Stunted Intellect Reviews

  Front cover of Lost Girls Book 3 This book collects the final 10 Lost Girls stories Score (out of 5 Capes) 4/5 Capes While the art and to a lesser extent the tales suffer from a stiff repetitiveness, a strong defense of the entire project raises this to a 4 Capes review. My Review In this, the third and final volume of the Lost Girls work by acclaimed writer Alan Moore and accomplished artist Melinda Gebbie, any remaining norms and taboos are well and thoroughly shattered. Moore also articulates a clear thesis statement about what he and Gebbie have created, why it matters and why it is wrong to punish artistic works as obscene. All of that and more in just the first three chapters! The collection unfolds in the now-familiar pattern: ten self-contained tales, each eight pages in length, each with a distinct focus and drawn in oft-shifting but by now familiar patterns of artistic style. The book opens with the fracturing of the lovers' ensemble, as the growing global unrest from t...

  Front cover of Empowered Book 1   Score (out of 5 Capes) 4.5 / 5 Capes Hilarious introduction to a barely-competent super-heroine and her universe of friends, teammates and personal insecurities. My Review Since 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of Dark Horse Comics, I am doing a short series of reviews that look at some Dark Horse graphic novels and trade paperbacks. This is the fourth and final review of my Dark Horse 40th Anniversary reviews. I have more or less selected one from each of the four decades they have been around. The books published  over the years  by this successful late-80s upstart comics company covers a broad range of styles, topics and genres. After some early successes, the company followed up with limited series movie tie-ins and spin-offs for popular sci-fi movie franchises like Aliens and Predator . They have also always made room for innovative graphical storytelling and early-wave Manga. While the Empowered books are a step away from Mang...

    Front cover of the Usagi Yojimbo Saga book 1 This book collects the following comics:  Usagi Yojimbo Volume 2 (1997) #1 - 16 and Volume 3 (1998) #1 - 6 Score (out of 5 Capes) 4 out of 5 Capes Award-winning beauty, history and entertainment earns 4 Capes out of 5. My Review Since 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of Dark Horse Comics, I am doing a short series of reviews that look at some Dark Horse graphic novels and trade paperbacks. The publishing catalog for this remarkably successful late-80s upstart comics company covers a broad range of styles, topics and genres over the years. They found some early critical success with the likes of Paul Chadwick's beautiful and profound Concrete series. Dark Horse then moved into limited series movie tie-ins and spin-offs, with popular movie franchises like Aliens and Predator . More recently, their tie-ins have been in the gaming universe with titles like Assassin's Creed and Halo . And always they have made room for innovativ...

    Front cover of Assassin's Creed Mirage: A Soar of Eagles This book collects the following comics: Assassin's Creed Mirage: A Soar of Eagles #1-3 Score (out of 5 Capes) 1.5 out of 5 Capes for a dark, dismal, confusing tie-in to the 2023 release of Assassin's Creed Mirage , the latest installment of the better-known video game.  My Review Since 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of Dark Horse Comics,  I am doing a short series of reviews that look at some Dark Horse graphic novels and trade paperbacks. And a hard cover, in this case. The catalog for this remarkably successful late-80s upstart publisher has includes quite a range over the years. There were some early critical successes that got the company off to a great start, things like Paul Chadwick's beautiful and profound  Concrete series. They published several limited series spin-offs from popular movie franchises like Aliens and Predator .  More recently, their tie-ins have been in the gaming univ...