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Doctor Who: Ground Zero – Alan Barnes, Gareth Roberts, Scott Gray, Garry Russell, Sean Longcroft, Martin Geraghty, Adrian Salmon & Sean Longcroft (Panini)

Ground Zero is a collected yearsworth of comic-strips from Doctor Who Magazine. But it’s also much, much more than that. It’s a chronicle of the ambition of a new DWM team under Gary Gillat, moving…



Venom: The Abyss – Donny Cates, Iban Coello, Ryan Stegman & Joshua Cassara (Panini/Marvel)

Back in the olden days of cinema, when films used to screen in a loop, my parents were of the breed happy to arrive mid-way through a feature, watch to the end, then sit through…


The Essential Guide to Captain Marvel – Various (Marvel Select / Panini Magazines)

With the world about to go Captain Marvel shaped, it’s probably a good time for the folks on the fringe of the Marvel Universe to catch up on all things Carol Danvers. That’s where The…


Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Geddon – Christos Gage, Dan Slott, Jorge Molina, Carlo Barbieri, Todd Nauck, Stefano Caselli & Joey Vazquez (Panini / Marvel)

There’s something special about huge Spider-Man events. They always go just that little bit further and deliver a little bit more, rewarding the wall-crawling faithful’s devotion to their hero by serving up just a little…


Fantastic Four: Fourever – Dan Slott, Sara Pichelli, Simone Bianchi, Skottie Young, Nico Leon & Stefano Caselli (Panini / Marvel)

While it feels like a lifetime since Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny were together battling all sorts of villainous types and nefarious ner’do wells, in reality it’s been around the same amount of time as…


Amazing Spider-Man: Back to Basics – Nick Spencer, Ryan Ottley & Humberto Ramos (Panini / Marvel)

In a “How much more prophetic could the title of a book be” competition, Back to Basics would not only win first prize, it would probably get some sort of special mention for going above…



Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Thanos – Jim Starlin, Mike Friedrich, Steve Englehart, Dan Jurgens, Donny Cates, Jeff Lemire, Ron Lim, John Romita Jnr, Mike Deodato Jnr, German Perlata & Geoff Shaw (Panini / Marvel)

Thanks to wiping out most of the Avengers and a whole load of other folks on the big screen, Thanos is now the biggest, baddest villain in Superheroville. His infamy has spread beyond the confines…


You Are Deadpool (Limited Edition) – Al Ewing, Salvador Espin & Paco Diaz (Panini / Marvel)

How do you make Deadpool even better than he already is? I have no idea how you’d do it for most folks, but for a life-long Dungeons and Dragons and TSR fanatic like myself, the…


Avengers: No Surrender – Al Ewing, Mark Waid, Jim Zub, Pepe Larraz, Kim Jacinto, Sean Izaakse, Paco Medina, Joe Bennet, Stefano Caselli & Mike Perkins (Panini / Marvel)

How does that old saying about closure and new beginnings go? It’s something along the lines of when one door closes, another opens. That, in a nutshell, is what No Surrender is really all about….


Avengers Standoff: Volumes 1 & 2

Avengers Standoff: Volume’s 1 & 2 – Nick Spencer, Mark Waid, Al Ewing, Mac Guggenheim, Mark Bagley, Gerry Duggan, Jesus Saiz, German Peralta, Marcus To, Ryan Stegman, Joshua Williamson, Frank Barbiere, Adam Kubert, Brent Schoonover,…