Unqualified Comics

Dragon Ball Volume 1 Akira Toriyama It would be silly not to go over the humble beginings of Akira Torigyama's juggernaut franchise. Unfortunately, the nudity kind doesn't mesh with YouTube so I may have to redo this video on a different platform.

Norah's Saga #3 Blake Northcott Kelsey Shannon This series shouldn't even be a series, it should just be one big graphic novel (likely 100+ pages at the rate this story is going).

Cyber Force Marc Silvestri Eric Silvestri The next book out from Image Comics in the early days was Cyber Force, Marc Silvestri's entry into rad art market. While it has a better opening than WildC.A.T.S, Cyber Force still makes the same mistake of explaining nothing and throwing you in the deep end to figure it out yourself. At least he didn't rip off Frank Miller so there is that.

The New Mutants #20 Chris Claremont Bill Sienkiewicz The finale to a great story if not the greatest story for the New Mutants. Also some Magik art at the end.

The New Teen Titans #28 Marv Wolfman George Perez Gar runs down Terra to find out what's going on with her, dragging the rest of the Titans into the mess. Also a bunch of madness goes down in Zandia, Dick and Kory bump uglies, and why is Donna dating a dude that is old enough to be her dad?

WildC.A.T.S #1 Jim Lee Brandon Choi I can't help liking the art in this book but, yeah the story is all over the place. This book is the poster child for why exposition is not a bad thing in writing.

XIII Jean Van Hamme William Vance Another BD that isn't really the type of genre I enjoy. Despite that, this book is excellent and I can't help but, admire the art.

One Piece (Volume 39) Eiichiro Oda While a bit of a slow volume plot wise, a lot laughs and fights in this book.

I go over the Walmart floppy version of Red Rooster (Issues 1-3). I got the idea to do this video after watching Classic Comics review of the IndieGoGo Graphic Novel version. You can see his review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRdKzuAT8aE

The Savage Dragon #1 Erik Larsen Well this is a surprise... not bad!

The New Mutants #19 Chris Claremont Bill Sienkiewicz In this video I return to the New Mutants and the Demon Bear Saga after avoiding it for a long time. I also screw up pronouncing Rahne for the millionth time.... multiple times ..... fml.

The New Teen Titans #26 Marv Wolfman George Perez As a build up to the legendary "Judas Contract" story, I go over some important Teen Titan issues that set up the story. This issue is not related to the Judas Contract but, introduces a very important character to that story.

Allegiances Arts 3rd issues Red Rooster The Futurist Norah's Saga Bass Reeves Honest question in the title. Nothing personal against the creators or AA but, if this is supposed to get a new generation of comic book readers I have to question it's effectiveness.

Spawn #1 Todd McFarlane Say what you will about the creator, Spawn is still a cool looking character with great art in his book [albeit not great writing]. It's also the only character out the Image comic revolution that has stayed relevant all these years.

One Piece (Volume 38) Eiichiro Oda The Straw Hats regroup in this volume and proceed to chase after CP9 on the runaway train Rocketman!

Youngblood #1 Rob Liefeld This new series involves me going over the the first issues of Image Comics. The Image Revolution had an enormous effect on the American Comic book industry in the early 90's. The improvement of artist rights and appreciation that arose from this time period are still felt today. The stories created though..... not so much.

One Piece (Volume 37) Eiichiro Oda The Straw Hats take on CP9, Franky and Usopp level with each other, we learn the history of Water 7, and the legendary Tom's Workers!

The Uncanny X-men #213 Chris Claremont Alan Davis A high stakes and exciting end to the Mutant Massacre event with the focus all on Betsy Braddock, classic British Psylocke. Welcome to the X-men Betsy. Also the art by Alan Davis is sublime.

Daredevil #238 Ann Nocenti Sal Buscema Steve Leialoha Ann Nocenti's 2nd issue on Daredevil is significantly better than her first. More Good Nocenti and Minimal Bad Nocenti. Excellent read and a precursor to the Mutant Massacre Finale.

X-Factor #11 Louise Simonson Walt Simonson X-Factor finishes off their part of the Massacre by rescuing Angel while also setting up future conflicts with Apocalypse.

The Mighty Thor #374 Walt Simonson Sal Buscema A great issue of Thor with a little more focus on the story in the sewers as well as closing several subplots up really nicely.

Commenting on Zach Snyders recent appearance on Charity Stream hosted by fans of his.

The Uncanny X-men #212 Chris Claremont Rick Leonardi A fun if not as times overly dramatic issue of Uncanny X-men. Rick Leonardi puts down some fine lines and Claremont once again delivers on the soap opera.

Tuxedo Gin Volume 1 Tokihiko Matsuura I indulge in some personal nostalgia while I go over Tuxedo Gin Volume 1. This is a Romantic Comedy and considered part of the "Shojo" genre in Japanese manga or "Girls Comics".

Thorgal - The Three Elders of Aran Jean Van Hamme Grzegorz Rosinski Yeah I am hooked on this BD series. This really was a joy to read. Waiting on the the next couple volumes to get shipped.