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Comic Book Review – Snowfall #2

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Emma Withington reviews Snowfall #2… “It’s been ten years since Cooperative America has been threatened to this magnitude, but they remind us that divided we fall. While trust in the cooperative efforts of industry, government and community will surely see us through once more” In Snowfall #1 (see preview here) we were introduced to a dystopian […]

The Week in Star Wars – George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, The Force Awakens Blu-Ray details, Episode VIII to start shooting and more

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It’s the post Life Day edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got some harsh words from George Lucas about the new Star Wars overlords, details for The Force Awakens Blu-Ray release, information on Episode VIII and more… Happy 2016! Kicking things off the first The Week in Star Wars of 2016 with The […]

Marvel officially announces Apocalypse Wars event

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Last weekend it was revealed that Brazil’s Comic Con Experience that Marvel is set to launch a new X-Men event entitled Apocalypse Wars, and now the publisher has officially announced the arc, which will present three blockbuster stories across Extraordinary X-Men, Uncanny X-Men and All-New X-Men. “In the same vein as the classic event “Fall […]

Comic Book Review – Old Man Logan #1

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Anghus Houvouras reviews Old Man Logan #1… Fifty years from now, Logan — the man who no longer calls himself Wolverine — will have endured many atrocities: The Marvel Universe’s villains will have banded together and rid the world of its heroes. Logan’s closest friend, Hawkeye, will have been murdered in cold blood right before […]

Catch up with Marvel’s Secret Wars in ‘Story So Far’ recap video

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With the final issue of Secret Wars set to arrive this Wednesday, Marvel has released a ‘Story So Far’ recap video which brings you up to date with all the happenings from the huge event series in preparation for the cataclysmic and Battleworld-shaking climax. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Variant covers for Marvel’s Secret […]

Frank Miller to return with The Dark Knight IV, Dark Knight Returns prequel The Last Crusade set to arrive in February

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Whiel DC’s upcoming limited series Dark Knight III: The Master Race has been billed as the final chapter of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns trilogy, the acclaimed comic book creator has revealed to Newsrama that he’s now working on a fourth part in the series. “I thoroughly applaud what [writer Brian Azzarello is] doing [on Dark […]

Comic Book Preview – Amalgama: Space Zombie #4

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Action Lab: Danger Zone releases Amalgama: Space Zombie #4 this Wednesday, and you can check out a preview of the issue here… Born from the DNA of the Danger Doll Squad and then rocketed into space. Amalgama: Space Zombie’s first epic adventure concludes here, forging the legend of comic’s newest sci-fi superstar!! Amalgama: Space Zombie […]

Comic Book Preview – King of Nowhere #1

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Boom! Studios launches the new thriller series King of Nowhere from Easiner-nominated writer W. Maxwell Prince (Ice Cream Man) and Eisner-nominated artist Tyler Jenkins (Grass Kings) this Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the first issue which you can find here… Eisner Award-nominated writer W. Maxwell Prince (Ice Cream Man) comes to BOOM! Studios […]

Marvel announces X-Men: X of Swords crossover event

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During the X-Men panel at C2E2, Marvel has announced that House of X and Powers of X writer Jonathan Hickman is to oversee the next big X-Men event – a 15-part crossover entitled X of Swords which will run through Marvel’s various X-titles. “One of the cool things we are able to do now, because […]