And now a rambling and too brief review of "Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt" by J.M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck, the classic six part tale in which Kraven the Hunter finally comes into his own.

And now this rambling but too brief review of "Spider-Man: The Death of the Stacys", that collects "Amazing Spider-Man" #88-92 to #121-122, two of the most tragic events in Peter Parker/Spider-Man's life.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Spider-Man: The Birth of Venom", a fantastic trade collecting the first appearance of the black symbiote suit in "Secret Wars" #8 to Venom's early appearances in "Amazing Spider-Man", documenting the beginning of one of Marvel's great anti-heroes.  

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Space Usagi", in which Stan Sakai takes his classic samurai rabbit into a space opera.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Scud: The Disposable Assassin" by Rob Schrab, which stars a robot assassin who learns that once he target dies, he explodes, so he has to everything possible to keep him alive.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Sandman: Season of the Mists" by Neil Gaiman and various artists, which collects issues #21-28 in which Morpheus attempts to rescue an old friend from Hell, only for Lucifer to have plans of his own.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Pride of Baghdad" by Brian K. Vaughan & Nico Henrichon, their 2006 graphic novel about a group of lions who escape the Baghdad Zoo during the Iraq War.  

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Sleeper" by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, their brilliant 24 issue series from the early 2000's that mixed deep cover crime noir with superhero comics.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Point Blank" by Ed Brubaker & Collin Wilson, in which Cole Cash/The Grifter searches for who put his former Team 7 member, John Lynch, in a coma, with some surprises along the way.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?" Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Avon Oeming, the beginning of this iconic series about police detectives whose job it is to investigate superheroes.