August, 2022

Joe Golem, Occult Detective is, I believe, the only Mignola Outerverse character I’ve just not ever read. This arrived unexpectedly today. I’d forgotten I’d ordered it ages ago.

Luckily, Dave’s Comics had a copy of the first issue of Terry Moore’s new series, Parker Girls. My LCS couldn’t get a copy for me and – taking the opportunity of being in Brighton – I managed to pick it up. As usual, it’s a fantastic comic book. I always…

Not the real thing but a facsimile of the Steve Ditko-drawn (and probably plotted) annual from 1964. I believe it’s the first appearance of the villainous Sinister Six. I adore Ditko’s run on Spider-man and don’t think it’s ever been bettered. When I was a boy I had a British…

Picked this up from a secondhand bookshop in Rochester. I found it in the Literary Criticism section. As I’m in a bit of a personal X-Men revival, I couldn’t resist. It’s a series of interviews by Tom DeFalco with creators from Stan Lee to Grant Morrison. Some really interesting stuff….

Moore and Campbell’s extraordinary re-telling of the Jack the Ripper story (though it’s much more than that). I’ve read From Hell at least twice before but not for a very long time. I actually want a copy of the recent colourised version but picked up this instead (though only noticed…

2019’s big change to the X-Men universe. I’ve got the single issues somewhere and have kept up with what’s been happening since. My interest in the X-Men has been renewed by Kieron Gillen’s involvement. Getting this as a hardcover without paying a crazy price took a long time.