Tony Black reviews The X-Files #5… Ishmael, Part 2 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. SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of The X-Files #5 here Quite a radical issue in […]
Comic Book Review – Justice League #3
Tony Black reviews Justice League #3… “The Extinction Machine” part three! The hive-mind entities known as the Awakened take their vendetta against the Justice League to the next level by changing ordinary people into grotesque monsters bent on hunting down super-humans all over the world. Meanwhile, Superman journeys to the center of the earth to […]
Comic Book Review – The Black Monday Murders #1
Mark Allen reviews The Black Monday Murders #1… “MAMMON” ALL HAIL GOD MONEY! From JONATHAN HICKMAN (EAST OF WEST, Secret Wars, Avengers) and TOMM COKER (UNDYING LOVE) comes a new crypto-noir series about the power of dirty, filthy money… and exactly what kind of people you can buy with it. THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS is […]
Comic Book Review – Suicide Squad #1
Tony Black reviews Suicide Squad #1… “The Black Vault” part one! When a mysterious and definitely super-important cosmic item falls out of the heavens and into enemy hands, America has only one option: Task Force X, Amanda Waller’s strike team of incarcerated super-criminals. A one-stop-shop for plausibly deniable espionage and ultra- violence, this “Suicide Squad” […]
Comic Book Review – Green Lanterns #5
Tony Black reviews Green Lanterns #5… “Red Planet” part five! Bad goes to worse as Atrocitus, leader of the Red Lanterns, comes to Earth to begin the final stages of his plan to turn Earth into a new central battery for his Corps! Without doubt, the so-far excellent opening Rebirth arc of Green Lanterns, ‘Rage […]
Comic Book Review – Superzero Vol. 1: The Beginning
Tai Freligh reviews Superzero Volume 1: The Beginning… Collecting the first six issues of the hit series SUPERZERO, from Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Rafael De Latorre. Meet Dru Dragowski, a nineteen-year-old comic book fan who yearns to escape the normalcy of teenage life. Dreaming to become a real-life superhero for as long as she can […]
DC tops Marvel for the first time since 2013 with July’s comic book sales chart
DC’s Rebirth relaunch and new pricing structure has helped the publisher to top Marvel in terms of dollar and market share for the first time since September 2013, with DC enjoying eight of the top ten bestselling comic books of July 2016. Topping the comic book chart was Justice League #1, while DC had another seven […]
Comic Book Review – Superman #5
Tony Black reviews Superman #5… “SON OF SUPERMAN” part five! The Eradicator is unstoppable and it has forced Superman to leave Earth behind to keep his son from harm.” SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Superman #5 here After launching away from Metropolis and away from Earth even, part five of the continuing ‘Son […]
Who is Squirrel Girl?
Luke Owen delves into the history of Squirrel Girl… With comic book movies on the mind of every executive in the Hollywood system, it’s become standard practice for interviewers to ask actors if they’d like to star in a Marvel or DC film. It’s just a thing now. We at Flickering Myth have been guilty […]
Comic Book Review – Mars Attacks: Occupation #5
Emma Withington reviews Mars Attacks: Occupation #5… ‘The Martians came. The Martians saw. The Martians conquered. Now the space invaders cruelly rule over humanity, but Ruby Johnson has something to say about that…’ SEE ALSO: Check out a preview of Mars Attacks: Occupation #5 Supreme Overseer Zar failed to kill Ruby Johnson, thanks to a bit […]
