Before Marvel brings Civil War to the screen with next year’s Captain America: Civil War, the publisher is set to revisit the popular story arc as part of its huge Secret Wars event this summer courtesy of writer Charles Soule (The Death of Wolverine). Secret Wars is an opportunity to revisit some of the great […]
Comic Book Review – The Red Seas Book One: Under the Banner of King Death
Andrew Newton reviews The Red Seas Book One: Under the Banner of King Death… When pirate captain Jack Dancer and the crew of The Red Wench raid a Spanish Galleon they little realise that within their plunder lies the missing chapter of a feared occult tome sought after by the sinister Dr Orlando Doyle. Confronting […]
Jamie Hewlett returning to Tank Girl for 21st Century Tank Girl
Titan has just announced that they are going to be serializing the Kickstarter Smash Hit – it gained over $350,000! – 21st Century Tank Girl! Not only that Co-Creater Jamie Hewlett is set to return. After a break of more than 20 years, artist extraordinaire Jamie Hewlett has returned to the iconic character for which he made his name. Co-created in the […]
Marvel announces A-Force Presents featuring Marvel’s Mightiest Heroines
Marvel’s Mightiest Heroines are exploding onto the scene this September with the launch of a new bi-monthly collection entitled A-Force Presents, with each volume collecting six issues of Marvel’s critically-acclaimed female-led titles. “In a world where virtually everyone has heard of Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow and The Avengers, Marvel’s female Super Heroes have […]
Comics to Read Before You Die #18: War of Kings
In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at War of Kings… War of Kings #1-6,War of Kings: Ascension #1-4, War of Kings: Darkhawk #1-2, War of Kings: Warriors #1-2, War of Kings: Who Will Rule?, War of Kings: Savage World of Sakaar and Marvel Spotlight: War of Kings […]
Comic Book Review – Orphan Black #2
Andrew Newton reviews Orphan Black #2… One of a kind. When Sarah attempted to assume the identity of a lookalike stranger, she soon uncovered an earth-shattering secret: she is a clone. Sarah also learns that someone is trying to kill them all, one by one. That someone is another clone, Helena, a murderous, self-abusing fundamentalist who […]
Comic Book Review – The X-Files: Season 10 #21
Andrew Newton reviews The X-Files: Season 10 #21… “Elders,” part 1 of 5: For as long as humanity has known of the alien plot to re-colonize the Earth, there have been men who would conspire to consolidate that knowledge, and the power that came with it, for themselves. But the “Syndicate” that long bedeviled Agents […]
Marvel’s Secret Wars enters the Age of Apocalypse
This July, Marvel Comics will return to one of the most iconic X-Men stories of all time as part of Secret Wars, as writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Gerardo Sandoval unleash Age of Apocalypse #1. Apocalypse rules his domain on Battleworld with an iron fist. The few humans left alive have been enslaved. The mutant […]
Comic Book Review – Witchblade #181
Villordsutch reviews Witchblade #181… We come to Witchblade: Darkness Falls: The Death of Jackie of Estacado (Pt.2) and as with all two-parters there is going to be that slight sense of dread creeping in as you wonder if this closing section is going to be as brilliant as the opener. As Part One certainly carried a huge punch […]
Comic Book Review – Burning Fields #3
Zeb Larson reviews Burning Fields #3… Just as Dana learns a secret about Aban that upends the murder investigation, the tensions between the Iraqi populace and the Verge PMC reach a fever pitch, giving the killer a perfect opportunity to strike. Burning Fields is stringing us along, feeding the reader just enough information to keep […]