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The Buy Pile: Ironheart Ends on a Whimper, Killadelphia Starts with a Bang
Ironheart Ends, Killadelphia Begins, New Mutants Limps Along and many more face the discerning light... of The Buy Pile.
The Buy Pile: Immortal Hulk Smashes as He-Man Crashes
It's a banner week for The Immortal Hulk as Star Wars gets back on course, and He Man and the Masters of the Multiverse loses power.
The Buy Pile: Squirrel Girl Says Goodbye As Far Sector Soars
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl leaves the game like she was the internet: undefeated. Meanwhile, Image's wartime fantasy book steps it up a notch, Felicia Hardy continues to kill it in her annual and Far Sector is a true gem.
The Buy Pile: Grendel, Die, Wonder Twins & Black Cat Win Big
Matt Wagner shows how it's done, the Image RPG hit rolls a crit, the tears of space clowns comes to light and Felicia Hardy is up all night.
The Buy Pile: Ironheart and Star Trek Continue to Soar
Wakanda trouble is Riri Williams in this week? You can find out as she and the "original" crew of the Enterprise struggle with getting answers even as Contagion limps to a finish.
The Buy Pile: Black Adam Triumphs Over Batman/Superman For an Average Week
It's a wash when the power and glory of Black Adam runs into the tedium and retrograde nature of Batman/Superman while G.I. Joe, Tony Stark Iron Man and many more titles struggled to climb "Meh" Mountain.
The Buy Pile: A Week of "Meh"
In a truly unexpected turn, nothing at all was so good that it demanded to be bought, despite dinner with the X-Men and Superman fighting the Klan. Still? Meh.
The Buy Pile: Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Young Heroes Dominate a Strong Week
This week worth of comics is absolutely epic, as Squirrel Girl leaves it all on the field, Outer Darkness changes the rules, The Wonder Twins go throwback and Reaver goes for the throat.
The Buy Pile: Black Cat Makes This Week a Win, Barely
This week is none too shabby with Marvel's feline felon using some of her nine lives while Die digs into procedure, House of X debates in committee and the LSH finally show in their own book.
The Buy Pile: Fitting Finales For Moon Girl & Super!
A fitting tribute to a departed creator and the triumphant finish line for Marvel's greatest intellect lead off a winning week of comics.
The Buy Pile: Ladies Love Cool Space
Three brilliant women (Lt. Uhura, Nautica and Doctor Aphra) step up and win the day in a huge way while Jimmy Olsen needs to stay in the background.
The Buy Pile: Female Characters Carry The Strongest Week in Months
This week saw a lot of great comics from a variety of publishers, with no one putting out anything that was particularly bad.
The Buy Pile: RPGs and Bounty Hunters Elevate the Week
It's an up and down week as two Image titles came on strong but two high-profile releases from the Distinguished Competition made it hard to take anything seriously.
The Buy Pile: Magic and Science Make For a Great Week
James Kirk and Poe Dameron stumble in the best ways as Doctor Strange makes an unexpected house call, bringing it all home for a winning week of comic books.
The Buy Pile: The Fall of Dr. Otto Octavius is a Triumph
This week’s books feel like a tie game, as the brilliance of the Superior Spider-Man shows how he deserves the name while Pretty Violent drags the week down with needless frippery and messy storytelling.
The Buy Pile: Smart Girls & Space Travel Make For A Killer Week
Ironheart and Squirrel Girl figure out big solutions while the crews of the Enterprise and the Orville struggle to stay alive in alien environments, making for one great week of comics.
The Buy Pile: Die, Black Cat & Sinestro Make It Good To Be Bad
It's a good week to have bad intentions as an emotional game designer, a luck-powered thief and the Green Lantern Corps' greatest shame lead of a week of winning comics.
The Buy Pile: Red Sonja and Ice Cream Man Top a Good Week
Things get refreshingly deep with the Hyrkanian hellcat while an entire book takes on a literary challenge. Powers of X stumbles, Killers almost makes it & nothing stinks!
The Buy Pile: A New Day for the X-Men, and the End of the Marvel Universe
Brace yourself for an inventive new era as the X-Men seize the means for freedom and Uncle Galactus tells you a killer story, while other books try but fall short.
The Buy Pile: Scoundrels in Space (or Double Your Doctors)
You haven't seen a Time Lord like the Corsair, and Dr. Aphra does what she does best. Sadly, Bane's in Gotham and Nate Grey is lame, so the week's a wash.