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Secret Wars and Fables top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of July 2015

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling titles from July 2015, with Marvel’s Secret Wars #4 taking top spot on the comic book chart, and DC/Vertigo’s Fables Vol. 22 topping the graphic novel sales. Here’s the top ten bestselling comic books of July 2015: 1. Secret Wars #4 2. Star Wars: Lando #1 […]

USA Network orders pilot of IDW’s Brooklyn Animal Control

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USA Network has announced a pilot pick-up for Brooklyn Animal Control, and adaptation of the IDW Publishing comic book, which is created by J.T. Petty (Splinter Cell). Petty will write and executive produce alongside David S. Goyer (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), David Alpert (The Walking Dead) and IDW’s David Ozer and Ted Adanms. […]

Batman ’66 to team up with The Avengers

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Over the weekend it was revealed that The Dark Knight is set to team up with the Heroes in a Half-Shell for Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but that’s not the only crossover on the horizon for the Caped Crusader as Batman ’66 is set to team up with The Avengers! Now, before you get all […]

SDCC: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero faces a Cobra World Order this September

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G.I. Joe has been fighting the evil forces of Cobra for decades, but this September will see the terrorist organisation unleash its master plan on the unsuspecting Joes with Cobra World Order! Written by G.I. Joe legend Larry Hama and with art from S.L. Gallant, the mammoth 8 part event gets underway in G.I. Joe: […]

IDW announces new Back to the Future comic series

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IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to release a new Back to the Future comic book series subtitled ‘Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines’, which will be steered by screenwriter Bob Gale. Each issue will feature two stories from writers John Barber (Transformers) and Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters). “We’ve subtitled this ‘Untold Tales and Alternate […]

Comic Book Review – Zombies Vs Robots #6

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Zeb Larson reviews Zombies Vs Robots #6… “Inherit the Earth!,” part 6! On the Amazons’ island, forces converge in a battle between damaged robots, rotting zombies, invaders from the moon… and humans caught in the middle! Then, in the finale of “The Orphan,” everything blows up. Another issue of Zombies Vs Robots and another example […]

Comic Book Review – Donald Duck #1

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Andrew Newton reviews Donald Duck #1… Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Pluto are all timeless Disney classics but there is one character who stands head and shoulders above the rest – Donald Duck.  Donald is one of those characters whose antics usually result in a rather red faced tantrum with fists flying in all directions.  His speech impediment […]

Comic Book Review – The Last Fall #4

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Zeb Larson reviews The Last Fall #4… IDW’s original sci-fi/military drama continues! Marcus Fall has survived his bloody brush with death and finds himself peacefully healing both physically and emotionally. But when a dark secret is revealed about his own people, will the killing machine that smolders deep inside him be reignited again? After months […]

IDW and Top Shelf adapting Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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IDW and Top Shelf Productions have today announced that Eisner-nominated artist Troy Little is set to adapt Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with a new graphic novel. “I’m so pleased that one of the first collaborative projects to come out of the Top Shelf / IDW relationship will be Troy Little’s […]