Comic Reviews

Ghost Rider: Four on the Floor – Felipe Smith, Danilo S. Beyruth, Tradd Moore, Val Staples, Jesus Aburtov, Federico Blee, Morry Hollowell & Dono Sanchez Almara (Marvel)

Ghost Rider emerged from the darkest recesses of the Marvel Universe’s heart and since he first appeared has continued to dwell on, and around, those stygian fringes. The spirit of vengeance who punishes the damned,…


The Strain: Mister Quinlan Vampire Hunter – David Lapham, Edgar Salazar, Keith Champagne – (Dark Horse)

Possessing only poor man’s televisual receiving equipment – ie, no cable or satellite – I have never seen the TV series, The Strain. Nor have I read the trilogy of novels on which it is based….


Marvel Publishing and ComiXology Team-Up to Debut Immortal Iron Fists

During the Next Big Thing Panel at Comic-Con International San Diego, Marvel Entertainment unveiled that it is joining forces with comiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comic shopping & reading service, for a line of exclusive digital…


Hard Case Crime & Titan Comics Announce Max Allan Collins\’ Quarry\’s War and Cynthia Von Buhler\’s Minky Woodcock!

Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime are excited to reveal the next titles from their Hard Case Crime line of comics – Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini and Quarry\’s War! Created by acclaimed artist, author, director,…


Gears of War Returns To Comics This January

Following last year’s launch of the critically-acclaimed Gears of War 4, the fan-favourite Gears of War franchise is marking its return to graphic novels in 2018.  Set on the fictional planet of Sera, the Gears of War series charts the…


Star-Lord: Grounded – Chip Zdarsky, Kris Anka, Djibril Morissette, Walden Wong, Matthew Wilson & Mat Lopes (Marvel)

What is it with these outer space folks? Strand them on Earth for five minutes and they bring everything crashing down around them. If I didn’t know better, I’d swear it was because they were…


Scarlet Witch Volume Three: The Final Hex – James Robinson & Leila Del Duca (Marvel)

One of the more intriguing Marvel characters, in my opinion, Wanda aka The Scarlet Witch has really come of age in this series. In this reboot of her back story, we have seen her take…



Alan Moore & Kevin O\’Neill go out with a bang in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. IV: The Tempest

After an epic seventeen-year journey through the entirety of human culture – the biggest cross-continuity ‘universe’ that is conceivable – Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill will conclude both their legendary League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and their equally legendary comic-book careers with…


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Comic Book Crossover Sequel Coming

This November, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Ghostbusters reunite for an inter-dimensional comic book adventure (and probably a large pizza!) in the upcoming weekly crossover event series from IDW Publishing. Our story begins when an old adversary…


Invincible Iron-Man: Ironheart – Brian Michael Bendis & Stefano Caselli (Panini / Marvel)

Nothing lasts forever. Not even Iron-Man. When Tony Stark fell at the hands of Captain Marvel in the closing moments of Civil War II, the curtain descended on the long, illustrious and incredibly complicated career…


The Prowler: The Clone Conspiracy – Sean Ryan, Jamal Campbell & Javier Saltares (Marvel)

By now, the whole of four colour fandom is aware of the convoluted clone and resurrection schemes of the Jackal that threatened to not only collapse Spider-Man’s universe, but the rest of the world as…