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U.S.Avengers and Batman top bestselling comics and graphic novels of January 2017

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the sales figures for January 2017’s comic books and graphic novels, led by Marvel’s U.S.Avengers #1 and DC’s Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham. Marvel proved to be the month’s top publisher with a 37.09% dollar share and a 42.62% unit share, followed by DC Entertainment with a 28.93% dollar […]

IDW announces Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four World’s Greatest Artist’s Edition

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IDW Publishing has announced the upcoming release of Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four World’s Greatest Artist’s Edition. “People have literally begged for an oversized Kirby Fantastic Four book,” said Artist’s Edition Editor, Scott Dunbier. “This volume will truly live up to the title WORLD’S GREATEST Artist’s Edition!” “Kirby’s artistic style will always be synonymous with the Fantastic Four,” […]

Preview of The X-Files: Case Files – Florida Man… #1

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IDW’s 25th anniversary celebration of The X-Files kicks off this Wednesday with the release of The X-Files: Case Files – Florida Man… #1; check out a preview of the issue here… For 25 years, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully have been shining their flashlights into the shadows, searching for the truth. To celebrate this […]

UPDATE: IDW launching shared Hasbro universe with Revolution event

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It’s not just on the big screen where the various Hasbro properties will be coming together in a shared universe, as IDW has announced that its upcoming Revolution event series will bring together the publisher’s G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts, ROM, Action Man and M.A.S.K. series with new number ones and a new, shared status quo. “We didn’t […]

Star Wars: Princess Leia leads bestselling comics and graphic novels of March 2015

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling titles of March 2015, with Marvel’s Star Wars: Princess Leia #1 leading the top ten comic books and IDW Publishing’s Nemo: River of Ghosts from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill the biggest seller on the graphic novel front. Here’s the top ten comic books, which is […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: New Visions – “The Hollow Man″

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: New Visions – “The Hollow Man″… A mysterious message draws Mr. Spock on a solo mission to a distant part of the Federation, where an old friend awaits, as well as a menace with the potential to threaten the entire galaxy. There have been ups and downs throughout John Byrne’s Star Trek […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #67

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #67… “Desperate Measures” Part 1! The government’s hunt for mutants begins in earnest and their unconventional tactics will see the TMNT hounded like never before! No mutant is safe! If I had to describe TMNT #67 in one word it would be ‘vicious’. Not since the severe beating […]

Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #3

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: A Spoon Too Short #3… After the last issue [read our review here] in which Dirk Gently so proudly announced, “solved it!” after he’d spoken with Mwassa – a large female elephant – in regards to the Kingdom-Brown family and the Tribe in Africa both losing the ability to speak, […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #5

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #5… In last month Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #4 [read our review here], we left our group of cadets lost in time, bow-to-bow with the NX-05 Slayton (which has been declared missing for nigh on 100 years), both ships now trapped within the strange anomaly that has been classified as […]