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Kubrick Lives On! The New King of Purposeful Ultra-Violence- Mark Millar
Many storytellers across all mediums use violence as a narrative device, for a varying number of purposes. Stanley Kubrick is responsible for the emergence of ultra-violence in cinema through his adaptation of A Clockwork Orang...
Review: B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth #120 – Occult Murder Mystery at HQ
Following the events of “The Reign of the Black Flame” where New York has been perpetually changed, BPRD delves into a short 2-part arc set within the walls of B.P.R.D.’s Colorado base. The story takes place within two time zon...
Review: MPH #2- Revenge and Loyalty at Super Speed!
As Mark Millar’s editorial at the back of the issue will tell you, Millar World is now 10 years old. Started whilst still slaving over his epic stories at Marvel he now appears to be creator owned entirely, building his own glo...
Val-Zod, the New Superman of Earth 2! Diversity, Representation and Role Reversals: Why Earth 2 Is the Best Series of DC’s New 52
The recent reveal of a new and exciting Kryptonian on Earth 2 has received much attention in the world of comics. The focus of many articles on Val-Zod seems to be his ethnicity, for him being a black Superman. This attention s...
Review: Green Lantern Corps #32
The Corps, led by John Stewart, head to Daxam to a hostile reception until Sodam Yat’s father greets them. Having seen his return in Part 3 his involvement in the war against the shape shifting Durlan’s appeared to be huge, but...
Review: Abe Sapien #13 – The Animal Inside Is Winning
Abe Sapien #13 offers a new jumping on point for new readers, and to celebrate this event boasts 30 full story pages. The question is why was this not the case in the last issue? Which would have made far more sense, considerin...
Review: Green Lantern #32 – The Durlan’s True Colors Revealed
Since Geoff Johns departure from the Green Lantern family it has been a struggle to justify keeping Green Lantern on many peoples pull list; my own included. With great love for the Corps, the hope that the series will improve ...
Review: Batman ’66 Meets the Green Hornet #1 – Holy Fossil Caper Batman!
Kevin Smith returns to comics, partnered with Ralph Garman on writing duties and Ty Templeton on art with Alex Ross providing a wonderful cover. Smith having an intimate history with both Batman and Green Hornet my hopes were h...
Review: Green Lantern Corps #31 – Uprising
The Green Lantern titles have suffered through an era of change following Geoff Johns’ departure from the books. Whilst Red Lanterns has thrived under Soule and the introduction of Kara as a Red, both Green Lantern and Green La...
Review: Uber #13 – Understanding Maria
With this being the second instalment of “year two” of Uber, Gillen felt that these early issues would be the ideal time to get to know certain characters a little bit better. Issue 13 is all about Maria. Hailed by Gillen in hi...
Review: Abe Sapien #12 – The Garden
After the harrowing ordeals Abe has been through in BPRD and his recent arcs in his own ongoing title, this issue takes a break from him searching for Fenix and an explanation to his connections to the Plague of Frogs and Hell ...
Review: Hellboy In Hell #6 – The Death Card
The issue opens with Hellboy sitting down with Mr Dean and Jenks, discussing the infinite depth of Hell and the utterly hopeless task of creating a map to navigate around it; when their conversation is interrupted. The Vampire ...
Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman Vs Bane One Shot – Short but Sweet
Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman Vs Bane One Shot Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Artist: Scott Eaton, Jamie Mendoza, Scott Hanna and Hi-Fi Letterer: Travis Lanham Publisher: DC Comics So another book set after the events of Forever Evil...
Review: Uber #12 -The Week Link
Uber #12 Writer: Kieron Gillen Artists: Gabriel Andrade, Michael Dipascale (variant covers) and Digikore Studios Letters: Kurt Hathaway Publisher: Avatar The artwork in this issue is from Gabriel Andrade who worked on the Uber ...
Review: Uber #11- The End of Year One
Uber #11 Writer: Kieron Gillen Artists: Caanan White, Joseph Silver, Michael Dipascale and Digikore Studios Letters: Kurt Hathaway Publisher: Avatar Over the last few years several new series have gained my attention, and my af...
Review: Protectors Inc. #6 – The Plot Thickens, Slightly
Protectors Inc. #6 Writer: J. Michael Straczynski Artists: Gordon Purcell, Andrew Pepoy and Michael Atiyeh Letters: Troy Peteri Publisher: Image Comics Inc. In a dystopian future a group of super-powered beings working under th...
