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The Walking Dead comic book is being re-issued in full colour

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Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment have announced that The Walking Dead is set to receive the Deluxe treatment, with Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s historic comic book series set to be reissued in full colours by Dave McCaig. Check out a preview of the first issue here… The Walking Dead Deluxe #1 will go on […]

5 Brutal Superhero Beatdowns

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Red Stewart presents five brutal superhero beatdowns… Long before comic books became mainstream, Joseph Campbell taught us about the archetypes of the superhero and supervillain, one of those being the triumph of good over evil. Prior to that happening, though, the hero has to undergo a crisis of faith wherein they hit rock-bottom and have […]

Comic Book Preview – Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling #1

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Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling #1 hits comic book shops this Wednesday, and you can check out a preview of the issue here… DESTINY FULFILLED! The child of the Kree hero Mar-Vell and Skrull Princess Anelle, Dorrek VIII — known on Earth as “Teddy” — has spent years evading the clutches of both bloodthirsty empires. […]

American Vampire 1976 to launch this October through DC’s Black Label

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Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque reunite this October to launch the final chapter in their American Vampire tale as the nine-issue American Vampire 1976 miniseries gets underway through DC’s Black Label imprint. “The characters in ‘76 are in a really dark place in terms of the fight against evil,” says Snyder. “The ’70s mirror our […]

Comic Book Preview – Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1

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The original Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart returns this Wednesday as Boom! Studios releases Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… SEE ALSO: Boom! Studios ushers in new era of Power Rangers The Ranger Slayer – AKA Kimberly Hart, the Pink Mighty Morphin Power Ranger […]

Keanu Reeves teams with Boom! for BRZRKR comic book series

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Keanu Reeves is making the jump to comic books, with the John Wick and The Matrix star teaming with Boom! Studios, co-writer Matt Kindt (Folklords) and artist Alessandro Vitti (Marvel’s Secret Warriors) for BRZRKR, a new twelve-issue limited series about an immortal demigod warrior’s fight through the ages. “I have loved comics since I was […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #2

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Marvel’s new Star Wars: Doctor Aphra series continues this Wednesday with the release of issue #2, and we have a preview for you here; take a look… BEWARE THE MAD CITY! DOCTOR APHRA and her new team have tracked the RINGS OF VAALE to a mysterious planet filled with primordial horror. What’s worse, the rings […]