2020s in comics Archives - Breaking it all Down

Posted on September 12, 2026August 28, 2026 by Alexander Case

Comic Review: Rogue (2026)

What is redemption? What is forgiveness? What does that mean when you’re a former Supervillain? This is a question that has come up in Marvel multiple times, with the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, with Hawkeye and Black Widow, with Magneto, and with Rogue and Gambit. But there’s the question of what the people you’ve hurt in the past think about what you’ve done and if your changes are really enough. That’s what Rogue’s solo book from this year is all about. There will be spoilers below the cut.

Posted on September 6, 2026August 25, 2026 by Alexander Case

Comics Review: Ultimate Wolverine (2024)

If Ultimate X-Men was a good stand-alone series within the new Ultimate Universe which felt free of some of the larger baggage of the meta-series, Ultimate Wolverine isn’t outright fettered by that baggage, but does have it hanging about it. It’s neither quite a clean break from the core continuity, nor entirely its own thing.

Posted on September 5, 2026August 25, 2026 by Alexander Case

Comics Review: Ultimate X-Men (2024)

It’s interesting going into the X-Men related comics of the limited Ultimate Universe relaunch without reading the larger meta-series. On the one hand, I’m not going in with any larger knowledge of how The Maker brought this universe to pass, and how things are playing out in most of the rest of the world. On the other hand, this puts me in a position to see how these stories hold up as stand alone works. Do they tell complete stories that don’t require me to be reading a bunch of other series? The good news is, at least for Peach Momoko’s Ultimate X-Men, the answer is yes.

Posted on March 12, 2023March 5, 2023 by Alexander Case

Rivers of London: Deadly Ever After – Graphic Novel Review

Deadly Ever After is the first Rivers of London story to be published after Amongst Our Weapons, and the first to move the timeline forward after that point, and a little past that point as well. It’s also one that moves the focus of the story clearly beyond The Folly, with the focus being more on the River Goddesses themselves.

Posted on May 21, 2022May 11, 2022 by Alexander Case

The History of Science Fiction: Graphic Novel Review

I have, in the past, gotten into my appreciation of works discussing and examining works that examine the history of technology, art, and fandom, and the intersection thereof – and there is no place where those three intersect more than in Science Fiction as a genre. So, when I learned in a passing mention on the Sword & Laser Podcast about the graphic novel The History of Science Fiction by Xavier Dollo and Djibril Morissette-Phan, I knew that I needed to check it out. It is lacking in some significant ways, but they’re also ways that can be rectified in a second volume, if the creators are up for it.

Posted on February 6, 2022January 30, 2022 by Alexander Case

Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Comic Review

A while back, I reviewed the 1978 Space Pirate Captain Harlock anime on the blog. My general verdict was that, after finishing the show, it was an enjoyable work of space opera. Well, almost 40 years after the series originally aired, the story is getting revisited and expanded in the form of a comic by Leiji Matsumoto & French comic writer Jerome Alquire.

Posted on January 24, 2021January 18, 2021 by Alexander Case

X of Swords: Comic Review

X-Men comic events tend to not be small, and also tend to shake up the whole line to very dramatic degrees. Fall of the Mutants set up the Australia Arc and ultimately lead to that team going through the Siege Perilous. Inferno killed off Madeline Pryor, de-aged Illyana Rasputin, and sent Nathan Summers into the future to become Cable. X-ecutioner’s Song unleashed the Legacy Virus. And the most recent one of these has been X of Swords.