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Comic Book Review – Star Trek New Visions: “The Hidden Face”

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: New Visions – “The Hidden Face”… If any readers of these reviews frequent John Byrne’s forum you’ll have noticed that John’s CGI work is quite frankly splendid.  Some months back I commented upon the fact that I was unsure why there was a difference between the brief tasters he was showing […]

Comic Book Review – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #3

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #3… Plagued by nightmares about a childhood he never had, Dirk Gently discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and his adventures have only just begun… The universe of Dirk Gently is anything but boring, as has been proven over the previous two […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #4

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #3… Cornered and injured, the Turtles have no escape from the forces aligned against them! Raphael must learn to compromise with his enemy if any are to survive! We’re already at the end of the first arc in TMNT Universe. Boooo. But it’s been well-written, fantastically drawn, […]

Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #64

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Chris Cooper reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #64… “Chasing Phantoms” Part 4! The war between the Street Phantoms and the Foot Clan comes to a shocking conclusion, and only one will remain when the dust settles! The Turtles will test their limits in a shocking finale! The TMNT are back together as a foursome. You […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Waypoint #2

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Waypoint #2… This month, two stories from different ends of the galaxy! First, a GOLD KEY homage from New York Times best-selling Star Trek author Dayton Ward, with Trek novelist and collaborator Kevin Dilmore, and art by Gordon Purcell (Star Trek), where Kirk and Spock find an uncharted planet inhabited by […]

Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York and Champions top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of October 2016

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of October 2016. While the Marvel NOW! relaunch helped propel Marvel ahead of DC following three months of Rebirth leading the way, it was Boom! Studios’ Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York #1 which came out on top in terms […]

IDW and IM Global teaming up for action drama LD50

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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 – Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #2

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Villordsutch reviews Dirk Gently: The Salmon of Doubt #2… Plagued by nightmares about a childhood he never had, Dirk Gently has returned to Cambridge University to seek the advice of his former tutor, the time-traveling Professor Reg Chronotis. There he discovers that a holistic detective can have more than one past, and his adventures have […]

Book Review – The X-Files: Secret Agendas

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Tony Black reviews The X-Files: Secret Agendas… In the space of around eighteen months, IDW Publishing have neatly timed around the revival of 90’s TV hit The X-Files a series of compilation short stories about the weird & wonderful investigations of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder & Dana Scully, with ‘Secret Agendas’ the overarching title […]