learning he’s the Monkey Prince, son of a Chinese deity. Taking him places are adoptive parents Laura and Winston who are geniuses, but pretty stupid. Stupid because they waste their intellects as henchpeople for super criminals. They also risk their […]

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Monkey Prince #1 review

Years ago, in Gotham city, a young boy, Marcus, wakes to find his parents menaced by an intruder. Batman never has a chance to return as Marcus’s parents move around the United States for work. One day, though, they return to Gotham, enrolling Marcus in the local school. A run-in with bullies brings a kind […]

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It’s midnight…

An old dark house. A young woman. Her mysterious beau. Her new friend. A ghost. And a super-ghost… Deadman headlined DC prestige series Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love in 2016, a beautifully written, moody, exciting, romantic, gorgeously illustrated story that’s perfect for Hallowe’en. I reviewed the first issue – here’s the link – and now, […]

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