Advance Review – James T. Kirk Comes To The Rescue *Again* In ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #3
When Klingons are involved, it’s always best to call upon Captain James T. Kirk. As depicted in Star
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #8 Has Some Significant Structural Issues
Stories — whether they be in comic books, movies, or television — have standard structures. In comics, it typically following
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts’ #5 Gives Readers A Twist But It’s Too Late
When you start reading a limited series titled Star Trek: Red Shirts, it’s a pretty safe bet that there won’t
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Advance Review – ‘Skinbreaker’ #3 Shows No Quit In It
Knowing when to call it quits – whether it be a relationship or a career – is one of the
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Advance Review – Vanishing Men Conclude ‘Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man’ #4
Maybe it should be called The Invisible Men. The excellent Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man series wraps up its limited
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Advance Review – ‘Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming’ #3 Is Like A Supercharged Television Episode
While Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise-D may have discovered the terrifying Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the
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Review: Emotions Ratchet Up In ‘Everything Dead & Dying’ #3
Being a parent is one of the most joyful and fulfilling jobs imaginable. But it comes at a high cost.
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #7 Parties Through A Transitional Issue
Ahhh the Halloween bonfire party! It’s a rite of passage for many a teen who is too cool for trick
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Advance Review – The Mystery Deepens Deliciously In ‘No Man’s Land’ #3
Like peeling an onion, the mystery in No Man’s Land is revealing itself to be layers upon layers. What started
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Advance Review — ‘The Twilight Zone’ #2 Crams A Lot Into A Single Issue
An ancient Chinese curse supposedly warns, “may all your dreams come true.” While the curse’s origins are apocryphal, in The
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Advance Review: ‘Blood & Thunder’ #7 Ends In A Bizarre Way
Regular readers of Blood & Thunder will remember bounty hunter Blood ended the last story arc by failing to bring
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts’ #4 Doesn’t Give Readers Anyone To Root For
One of the reasons Star Trek has endured for over half a century is the characters and our emotional investment
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Advance Review: Clark Bint’s Artwork Stuns In ‘Cyberarchy’ #1
It’s probably a safe bet that few comic book enthusiasts had Mad Cave Studio’s Cyberarchy on their pull lists earlier
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Advance Review: ‘Crownsville’ #1 Explores A Frightening Man-Made Horror Story
From its opening in 1911, Crownsville State Hospital near Baltimore treated Black mental patients, though it quickly expanded to aid
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Advance Review – ‘Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man’ #3 Continues To Thrill
It is a testament to the Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man creative team that, three-quarters through the limited series we
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Advance Review — ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #6 Is Feeling The Weight Of Its Many Characters
Having a number of interesting characters is critical to the success of most stories. After all, no one wants to
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Advance Review — Finch Continues To Dazzle In ‘Skinbreaker’ #2
Leave it to David Finch to take a relatively straightforward panel at the beginning of a book and turn it
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Advance Review — ‘Star Trek: Voyager: Homecoming’ #2 Is Brisk and Entertaining
This is not the homecoming that Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager had in mind. The
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Advance Review — ‘Out Of Alcatraz’ Is One Of The Best Comic Book Reads Of 2025
It’s not hyperbole to say that Out of Alcatraz, the limited series by writer Christopher Cantwell and artist Tyler Crook,
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Advance Review — The Big Battle Leads To Little Change In ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #6
From the start, the overriding issue with Invincible Universe: Battle Beast has been the ease in which the main character
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Advance Review — Cantwell Shows Off His Storytelling Prowess In ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts’ #3
The body count may have slowed down slightly in Star Trek: Red Shirts #3, but the tension keeps building throughout
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Advance Review — The Key To Immortality Is In ‘The Twilight Zone’ #1
You are traveling through another dimension – a new comic book series based on an old television show. Yes, The
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Advance Review — James T. Kirk Returns, More Or Less, In ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #1
One of the most interesting concepts coming out of the otherwise disappointing streaming series Star Trek: Discovery was the idea
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Advance Review – Finch Delivers A Master Class In Comic Artwork In ‘Skinbreaker’ #1
It turns out there’s a really simple formula for creating a great comic book: Hire David Finch and give him
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Advance Review — Man Remains Visible, And Terrifying In ‘Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man’ #2
It’s not a joke to say that halfway through the limited series Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man, we still don’t
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Advance Review — ‘Galactic’ #1 Relies Too Much On Familiar Sci-Fi Tropes
The spunky space princess. The heroic rogue with his furry sidekick. The evil villain set to invade a peaceful planet.
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Advance Review — Love, Plus Body Parts, Is In The Air In ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #5
Time for a little romance. After four issues of terror, traumatic amputations, backstabbing (some literally), and explosions, Exquisite Corpses #5
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Advance Review — ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #5 Provides Character Insights Both Necessary And Irrelevant
Generally speaking, the more we know about a comic book character, the better. Understanding major character motivations is essential to
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Advance Review — ‘Blood & Thunder’ #5 Gets Back On Track, Sorta
Initially, it seems as though the latest issue of Blood & Thunder is about to make the same mistake as
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No Rest For The Weary — ‘Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming’ #1 Reviewed
IDW has brought the U.S.S. Voyager out of mothballs and back into the spotlight in its new limited series Star
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Advance Review – ‘Star Trek: Red Shirts’ #2 Lives Up To Its Name
Star Trek wouldn’t be Star Trek without killing off a couple of random red shirts. This time, though, the body
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