Andrew Newton reviews Zombies vs Robots #4… Astronauts on a dead Earth crawling with strange threats like oddly sentient zombies, robots and… Mermen! And more with The Orphan! Last issue we saw humans finally set foot on Earth or at least in the sea once again only to be attacked by servants of the Merpeople. […]
Comic Book Review – Secret Wars #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews Secret Wars #1… I’m old enough to remember the original Secret Wars when it was released back in 1985. It was the first event comic I had ever read. Back then the concept of superheroes crossing over into each other’s books was still a novelty. If you wanted to see your favorite […]
Comic Book Review – Roche Limit: Clandestiny #1
Zeb Larson reviews Roche Limit: Clandestiny #1… THE BREAKOUT HIT OF 2014 RETURNS WITH VOLUME TWO OF THE GROUNDBREAKING SCI-FI TRILOGY! It’s 75 years after the events that left the Roche Limit colony in flames. When a crew of military and science personnel are sent to the forgotten and desolate planet on a mysterious expedition, […]
Comic Book Review – The Wicked + The Divine #10
Zeb Larson reviews The Wicked + The Divine #10… Ragnarock is finally here. The show to end all shows promises to be a lovely experience for all the gods…wait. Oh noes! Jamie and Matt have drawn Baphomet drenched in blood on the cover. What a hilarious internal communication error. I’m sure it’s a mistake and […]
Comic Book Review – Nailbiter #12
Zeb Larson reviews Nailbiter #12… The dreaded media has arrived! I don’t know what to do with this issue of Nailbiter. On the one hand, I’m grateful that something happens that gives us a little bit of insight into Buckaroo, and we get some good ongoing banter between Warren and Finch. On the other hand, […]
Tim Kring’s Imperative Entertainment adapting Black Mask Studios’ Mayday
Imperative Entertainment – which is run by Tim Kring, creator of Heroes – has teamed up with Black Mask Studios to adapt the comic book series Mayday as a scripted television series. MAYDAY lives in the underbelly of the Hollywood scene, where a washed-up, drug-addicted screenwriter and a transgender bartender stumble onto a Satanic cult’s […]
Comic Book Review – Trista and Holt #1-4
Zeb Larson reviews Trista and Holt #1-4… Trista and Holt is Andrez Bergen’s retelling of the Tristan and Iseult legend from the Middle Ages set sometime in the 1970s. After reading Bullet Gal, the style of the comic feels very familiar, and I’m digging Andrez’s use of noir tropes for the book. This is a […]
Grab the Secret Wars prelude Armor Wars #½ from Toys “R” Us
Marvel Comics has announced that Toys ‘R’ Us customers will be able to pick up a complimentary copy of the exclusive Secret Wars prelude Armor Wars #½ when spending $25 or more between Sunday, May 3rd through to Saturday, May 9th. Here’s a preview of the special issue… “This is a really cool prelude that […]
Comics to Read Before You Die #21: The Dark Knight Returns
In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at The Dark Knight Returns… If you were filling out an SAT Question that read as follows: 32) If not Watchmen, then ____________. You’d fill out the answer with “The Dark Knight Returns.” It’s a seminal, treasured tome, signaling Batman’s return […]
Comic Book Review – Judge Dredd Classics: The Dark Judges #4
Andrew Newton reviews Judge Dredd Classics: The Dark Judges #4… Classics tales of Judge Death—and his brothers Fear, Fire, and Mortis—come to life in this remastered and colourised series! Out of all the enemies Judge Dredd has, Judge Death and his comrades are the most fearsome and the most troublesome to the citizens of Mega […]