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Captain Marvel joining IDW’s Marvel Action line with new solo series

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IDW Publishing has announced that Captain Marvel is joining its Marvel Action line of comics, aimed at middle grade readers, with writer Sam Maggs (Marvel: Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World), artist Sweeney Boo (My Little Pony) teaming up for the brand new ongoing series. Carol Danvers’ quiet night with BFF Jessica […]

Comic Book Preview – Clue: Candlestick #1

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IDW Publishing releases Clue: Candlestick #1 this week, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… All of your favorite suspicious characters are back in this new brain twister based on the timeless detective game. Ripe with puzzles, secrets, and lies, in CLUE: CANDLESTICK everyone’s a suspect! Cartoonist auteur Dash […]

Comic Book Preview – Team Sonic Racing Plus Deluxe Turbo Championship Edition

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Arriving just in time for the launch of the exciting new game Team Sonic Racing, IDW Publishing releases the one-shot Team Sonic Racing Plus Deluxe Turbo Championship Edition on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview here… When the evil Dr. Eggman invites himself to Dodon Pa’s tournament, it’s up to Sonic […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: The Q Conflict #4

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IDW’s Star Trek: The Q Conflict crossover continues this Wednesday with the release of issue #4, and we’ve got a preview for you here; check it out… As the Captains try to figure out how to beat Q at his own game, the godlike beings offer a dangerous new challenge – drawing the extra-dimensional Prophets […]

IDW announces Napoleon Dynamite comic book series

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IDW Publishing has announced that it is bringing the cult classic comedy Napoleon Dynamite to comic books this September with a four-issue series from writers Carlos Guzman-Verdugo and Alejandro Verdugo (Time Cheetah) and artist Jorge Monlongo (Adventure Time). The Napoleon Dynamite comic takes us back to Idaho, where Napoleon’s best friend Pedro is student body […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers #5

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers #5… IDW’s latest issue of Transformers makes a couple interesting developments in the story, though it’s still plagued somewhat by the same problems of the previous couple of issues. Brian Ruckely doesn’t focus as much on the world-building aspect this time around as he instead moves characters further into their journeys. However, some […]

Comic Book Preview – Marvel Action: Spider-Man #4

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IDW Publishing releases Marvel Action: Spider-Man #4 on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… Now that Peter, Miles, and Gwen have joined forces, nothing can stop them! Except maybe for homework and an internship at the Daily Bugle. Not to mention a new villain in their midst… […]

Comic Book Preview – Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies: 1947-1949

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IDW continues to collect the classic Superman newspaper comic strips this Wednesday with the release of Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies: 1947-1949; check out a preview here… The Man of Steel’s newspaper comic strips are among the rarest of all Superman collectibles. In these 15 storylines, Superman faces off against the “Crime Mentalist” who […]

Comic Book Preview – The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection, Vol. 5

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IDW continues the first-ever chronological collection of the Spider-Man newspaper comics this Wednesday with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection, Vol. 5; check out a preview here… The woebegone web-slinger encounters problems that make Dar Harat seem like a sewing circle—if he can escape from their clutches, that is! Daily […]