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Comic Book Review – WWE WrestleMania 2018 Special

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Liam Hoofe reviews the WWE WrestleMania 2018 Special… The Boom! Studios specials for the big 4 PPVs have, for the most part, been a resounding success. The most recent entry, The Royal Rumble special was arguably the best in the series yet and featured the comic book debut of current WWE champion AJ Styles. There […]

Comic Book Review – Doomsday Clock #4

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Ricky Church reviews Doomsday Clock #4… Its been a long couple of months since Doomsday Clock switched to a bi-monthly schedule, but the latest issue of Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s series has arrived. While Doomsday Clock #4 didn’t contain a whole lot of action or answers to what’s going on in the DC universe, this issue was a […]

Preview of Rugrats: R is for Reptar 2018 Special #1

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Boom! Studios releases Rugrats: R is for Reptar 2018 Special #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview here; check it out… When the power goes out at the Pickles house, the babies and adults come together to share their own personal favorite Reptar stories. This collection includes short stories by […]

Alex Ross recreates Action Comics #1 cover in celebration of Superman’s anniversary

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In celebration of the 80th anniversary of Superman – and the upcoming Action Comics #1000 – Syfy Wire has teamed up to acclaimed artist Alex Ross to offer a rather stunning limited edition litho entitled ‘More Powerful Than a Locomotive’, which recreates the cover to Action Comics #1. Check it out here… “Most people coming […]

Preview of Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude #2

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Marvel Entertainment releases the second part of its comic book adaptation of 2015’s Ant-Man this Wednesday when Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude hits comic book stores; check out a preview of the issue here… ANT-MAN GETS BATTLE-TESTED – AND THE WASP TAKES FLIGHT! ANT-MAN will need to fight an AVENGER – but it’s not what […]

Preview of Marvel’s Venomized #1

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The Marvel universe gets Venomized this coming Wednesday and Marvel Comics launches its new symbiote-focussed event series, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… VENOMIZED Part 1! The story that began in VENOMVERSE reaches its epic conclusion with VENOMIZED! The POISONS, a species that hungers for super-powered symbiotes […]

Titan and Square Enix announce Life is Strange miniseries

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Titan Comics and Square Enix have announced the upcoming launch of a brand new comic book series set in the world of the critically acclaimed video game Life is Strange. Launching with a four-part miniseries in 2018, Titan Comics’ Life is Strange returns readers to the setting of Arcadia Bay, offering fans the opportunity to […]

Comic Book Review – Dark Nights: Metal #6

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Ricky Church reviews Dark Nights: Metal #6… Anyone who has been reading Dark Nights: Metal will know how increasingly crazy or ‘out there’ the event series has gotten over its run. Scott Snyder has taken a lot of cues from Grant Morrison in crafting such a meta-commentary heavy event ladled with examining the nature of stories and […]