Advance Review: Dialing Up The Gore In `The Silver Coin’ #13
All comic book gore is not created equal. There’s the more ‘run-of-the-mill gore’ of seeing someone’s head cut off, or
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Love, Marriage, And A Fiddler On The Roof: ‘Fiddler’s Journey To The Big Screen’ Reviewed
There would be no film version of Fiddler on the Roof without the Broadway show. How cool is it, though,
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Review Round Up: All The Comic Book Reviews From The Past Week
More comic book reviews to share with you again from our small band of reviewers. Scott Redmond reviewed the following
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Review: ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #7 Is An Unexpected Delight
Outside of a rough first issue, I’ve enjoyed the latest volume of Amazing Spider-Man. There have been some rough spots,
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Advance Review: Death Haunts The Vampires In `Blood Stained Teeth #5
Death and vampires go together like politicians and corruption. But it’s usually the vampires doing the killing, not the dying.
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Has Edison Crane Truly Met His Match? Reviewing ‘Prodigy: The Icarus Society’ #2
Edison Crane certainly seems to have met his match, and then some, in convicted criminal mastermind Professor Tong, who monologues
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Irreverent, Entertaining And Loads Of Fun: ‘Geezer’ #1 Reviewed
They say if you remember the nineties, then you weren’t there. But writer Will Potter was, and as an active
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New To You Comics #118: English Vampires Versus Indian Demons In ‘These Savage Shores’
With the comics industry continuing to battle the effects of the pandemic, Brendan Allen and I are continuing to talk
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A Hero Of Their Own Story: Reviewing ‘Black Manta’
Stories that center around villains, especially super villains with very brutal pasts, are not always an easy sell. Getting people
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Advance Review: ‘Heart Eyes’ #1 Offers Up Young Love In A Lovecraftian Nightmare World
In Heart Eyes #1 by writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Victor Ibáñez we very quickly learn of the Earth’s devastation
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Review: ‘The New Champion Of SHAZAM!’ #1 Is Pure Magic
Mary Bromfield is one of the greatest protagonists in the DC Universe. Unfortunately, she has sort of fallen by the
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Definitely Looking A Gift Horse In The Mouth: Reviewing ‘Stillwater’ #14
When is a so-called gift actually more of a curse? Well, when the horror of immortality that was upon one
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Not Your Final Girl Podcast – New Release Wall: Nope (2022) Minisode
It’s time to join Candace and Ariel for another smoke break in the back room as we give our spoiler-free
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Review: Tension Abounds In `There’s Something Wrong With Patrick Todd’ #2
Patrick Todd is not having a good day. His mom is sick, and he’s been using his mind control powers
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A Future-Born Merlin Makes His Mark On The Dark Ages In ‘StarHenge’ #2 Review
After a very cosmic debut issue, StarHenge #2 is a more earthy affair with much of the narrative taking place
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Joy In The Little Things: Reviewing ‘Poison Ivy’ #3
The line between dreams and nightmares is about as thin as some say the line between love and hate can
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Advance Review: Getting Some Badly Needed Answers In `Astronaut Down’ #3
Writing a monthly comic book is an exercise in balance. Write too much action, and you run the risk confusing
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Within The Battlefield Of The Mind: Reviewing ‘Immortal X-Men’ #5
The Eternals have engaged in open warfare against the mutants of Krakoa and Arrako, striking first in very brutal ways.
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Advance Review: Artist Andres Ponce Delivers in `The Ward’ #3
Nothing like a cave-in to force a little exposition. That’s the situation in The Ward’s third installment, as protagonist Natalie
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Review Round Up: All The Week’s Comic Book Reviews
In case you missed any, or in case our reviewers encourage you to either pick up, or avoid, a comic
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A Violent Path To Redemption: ‘Sword Of Azrael’ #1 Reviewed
The Batman corner of the DCU is full of wild and fascinating characters. One of the most interesting is the
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Review: ‘Flashpoint Beyond’ #4 Goes Heavy On The Police Procedural And Light On The Super Heroics
The mystery of who the Clockwork Killer continues to build, with Thomas Wayne making a huge breakthrough that brings into
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Review: ‘Once And Future’ #28 Sees Mary Take Charge Of Her Own Story
With only three issue left to go in this fantasy horror series, we begin to see Mary coming forward as
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All Roads Lead To Wakanda – Reviewing ‘Captain America: Symbol Of Truth’ #3
Life isn’t getting any easier for Sam Wilson now that he’s carrying around the shield and mantle of Captain America
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Forgetting Without Forgiving: Reviewing ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #131
All the members of the Splinter Clan and their allies have been through a whole bunch of harrowing, life-threatening/changing things
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Review: ‘Dark Crisis’ #3 Offers Up Little Hope In This Enthralling Blockbuster Series
With the tone of this series being one of pessimism, it’s good to see that there is still a glimmer
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‘The Eurocrypt Of Christopher Lee Collection’ Volume 2
The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection Volume 2 might not be the best showing of Christopher Lee as an actor
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‘Sometimes Getting Everything Is More Difficult (And More Delightful) Than You’d Expect: Reviewing ‘Three Little Wishes
A modern re-working of that classic question – what would you do with those Three Little Wishes, Paul Cornell and
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Advance Review: Mad Cave Studios’ ‘A Legacy of Violence’ #1
Welcome to the table. For all my gaming readers this is going to be another comic review but if
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Revenge Through Science: Reviewing ‘Iron Cat’ #2
For the past few years any comic with Black Cat within it, especially her solo series, has been pretty darn
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Review: ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #6 Celebrates An Icon’s 900th
Amazing Spider-Man is one of the most iconic series in the comics industry. Now it hits issue #900, a massive
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