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Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #5

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Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #5… NEW CYBERTRON! It’s battleground: Earth once more, as the uneasy peace between Optimus’ forces, the Junkions, and G.I. Joe collapses amidst betrayals and subterfuge. Will Optimus Prime and Pyra Magna be able to put aside their differences—or is war really the only way forward? This week’s Optimus Prime was […]

Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #6

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Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #6… “NEW CYBERTRON”—CONCLUSION! As the Junkions reveal their ultimate plan, Optimus Prime makes a decision that will define the relationship between Earth and Cybertron for all time… but will Arcee be able to live with the fallout? The first arc of Optimus Prime comes to a close as Optimus struggles […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #68

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #68… “Desperate Measures” Part 2! The Mutanimals have been defeated and the Turtles are next in line! Which mutant will turn on his friends to survive, and which will risk everything to help another? For the first time ever, I dislike Leonardo. As someone who has held him […]

IDW to publish Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics

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In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the first Star Wars film this May, IDW Publishing and the multi award-winning imprint, Library of American Comics present Volume One of Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics which contains 575 sequential strips from its premiere run March 11, 1979 to October 5, 1980. Star Wars: The Classic […]

Star Wars: Darth Maul and Seven to Eternity top bestselling comics and graphic novels of February 2017

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Diamond Comic Distributors has unveiled its list of the bestselling comic books and graphic novels for February 2017. Leading the chart on the comic book front is Marvel’s Star Wars: Darth Maul #1, while Rick Remender and Jerome Opena’s fantasy Seven to Eternity Vol. 1 from Image Comics topped the sales on the graphic novel […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #8

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #8… “Metalhead 2.0” Part 2! Donatello realizes that Metalhead is now following a new programing protocol and must make a drastic decision before it’s too late! Will the robot end up as an enemy or ally? Eight issues already. Only feels like yesterday that IDW started their […]

IDW announces new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Usagi Yojimbo crossover

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Two decades after their last encounter, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will step foot into the world of Usagi Yojimbo once again this summer for a special once-shot comic from IDW Publishing. “I had wanted to reunite Usagi and the TMNT for awhile, but these are not the Turtles that he knew,” said Usagi Yojimbo […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Till All Are One #8

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Till All Are One #8… This is it: the final stand for Cybertron! Will Starscream and Windblade’s gamble finally pay off or will all of Iacon be destroyed by the zombie titans? The battle for Cybertron came to a head in Transformers: Till All Are One #8 and got a satisfying […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Lost Light #3

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Lost Light #3… Orders, kind gestures and pleas for mercy—all things that WHIRL finds it very easy to ignore. Right now, he wishes he could turn a blind eye to the freshly resuscitated monster who—somewhat inconveniently—is determined to beat him to death. Meanwhile—a long way away—one of the Transformers Universe’s longest-running […]