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Archie announces Riverdale one-shot South Side Serpents

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Archie Comics has announced that Jughead Jones and the South Side Serpents biker gang are roaring into their own solo comic book this January with a special one-shot from writer David Barnett and artist Richard Ortiz, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli which is inspired by The CW’s hit series Riverdale. “Focusing on the South Side […]

Comic Book Preview – Rorschach #1

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35 years on from his death at the hands of Doctor Manhattan, Rorschach seemingly returns to the streets this Tuesday as DC Black Label launches its new Watchmen sequel series Rorschach, and you can check out a preview of the first issue right here… It’s been 35 years since Ozymandias dropped a giant interdimensional squid […]

Comic Book Preview – Detective Comics #1028

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Ahead of its release this Tuesday, we’ve got the official preview for Detective Comics #1028, which you can find below courtesy of DC Comics… Spinning out of the events of “The Joker War” and Detective Comics #1027 comes a tale of the beginning of the end for Gotham City’s status quo. With tensions flaring and […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3

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Marvel Zombies: Resurrection continues this Wednesday with the release of the third issue, and we’ve got the official preview for you here courtesy of Marvel Comics… THE HUNGER GROWS – The world is overrun with the flesh-eating monsters that used to be the heroes who kept it safe. Spider-Man made a promise to keep people […]

Comic Book Preview – Dark Nights: Death Metal #4

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Dark Nights: Death Metal #4 is out this coming Tuesday, and you can get a sneak peek at the issue right here courtesy of DC Comics; take a look… Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman are trapped in nightmare worlds within the Dark Multiverse! They’ll need to face down their fiercest foes once again if they […]

Vader feels the Emperor’s wrath in preview of Star Wars: Darth Vader #6

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The new story arc ‘Into the Fire’ gets underway in Star Wars: Darth Vader #6 this coming week, and you can check out the official preview below which sees the Dark Lord of the Sith feeling the wrath of his master after failing to deliver the Emperor’s prize. THE PUNISHMENT! DARTH VADER failed to turn […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel’s Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1

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Marvel and Games Workshop launch their new collaboration this coming week with the release of Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1, and we’ve got the official preview of the issue for you here; check it out… In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war…The saga of WARHAMMER 40,000 comes to Marvel Comics! […]

Star Wars: The High Republic reveals official opening crawl

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The opening crawl for Star Wars: The High Republic has been revealed, setting the stage for the story to come. It’s a tradition for most Star Wars stories to receive an opening crawl, a set of text that moves up the screen that introduces the current state of the galaxy at the story’s starting point. […]

The Greatest Arch-Enemies of All Time

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Ricky Church on the greatest arch-enemies of all time… The old adage ‘every hero is as good as their villain’ may not always be true, but there are certain exceptions where the hero and villain become synonymous with one another in pop culture. Archenemies are such a staple of many genres that everyone is on […]