Mini Comic Reviews: November, 2025

This month I'll be taking a look at Greg Rucka's short lived run on Wolverine along with his work on Batwoman with J. H. Williams III, the latest in a long line of Youngblood relaunches, Descender, Paper Girls, and the secrets of The Manhattan Projects.

It Welcome to Derry: The Great Swirling Apparatus of Our Planet's Function

“He doesn't question orders. I question everything. That's the dance.”

I always get a little nervous when episode titles sound this pretentious, but this episode was much better than I had expected… if we ignore one, massive part.

Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 23)

"On the rare maps of the Ramtops that existed, it was spelled Überwald. But Lancre people had never got the hang of accents and certainly didn't agree with trying to balance two dots on another letter, where they'd only roll off and cause unnecessary punctuation."

Discworld's twenty-third book sees us back at Lancre. This means we get to see the witches, the newly expanded royal family, the dwarf lover Casnunda, albeit only briefly, and the locals we know and love from prior novels, such as Shawn Ogg, Jason Ogg, and Hodgesargh.

It Welcome to Derry: Now You See It

"People only believe what they can see for themselves."

Well, at least there wasn't any pregnancy related horror this time around. We've successfully broken that trend!

One Battle After Another

"Ocean waves. Ocean waves."

Well, I reviewed Eddington earlier in the year. I suppose it's only right that I tackle the other black dramedy-thriller movie from a big name director that examines, in its own way, the violently fractured political landscape of America.

Néro the Assassin: The Princess

Prince of Ségur: The archbishop won't allow it.
Rochemort: Well, don't tell him then.

Episode description: "With Perla, the monk and the Consul's daughter captured by the Penitents, Néro makes a desperate ploy. Meanwhile, the Consul has an audience with the Prince and finds he is under the thumb of his nemesis, the archbishop."

Classic Doctor Who on Youtube

Over the past year, a BBC-operated YouTube channel Doctor Who: Classic has been posting full serials of numerous classic era adventures. It would seem that the BBC has decided that there's not much additional value to be mined from the classic era, since everything had long been released on physical media (VHS, DVD, etc), or on free channels like Pluto.TV, or on demand on Britbox, so for all intents and purposes they're now giving it away.

It Welcome to Derry: The Thing in the Dark

“This isn’t America. This is Derry.”

And Derry really is like no place on Earth. Whoever said last episode that Derry was normal clearly did not know what they were talking about.

Néro the Assassin: The Witch

Perla: You didn't manage to kill the witch either. You're not just a bad father; you're a pathetic assassin.

Episode description: "As the caravan makes its way to Ségur, Rochemort's men relentlessly pursue them. Facing their pursuers, Néro makes a harsh decision that will change the course of their journey."

Evil: Vatican III

"The Vatican doesn’t apologize."

Evil splits its attention this week as the various threads of the season start coming into focus. Was that a mixed metaphor?

Slow Horses: Season Five Review

"It's a bit unorthodox, but you gotta think outside the box sometimes."

Although each episode of the fifth season of Slow Horses was as grabby and propulsive as always, the whole season was less satisfying than its parts. Some of this may be due to the departure of showrunner Will Smith, or perhaps it was a weak entry in the source material. Either way, there's good and bad this time around...

Doctor Who: The Space Pirates

Only you can prevent space piracy.

Gunsmoke by way of 2001: A Space Odyssey – for the kiddies

Season Six, Serial Six (production code YY)

Starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor
with Frazer Hines (Jamie) and Wendy Padbury (Zoe)