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Secret Wars and The Private Eye top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of December 2015

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the bestselling titles for December 2015, with Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic’s Secret Wars #8, the penultimate chapter of the Marvel event crossover, topping the comic book chart, and Image’s The Private Eye Deluxe Edition leading the graphic novels. Top ten bestselling comic books: 1. Secret Wars #8 2. Dark […]

Marvel dominates the charts in October as Iron Man and Star Wars top bestselling comic books and graphic novels

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Between its ‘All-New, All-Different’ relaunch and line of Star Wars titles, Marvel has dominated the bestsellers list for comic books and graphic novels in October. The publisher took all ten spots with regards to the top selling comic books, led by Invincible Iron Man #1, while Star Wars Vol. 1 and Star Wars: Darth Vader […]

The Dark Crystal receiving comic book sequel The Power of the Dark Crystal

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Boom! Studios imprint Archaia has announced that it is teaming up with The Jim Henson Company to celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Dark Crystal with the official sequel comic book series The Power of the Dark Crystal. Here’s a look at the cover to the first issue by Jae Lee and June Chung… Based […]

Comic Book Review – Lucas Stand #5

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Tony Black reviews Lucas Stand #5… Lucas puts himself and Cyd in danger when he kills an agent of Hell he wasn’t assigned in 1947 Hollywood. We’re racing toward conclusion now for Kurt Sutter & Catrin Kittridge’s limited run series Lucas Stand, which has been as dark and nihilistic as you might expect from Sutter […]

Comic Book Review – Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original #4

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Tony Black reviews Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original #4… A night of wild partying leads to Opie getting hurt and Jax facing heavy consequences. The consequences and repercussions continue piling on Jax Teller as Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original begins heating up in its fourth issue. Ollie Masters continues to do a really excellent job […]

Comic Book Review – Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Vol. 1

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Chris Cooper reviews Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Vol. 1… Dive into the first collection of our best-selling, modern, ongoing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series! After escaping Rita Repulsa’s mind control, Tommy Oliver, the Green Ranger, joins the Power Rangers to combat the onslaught of evil attacks plaguing Angel Grove. Any semblance of a normal life […]

Boom! Studios’ Polarity heading to the small screen

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According to The Wrap, Boom! Studios’ comic book series Polarity is heading to the small screen, with Max Winkler and Matt Spicer penning a script for a pilot, which will be directed by Winkler. Created by Max Bemis, lead singer of Say Anything, Polarity follows Timothy Woods, “a bi-polar artist living in Brooklyn who discovers […]

Boom! Studios announces Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants

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Boom! Studios has announced that it will follow up Archaia’s Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches and Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Dragons with a new four-issue series, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants from writer and artist Conor Nolan. Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants is a collection of mythic tales of when giants roamed the Earth, inspired […]

Klaus returning for the Christmas one-shot Klaus and the Witch of Winter

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The limited series may have wrapped up last month, but Klaus will return this Christmas courtesy of Grant Morrison and Dan Mora with the one-shot Klaus and the Witch of Winter from Boom! Studios. Via CBR, here’s a look at Mora’s cover to the one-shot… Klaus returns for an epic oversized one-shot, perfect for any […]