Tony Black reviews Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #5… The storming conclusion to the 2016 Event! Universes will live and die, and timelines will be changed for ever. You MUST NOT MISS this staggering finale! So the conclusion of Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen hinges on a delicious irony which underpins what, in […]
IDW announces Highlander prequel comic miniseries
IDW has announced that it is set to launch a brand new Highlander comic book miniseries, which will serve as a prequel to the 1986 cult classic starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. “In the 30 years since its release, Highlander has inspired a massive cult following that craves new stories based on the original […]
Comic Book Review – Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original #4
Tony Black reviews Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original #4… A night of wild partying leads to Opie getting hurt and Jax facing heavy consequences. The consequences and repercussions continue piling on Jax Teller as Sons of Anarchy: Redwood Original begins heating up in its fourth issue. Ollie Masters continues to do a really excellent job […]
IDW and IM Global teaming up for action drama LD50
IDW Entertainment and IM Global Television have announced that they are partnering up to co-develop and co-produce LD50, a new action drama from writer and executive producer Scott Dacko. The project will incorporate a TV series, along with a series of comic books. LD50 is described as “an expansive, thought-provoking character-drama set in a world […]
Comic Book Review – Geek-Girl #1
Tai Freligh reviews Geek-Girl #1… Trying to be a super-hero, Ruby Kaye stumbles across a mysterious and extremely dangerous new villain taking down her town’s Numero Uno heroine – and is forced to step up and use her powers for more than just accidentally knocking drinks over her friends… Geek-Girl is entering the Super-Hero Big […]
Comic Book Review – Justice League #45
Ricky Church reviews Justice League #45… The critically acclaimed “Darkseid War” continues as the second wave of war begins with “Darkseid War: Gods and Men”! Writer Geoff Johns is joined by superstar artist Francis Manapul for this special issue featuring the all-new, all-powerful Justice League! In the aftermath of the cataclysmic events of JUSTICE LEAGUE […]
Image to release new English translation of Beowulf
Image Comics has announced that Santiago García and David Rubín have teamed up to put a fresh—and wholly blood-soaked—spin on the violent and savage tale of Beowulf in a new English translation of the 1,000-year-old myth, which will be released in a lush, full-colour hardcover this December. BEOWULF tells of the tale of a Scandinavian […]
Titan bringing Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula to comics
Titan has announced the upcoming release of an all-new comic book series based upon Kim Newman’s bestselling Anno Dracula novels, with art by Paul McCaffrey (Doctor Who: The Third Doctor). The Anno Dracula novels depict an alternate 19th-century history where the characters of Bram Stoker’s Dracula fail to prevent Count Dracula’s subjugation of Great Britain, […]
Comic Book Review – Nailbiter #17
Zeb Larson reviews Nailbiter #17… NEW STORY ARC. A brutal new serial killer strikes! Nailbiter takes us in a new direction with this story arc, mostly leaving Buckaroo behind to focus on the new killer in Atlanta. In a lot of respects, this new direction is a good thing, a chance to leave behind the […]
Marvel brings Spidey, Haunted Mansion, Star Wars and Squirrel Girl to Halloween ComicFest 2016
With Halloween ComicFest taking place this weekend, the folks at Marvel are bringing four free HCF Edition titles to comic book stores in Spidey #1, The Haunted Mansion #1, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1 and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: You Choose the Story #1. Check out the covers here… “Just like Free Comic Book Day, Halloween […]