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Comic Book Review – The Violent #5

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Zeb Larson reviews The Violent #5… “BLOOD LIKE TAR” Conclusion Mason’s quest to save his family has left a trail of death. Will his plan work or will it leave his family forever destroyed? We’ve come to the end of The Violent’s first arc, and we’ve entered into uncertainty about where the story’s going to […]

Comic Book Review – Descender #13

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Zeb Larson reviews Descender #13… “SINGULARITIES” continues as the mysteries of Telsa’s past are finally revealed. They may threaten not only Telsa, but the universe itself! As a reader, there’s a narrative device that I really detest: the stall. This is where you get to a point in a story where a major twist, revelation, […]

Comic Book Review – Black Science #22

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Zeb Larson reviews Black Science #22… In a hotheaded attempt to rescue his daughter, Grant McKay threatens to unravel a peace treaty between three godlike races, putting the entire Eververse at risk! Big changes, bigger action, and a stunning climax that will shake the world of BLACK SCIENCE to its very foundations! Now that we’ve left […]

Comic Book Review – Black Road #3

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Zeb Larson reviews Black Road #3… The secret on the Norsk coastline starts to reveal itself, and out come the wolves. Literally. Black Road picks up some momentum again after a relatively slow second issue. “Out Come The Wolves” is literal, because that is one of the major problems facing Magnus and Julia. Beyond that, […]

Mark Millar teaming with Lorenzo di Bonaventura for Jupiter’s Legacy movie

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Comic book writer Mark Millar is set to team with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for an adaptation of his and artist Frank Quitely’s superhero tale Jupiter’s Legacy, with meetings currently underway with potential writers for the movie version. Here’s the synopsis for the first volume of the book, published by Image Comics: 1932: Sheldon Sampson’s […]

Image invites us to The Divided States of Hysteria

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Image Comics has announced that this June, creator Howard Chaykin (Satellite Same) is to deliver The Divided States of Hysteria, a pulls-no-punches, dystopic suspense story about the dramatic downfall of the most formidable and globally far-reaching government the world has ever seen. In THE DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA, a deeply troubled America is barely beginning to recover […]

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 […]

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 […]