Advance Review – Not Enough Battle Or Beast In ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #7
Battle Beast is back. More or less. After a hiatus of several months, one of the best-drawn series
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Advance Review: Storytelling Takes Center Stage In ‘Blood & Thunder’ #11
There is a Hopi proverb that says: “Those who tell stories rule the world.” While science and engineering
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’90s-Style Comics Meets ’90s Anime — Talking Comics With Artist V Ken Marion
Comic book artist V Ken Marion has a lot on his plate these days. He just wrapped up art duties
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Raremarq Expands Offering Beyond Comic Slabs To Include All CGC-Graded Collectibles
Online auction site Raremarq continues to expand its line of services by enabling users to import all of their CGC-graded
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Advance Review: ‘’The Twilight Zone’ #5 Has Something To Say (If You Listen)
Struggling to be heard is one of the most frustrating tasks that we can encounter in life. That’s equally true
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Review — ‘Star Trek: Deviations — Threads Of Destiny’ Celebrates Black History
Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols often told the story of her encounter with Martin Luther King Jr. near the end
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Review — Martin Simmonds’ Art Brings ‘Universal Monsters: Phantom Of The Opera’ #1 To Life
Forget the theater; Phantom of the Opera belongs in the pages of comic books. Sure, many of us
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Advance Review: Sloppy Visuals Shatter The Illusion Of ‘Malevolent’ #2
Ultimately, art is about escapism — transporting us somewhere we are not to inform, persuade, or influence us.
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Advance Review — The Story Catches Up To The Visuals In ‘Skinbreaker’ #6
In a series where the visuals dominate the story, the script becomes more important than ever. Such is the case
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Review: ‘White Sky’ #1 Starts Strong And Leaves Plenty Of Mysteries
There is a lot we don’t know after reading the premiere issue of White Sky. The world — or
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The Federation’s Future Hangs In The Balance — Reviewing ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #5
Things are going to get worse for the United Federation of Planets before they get better. And probably for readers
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #10 Finally Reaches A Manageable Character Count
The good news is that Exquisite Corpses is finally down to four killers. The bad news is that the number
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Advance Review — Finally A Fitting Ending In ‘Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming’ #5
After 25 years, the characters in Star Trek: Voyager finally gets the ending they deserved. Voyager ended in
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #10 Continues Its Bizarre Pacing
You know you have a storytelling problem when your creative team has to rely on the readers’ letter page to
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Review: Taking A Dive Into ‘The Twilight Zone’ #4
There’s one in every family, isn’t there? The loser. The screw-up. The sister or cousin or uncle who just can’t
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The Most Metal Name For A Naval Vessel – Discussing ‘War Of The Worlds: Thunder Child’
H.G Well’s novel War of the Worlds has been told and retold in multiple media for over a century. Titan
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Advance Review — Demons Comes To Earth In ‘Malevolent’ #1
The creative team behind the comic book series Spread are back together with a twist on a demon-hunting story. Malevolent,
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Advance Review — It’s The Past Versus The Future In ‘Skinbreaker’ #5
By all rights, this review should really be about how Skinbreaker #5 shows the struggle between honoring the past while
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Exclusive — Raremarq Expands Auctions To Include CGC-Graded Comic Books
Online auction site Raremarq is expanding its offering to include graded comic book slabs with a direct connection to CGC’s
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A Shadow-Soaked World Of Secret Cults And Nightmare Creatures: Discussing ‘Spectors’ With Writer Shannon Eric Denton
Cramming monsters, cults, and oddball heroes — oh, and a gatling gun that fires just about anything you can think
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Your Anxieties Aren’t Unique — Joseph Karg Talks Curating ‘I Feel Doomed’
If you’re feeling down these days, you’re certainly not alone. From politics to health care concerns to the economy, there’s
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Review: ‘Everything Dead & Dying’ #5 Ends With A Poignant Bang
Concepts are easy; endings are hard. For every great idea that starts off being launched out of a
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Advance Review: The Rules Are Changing In ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #9
Poet Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” Whether
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #4 Takes A Breather
Some of the best episodes from the various Star Trek series have little to do with science fiction but instead
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #9 Is A Bloodbath From Start To Finish
Most ongoing comic book series are told in arcs — usually four or five-issue segments that fill readers in on
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New Year, New Comics — Sinking My Teeth Into ‘Batman & Dracula: Red Rain’
Here’s my new year’s confession: I’m a massive Batman fan who’s never read Batman & Dracula: Red Rain.
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Review: James Stokoe’s Artistic Talents Shine In ‘The Twilight Zone’ #3
Come for the artwork; stay for the story. James Stokoe delivers a visual tour-de-force in The Twilight Zone
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Advance Review: An Epic Space Battle In ‘Star Trek: Voyager — Homecoming’ #4
Star Trek has always been about exploration and bettering humanity — all while exploring the human condition. If you’re looking
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Advance Review — Artificial Intelligence Takes Over In ‘Cyberarchy’ #2
Few, if any, topics have captured the public’s imagination and trepidation in recent years than artificial intelligence. Whether you think
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Behold The Sunsword — Jason Aaron Chats About ‘Thundarr The Barbarian’
Jason Aaron joins Tom in the virtual panel room to discuss his upcoming Thundarr The Barbarian series for Dynamite. The
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Advance Review: ‘Skinbreaker’ #4 Showcases Its Creative Team’s Talents
To paraphrase Peter Graves’ character from Airplane!: “Do you like comic books about gladiators?” If so, Skinbreaker #4 is for
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