Forrest C. Helvie
Dr. Forrest Helvie is a professor by day and both consumer and critic of comic books by night. Prof. Helvie can frequently be found writing comic book reviews for Newsarama, but he has also contributed to a wide range of publicati🐻ons and research presentations. Whether it's through in-depth interviews with writers and artists behind your favorite works, or critical analysis of them through academic essays, Prof. Helvie is always looking to help you better understand and 🌌appreciate the comic book that's in your hands.
Latest articles by Forrest C. Helvie

Best Daredevil comics of all time
By Forrest C. Helvie last updated
Feature Get to know Matt Murdock with the 10 best Da💧redevil comics from Marvel

Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stories
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature Over n🥀early 40 years, the TMNT have cemented their place as one of the icons of comic books - and here's why

New Amazing Spider-Man #1 first impressions: Peter Parker is a bit unlikeable in his return
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature The latest Amazing Spider-Man relaunch brings back the old Par🐬ker luck, but not the old Parker charm in a no-spoiler review

Best Shots review: Teen Titans Academy #1 feels entirely too rushed
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature The Teen Titans might need some extra schooling on t♔his whole Acad📖emy thing

Best Shots review - TMNT: The Last Ronin #2 as powerful as #1, but not as poignant
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature TMℱNT🐓: The Last Ronin #2 capitalizes on the emotional rollercoaster of issue #1, but doesn't reach those same heights

Best Shots review: X-Men Legends #1 a blast from the '90s past
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature X-Men Legends #1 looks and feels like something pulled off a spinner rack iღn 1993

The best X-Men creators of all time
By Forrest C. Helvie, George Marston published
Feature The X-Factor of the X-Me𒈔n: its writers and artists

Best Shots review - Batman: Hush "a must read"
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature Revisiting Jeph Loeb🌠 and Jim Lee's seminal Batman story 'Hush'

Best Shots advance review - TMNT: The Last Ronin #1 a must-read for any Turtles fan
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature TMNT: The Last Ronin #1 makes an indelible mark on th🎉e body of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comic books as a whole

Best Shots review: American Vampire 1976 #1 "delivers a mixture of swagger and chills"
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature Scott Snyde꧑r and Rafael Albuquerque return to American 🐈Vampire with 1976

Best Shots review - Giant-Size X-Men #1: Tribute to Wein and Cockrum "distracted and hollow"
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature Giant-Size X-Men #1 is one of the gꦯreatest X-Men comic books of all ti🔴me; this isn't that

Best Shots advance review: Shang-Chi #1 "break-neck pacing" and "hard-hitting, fast-moving fight scenes"
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature Shang-Chi #1 demonstrates "fine fo♐rm in ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthis first outing"

Introducing Warhammer 40k to comic readers with Batman: Year One-style take on the iconic Marneus Calgar
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature Kieron Gillen wants to share his love of Warhammer 40k with the world via his Marne💞us꧂ Calgar origin story

Best Shots Advance Review: Amazing Spider-Man: Sins Rising Prelude #1 (7/10)
By Forrest C. Helvie published
Feature The launch of Spider-Man's "Sins Rising" story🍃lin꧃e
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