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Rod Serling’s original Planet of the Apes comes to life at Boom! Studios

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Boom! Studios has announced that it is set to celebrate fifty years of Planet of the Apes with a comic book adaptation based upon The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling’s unproduced screenplay for the iconic film, entitled Planet of the Apes: Visionaries. On the road to making the landmark science-fiction classic, 20th Century Fox commissioned […]

Preview of Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Jack #5

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Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Jack #5 is out this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of Boom! Studios… Jack Burton and Lo Pan are back on the road to San Francisco when they run into an old friend who may have changed beyond […]

Preview of Boom! Studios’ Abbott #1

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Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) and artist Sami Kivelä (Beautiful Canvas) present one woman’s search for the truth that destroyed her family as Boom! Studios’ new series Abbott gets underway this Wednesday; check out a preview here… Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) and artist Sami Kivelä (Beautiful Canvas) present one woman’s […]

Boom! Studios announces Rugrats: R is for Reptar 2018 Special

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Boom! Studios has announced the upcoming release of Rugrats: R is for Reptar 2018 Special #1, an all-new oversized one shot comic about everyone’s favorite T-Rex! “The fans demanded it and now we’re thrilled to put the spotlight on Reptar,” said Whitney Leopard, Editor, Boom! Studios. “While you’ve seen the world’s favorite green dino in our […]

RoboCop returns to comic books courtesy of Boom! Studios

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Boom! Studios has announced that it is bringing RoboCop back to the world of comic books with the new series RoboCop: Citizens Arrest from writer Brian Wood (DMZ) and artist Jorge Coelho (Venom), which takes place 30 years after the events of Paul Verhoeven’s 80s classic. “RoboCop remains a favorite film of mine, and was […]

Comic Book Review – WWE #13

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Liam Hoofe reviews Boom! Studios’ WWE#13… Like the recent Royal Rumble Special, the first thing you will notice about WWE #13, the latest in Boom! Studios’ WWE series is that a superstar’s name is listed on the front cover. Following in AJ Styles’ footsteps, Samoa Joe has penned a story about his own debut in […]

Marvel Legacy tops Dark Nights: Metal as the bestselling comic book of 2017

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that Marvel Legacy #1 was the biggest selling comic book title of 2017, pipping Dark Nights: Metal #1 to the top spot. The top ten featured five titles from Marvel and five from DC, with Marvel leading the way in terms of both publisher and dollar share. Graphic novels belonged […]

DC dethrones Marvel as bestselling publisher in December 2017 thanks to Doomsday Clock

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released its figures for December 2017, with Doomsday Clock #2 helping DC Entertainment to dethrone Marvel Comics as the bestselling comic book publisher of the month. The second issue of the Watchmen crossover led the top ten comic book chart, with Image’s Saga Vol. 8 the biggest selling graphic novel of […]