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Comic Review – Conan The Barbarian: Exodus #1

Many are the tales that have been told of Conan The Barbarian, from his savage upbringing among the grim hills of Cimmeria to his misspent youth among the thief-haunted towers of Zamora. The bards still speak of his time as a mercenary leader and a pirate captain, before he finally became king of Aquilonia, greatest […]

AGE OF CONAN BELIT #2 (OF 5)

COMIC PREVIEW – AGE OF CONAN BELIT #2 (OF 5) | FIRST BLOOD ON THE HIGH SEAS! BÊLIT finds her first battle at sea! But will her impetuous nature lead the crew to victory, or sink her ambitions before they’ve begun?

MOVIE REVIEW – CAPTAIN MARVEL

Captain Marvel has the honorable, yet long overdue, distinction of being the first major film within the MCU to sport a female lead. The only question that remains: was it worth the wait?

Comic Review – Black Widow #1

REVIEW BY MATT MORRISON

Black WIdow is back from the dead and aching to put some bad people in their own graves.

Podcast #014 – Stan Lee: In Memoriam

We had to slay some technical dragons, but our podcast is finally ready for you again. There will be a few rapid-fire updates to get you caught up, but our schedule should resume without hiccups.  Episode #014 – Stan Lee – In Memoriam  This episode was originally recorded on 17 November 2018, but took a […]

Comic Review: “Defenders: The Best Defense” #1

“Defenders: The Best Defense” #1 Writer: Al EwingPenciler: Joe BennettInker: Belardino BraboColor Artist: Dono Sánchez-AlmaraLetterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles Classic Marvel Comics fans have been awaiting the return of one of the most unique teams in the Marvel Universe, the original Defenders, which have finally reunited after almost 20 years and several incarnations. Created in 1971 […]

Comic Review – Dead Man Logan #1

DEAD MAN LOGAN #1 PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics WRITER: Ed Brisson ARTIST: Mike Henderson COLORIST: Nolan Woodard COVER PRICE: $4.99 Old Man Logan is DEAD…again, sort of…but not really. Ever since the Old Man Logan character was introduced as a self-contained story arc written by Mark Millar and with art by  Steve McNiven, the character very became […]

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Comic Review – Uncanny X-Men #1

X-Men comics are a daunting thing to comic book newcomers. The franchise has one of the most extensive mythologies in history. There have been as many as a dozen X-Men books being published at any one time every month. And there are literally hundreds of characters, heroes and villains, making up the continuing saga of […]

Review: “Marvel Knights” #1

By Dave Whiteman In 1998, after Marvel Comics had just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, writer and artist Joe Quesada, then part of the independent Event Comics, formerly editor-in-chief and now Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment, began work on a line of comic books that featured some of Marvel’s more low-profile characters, such as […]

In Memoriam: Stan Lee (1922-2018 )

There are few occasions when I’ve been at a loss for words. This is not one of those occasions. Indeed, my problem now lies in deciding what words to use without forming an incoherent mass of babble. For how does one sum up the life of a man such as Stan Lee? I could write […]

Comic Review – Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #1

Across the multiverse, a story is played out continually. An intelligent teenager is bitten by a mutated spider. The bite gives them the proportionate strength and speed of a spider as well as an adhesive touch and a precognitive awareness of danger. They go on to use their new powers to try and help others. […]

Comic Review – What If? Spider-Man #1

While never a long-running success, the What If? series of comics has proven to be one of Marvel Comics’ most persistently published properties. From 1977 to 2015, the series has seen 12 different volumes devoted to the idea of exploring the alternate realities spinning out of classic Marvel stories. Some of them were fairly mundane, […]

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Comic Review – Venom: First Host #1

Every Spider-Fan knows how Venom was created when the alien symbiote Peter Parker rejected bonded with Eddie Brock – a disgraced reporter, who blamed his fallen fortunes on Spider-Man, whose capture of the serial killer known as The Sin Eater revealed that Brock’s article identifying the Sin Eater as someone else was a sham. The […]

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Comic Review – West Coast Avengers #1

It had seemed like such a simple plan at first – Move out to California to get away from the craziness of New York, set up shop as a private investigator and build a new life away from the insanity of saving the world by shooting things with pointy sticks. Unfortunately, craziness has a way of […]

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Comic Review – Fantastic Four #1

It’s been a rough couple of years for the Fantastic Four. Both in the real world and in the Marvel Universe. The on-going battle between Marvel Studios and Fox over the film rights to the franchise saw Marvel Comics stop publishing a monthly Fantastic Four comic in a bid to deny any sort of cross-promotion […]

Comic Review – Infinity Wars #1

I must confess that I’m not a big fan of the the cosmic side of Marvel Comics’ universe. No disrespect intended to Jim Starlin and everyone who enjoys his grandiose space operas but it just isn’t my cup of nutrimatically replicated dried leaves infused with boiling water. And Infinity Wars is a prime example of […]