April, 2022

Arrived on Friday (which was a delight after work). Hellboy in Hell is an amazing, flawed piece that Mignola should have left as an ever-ongoing occasional series he created issues for whenever he wanted. Instead, it was cut short but – as this artisan edition shows, Mignola artwork is awesome.

Not sure why I didn’t buy Flashpoint in single issues when it came out – especially as I was all-in on the New-52 reboot. Have kept an eye out for the singles for a while and just picked these up for £10 (which is an absolute bargain when you realise…

Very pleased to see this volume collects the wonderful Sandman crossover, Hell & Gone. Real treat to find this had arrived when I got home from work.

Huge omnibus – almost as heavy as The Invisibles – arrived today in a box! I was vaguely familiar with the original Captain Britain comic as a kid as a friend bought the weekly issues to school. A little later, in the Daredevils comic (I believe), I became aware of…

The Mignolaverse’s version of The Shadow. Lobster Johnson is the only part of the Hellboy Universe that I’ve not read (and I’ve read a HUGE amount over the last 20 years). Glad to say that this omnibus is a thoroughly enjoyable pulpy romp.

Holidays usually involve at least some time sorting piles of comics. For about 10 years I’ve been collecting Adam Warlock comics, a weird Marvel character who first appeared in Fantastic Four as an artificial man called Him, became transformed into a Christ-like cosmic superhero called Adam Warlock to die and…

This is my favourite comic of 2022. It’s a virtuoso performance of comic art retelling the Hulk’s adventures between the 1960s and early 1980s. There’s a frenetic, nightmarish energy throughout that matches the weird madness of (pure) Hulk stories. Death, resurrection and the psychological turmoil between Banner and Hulk circle…

Attempting to reduce the piles of books and graphic novels I’ve got laying around the house. Alan Moore seems to be growing exponentially at the moment. I also discovered Golden Age and Silver Age DC omnibuses that I couldn’t remember ever buying and who knows where the hundreds of Marvel…