- The Massive, Volume 4: Sahara – Brian Wood, Garry Brown et. al. We finally get more focus on Mary in this volume and it’s about time.
- Saga, Volume 4: Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples. I wasn’t massively into the drug plotline in this, but it was still worth a read (I feel like I don’t love Saga as much as I should, which makes me sad).
- Lazarus, Volume 3: Conclave – Greg Rucka & Michael Lark. If you’re not reading this, you need to start. Lazarus is a sci-fi comic with a twisty-turny storyline and a main character that kicks ass. Read it!
- Ms Marvel, Volume 2: Generation Why – G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona & Jacob Wyatt. Kamala continues to be both awesome and cute as a button.
- The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 1: The Faust Act – Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie. I loved this. Loved the story, loved the characters, loved the art. Every few decades, twelve gods are brought back to Earth in human form and find new ways to be worshipped. And it’s fantastic.
- Uncanny X-Men: Breaking Point – Kieron Gillen & Terry Dodson. This wrapped up a few storylines that I’m not familiar with but Gillen managed to keep my attention. Not least because his Kitty Pryde is excellent.
- Wonder Woman, Volume 3: Iron – Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang. I wanted to really like this but I was left feeling disappointed. This is not the Wonder Woman I love.
- Wonder Woman, Volume 5: Flesh – Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang & Goran Sudzuka. See above.
- Suicide Squad, Volume 5: Walled In – Matt Kindt, Patrick Zircher et. al. Although I like the concept of Suicide Squad, and a lot of the characters, this was underwhelming at best.
- Batgirl, Volume 2: Knightfall Descends – Gail Simone, Adrian Syaf & Ed Benes. Taking Barbara Gordon out of her wheelchair wasn’t exactly a popular decision, but I think this volume deals with the fallout quite well. Overall, I quite enjoyed this one and would read more.
- Catwoman, Volume 5: Race of Thieves – Ann Nocenti, Pat Olliffe & Tom Nguyen. I wanted to like this but it was pretty dreadful.
- Dissonance – Erica O’Rourke. Thanks to Star Trek I have a love for parallel universe stories, and the idea of this one is intriguing. Unfortunately, the love interest just clutters up what could be enjoyable YA sci-fi thriller. Decent but not great.
- Star Trek, Volume 8 – Mike Johnson et. al. Not particularly noteworthy but not bad either.
- Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: Ghoul Goblin – Jim Butcher, Mark Powers & Joseph Cooper. Solid story but fairly mediocre artwork.
- Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2: Angela – Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli. I don’t know if I’m just not familiar enough with the character in this, but I struggled to enjoy it.
I agree with Saga vol 4’s drug plotline. It kind of turned me off from the book, but I still enjoyed it overall.
I can see where they were going with it, but there’s already so much going on in the plot that it didn’t feel necessary. Glad someone else agrees!
I haven’t read any of these! The Wicked + The Divine looks really good. I’ve been meaning to start Saga for months – I’m glad to have some warning about the 4th vol’s plotline 😉
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The Wicked + The Divine is so, so good! A perfect combination of story and art. I don’t love Saga quite so much but it’s pretty brilliant anyway. Hurrah for comics!
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I read three volumes of both Saga and WicDiv before deciding that they’re not for me. I just wasn’t in love with them as much as other readers were, and didn’t care to continue with the series. I have the first two volumes for both Ms. Marvel and Lazarus! So excited to read them.
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I want to reread all the volumes of Saga in a row to see if it grabs me more when I don’t spread it out so much. I enjoy it, but like you, I’m not in love with it. Lazarus is amazing. I’m a huge fan of Greg Rucka anyway (have you read Queen & Country?), but I love the premise of Lazarus as well as the characters and story. I hope you like it! And Ms Marvel is just fun, which is something comics need sometimes.