Category Archives: Avatar

Mercury Heat #1 (Avatar)

Posted on July 21, 2015 by

Rating: 3/5 – Action With a Main Character and World We Learn Little About. By ComicSpectrum senior reviewer Shawn Hoklas. Mercury Heat is the latest series to come out of Avatar Press. With a Lovecraft series from Alan Moore, a … Continue reading →

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War Stories #10 (Avatar)

Posted on July 18, 2015 by

Rating: 4/5 – War Stories Packed With Realism and Humanity. by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall. Don’t judge a book by it’s Publisher.  I know a lot of people who dismiss Avatar as only publishing gory over-the-top books (taking the popular … Continue reading →

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Providence #1 (Avatar)

Posted on June 2, 2015 by

CREDIT: Avatar Rating: 4/5 – Moore and Burrows Revisit H.P. Lovecraft’s World. By ComicSpectrum senior reviewer Shawn Hoklas. There’s no need to go into the impact Alan Moore has had on the word of comics, but it is substantial. Watchmen … Continue reading →

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Über #21 (Avatar Press)

Posted on January 30, 2015 by

Rating: 4.5/5 – An Outstanding Alternate History of WWII. by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall. Über is Kieron Gillen’s meticulously researched alternate history of WWII that explores the question: What would the war have been like if the Axis and Allied … Continue reading →

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Dark Gods #1 (Avatar)

Posted on November 24, 2014 by

Rating: 3.5/5 – Interesting Setup, Where Will It Go From Here? by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall. This issue is setup throws a lot of “high concept” at the reader combined with the conflict set up for our protagonist Josh Resnick.  … Continue reading →

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In the House of the Worm #1 (Avatar)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by

CREDIT: Avatar Press Rating: 3/5 – Adapting Prose to Comics is Not Easy. by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall. Playing off the current popularity of the author George RR Martin, we get a comic book adaptation of the of the original … Continue reading →

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Caliban #1 (Avatar)

Posted on April 5, 2014 by

CREDIT: Avatar Press Rating: 4/5 – Ennis’ latest series takes us to science fiction horror. by ComicSpectrum reviewer Shawn Hoklas. Not only is Garth Ennis back writing Crossed at Avatar, but he’s also launching a new kinf of horror series, … Continue reading →

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Crossed: Badlands #50 (Avatar)

Posted on March 28, 2014 by

Rating: 3.5/5 – The origins of the Crossed begins here. by ComicSpectrum reviewer Shawn Hoklas. It’s been a long long while since I’ve read an issue of Avatar’s Crossed. When the series first launched, I read the first storyline and … Continue reading →

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Rover Red Charlie #3 (Avatar)

Posted on February 10, 2014 by

Rating: 4/5 – Homeward Bound During the (Zombie?) Apocalypse. by ComicSpectrum reviewer Will Hessling. Right off the bat, this is the issue I’ve been waiting for in this series. There were a number of individual things that made me smile … Continue reading →

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Gravel: Combat Magician #0 (Avatar)

Posted on January 24, 2014 by

Rating: 4/5 – Great intro to magical ass-kicker William Gravel. by ComicSpectrum EiC Bob Bretall. Sgt. Major William Gravel is not a man to mess around with.  Think of the baddest ass SAS soldier out there, only he can use … Continue reading →

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