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Absolute Carnage and The Walking Dead lead bestselling comics and graphic novels of August 2019

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Marvel enjoyed another big month in August, with the publisher topping the Diamonc Comic Distributors direct sales chart with Absolute Carnage #1, followed closely by its 80th anniversary celebration Marvel Comics #1000. Meanwnile, The Walking Dead Vol. 32 – the final collection in the long-running zombie series – proved unsurprisingly to be the bestselling graphic […]

Comic Book Preview – Starcadia Quest #1

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The worldwide best-selling tabletop game Starcadia Quest comes to comic books this Wednesday as IDW Publishing launches its new YA series, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… Out in the Frontier, the toughest jobs in the galaxy are handled by Freelance Adventuring Crews, and on his sixteenth […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars Adventures #25

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IDW’s Star Wars Adventures #25 celebrates its quarter century with a brand new story about the young Princess Leia this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… In this story set before A New Hope, Princess Leia Organa faces the most challenging task of her young life: teaching […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers #11

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers #11… Brian Ruckley took a big leap forward in Transformers #11 as several story threads came together and left fans on a big cliffhanger that only spells doom for the Autobots and all of Cybertron. The story was very focused and on point with great charactizations of most of the cast, particularly Megatron. […]

Comic Book Preview – Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #5

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DC Comics and IDW Publishing release the fifth issue of Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… Batman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles think they’ve figured out how to tear apart Krang’s Combined Multiverse and restore their reality. But Krang has […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers ’84 #0

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers ’84 #0… With the 35th anniversary of The Transformers soon approaching, IDW is celebrating the franchise’s longevity through the Transformers/Ghostbusters crossover and Transformers ’84 #0, a prequel to the first issue of Marvel Comics’ original Transformers series that helped start it all. Writer Simon Furman returns to the franchise he helped create in the comic medium for this […]

Comic Book Preview – Transformers/Ghostbusters #4

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‘Ghosts of Cybertron’ continues this Wednesday in Transformers/Ghostbusters #4, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of IDW Publishing… “GHOSTS OF CYBERTRON”, PART 4! The Ghostbusters and their Autobot allies search the greater New York City area for the missing ghost of Starscream—and discover something much worse has […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Discovery – Aftermath #1

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IDW Publishing explores the secret history of the Red Angel with its new series Star Trek: Discovery – Aftermath, which ties in directly to the second season of the CBS All Access show; the first issue arrives this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview here… You saw the stunning conclusion of […]

Comic Book Preview – Tangled: The Series: Hair It Is

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IDW Publishing and Disney Comics has unveiled a preview of Tangled: The Series: Hair It Is to coincide with its release this week; check out a preview here… It’s a special one-shot celebrating Tangled: The Series with four stories featuring Rapunzel and all her friends! Take one more magical tour through the beautiful kingdom of […]