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DC Universe unveils SDCC exclusive comic book variant covers

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DC Universe has announced that it is bringing four exclusive comic book variant covers to this month’s San Diego Comic-Con International, whereby fans who sign up for an annual subscription to the event will get their hands on a gift set of four limited-edition comic books with special DC Universe variant covers for Detective Comics […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34 this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… UNSPEAKABLE REBEL SUPERWEAPON CONTINUES! Hiding out on the world where she grew up, everyone’s favorite scoundreless, DOCTOR APHRA, takes a trip down memory. NB: Turns out memory lane is a hellhole covered […]

Valiant announces Roku limited series from Cullen Bunn and Ramon F. Bachs

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Valiant Entertainment has announced that New York Times bestselling writer Cullen Bunn (Punk Mambo) is teaming with artist Ramon F. Bachs (Detective Comics) for the new four-issue miniseries Roku, which follows a former MI6 operative turns contract killer. Check out a first-look preview here… “I wanted this story to show off a dark underbelly of […]

Marvel releases trailer for Absolute Carnage

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With Marvel set to unleash Absolute Carnage this August, the publisher has released a trailer for the all-encompassing Venom event which promises “to shake the symbiote world to its core”. “We’ve given a serial murderer a nuclear bomb, essentially, and Cletus is gonna try and kill every single character that has ever worn a symbiote,” […]

Marvel’s Black Cat and Image’s Die top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of June 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced its bestselling comics and graphic novels of June 2019, with Black Cat #1 topping the sales chart and helping Marvel to retain its position as the month’s top publisher with almost 50% of the market. Top 10 Comic Books of June 2019 1. BLACK CAT #1 2. BATMAN: DAMNED #3 […]

Get a first look preview of Valiant’s Bloodshot #1

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Valiant is set to launch its new Bloodshot series from Tim Seeley and Brett Booth this September, and we’ve got a first look preview of the first issue for you here; check it out… Bloodshot is a nanite-fueled supersoldier forever at war. What happens to the world when he starts picking his own battles? Will […]

Comic Book Review – Detective Comics #1000 Deluxe Edition

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Ricky Church reviews Detective Comics #1000 Deluxe Edition… Earlier this year marked a pretty special occasion for Batman as DC’s resident Dark Knight not only celebrated 80 years of publication, but reached a milestone 1000th issue of Detective Comics, the very comic he was introduced in. Now the celebration continues with DC’s release of Detective Comics […]

Comic Book Preview – Killswitch #1

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Ahead of its launch in October, Action Lab has announced that fans attending San Diego Comic-Con International this month will be able to get their hands on an SDCC exclusive of the debut issue of the new dystopian cyberpunk series Killswitch; check out a preview of the issue here… In a future where clairvoyant Augurs […]

Get a first look sneak peek at Batman: Curse of the White Knight

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This July sees the launch of Batman: Curse of the White Knight, the hotly-anticipated follow-up to Sean Murphy’s DC Black Label series Batman: White Knight, and you can check out a sneak peek of the first issue here… In this explosive sequel to the critically acclaimed blockbuster BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT from writer/artist Sean Murphy, The […]