Advance Review: It’s a Battle Royale in `Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin’ #2
Leave it to a creative genius like Geof Darrow to combine a talking baby Komodo dragon, a martial arts-trained cowboy
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Advance Review: `The Lonesome Hunters’ #1 Lacks That Extra Something
Premiere issues are tricky beasts to slay. Writers must demonstrate that they have created interesting and somehow relatable characters without
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Advance Review: `Something Is Killing The Children’ #24 Catches Its Breath
There’s a lot of storytelling going on in this latest issue of Something is Killing the Children. Gabi, who survived
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Advance Review: Vampires And Fast Cars Dominate A Thin `Blood Stained Teeth’ #3
You would think that the unique combination of vampires and street racing would be enough to carry a story. It
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Advance Review: Serving Up An Appetite For Death In `The Silver Coin’ #11
There is an old Chinese curse that warns of what happens when your dreams come true. That terrifying thought has
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Advance Review: Revisiting A Boring Terok Nor In `Star Trek: The Mirror War – Sisko’
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had one of the most interesting runs of any Trek series – along with a
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Advance Review: Artist Jae Lee is Heavenly In `Seven Sons’ #1
From Sean Gordon Murphy’s Punk Rock Jesus to Mark Millar’s and Peter Gross’ American Jesus, the second coming of Christ
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Advance Review: Space Truly Is The Final Frontier In `Astronaut Down’ #1
You think your job is rough? Imagine being one of only a few million people left of Earth, then having
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Advance Review: The Hero Returns In `The Rocketeer: The Great Race’ #3
Finally, the Rocketeer is back. It took nearly two-and-a-half issues for the titular hero to make more than a cameo
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Advance Review: `Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures In The 32nd Century’ #4 Focuses On Linus
With a large ensemble cast and sprawling stories that take an entire season to be resolved, the Paramount Plus show
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Advance Review: A Secret Hospital For Supernatural Creatures– Read `The Ward’ #1 Stat!
If you think the healthcare system is broken now, imagine being a goblin in search of a doctor. That’s the
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Advance Review: Storytelling On Trial In `New Think’ #2
It is said that those who tell stories rule the world. The latest issue of New Think, the anthology series
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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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