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Advance Review — There Is Plenty To See In ‘The Eye Collector’ #1

Have you ever read a comic book or watched a movie that was so bizarre that, while you have no

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May 26, 2026May 25, 2026 Tom Smithyman 509 Views advance review, comics, GMB Chomlchuk, Image Comics, Jonathan Ball, Lyndon Radchenka, Reviews, The Eye Collector #1
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Advance Review — ‘The Odyssey’ #1 Cleverly Sets The Classic Epic In Outer Space

If in space, no one can hear you scream, are the Sirens going to be much of a threat?  

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May 22, 2026May 21, 2026 Tom Smithyman 492 Views advance review, Bruno Catarino, comics, crowdfunding, Erwin J. Arroza, Kickstarter, Matias Zenetti, Reviews, The Odyssey #1
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Advance Review — ‘Of The Earth’ #1 Is A Slow Burn Of Terror

The best horror stories are not the ones that scare you from the outset. Instead, they are the ones that

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May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Tom Smithyman 298 Views advance review, Andrew Ehrich, Charlie Adlard, Chris Condon, comics, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Image Comics, News from the Fallout, Of the Earth #1, Pip Martin, Reviews, That Texas Blood, The Walking Dead
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Advance Review — ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #9 Takes An Unwelcome Pause In The Action

It seems like Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’s latest big bad wasn’t all that big or bad.     After defeating half of

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May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Tom Smithyman 812 Views advance review, Annalisa Leoni, comics, Image Comics, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #9, Reviews, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Ryan Ottley
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Advance Review: ‘Odin’ #1 Kicks Off A Road Trip From Hell — Or Asgard

From the start, the new limited series Odin tries to walk the line among genres.     There are elements of a

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May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Tom Smithyman 545 Views advance review, comics, Image Comics, James Tynion IV, Jordie Bellaire, Letizia Cadonici, Marguerite Bennett, Odin #1, Reviews, Tom Napolitano
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Advance Review — Gritty Artwork Tells Its Own Story In ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #7

Sometimes all it takes is a change in artists to breathe new life into a comic book series.    

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May 18, 2026May 17, 2026 Tom Smithyman 305 Views Adrian Bonilla, advance review, Clayton Cowles, Collin Kelly, comics, Hernan Gonzalez, IDW, Jackson Lanzing, Lee Loughridge, Reviews, Star Trek: The Last Starship #7
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Advance Review — ‘Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly’ #2 Needs More Hillbilly 

For a story that is supposed to give readers and gamers the origin story of a particularly nasty baddie, Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly #2 could

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May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Tom Smithyman 443 Views advance review, Allison Hu, Andworld Design, comics, Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly #2, Dean Kotz, Derek Fridolfs, Reviews, Titan Comics
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Advance Review: ‘That Texas Blood’ #21 Returns True To Form

Sheriff Joe Bob is back — and if you know who that is, you know that it’s a cause for

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May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 Tom Smithyman 413 Views advance review, Chris Condon, comics, Everything Dead and Dying, Green Arrow, Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou, Image Comics, jacob phillips, Pip Martin, Reviews, That Texas Blood #21, The Enfield Gang Massacre, Ultimate Wolverine
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Advance Review: ‘Blood & Thunder’ #13 Stages A Prison Break And Regains Its Footing

Is there anything more gratifying than seeing someone or something that has lost its way find itself again?    

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May 11, 2026May 11, 2026 Tom Smithyman 281 Views advance review, benito cereno, Blood and Thunder #13, comics, Daredevil, E.J. Su, Image Comics, Msassyk, Reviews, Rus Wooton, The Shawshank Redemption
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Advance Review — ‘If Destruction Be Our Lot’ #1 Uses Robots To Examine The Human Condition

A new series about artificial intelligence and sentient machines has found an unlikely hero in…Abraham Lincoln. Or rather a mechanical

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May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 Tom Smithyman 532 Views advance review, Andy Macdonald, comics, Francesco Segala, Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou, If Destruction Be Our Lot #1, Image Comics, Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Matthew Rosenberg, Reviews
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #12 Reminds Us Why We Fell In Love With This Series

And then there were two. Just not the two you expected.     It’s been a rough Halloween night for

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April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 Tom Smithyman 480 Views advance review, Becca Carey, comics, Exquisite Corpses #12, Image Comics, James Tynion IV, Jordie Bellaire, Michael Walsh, Reviews
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Advance Review — Death Comes To France In ‘Corpse Knight’ #1

Daddy’s back! And this time he’s mad!     In Image Comics’ newest series, Corpse Knight, young Foy and her

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April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 Tom Smithyman 515 Views advance review, comics, Corpse Knight #1, Image Comics, Matthew Roberts, Michael Chaves, Pat Brosseau, Reviews, Rico Renzi
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Advance Review — Simmonds and Boss Perfectly Complement Each Other In ‘Universal Monsters: Phantom Of The Opera’ #3

In the hands of artist Martin Simmonds, the Paris opera house’s ghost blurs the line between a monstrous human under

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April 20, 2026April 19, 2026 Tom Smithyman 295 Views advance review, Becca Carey, comics, Image Comics, Martin Simmonds, Reviews, Tyler Boss, Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #3
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Advance Review — ‘Ice Cream Man’ #45 Channels Hitchcock In All His Glory

