Category: Comic Book Reviews
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After Dark #0: Radical Premiere Review
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Radical Comics, $1.00 Story: Antoine Fuqua, Wesley Snipes Script: Peter Milligan Art: Jeff Nentrup, Sara Biddle Radical Comics is a relatively new publisher that prints thicker, 52-page books with high production values and movie adaptations in mind. The company has also been beset with plagiarism accusations (Nick Simmon’s Incarnate) and a lawsuit concerning unpaid wages,…
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The Thanos Imperative #1 Comic Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning Art: Miguel Sepulveda Colours: Jay David Ramos Ever since he casually wiped out Marvel’s finest in Infinite Gauntlet, Thanos has sat amongst the top tier of super villains. Though unlike Doctor Doom or Magneto, Thanos has not been so overused that he’s lost his impact, and this latest…
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Indie Comic Spotlight: The Minions of the Happy Aisles, Book One
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2010, Five String Press Story: Zach Hudson Art: Mike Murphy Oh how times have changed. Several decades ago all we had to worry about was Galactus devouring the planet or a late night encounter with an escaped Arkham inmate. Now, it would appear that comic book villains are getting just that little bit too recognisable…
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The Heroic Age: Atlas #1 Comic Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: Jeff Parker Art: Gabriel Hardman, Ramon Rosanas Colours: Elizabeth Breitweiser Back in the 90s it was compulsory at Marvel for every new series to guest star either Spider-man or Wolverine, in the hope that kids would grab these comics up just because of a familiar face, only to get hooked on new…
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The Heroic Age: Secret Avengers #1 Review
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Marvel, $3.99 Story: Ed Brubaker Art: Mike Deodato Colours: Rain Beredo If you’ve been in a coma for the past five years and are wondering what the ugly Heroic Age banner is all about, it’s simply Marvel’s way of saying “here we go all over again!” with another batch of new titles and super-team configurations…
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Brightest Day: Birds of Prey #1 Comic Review
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DC, $2.99 Story: Gail Simone Art: Ed Benes Colours: Nei Ruffino With the last Birds of Prey series getting cancelled just over a year ago, you’d be forgiven for thinking that DC’s reboot would take Oracle, Huntress, Black Canary and company in a new direction. But no: essentially, part 1 of ‘Endrun’ is business as…
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Brightest Day #3 Comic Book Review
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DC, $2.99 Story: Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi Pencils: Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Joe Prado Inks: Vicente Cifuentes, David Beaty, Mark Irwin Colours: Peter Steigerwald, John Starr, Beth Sotelo It think it’s safe to say that Brightest Day #0’s memorable opening – which for those that didn’t read it, featured a…
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Zatanna #1 Comic Book Review
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DC, $2.99 Story: Paul Dini Pencils: Stephane Roux Inks: Karl Story Colours: John Kalisz Appealing to the hot-magician-in-fishnets fetishist in us all, Zatanna is a fan favourite who has long deserved a regular series. But she’s also the sort of property that demands a capable writer; for every Neil Gaiman who’s portrayed Zatanna at her…