From the back cover: Dream-team creators Joss Whedon and John Cassaday present the explosive, all-new flagship X-Men series—marking a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men! Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the … [Read more...] about Astonishing X-Men 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday: A
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The Middleman 1-3 by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine: B
When the TV adaptation of The Middleman was airing on ABC Family in 2008, I watched a few episodes but eventually gave up because the campy plots exceeded my threshold for silliness. I have since wondered whether I ought to have given it another chance—after all, I liked the actors and a good deal of the dialogue—and when I noticed that my local library had in its collection … [Read more...] about The Middleman 1-3 by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine: B
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer: C+
From the back cover: When life as Alex Morales had known it changed forever, he was working behind the counter at Joey's Pizza. He was worried about getting elected as senior class president and making the grades to land him in a good college. He never expected that an asteroid would hit the moon, knocking it closer in orbit to the earth and catastrophically altering the … [Read more...] about The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer: C+
Sand Land by Akira Toriyama: A-
From the back cover: In the far future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the supply of water is controlled by the greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, sheriff Rao asked the king of the demons for help... and got the king's son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together, the unlikely trio sets off across the desert, facing … [Read more...] about Sand Land by Akira Toriyama: A-
Deadman Wonderland 1 by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou: B+
From the back cover: The Great Tokyo Earthquake. Ten years ago, it destroyed lives as it tore buildings asunder. Among those who lived through the disaster was Ganta Igarashi, now a middle school student finally getting a footing in his own life... that is, until the day the "Red Man" appears at his school and turns his world upside down again. Ganta's entire class is brutally … [Read more...] about Deadman Wonderland 1 by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou: B+