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The Heroic Age: Secret Avengers #1 Review
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 that will hopefully appeal to … read more
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Tagged Avengers, Captain America, Dark Reign, Heroic Age, Marvel Comics, Moon Knight
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Brightest Day: Birds of Prey #1 Comic Review
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 usual for the Birds. Gail … read more
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Tagged brightest day, comic books, DC Comics, Gotham City, superhero comics
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Brightest Day #3 Comic Book Review
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 newborn chick falling from its … read more
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Tagged Blackest Night, brightest day, comic books, DC Comics, superhero comics
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Zatanna #1 Comic Book Review
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 finest there are a dozen … read more
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Tagged comic books, DC Comics, Paul Dini, superhero comics, Zatanna
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iZombie #1 Comic Book Review
Vertigo, $1.00
Story: Chris Roberson
Art: Michael Allred
Colours: Laura Allred
iZombie is an odd first issue, in that for a title debuting at an alluring $1 it offers little in the way of a hook, or any reason that readers might want to return next month. That isn’t to say that it’s a bad first issue by any means, … read more
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Tagged comic books, Mike Allred, vampires, Vertigo Comics, zombie comics
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Turf #1 Comic Book Review
Image, $2.99
Creators: Jonathan Ross, Tommy Lee Edwards
Story: Jonathon Ross
Art: Tommy Lee Edwards
American audiences (as the majority who visit this site are) might not recognise the name Jonathan Ross, but to us Brits he’s a TV presenter adored and reviled in equal measure. A paradoxical, flamboyant man-child who’s arrogant yet self-derivative, power hungry but always genuine, he’s … read more
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 Comic Book Review
Marvel, $3.99
Story: Jonathan Hickman
Art: Dustin Weaver
Colours: Christina Strain
In S.H.I.E.L.D., Jonathon Hickman (Fantastic Four, Secret Warriors) has come up with one of those ideas so darn brilliant, you can’t help but wonder how nobody else came up with it earlier. This is S.H.I.E.L.D. through the ages; from Egypt, 2620 BC, to Renaissance Italy … read more
Kill Shakespeare #1 Comic Book Review
IDW, $3.99
Story: Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col
Art: Andy Belanger
Colours: Ian Herring
The blurb on the back of issue 1 of Kill Shakespeare promise to “change the way you look at Shakespeare forever.” Which might have been true, had this series, which sees the Immortal Bard’s creations integrated into one universe, arrived a decade ago. Hell, the same … read more
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Dragon Age #1 Comic Book Review
EA Comics $3.99
Story: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
Pencils: Mark Robinson
Inks: Jason P. Martin
Colours: Raul Trevino
It’s testament to the quality of the writing team at Bioware that Dragon Age: Origins turned out to be one of the most absorbing fantasy RPG universes ever created. From afar Ferelden appeared to be yet another uninspired Middle Earth clone, … read more
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Tagged comic books, EA Comics, fantasy comics, video games
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Tank Girl: The Royal Escape #1 Comic Review
Dark Horse, $3.99
Story: Alan C. Martin
Art: Rufus Dayglo
Colours: Christian Krank
Tank Girl is virtually synonymous with the British comic movement of the 90s, even if the disastrous movie (which introduced Naomi Watts to the world) failed to make the character more than a cult icon and frequenter of T-shirts. Crude, irreverent and psychedelic, the comic itself was … read more
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Tagged British Comics, comic books, IDW comics, indie comics
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