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Gary Collinson

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Echoes #4

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IDW Publishing releases Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Echoes #4 this Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… Tensions are at an all-time high with Chekov in a dire medical state while his evil doppelgnger, Akris, is supplying the Romulans with the Nightbringer weapon. The Enterprise crew’s mission […]

G.I. Joe: Battle for the Arctic Circle announced by Renegade Game Studios

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If there’s one thing the G.I. Joe franchise has lacked over the years – okay, well two things, after a solid live-action movie – it’s a video game that’s made good use of the license and the vast number of iconic characters and vehicles synonymous with the beloved toy line. Well, that may be about […]

Comic Book Preview – Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #2

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IDW’s Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons continues this week with the release of the second issue, and we have the official preview for you below… Sir Francis Drake and his crew have reached the edge of the worldand Godzilla lives there! Rather than fear this monstrous ‘dragon,’ however, the expedition’s resident scoundrel Henry Hull sees […]

The Incredible Hulk director talks abandoned sequel plans, Grey Hulk and Red Hulks

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Having been completely overshadowed by Iron Man before recasting and redesigning its title character pre and post-transformation for the first team-up of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, 2008’s The Incredible Hulk is somewhat of an oddity in the MCU looking back all these years later.  In case you’ve forgotten (or too young to have even bothered at […]

R.I.P. William Friedkin (1935 – 2023)

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Sad news to report today, as it has been announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker William Friedkin, the acclaimed director behind The French Connection and The Exorcist, has passed away aged 87. Beginning his career straight out of high school directing TV and documentaries (including an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour), Friedkin made his feature debut […]

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Battle for Pumpkin King manga arriving in September

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TOKYOPOP has announced that it is collecting its five-issue Disney Manga series Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Battle for Pumpkin King in graphic novel form this September, giving fans plenty of time to enjoy this prequel to the beloved 1993 movie. Written by Dan Conner (Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero’s Journey) […]

Skydance bringing Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer back to the big screen

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Skydance has acquired the rights to Mike Hammer, the classic hardboiled mystery detective book series created by author Mickey Spillane, with plans to develop a new feature film adaptation. First appearing in Spillane’s 1947 novel I, the Jury, Mike Hammer is brutal, no-nonsense private eye who is credited with inspiring a host of iconic characters […]

Comic Book Preview – Vampirella/Dracula: Rage #1

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Get ready to see Vampirella unleashed like never before as Dynamite Entertainment launches its new series Vampirella/Dracula: Rage, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below ahead of its release this coming Wednesday… THEY’RE COMING FOR HER BABY – AND SHE’S GOING TO KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM! Picking […]

Street Fighter Omega #1 to mark 20 years of UDON’s Street Fighter comics

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UDON Entertainment has announced that it will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Street Fighter comic book license with the release of the one-shot comic Street Fighter Omega #1 this October. Check out the official solicitation and covers below… Street Fighter Omega #1 brings together two dozen artists to tell an epic all-new Street Fighter saga… […]