Tony Black reviews The X-Files #4… Ishmael, Part 1 of 2: Agent Scully finds herself the target of a stalker, who also threatens to reveal a dark family secret that she’s even kept from her trusted partner Agent Mulder. Now this was interesting. Joe Harris takes a big, brave risk as he explores the unseen […]
Boom! Studios announces Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York crossover
Here’s some exciting news for fans of John Carpenter’s 80s classics Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from New York, as Boom! Studios has announced an upcoming six-part crossover series which will see Kurt Russell’s Jack Burton transported to the dystopian future of 1997, where he’ll team up with Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken! Entertainment […]
Comic Book Review – Horizon #1
Mark Allen reviews Horizon #1… Zhia Malen thought she’d fought her very last war, until she learned her planet was targeted for occupation… by a desperate world called Earth. The people of Earth will be told that her arrival on their planet means invasion; these are lies, this is retaliation. Skybound’s newest original series by […]
Comic Book Review – The Big Con Job
Zeb Larson reviews The Big Con Job… After working the same convention circuit for decades, a ragtag group of flabby action heroes, aging sex symbols, and sci-fi bit players become close friends as they watch their lines get shorter and their autographs get cheaper. That is, until they hire a cocky new booking agent who […]
Comic Book Review – Descender #13
Zeb Larson reviews Descender #13… “SINGULARITIES” continues as the mysteries of Telsa’s past are finally revealed. They may threaten not only Telsa, but the universe itself! As a reader, there’s a narrative device that I really detest: the stall. This is where you get to a point in a story where a major twist, revelation, […]
Comic Book Review – Archangel #2
Tony Black reviews Archangel #2… A military pilot from a radioactive, alternate future has arrived in Berlin 1945, and the corrupt officials from his world want him stopped. Though he won’t reveal the details of his mission, he’s made one thing clear: our entire reality is at stake. At the back of the second issue […]
Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos to launch new Jessica Jones series
Following her Netflix debut last year, Jessica Jones is set to headline a brand new ongoing series, which is being written and drawn by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, the creators of the character, with David Mack returning to covers. “I’ve worked with other artists on Jessica and always enjoyed it, but in my […]
Comic Book Review – The Fix #4
Emma Withington reviews The Fix #4… Mac’s new partner doesn’t seem to like him very much. It’s the return of the Mac! I waited a whole month to drop that pun…wait, please don’t leave! We last saw Mac confronted by his new partner, Pretzels the dog, in The Fix #2 – who took an instant […]
Hail Hydra: Nick Spencer, Captain America, and the increasing reliance on shock value
Anghus Houvouras on Nick Spencer, Captain America, and the increasing reliance on shock value… Hail Hydra. Two words that broke the internet last month after writer Nick Spencer debuted his epic new arc on Captain America. The reveal on the final page seemed to imply that Captain America has been a deep cover agent for […]
The Mad Titan to wreak havoc in Marvel NOW! with new Thanos ongoing series
Marvel has announced that The Mad Titan is coming to Marvel NOW! in the Fall as all-star creators Jeff Lemire (Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight) and Mike Deodato (Avengers, Invincible Iron Man) launch a new ongoing series entitled Thanos. “What makes Thanos so compelling, the easy answer is that he is so powerful and so evil,” […]
