There are two types of people in the world: those who are Buffy fans, and those who obviously need lots of counseling. Mirka Andolfo sits comfortably in the first category and gets to spend some time playing in Joss Whedon’s sandbox before she launches her new ongoing Red Sonja title for Dynamite later this year. And clearly, she had a whole lot of fun doing it. The characters read exactly as they do in the series and previous books, their voices as crystal clear as if Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head and Nicholas Brendon were in the room. And the storytelling device she works up for this very entertaining one-shot is highly effective. (11/13)
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Pullbox Review: Cullen Bunn Offers Up Horror for the Senses in Basilisk
Out from Boom! Studios this week is what looks to be another classic in horror and suspense from Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Sixth Gun) and his creative mate from Bone Parrish, Jonas Scharf (Avengers of the Wastelands, Namor: King in Black). A hive-minded group of sensory-based killers have been terrorizing small-town America, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Can one of their victims, and a former member, stop them? Can anyone? (13/13)