As the saying goes, “Good artists borrow; great artists steal.” To take it one step further — if you are

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April 14, 2026April 13, 2026 Tom Smithyman 536 Views advance review, Alfred Hitchcock, Chris O’Halloran, comics, Good Old Neon, Ice Cream Man #45, Image Comics, Martín Morazzo, Psycho, Rear Window, Reviews, The Birds, W. Maxwell Prince
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Advance Review — ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #8 Ratchets Up The Action

If the last issue of Invincible Universe: Battle Beast suffered only a cameo appearance from the titular character, this latest

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April 13, 2026April 12, 2026 Tom Smithyman 874 Views advance review, Annalisa Leoni, comics, Image Comics, Invincible, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #8, Reviews, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Ryan Ottley
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Advance Review – ‘Blood & Thunder’ #12 Closes Out A Disappointing And Confusing Story Arc

On the plus side, this issue of Blood & Thunder gives readers a definitive ending to this story arc. Until

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April 7, 2026April 6, 2026 Tom Smithyman 391 Views advance review, benito cereno, Blood and Thunder #12, comics, E.J. Su, Image Comics, Msassyk, Reviews, Rus Wooton
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Advance Review — A Killer Is On The Loose In ‘Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly’ #1

A comic book based on a video game franchise is nothing new. But when that franchise is the hugely successful

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March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 Tom Smithyman 629 Views advance review, Allison Hu, AndWord Design, comics, Dead by Daylight, Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly #1, Dean Kotz, Derek Fridolfs, Reviews, Titan Comics, video games
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Review — Kirk Again Takes Command Of ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #6

After two issues of staying disappearing into the background, James T. Kirk finally reemerges from the shadows in the latest

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March 25, 2026March 24, 2026 Tom Smithyman 409 Views Adrian Bonilla, advance review, Clayton Cowles, Collin Kelly, comics, IDW, Jackson Lanzing, Lee Loughridge, Reviews, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek: The Last Starship #6
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Advance Review — ‘White Sky’ #2 Tells A Compelling Story, But Doesn’t Reveal Many Secrets

Two issues into Image Comics’ new series White Sky, and questions are still piling up for readers? What happened that

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March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 Tom Smithyman 332 Views advance review, comics, Ed Dukeshire, Image Comics, J.P. Mavinga, Lee Loughridge, Reviews, White Sky #2, William Harms
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Advance Review: ‘Universal Monsters: Phantom Of The Opera’’#2 Continues To Wow

Character development is difficult to pull off in a four-issue miniseries. Seeing growth in a character after just the first

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March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 Tom Smithyman 345 Views advance review, comics, Image Comics, Martin Simmonds, Reviews, Tyler Boss, Universal Monsters: Phantom of the Opera #2
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Advance Review: ‘Skinbreaker’ #7 Features An Epic Battle With Jaw Dropping Art

If you’re going to dedicate nearly an entire issue to an epic battle, you’d better have a fantastic artist drawing

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March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 Tom Smithyman 332 Views advance review, Annalisa Leoni, comics, David Finch, Image Comics, Reviews, Robert Kirkman, Rus Wooton, Skinbreaker #7
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #11 Nears Its Endgame, And Not A Moment Too Soon

Eleven issues into the first “season” of Exquisite Corpses and we’re finally down to the last two killers battling it

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March 17, 2026March 17, 2026 Tom Smithyman 639 Views advance review, Che Grayson, comics, Exquisite Corpses #11, Gavin Fullerton, Image Comics, James Tynion IV, Jordie Bellaire, Michael Walsh, Reviews
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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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March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 Tom Smithyman 658 Views advance review, comics, Image Comics, Invincible, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast  #7, Reviews, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley
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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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March 9, 2026March 8, 2026 Tom Smithyman 544 Views advance review, benito cereno, Blood and Thunder #11, comics, E.J. Su, Image Comics, Reviews
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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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March 3, 2026March 2, 2026 Tom Smithyman 618 Views advance review, Comics Reviews, Francesco Francavilla, IDW, L Marlow Francavilla, The Twilight Zone #5
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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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February 24, 2026February 24, 2026 Tom Smithyman 554 Views advance review, comics, Image Comics, John Bivens, Justin Jordan, Malevolent #2, Review
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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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February 23, 2026February 22, 2026 Tom Smithyman 274 Views advance review, Annalisa Leoni, comics, David Finch, Image Comics, Reviews, Robert Kirkman, Skinbreaker #6
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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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February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 Tom Smithyman 574 Views advance review, comics, Exquisite Corpses #10, Image Comics, James Tynion IV, Jordie Bellaire, Marianna Ignazzi, Michael Walsh, Reviews
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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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February 10, 2026February 9, 2026 Tom Smithyman 724 Views advance review, Angel Hernandez, comics, Reviews, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming #5, Susan Bridges, Tilly Bridges
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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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February 9, 2026February 8, 2026 Tom Smithyman 614 Views advance review, benito cereno, Blood and Thunder #10, comics, E.J. Su, Image Comics, Reviews
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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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February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 Tom Smithyman 613 Views advance review, comics, IDW, Nate Powell, Reviews, The Twilight Zone #4
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