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Comic Book Review – Superzero Vol. 1: The Beginning

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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 […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Vol. 2 – Fractures

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Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Vol. 2 – Fractures… After their adventures in India, the Doctor and Clara return to her present – but danger is slipping through the cracks between universes, and London (and UNIT!) have no defence against the Fractures! Will the Doctor risk all of reality to reunite a […]

Event Report – 2000 AD Prog 2000 signing at the Travelling Man, Manchester

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Last Wednesday – 28th September – marked a rather momentous day in British Comic Industry as 2000 AD celebrated a mammoth landmark with Prog 2000 – that’s correct 2000 issues of Earth’s mightiest comic! Not only was there a rather excellent celebratory comic released for this day [read Mark Allen’s review here], which saw the excellent […]

Comic Book Review – Penguins of Madagascar Vol. 4: Secret Paws

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Emma Withington reviews Penguins of Madagascar Vol.4: Secret Paws… The fantastic flippered four are back! Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private join voices with super-secret organisation, The North Wind, to fight against computer-controlled crocodiles and vultures -and how is Kevin the Lemming involved in all this? Plus, who is the mysterious and dangerous ‘Arctic Fox’…? Epic adventures […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor – Arena of Fear Vol. 5

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Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor – Arena of Fear Vol. 5… The Tenth Doctor’s star-crossed epic continues, as allies become enemies in an interstellar arena! Plus – the Doctor, Gabby and Cindy face off against the terror of the Wishing Well Witch: Gabby and Cindy’s first trip to the UK turns deadly in […]

Comic Book Review – Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor – The One Vol. 5

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Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor – The One Vol. 5… The Doctor struggles to clear his name, and rediscovers more of what his War Doctor incarnation got up to during the Time War! Plus: the Squire uncovers her true past, and Alice cracks a temporal mystery. (While Abslom Daak uses his chainsword […]

DC announces first Rebirth event Justice League vs. Suicide Squad

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DC Comics has announced that its first major Rebirth crossover event will get underway in December, with writer Joshua Williamson and artist Jason Fabok teaming up for the six-issue biweekly Justice League vs. Suicide Squad limited series. The Wall Street Journal reports that the series “will revolve around Batman questioning the need for Amanda Waller’s […]

Comic Book Review – M.A.S.K.: Revolution #1 and Micronauts: Revolution #1

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Anghus Houvouras reviews M.A.S.K.: Revolution #1 & Micronauts: Revolution #1… IDW’S Revolution crossover event started with a bang last week bringing a half dozen of everyone’s favorite action figures out of the toybox and into a major action packed conflict. The event is being used as a launch pad for the Moblie Armor Strike Kommand […]

Read Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar prequel comic Absolute Zero

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Thanks to Wired, a seven-page prequel comic to Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar has arrived online for our reading pleasure. Entitled ‘Absolute Zero’, the the “lost chapter” has been written by Nolan with art from Sean Gordon Murphy and explore’s Dr. Mann’s earlier Lazarus mission to find a hospitable planet for humanity… Read the full comic […]

Stranger Things: The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner miniseries announced by Dark Horse

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Dark Horse Comics has announced that its next Stranger Things series is set to delve into the dark past of the enigmatic Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine) with the launch of the four-issue Stranger Things: The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner in January.  The year is 1968. Dr. Martin Brenner, a disgraced American scientist, returns to […]