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Buffy the Vampire Slayer gets #TeamSlayer and #TeamVamp interactive variant covers

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With Boom! Studios’ hotly-anticipated Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series set to launch this January, the publisher has announced that fans will be able to pick a side with the first issue thanks to artist Miguel Mercado’s #TeamSlayer and #TeamVamp variant covers – both of which are interactive and t can be held to your […]

Comic Book Review – Batman: Gates of Gotham Deluxe Edition

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Ricky Church reviews Batman: Gates of Gotham Deluxe Edition… One of the most memorable points of Batman’s long publication history was Dick Gratson’s, aka Nightwing, donning of the cape and cowl in the years Bruce Wayne was thought to be dead. Even after his return, Dick continued to act as Batman in Gotham City while […]

Marvel to release Star Wars: Ewoks – Flight to Danger in March

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Marvel is set to take us back to the forest moon of Endor in March with the release of Star Wars: Ewoks – Flight to Danger, a trade paperback collection of the first five issues of the 1985 comic series, based upon the Ewoks animated show.   Journey to the forest world of Endor for adorable […]

Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter to pen new Blade Runner comic for Titan

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Titan Comics has announced that Blade Runner 2049 screenwriter Michael Green is teaming up with longtime collaborator and comic writer Mike Johnson (Star Trek) to pen the highly-anticipated in-canon Blade Runner comic series for Titan Comics and Alcon Media Group. “Every iteration of the Blade Runner world throws the window open a little wider,” states Green, whose […]

Marvel celebrates new Guardians of the Galaxy team with variant covers

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This January, Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw – the creative team behind Thanos – are set to assemble a brand new team of Guardians of the Galaxy, and to celebrate Marvel is releasing a series of variant covers showcasing past and present Guardians characters across 13 of its titles that month. Here’s a look at […]

First-look preview of Betty & Veronica #1

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Archie Comics launches its new five-issue limited series Betty & Veronica this December, and we’ve got a first-look, unlettered preview of the first issue for you here… BRAND NEW SERIES! “Senior Year, Pt. 1: Summer” – Betty and Veronica go where they’ve never gone before—their senior year of high school! Only one school year stands between […]

Doctor Doom and Galactus will clash in Marvel’s Fantastic Four #7

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Two of the First Family’s most iconic foes are set to clash this February as Doctor Doom squares off against Galactus in the pages of Fantastic Four #7. Check out the cover artwork from series artist Esad Ribic… It’s a battle between Galactus and Doctor Doom, and Marvel is excited to reveal their epic clash […]

Archie announces Riverdale Season 3 comic book series

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Archie Comics has announced the upcoming launch of Riverdale Season 3, a new comic book series going beyond the hit The CW TV series and revealing tantalizing details of the mysterious “Gryphons & Gargoyles” plotline currently playing out on the third season of the show. Novelist Micol Ostow, who also penned next month’s prequel novel from […]

Millarworld announces Sharkey the Bounty Hunter

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Mark Millar’s Millarworld has announced its third comic book title for Netflix after The Magic Order and Prodigy, with Millar set to team with artist Simone Bianchi for Sharkey the Bounter Hunter. Set in a brilliant new sci-fi universe, Sharkey is a blue-collar bounty-hunter tracking criminals across the galaxy in his converted, rocket-powered ice-cream truck. […]

Comic Book Review – Elric: The Ruby Throne

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Calum Petrie reviews Elric: The Ruby Throne… Elric: The Ruby Throne is the first steps into the much larger journey within the Elric story line and presents a starting point for the adventure of Elric, Emperor of Melnibone, the land of chaos and dark magic. The story starts off detailing a brief history of Melnibone, […]