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Marvel vs Predator variant covers incoming this May

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Some of Marvel’s biggest superheroes will find themselves coming up against the galaxy’s deadliest hunter this May as the publisher celebrates its recent acquisition of the Predator comic book license with a series of variant covers. Here’s our first look at a selection of the covers gracing Miles Morales: Spider-Man #26, Guardians of the Galaxy […]

Comic Book Review – Once & Future #16

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Calum Petrie reviews Once & Future #16… The later the issue the number, the darker the story. That’s my thoughts on Once & Future as a series, and the story arc that is currently running is incredibly gripping. The weaving of mythology and modern adaptation is outstanding, and the dark overtones make for some incredible […]

Comic Book Review – Young Hellboy: The Hidden Land #1

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Calum Petrie reviews Young Hellboy: The Hidden Land #1… I have come to love my time spent with the Hellboy comics. I’ve only previously reviewed one-shots and shorter stories, and find them extremely dense with story, leaving the reader feeling very satisfied with the experience. This latest jaunt into into the mind of Mike Mignola […]

Comic Book Review – Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #4

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Calum Petrie reviews Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #4… The last issue in this series has an unusual tone of finality to its story. The tale in which a group of friends who have had stranger adventures in real life than some people ever have in D&D. Over the four issues, we see the […]

Exclusive: Dark Horse announces new Sarah Jewell mystery The House of Lost Horizons

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Dark Horse Comics has announced that Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, bestselling co-writer Chris Roberson, artist Leila del Duca, letterer Clem Robins, colorist Michelle Madsen, and cover artist Christopher Mitten are teaming up for the four-issue murder mystery series The House of Lost Horizons. In The House of Lost Horizons, a locked-room murder mystery puzzles paranormal detective […]

Comic Book Preview – Sacred Six #7

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Coinciding with its release, Dynamite Entertainment has shared the official preview of this week’s Sacred Six #7; check it out here… Our second story arc begins with our women of the evening, having lost the woman who’d drawn hem together, Lilith of Drakulon, but discovering a new and more powerful incentive to stay and defend […]

Return to the worlds of Batman ’89 and Superman ’78 in new DC digital series

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1978’s Superman: The Movie and 1989’s Batman are historic and groundbreaking films in the superhero genre, helping set the stage for how these larger than life characters and their fight against crime can be portrayed on screen, particularly with the performances of Christopher Reeve as Superman and Michael Keaton as Batman. Now fans can get ready to return to the […]

Boba Fett to wage the War of the Bounty Hunters in new Star Wars event

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Having made his grand return to the galaxy far, far away in the second season of The Mandalorian, Boba Fett is now set to take centre stage in Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters, a new comic book event from writer Charles Soule (Star Wars: The High Republic) running from May through to October. […]

Comic Book Preview – Red Sonja: The Price of Blood #3

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Red Sonja: The Price of Blood #3 is out this coming Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the issue here courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment… The fiery conclusion as Sonja’s death hangs in the balance! Red Sonja caretaker Luke Lieberman concludes his latest opus featuring the fiery-haired heroine in another chapter of […]