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Comic Book Review – Rod Serling’s Planet of the Apes: Visionaries

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Calum Petrie reviews Rod Serling’s Planet of the Apes: Visionaries… Taylor is Thomas, and Ape City isn’t a crude, primitive grouping of huts, it’s a bustling and urbane metropolis filled with cars and skyscrapers and a vibrant ape culture. Apes wear modern clothes and drive modern cars, they have talk shows and nightclubs and alcohol. How […]

Preview of Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 3

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IDW continues to dig into the history of the galaxy far, far away this coming Wednesday with the release of Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 3; check out a preview of the collection here… The concluding volume that reprints for the first time the classic Star Wars newspaper strip in its complete format. The […]

Preview of Mike Mignola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula

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Mike Mignola’s adaptation of the 1992 movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula returns to print for the first time in almost 25 years this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview here… Mike Mignola is one of the most popular comic book artists of the past 30 years, known for such important works as […]

Preview of Detective Comics #987

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Detective Comics #987 is out this Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here; check it out… Then, the pulse-pounding “On the Outside” storyline hurtles toward its cataclysmic conclusion! Batman has tasked Katana, Black Lightning, the Signal and Orphan (a.k.a. Cassandra Cain) with stopping a rogue operator using alien technology that […]

Boom! Studios announced Firefly Big Damn Heroes Box Set

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Joss Whedon’s Firefly is set to make its return to the world of comic books this November courtesy of Boom! Studios, and as part of the buildup the publisher has announced the limited edition Firefly Big Damn Heroes Box Set. Strictly limited to 1000 units worldwide, this collectible deluxe box set is packed with Firefly essentials to […]

Bloodshot Rising Spirit #1 covers revealed, including Glass Variant

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With filming now underway on the Vin Diesel-headlined feature film, Valiant Entertainment has unveiled a series of covers for the upcoming debut issue of Bloodshot Rising Spirit, a brand new ongoing series from acclaimed writers Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson (Cable) and legendary comic artist Ken Lashley (X-Men: Gold). In addition to the above, Valiant […]

Iceman #3 to feature a Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends reunion

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If you’re old enough to remember the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends animated series, you may want to keep your eye out for the upcoming Iceman #3 from Marvel Comics, which will see Bobby Drake reuniting with Spider-Man and Firestar! “As a lifelong Spider-Man and X-Fan, I forced [editor-in-chief] C.B. Cebulski to swear he wasn’t […]

Preview of The Beatles Yellow Submarine graphic novel adaptation

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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles Yellow Submarine, Titan Comics is set to release a fully authorized graphic novel adaptation this month, and we’ve got an extended preview for you here; check it out… The music-loving, underwater paradise of Pepperland has been overrun by the music-hating Blue Meanies and their leader, Chief Blue Meanie. […]