Book Reviews

How Does America React When Only Black People Have Superpowers?

How does America react when only black people have superpowers? In the sure-to-be-controversial six-part comic book series WHITE, co-creators Kwanza Osajyefo and Tim Smith 3, Inkpot-Award winning artist Jamal Igle, and cover artist Khary Randolph…


Batman: The Court of Owls: An Original Novel by Greg Cox (Titan Books)

The chances that Bob Kane and Bill Finger, even in their wildest fantasies, ever imagined that Batman would be one of the world’s most enduring, and instantly recognisable, heroes eighty years after he made his…


Jim Henson\’s Labyrinth: A Discovery Adventure – Kate Sherron & Laura Langston (Boom! Studios)

I’m not sure what is about the eighties, but in my experience it’s still the go to era for the coolest pop culture. Being the father of two children under twelve, it’s thrilling to see…



Make Mischief with THE BEAUTY OF HORROR: TRICKS AND TREATS Halloween Coloring Book

Ghouliana, the adorably undead star of the adult coloring book phenomenon Beauty of Horror, takes Mischief Night to a whole new level with Alan Robert’s upcoming holiday SPOOK-tacular, The Beauty of Horror: Tricks and Treats, published by IDW!Trick-or-Treaters beware…





Dragon Age: Asunder (Deluxe Edition) – Written by David Gaider & Illustrated by Stefano Martino, Andres Ponce, German Ponce, and Álvaro Sarraseca (Dark Horse)

I bloody LOVE an RPG, so I’m a massive fan of the Dragon Age series of consolegames.  Developers Electronic Arts have managed to do something that so many other games designers fail: mix great gameplay…



THE WAIT IS OVER – THE ONLY TWO CLASSIC-ERA DOCTOR WHO STORIES NOT YET NOVELISED, WILL BE PUBLISHED BY BBC BOOKS IN 2019

After the success of the new-era Target novelisations in 2018, which included books by Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, BBC Books are proud to announce the publication of Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation…


Black Wings of Cthulhu Volume Six: Twenty-One New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror – Various Authors. Edited by S.T. Joshi (Titan Books)

This latest instalment of tales inspired by Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, is a collection of stories and poems attempting to capture the atmosphere and spirit of the Great Old Ones. Predictably it’s a mixed bag with…