Advance Review: A Heist Job In `Time Before Time’ #13
When all else fails, plan a heist. While Time Before Time has been an enjoyable romp through different periods of
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Advance Review: Storm’s Coming In `That Texas Blood’ #14
When it rains…it snows. That’s the feeling in Ambrose County as the new story arc opens in the latest issue
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A Cautionary Tale Told Too Late: Reviewing AWA’s `New Think’ #1
Once upon a time, when children of a certain age misbehaved, they were put into timeout, or yelled at, or
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Advance Review: An Epic Conclusion To `Step By Bloody Step’ #4
While great stories are rare, great endings are even more difficult to find. Sticking the landing means the difference between
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Advance Review: Something Is Lurking In `The Closet’ #1
The monster lurking in the closet is a universal fear among children. Lying in bed in the dark – even
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Advance Review: Synergy Rules In `Stranger Things: Kamchatka’ #3
Nothing like a bit of corporate synergy to boost a franchise. Stanger Things: Kamchatka seems to have been created for
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Advance Review: Embracing Change In `Little Monsters’ #4
They say that change is the only constant in life. The same is apparently true for the undead. After getting
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Advance Review: Biding Time In `Something Is Killing The Children’ #23
After two strong introductory installments in the current “The Road to Tribulation” story arc, the new issue of Something Is
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An Interview With ‘Nottingham’ Writer David Hazan
In 2019, Australian writer David Hazan won the Mad Cave Studios Talent Search alongside artist Shane Connery Volk. With the
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Advance Review: Rope-A-Dope In `Blood Stained Teeth’ #2
Sports and horror are not two genres often presented in the same story. When the particular sport in question is
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Advance Review: Dealing With Family Issues In `Rogue Sun’ #4
Dylan Siegel’s family life is…complicated. His mom has turned him into his school’s dean for bullying other students into doing
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Advance Review: Having Control Issues In `Ice Cream Man’ #30
In any experiment, a control group is essential. This group is not subjected to the particulars of the study –
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Review: Avoiding Needed Resolution In `Black Hammer Reborn’ #12
The Black Hammer series has been one of the most consistently entertaining set of comic stories over the past several
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Advance Review: Embracing The Visual Extravaganza Of `The Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin’ #1
Geof Darrow’s work is always something to behold. Known for his visual collaborations with Frank Miller in Hard Boiled and
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Advance Review: A Detective Story In `Time Before Time’ #12
The highly serialized, chronologically mixed-up series Time Before Time takes a breather in issue #12 to tell an old-fashioned detective
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Advance Review: Modernizing Celtic Myths In `Cold Iron’ #1
The Isle of Man is not your typical comic book setting. Then again, Cold Iron is not your typical comic
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An Interview With `Good Game, Well Played’ Writer Rachael Smith
The coming-of-age graphic novel Good Game, Well Played follows teenager Sienna and a group of her young coworkers as they
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Advance Review: Slowing To Sub-Light Speed In `Star Trek: The Mirror War’ #6
The reliably entertaining Star Trek: The Mirror War inexplicitly hits the inertial dampeners in issue #6. Telling the story of
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Advance Review: Going Nowhere Fast In `Rocketeer: The Great Race’ #2
Who knew that a first-of-its kind air race could be so boring? Instead of carrying the momentum from a strong
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Advance Review: Meeting Both Detmers In ‘Star Trek Discovery – Adventures In The 32nd Century’ #3
It seems odd that arguably the best Star Trek comic book series from publisher IDW focuses on the minor characters
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Advance Review: Black And White And Red All Over In `Little Monsters’ #3
For vampires, you never forget your first time. In this case, the first time is tasting human blood. After all,
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Advance Review: Change is Constant In `The Last Session’ Vol. 1
If a comic book rendition of high school friends playing a roleplaying game is your idea of a great read,
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Advance Review: Terror Reigns In `Something Is Killing The Children’ #22
After nearly two dozen issues and a spin-off series, you wouldn’t think that the Something is Killing the Children series
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Advance Review: `Step By Bloody Step’ #3 Takes An Emotional Toll
One of the funniest panels in the latest issue of Step By Bloody Step features a character holding a finger
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Advance Review: Family Matters In `Rogue Sun’ #3
You think you have family issues? Imagine being Dylan Siegel. His dad, the original Rogue Sun, died in the series
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An Interview with `Sentience’ Writer Elyse Russel
Launched earlier this month on Zoop, Sentience is about an android that is questioning her place in the world. Billed
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Advance Review: Dialing Up Teen Angst In `Good Game, Well Played’
Computer gamers often use the phrase “good game, well played” or “GGWP” to congratulate someone after a match. But in
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Review: An Incomplete `Star Trek: The Best of Picard’
Jean-Luc Picard is a one of the best characters in Star Trek lore, up there with Kirk, Spock, Quark and
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Advance Review: Journey’s End In `Star Trek Year Five – Experienced in Loss’
The end of the original Enterprise’s five-year mission has been the stuff of speculation for decades. Cut short after only
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Advance Review: Revisiting Fan Favorites in `Star Trek: Ferengi’
If you’ve been missing the misadventures of aliens Quark, his brother Rom, mom Moogie and the Grad Nagus from Star
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Advance Review: Exploring the Larger Universe in `Stranger Things: Kamchatka’ #2
If you’re a fan of the Netflix series Stranger Things and are thinking that the new comic book tie-in series
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