Advance Review — The End Is Near For The Federation And The Series In ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #11
From the many battles with Klingons and Romulans to the threat of the Borg to the Dominion War, the United
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Advance Review — Massive Battles Dominate ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ Vol. 2
This one is all about the battles. After a slow start, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast Vol. 2 —
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The One Where Tom King Writes About ‘Friends’ — Reviewing ‘Six Of Us’ #1
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A group of six young people star in an overwhelmingly successful sitcom about
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Inaugural ICON Festival Celebrates Comic And Narrative Art In LA This November
Move over Lake Como and the Hawaiian Islands. It’s time for Los Angeles to show off some comic glitz and
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Advance Review: ‘Odin’ #4 Will Have You Guessing About What Is Really Happening
In the real world, journalists are having a rough time with the closing of newspapers and the distrust of many
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Advance Review: ‘Of The Earth’ #5 Delivers Its Best Issue To Date
My Grandma, what a very big … knife you have! Of the Earth’s Gramma Betty is back — and
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts — Ghosts Of The 21st Century’ #2 Defies The Franchise’s Rigid Structure
With its utopian society and lack of conflict among humans, Star Trek is not the easiest franchise to write for. After all,
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #17 Delivers Another Inconsistent Issue
The seesaw of inconsistency that has marked Blood & Thunder has once again swung downward. The series just can’t
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You Keep Going Because You Love It — Discussing New Publisher Brain Poison’s Upcoming Slate Of Comics
If you thought creating one comic book series was difficult, imagine launching three at the same time. That’s the task
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It’s A Lot, But Dang It’s Fun — Jason Neulander Discusses ‘Treasure Island Reimagined’
Jason Neulander wears many hats including playwright, director, producer, and comic book writer. The hyphenated creator is putting all those
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Advance Review: Art Imitates Life In Comics In ‘Tales Of Wonder’ #1
The never-ending debate of who is more important in comics — the writer or the artist — rages in Steve Skroce‘s
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Advance Review: ‘Oifusa’ #1 Shows Off Guillem March’s Storytelling Prowess
You can’t say that Guillem March isn’t willing to put in the work. March, known for his illustration work on Batman and Catwoman,
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Advance Review: The Story Starts To Take Hold In ‘The Eye Collector’ #3
There’s a lot of confusion in The Eye Collector, but one thing is certain: Never let Nathan’s mom tell the kids
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Advance Review: ‘Corpse Knight’ #5 Reveals The Series’ Real Bad Guy
With friends like these, young Foy certainly doesn’t need any more enemies. For the last four issues of
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Advance Review — ‘Universal Monsters: Blood Of The Wolf Man’ #3 Racks Up The Body Count
If nothing else, this issue put the blood in Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man. Just as in
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Advance Review: Andy Kubert’s Artwork Is One Of The Few Highlights Of ‘Terminal’ #2
It’s no surprise that Andy Kubert gives readers of Terminal #2 plenty to gawk at. After all, the artist known for his
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Review — ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #10 Kicks Off The Series’ Final Arc
Star Trek: The Last Starship has always been an odd fit for the franchise. The series takes place after
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Advance Review — The Battle Royale Concludes, More Or Less, In ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #12
It had to end sooner or later. After three issues, the epic battle between Battle Beast and Conquest
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming’ TPB Picks Up Where The Series Left Off
Star Trek: Voyager had one of the most definitive endings of any of the franchise’s series. Having defeated the
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Advance Review: Abe Lincoln Hits Rock Bottom In ‘If Destruction Be Our Lot’ #4
If you had trouble believing Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter, good luck imagining him as a junkie.
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Advance Review: ‘The Karman Blade’ #1 Allows Ian Bertram To Show Off His Artistic Skills
Calling The Karman Blade #1 an excuse to let artist Ian Bertram show off his considerable talents is unfair to the rest of the
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Advance Review — ‘Ashes Over Neon: In The Gutter’ #0 Seeks To Free Us From The Humdrum
Many of us — maybe most of us — are forced to separate our passions from our careers. We may
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Advance Review: Steve Epting’s Illustrations Give You A Great Reason To Pick Up ‘Hammerfist’ #1
This is no typical heist job. The new ongoing series Hammerfist centers its premiere issue around a bank robbery. But
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Advance Review: Lemire And Nguyen Partner Again In ‘Crowbound’ #1
It’s a brave thing to start off a new series with the apparent death of the main character. But creators Jeff
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Advance Review: ‘Of The Earth’ #4 Regains Its Footing After A Misstep
There is a fairly common occurrence when a writer pitches an eight- or 12-part comic book miniseries to an editor.
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Advanced Review — Darrow Raises Sophomoric Humor To New Heights In ‘The Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I.Live’ #2
There’s a pretty simple test to know whether you would like Geof Darrow’s approach to storytelling. Read the opening pages of the
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Advanced Review: The End Is Nigh In ‘The Twilight Zone’ #10
You’ve probably heard the story of Japanese soldiers on a remote Pacific island in the 1970s who didn’t know World
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Inconsistency Is The Only Constant In ‘Blood & Thunder’ #16
The only thing worse than a bad comic book? An inconsistent one. It’s one thing if you know
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Advance Review: Mavinga’s Strong Artwork Highlights An Otherwise Uneventful ‘White Sky’ #5
Parsing our background during an ongoing series can be a tricky storytelling task. In the case of White Sky, it feels
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Advance Review — ‘The Last Driver’ #1 Is Murphy’s Love Letter To Cars
The Last Driver is the kind of comic that you knew Sean Gordon Murphy would make sooner or later. Murphy, after all, is
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Advance Review — ‘The Eye Collector’ #2 Is A Sight To Behold
There’s weird, and then there’s The Eye Collector. Weird, of course, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But when a story is
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