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Comic Book Review – Millennium #2

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Andrew Newton reviews Millennium #2… Fifteen years ago, the end of the world—the anticipated “Millennium Event”—was avoided thanks to the efforts of Frank Black and FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Or was it? Frank’s psychic gifts have been showing him that evil has continued to grow unabated in the world, and he’s trying […]

Comic Book Review – The Red Seas Book Two: Fire Across the Deep

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Andrew Newton reviews The Red Seas Book Two: Fire Across the Deep… Having earned the animosity of Satan after foiling his diabolical plans, Jack Dancer and his rag-tag crew find themselves at odds with the twisted goals of the powerful mage and servant of the Devil, Professor Karel Toten. Encountering spirits, gods, and the monstrous […]

Comic Book Review – The Red Seas Book One: Under the Banner of King Death

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Andrew Newton reviews The Red Seas Book One: Under the Banner of King Death… When pirate captain Jack Dancer and the crew of The Red Wench raid a Spanish Galleon they little realise that within their plunder lies the missing chapter of a feared occult tome sought after by the sinister Dr Orlando Doyle. Confronting […]

Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Season 10 #21

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Andrew Newton reviews The X-Files: Season 10 #21… “Elders,” part 1 of 5: For as long as humanity has known of the alien plot to re-colonize the Earth, there have been men who would conspire to consolidate that knowledge, and the power that came with it, for themselves. But the “Syndicate” that long bedeviled Agents […]

Comic Book Review – Powerpuff Girls Super Smash-Up #3

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Andrew Newton reviews Powerpuff Girls Super Smash-Up #3… The Powerpuff Girls follow the monstrously mutated Dee Dee’s trail to the world of Cow and Chicken! Too bad Red Guy has gotten to her first! His plan? Make Dee Dee a superstar! Can Cow, Chicken and the Powerpuff Girls reach Dee Dee before she signs her […]

Comic Book Review – Reyn #3

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Andrew Newton reviews Reyn #3… Reyn returns Seph to her father and the Followers of Tek, who ask him to join them on a mission to stop the Venn from destroying Fate. Another issue of Reyn by Image Comics hits the shelves and the story just continues to get more intriguing as our hero takes […]

Comic Book Review – Tales of Telguuth: A Tribute to Steve Moore

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Andrew Newton reviews Tales of Telguuth: A Tribute to Steve Moore… In March 2014, British comics lost one of its’ most creative and distinct voices in the form of Steve Moore. The father of the 2000AD Future Shock, Steve created many memorable characters including Lazer Erazer and Axel Pressbutton for Warrior, and the psychotic Dalek […]

Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 24

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Andrew Newton reviews Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 24… The 24th volume of the UK bestselling Case Files series sees Dredd face one of his hardest challenges yet – cleaning up Mega-City One’s worst sector known as ‘The Pit’. He also must take on a relic of the Atomic Wars – the ABC Warrior Hammerstein! […]

Comic Book Review – Dredd Urban Warfare

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Andrew Newton reviews Dredd Urban Warfare… Based in the world of the cult hit movie DREDD, this collection continues the story of Judges Dredd and Anderson in the dark post-apocalyptic city of Mega-City One. Includes the official DREDD prequel story,Top of the World Ma-Ma! by Matt Smith and Henry Flint. Put your hands up if you […]

Comic Book Review – Reyn #2

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Andrew Newton reviews Reyn #2… Reyn returns Seph to her father and the Followers of Tek, who ask him to join them on a mission to stop the Venn from destroying Fate. Issue 2 of Reyn from Image Comics is out and my fears have been put to rest.  There are many comic book series that […]