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Action Comics leads bestselling comic books and graphic novels of April 2018

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DC Comics celebrated a milestone this past month as Action Comics reached its landmark 1000th issue, and Diamond Comic Distributors has revealed that Action Comics #1000 topped the sales chart for comic books in April 2018, while the Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman was the month’s bestselling graphic novel. However, this wasn’t enough for […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror #1

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror #1… SEE ALSO: Check out the preview for Through the Mirror #1 here Last year’s Mirror Broken from the Tipton brothers and one of my all-time favourite Star Trek artists J.K. Woodward was a brutal slice of Trek.  As with all ‘Mirror’ stories the Trek […]

Preview of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror #1

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The Mirror Universe Next Generation crew return this Wednesday as IDW launches the new weekly series Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror; check out a preview of the first issue here… Because you demanded it! Following up the smash-hit miniseries MIRROR BROKEN, the Mirror Universe Next Generation crew is looking for new worlds […]

Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #17

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Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #17… Its safe to say not only did Optimus Prime #17 raise the stake’s of Cybertron’s survival, but delivered one of the most shocking twists in Transformers history. John Barber crafts an intriguing tale that places readers in the place of the characters as things go from bad to worse in a chaotic manner […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 7

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Volume 7… Throughout the history of Transformers, there are several tropes which are often repeated no matter the interpretation of the franchise: Optimus Prime dies and returns at least once, Unicron plays a role of some kind and the Decepticons, in almost every case, start the […]

Preview of Dungeons & Dragons: Evil at Baldur’s Gate #1

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Continuing the story from Dungeons & Dragons: Frost Giant’s Fury, IDW Publishing releases Dungeons & Dragons: Evil at Baldur’s Gate #1 this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… Minsc the Mighty—Evil Beware! The Baldur’s Gate heroes return to the city at last, but their time adventuring in […]

Preview of J. Scott Campbell’s Danger Girl: 20th Anniversary

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It’s been 20 years since Danger Girl #1 exploded onto the comics scene, and IDW is celebrating in a unique way this Wednesday by presenting J. Scott Campbell’s pencils from the preview story and first issue—all scanned from the artist’s personal archives—for the FIRST TIME. The prestige collection also contains the preview and issue #1 […]

SDCC: IDW announces Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters sequel, Ninja Ghostbusters mashup action figures revealed

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IDW has announced that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Ghostbusters are set to reunite for an inter-dimensional comic book adventure in the new weekly crossover event series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2! The story begins when an old adversary traps the Turtles in a ghost dimension, as old adversaries are wont to do. […]

Preview of Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018

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Earlier today we brought you a preview of Star Wars Adventures #9, but that isn’t the only trip the galaxy far, far away that IDW has planned for us tomorrow as the publisher is also releasing Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018, and you can take a look at a preview of that issue below… With […]