X-Men: Apocalypse

“Those who are strong, protect those who are weak. This is my message to the world.”

-Prof. Charles Xavier

DC Universe Rebirth #1

Rebirth is a DC comic about DC Comics, aimed unapologetically at core comic fans and boldly borrowing from the medium’s most sacred stories.

Justice League #50

The Darkseid War is the anti-Final Crisis, playing with the same plot points and characters but with a decidedly different statement.

Civil War II #0

Carol Danvers is the Marvel Universe’s Donald Trump, and not just because of the same bad haircut.

Superman: American Alien #7

In Superman’s seventy-five plus year history, Landis’ American Alien is the only series that comes close to All-Star in so completely capturing so much of what’s core to the character.

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Hilariously raunchy and vulgar, Neighbors 2 will nevertheless disappoint fans of the first, lacking likable characters or anything approaching insightfulness.

Immigration and Assimilation in the Superman Franchise

A historical survey as to how various writers have emphasized the character’s alien heritage, immigrant status, and never-ending battle for “the American Way.”

The Ahistorical Representation of Religion in Civilization

Civilization ignores the systematic nature which any body of sufficiently developed doctrine tends to take on and divorces the development of doctrines from their historical circumstances.