Runaways #30 is the end of Whedon’s run on Brian K. Vaughn’s tale of super-powered teenagers. To give you some perspective, Runaways #29 came out in February. So… yeah. And as with any Whedonesque product, you take the good with the bad.

 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler: Stuart Immonen
Inker: Wade von Grawbader
Colorist: Justin Ponsor
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Company: Marvel
C’mon, people – it’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends! What more do you want?

Writers: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente
Penciler: Khoi Pham
Colorist 112-114: Stephane Peru (RIP)
Colorist 115: Dennis Calero
Inker: Paul Neary
Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Covers: Arthur Adams
Company: Marvel
So, there was this thing in the Marvel Universe recently. No, not that Civil War thing or The Initiative. No, not House of M (too old) or Messiah CompleX (too recent). Yes [...]

Story by: Joss Whedon and Brett MatthewsArt by: Will Conrad
Colors by: Michelle Madsen
Letters by: Michael Heisler
Cover by: Adam Hughes
Company: Dark Horse
You know what kills me? If I hadn’t started reviewing comics for The Nexus, I would probably have no idea that Joss Whedon is now involved in no less than five different comics, including three [...]

Script: Drew Goddard
Pencils: Georges Jeanty
Inks: Andy Owens
Colors: Michelle Madsen
Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft’s Jimmy
Executive Producer: Joss Whedon
Cover by: Jun Foster
Company: Dark Horse
Yup – this issue did, in fact, come out last week. But, it was a biggie – and after reading it on Thursday, I basically begged Manolis to let me write up something on [...]

Written by: Mike CareyMindscape Art by: John Romita Jr.& Klaus Janson
Reality Art: Scott Eaton & John Dell
Colors: Christina Strain and Frank D’Armata
Company: Marvel
Okay, let’s the get the obvious questions out of the way first:
Q: Legacy? Huh? A: Well, remember – Xavier got shot in the head at the end of X-Men 207. According to no [...]

Written by: Duane Swierczynski
Art by: Ariel Olivetti

Company: Marvel
The first installment of virtually any episodic form of popular culture (comics, TV, etc.), especially when the series has some hype behind it, is almost guaranteed to be a disappointment. First, it’s always almost impossible to live up to your own hype, especially when that hype [...]

Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: John Romita Jr.
Cover Artist: John Romita Jr.
Company: Marvel Comics, Icon
“Jesus, man. Why do people want to be Paris Hilton and nobody wants to be Spider-Man?”
That’s a good question, I suppose. (Although the simple answer might be “Paris Hilton is rich, and Peter Parker spends half of his time, in his [...]

Written by: Joss Whedon
Pencilled by: Michael Ryan
Inkers: Rick Ketcham with Andrew Hennessy
Colorist: Christina Strain
Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Cover Artist: Jo Chen
Company: Marvel
I went through an honest, semi-serious bout of depression when “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Angel”, and “Firefly” all disappeared from my television screen. I had felt rather “close” to many of the characters on these [...]

REVIEW
PUNISHER 52
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artist: Goran Parlov
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Cover Artist: Tim Bradstreet
Company: Marvel MAX
The Marvel MAX line is certainly an interesting idea, and if ever there as a character made for it, it’s Frank Castle. In fact, I’m amazed the original Punisher comic was able to sell at all under the Comics Code [...]

REVIEW
WOLVERINE 59
Writer: Marc Guggenheim
Artist: Howard Chaykin
Color Artist: Edgar Delgado
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Company: Marvel
And today, kids, we learn the lesson of how difficult it is to attempt an existential, psychologically-inquisitive storyline on a character that is completely and totally over-exposed, and has been for nearly 15 years. Namely: it’s tough to find new ground to cover [...]

REVIEW
NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI 5
Writers: Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Reed
Penciler: Jim Cheung
Inker: Mark Morales
Colorist: Justin ponsor
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Company: Marvel
Whether you realize it or not, it’s rare that someone can actually stand in the middle of an event that is going to be truly world-changing, and think to themselves: “Wow, that is going to [...]

REVIEW
ASTONISHING X-MEN 23
Writer: Joss Whedon
Artist: John Cassady
Colorist: Laura Martin
Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos
Company: Marvel
Floating out into the vacuum of space: that really can’t be a good way to die. Oh sure, I can think of worse ways (say, eaten alive by Reavers), but nonetheless I can’t imagine it’s pleasant. And it’s a real shame: someone (writer and [...]

REVIEW
MYTHOS: FANTASTIC FOUR
Writer: Paul Jenkins
Artist: Paolo Rivera
Letters by: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Company: Marvel
Oh, c’mon – who doesn’t love a good origins story? That was always my favorite episode of every Saturday morning super hero cartoon, like – ever. And you know what’s really cool? When the writer takes an origin story that every single freaking comic [...]

REVIEW
IRON MAN 23
Writers: Daniel and Charles Knauf
Artist: Butch Guice
Color Art: Dean White
Company: Marvel
Well, this was a heckuva time to decide “Hey, I really should catch up on this whole ‘Tony Stark: Agent of SHIELD’ thing going on that all the kids are talking about.” And can someone point out to me exactly when Marvel decided [...]

REVIEW
POTTER’S FIELD #2
Writer/Creator: Mark Waid
Artist: Paul Azaceta
Company: Boom Studios
It’s actually a bit unnerving to read the second issue of a comic after you’ve reviewed the first issue, and discover that the creator seems to have addressed every single criticism you had. (No, I don’t think my review in any way affected what went into this [...]

REVIEW
X-MEN 204
Writer: Mike Carey
Artist: Mike Choi
Colorist: Sonia Oback
Company: Marvel
When one sees the word “Epilogue” attached to an issue, one tends to think: “Oh, just some clean-up, and talky stuff.” Well, there is quite a bit of that here (especially from Iceman – I think he gets more dialogue here than he did in his first [...]

REVIEW
FOOLKILLER 1
Writer: Gregg Hurwitz
Artist: Lan Medina
Colorist: Avalon’s Andy Troy
Company: Marvel MAX
My usual style of comics reviews involves reading through the book once quickly as soon as it arrives; then, sitting on it for about a day, and reading it once more, taking notes as I go. Then, come Sunday/Monday, I start working on my the [...]

REVIEW
MIGHTY AVENGERS 5
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Frank Cho
Colored by: Jason Keith
Company: Marvel
The concept of The Avengers is, of course, an almost guaranteed money-maker: take the world’s biggest heroes, put them into one group, and have them battle the world’s greatest threats. However, there are times when this concept can become its own detriment, because the [...]

REVIEW
PENANCE: RELENTLESS 2
Writer: Paul Jenkins
Artist: Paul Gulacy
Colorist: Rain Beredo
Company: Marvel
Well, it was bound to happen eventually: someone was going to take one of those smart-assed, “I know everything there is to know” teenagers with 437 pierced body-parts and a seriously inflated sense of themselves, and they were going to create a comic book character out [...]