Black Widow #1 Mark Waid (w), Chris Samnee (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: What I found refreshing about this first issue was how engaging it managed to be with almost no exposition at…

Avengers Standoff: Welcome to Pleasant Hill #1 Nick Spencer (w), Mark Bagley (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: The dust may have only just settled on Secret Wars, so for those reluctant to hop…

Identity Crisis TPB Brad Meltzer (a), Rags Morales (a) DC Comics Liz says: Identity Crisis is many things but at its core, it’s a murder-mystery. The story begins with the murder of Sue…

Grayson #16 Tom King, Tim Seeley (w) Mikel Janin (a) DC Comics Liz says: Grayson is my favourite ongoing series. I love it for a million reasons, the main one being that I…

Spider-Man/ Deadpool #1 Joe Kelly (w), Ed McGuinness (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: Long ago (back in the nineties), Deadpool was simply a B-list character with a deeply weird ongoing series wherein he…

Robin War #1 Tom King (w), Various (a) DC Comics Liz says: I’ve been excited for Robin War from the moment I saw it in Previews, for a number of reasons (Robin book,…

Injustice: Gods Among Us Year Four Annual #1 Tom Taylor (w), Various (a) DC Comics Liz says: I wish every Justice League book were written by Tom Taylor (actually, I wish he wrote…

Alias Volume 3 TPB Brian Michael Bendis (w), Michael Gaydos (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: This week saw in the debut of Marvel’s latest Netflix original series, AKA Jessica Jones, and also the…

All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 Mark Waid (w), Adam Kubert, Mahmud Asrar (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: I think what I enjoyed most about the first issue of the new Avengers series is that…

Trashed TPB Derf Backderf (w), (a) Abrams Comicarts Liz says: Sometimes I get asked what my favourite autobiographical graphic novels are, and this happens: I say, ‘Well, there’s this one about a guy…