Advance Review: What We Leave Behind In `Ice Cream Man’ #29
It is sometimes said that a person’s life can be measured by what they leave after they have died. If
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Author: Tom Smithyman
Advance Review: `Fictionauts’ #3 Goes Full Matrix
What is reality, and what is our role in it? How important to that reality are the made-up stories we
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Advance Review: Vampires For Hire In ‘Blood Stained Teeth’ #1
When it comes to horror in comics, vampires are hot once again. After giving up the title of most popular
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Getting To Know Adira: Reviewing `Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures In The 23rd Century’ #2
One of the unfortunate side effects of abbreviated television seasons brought on by streaming services is that, in ensemble shows,
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Advance Review: It’s Data’s Day In `Star Trek: The Mirror War #5’
Set two years after Captain Jen-Luc Picard’s victory in conquering the shipbuilding operations at Faundora, publisher IDW returns to Star
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Advance Review: Flying High In `The Rocketeer – The Great Race’ #1
IDW is taking advantage of the Rocketeer’s 40th anniversary with a four-part limited series featuring the World War II-era hero.
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Advance Review: Sinking Your Teeth Into `Little Monsters’ #2
After taking its time to introduce readers to a cadre of tween and teenaged vampires in the premiere issue, Little
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Advance Review: Monstrous Fun in `Something is Killing the Children’ #21
After taking a hiatus to tend to his umpteen other projects, James Tynion IV returns to his magnum opus in
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Advance Review: Embracing The Visual Masterpiece Of `Step By Bloody Step’ #2
Artist Matias Bergara accepted a challenging assignment in creating the visuals for Step By Bloody Step. Tell a layer story
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Advance Review: Struggling with Daddy Issues in `Rogue Sun’ #2
The title of the series could just as easily be called ‘Rogue Dad’. Most superheroes idolize their fathers. Tony Stark
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Immortality Is A Drag: Reviewing `Stillwater: The Escape’ #1
Eternal life may sound like a paradise for some, but in the world of Stillwater, writer Chip Zdarsky and artist
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Review: Confusion Reigns In `Time Before Time’ #11
Things are looking pretty glum for the characters in Time Before Time #11. Time-hopper Nadia found out that her search
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Ratcheting Up The Death Toll: Reviewing `The Silver Coin’ #10
The Silver Coin has never been a comic book series for the faint of heart. The horror anthology series created
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Reflecting On ‘Star Trek Classics: The Mirror Universe Saga’ TPB
With IDW’s The Mirror War saga in high gear, the publisher has re-released a sprawling 1980s DC series featuring the
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Advance Review: It’s Black Hammer vs. Black Hammer in ‘Black Hammer Reborn’ #10
Through his original Black Hammer series, its sequel and its many side titles, Jeff Lemire has created a rich universe
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Advance Review: Lemire and Nguyen Shine in `Little Monsters’ #1
Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen are back together in the new Image Comics title Little Monsters – and after reading
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Advance Review: `Corollary’ #1 Doesn’t Add Up
It is said that each of us has a twin. In the universe of Corollary, that notion is codified. Every
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Advance Review: Grumpy Cat Rules The Roost In `Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures In The 32nd Century’ #1
The Star Trek franchise has a long history of pets, dating all the way back to Christopher Pike’s horse Tango,
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Advance Review: Re-engineering Geordi In `Star Trek: The Mirror War – LaForge’ #1
Star Trek’s mirror universe has been a source of excitement, innovative storytelling and even a little controversy over the decades.
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Advanced Review: It’s a Good Day to Die in `Star Trek: Klingons’ One-Shot
The Klingons of Star Trek have consistently been the franchise’s most intriguing characters. Introduced in the Cold War-era original series,
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Advance Review: Unconnected Story Lines Bog Down `Swamp Dogs: House Of Crows’ #2
Swamp Dogs: House of Crows #2 is your typical road trip, lesbian romance, zombie horror. And yet weaving those seemingly
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Advance Review: `Decorum’ Hardcover Showcases Artist Mike Huddleston’s Amazing Work
When Image Comics’ Decorum #1 premiered in early 2020, it instantly sold out at local comic shops. Then the pandemic
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Advance Review: The Heat is On in `78 MPH’ #1
Talk about global warming! 78 MPH, the latest series from Red 5 Comics, deals with a crazy post-apocalyptic future straight
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Advance Review: Friendship Rules In Sina Grace’s ‘Rockstar And Softboy’
Sina Grace’s latest story, Rockstar and Softboy defies genres as easily as it defies explanation. Part buddy story, part mythical
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Advance Review: Truth is in the Eye of the Beholder in `Fictionauts’ #1
Imagine Moby Dick concluding with Ahab killing the whale, or MacBeth having a happy ending or an episode of The
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Advance Review: `Rogue Sun’ #1 Is Not Your Father’s Superhero Story
If you’re looking for a dynamic opening to a comic book series, Rogue Sun delivers. The opening pages pit the
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Advance Review: Silence is Golden in `Step By Bloody Step’ #1
It would be easy to say that Si Spurrier, the writer of Step By Bloody Step #1 left all the
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Rich Douek Opens Up About ‘Sea Of Sorrows,’ Releasing This Week In TPB
Sea of Sorrows follows the crew of the appropriately named SS Vagabond, which is set on plundering a sunken U-boat and
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Advance Review: `Speed Republic’ #1 Stalls From the Start
It is counterintuitive for a story called Speed Republic to get off to a slow start. Unfortunately, the latest title
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Three Years Later, Vaughan and Staples Shine in `Saga’ #55
Three years in comic book continuity can be a lifetime. Characters are created, killed and are resurrected. Love is sought,
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An Interview With `Blood On Sunset’ Writer Mark D’Anna
Blood on Sunset is a compelling mix of genres – a vampire tale set in 1940s Los Angeles against the
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