THE HANGED MAN – Suspended Animation Review

Published by Caliber Comics, 32 pages, $2.95.

Adam Cadman is a condemned man on his way to the gallows, long after the death sentence has been abolished on English soil. A cold-hearted man, with seemingly no redeeming qualities or value, fate has decreed that he meet his end dangling from a rope …or has it?

ULTIMATUM – Suspended Animation Review

Ultimatum #’s 1-4, published by Marvel Publishing, Inc., 32 pages, $3.99

Billed as a miniseries in which big things happen, Marvel is hyping the final installment as a “series finale that will shock fans for years to come!” True enough of the first four issues. But, is shock, minus any significant characterization, worth the hefty price tag?

The Punisher: A Man Named Frank

Classic westerns are one of my favorite indulgences. Well defined heroes and villains, as well as clear lines of right and wrong, black and white. That’s “classic”, in my book.