From Gilbert Roland To Penélope Cruz: ‘Viva Hollywood’ Reviewed
Following a similar format to Donald Bogle’s Hollywood Black (which traced the contributions of African American artists from silent films
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Amazing Fantasy: Reviewing ‘StarHenge’ #3
Writer and artist Liam Sharp turns it up to eleven on this issue with art that is evocative of Frank
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Sword And Sorcery, Twists And Turns: Reviewing ‘Once & Future’ #29
After the rather shocking climax to the last issue, we get a more sombre moment to open up this penultimate
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Review: ‘Batman Vs. Robin’ #1 Changes The World Of The Dark Knight
Since Batman Vs. Robin was announced, it promised to change the world of the Dark Knight, if not the DCU.
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Advance Review: Set Phasers To Fun In `Star Trek: Lower Decks’ #1
The success of the streaming series Star Trek: Lower Decks caught many by surprise. After all, the Star Trek franchise
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Review: ‘Batman’ #127 Continues To Play The Hits
In the last three issues of Batman I’ve noticed an interesting trend. It’s one that, if I’m correct, could point
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Advance Review: The Predictable Truth Slowly Emerges In `Seven Sons’ #4
After three issues of introducing readers up a country as obsessed with the second coming of Christ as it is
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Advance Review: Zeus Is Loose In `There’s Something Wrong With Patrick Todd’ #3
If ordinary people are judged based on the company they keep, then comic book heroes are only as good as
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Review: ‘New Mutants’ #29 Peels Back Layers And Has A Breakthrough
Gabby Kinney has been a big part of New Mutants since the post-X of Swords relaunch, and it’s put her
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Say Hello To The New Boss: Reviewing ‘Poison Ivy’ #4
The relationship between fiction and events within the real world is as old as time, and more often than not
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A Lavish, Pop-Art Powerhouse Of A Comic Book: Reviewing ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’
While comic book fans have marvelled at the painted art work of Alex Ross for decades now, it isn’t that
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Reflections And Revelations: Reviewing ‘Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths’ #4
There comes a point in any big event comic series that relies on crossovers into other titles when the main
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Advance Review: Revisiting A Really Bad Year In `The Silver Coin’ #14
For many people, 2020 was the year from hell. The pandemic, the toilet paper shortage, the civil unrest following the
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Something For The Weekend: Your Regular Dose Of Popular Posts
Saturday’s here and that means another selection of popular posts from across the week and from across the popular cultural
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More comic book reviews for you to get stuck into from our regular team of reviewers: Tom Smithyman looked at
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A Superheroic Love Letter To Comics: Reviewing ‘Astonishing Times’ TPB
Superheroes and comic books have a long-storied history at this point, and comics that explore the idea of superheroes being
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When The Food Fights Back: Reviewing ‘The Vampire Slayer’ #5
If anyone ever wondered whether it was possible to have three teenagers face off against a sentient noodle monster, bucatini
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Audio Drama Review: ‘Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Adventures – Silver And Ice’’
The Seventh Doctor Adventures “Silver and Ice” Directed by Samuel Clemens Starring Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor) and Bonnie Langford (Mel) Something old (Ribos). Something
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Review: ‘Antioch’ #1 Is Uneven With The Leads
This first issue is rather reliant on reading The Frontiersman Volume 1 trade paperback (2022) and The Frontiersman Lock-Up Special
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A Knight’s Tale Concluded: Reviewing ‘Knights Of X’ #5
No matter how epic they might be, all quests must end at some point, sometimes sooner than one might hope
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Review: ‘All-Out Avengers’ #1 Hits Hard, But Not Always In The Right Way
I love a novel concept in a comic. Starting en media res is always fun, but when that concept is
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Review: Marvel Takes Another Crack At The Xenoverse With Mixed Results In ‘Alien’ #1
In Alien #1, United System soldiers track down a colony of synths living on a backwater moon. These biomechanical humanoids
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Advance Review: ‘Old Dog’ #1 Is A Spy-Fi Espionage Thriller Trying So Hard To Work
Declan Shalvey’s old school espionage thriller, Old Dog, comes out from Image Comics at the end of this month, and
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Review: ‘X-Men’ #14 Makes A Statement In Many Ways
The newest team of X-Men are only a few weeks old, already they’re shaping up to be an interesting mix.
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Advance Review: Sending Demons Back To Hell With A Song In `The Roadie’ #1
Roadies have a lot of responsibilities – from helping to set up concert venues to prepping the musicians’ instruments. Fighting
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Advance Review: Celebrating The Final Frontier In `Star Trek’ #400
From a new starship captain’s first moments in the center chair, to Miles O’Brien’s early conflict with the Cardassians, to
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Advance Review: Deanna Schemes And Plots In `Star Trek– The Mirror War – Troi’
The real fun in Star Trek’s mirror universe is getting to see normally well-behaved and predictable characters act like they
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A Tale Of Two Serenitys: Reviewing ‘Firefly: 20th Anniversary Special’ #1
Throughout life, many moments or things can remind someone of the passage of time and that we’re all getting older,
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Advance Review: Targeting Our Gun-Obsessed Culture In `Survival Street’ #2
Popular media’s use of thinly veiled references to satirize or comment on the real world is a tried-and-true storytelling technique.
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Advance Review: `That Texas Blood’ #17 Delivers A Terrific Tale Of Humanity And Suspense
No capes. No superpowers. No problem. Midway through its third story arc, That Texas Blood continues to deliver a nuanced,
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Review Round Up: Presenting All Of Last Week’s Comic Book Reviews
Once again we round up all last week’s comic book reviews from our team of reviewers here at comicon.co HQ.
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