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How Much Is Six Million Dollars Worth Anyway?

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The Bionic Man #1

Quite the delicacy of first issues this week, and I am beginning to wonder if Dark Horse will retain its mastery of the licensed titles. Both Dynamite and IDW continue to challenge them with impressive offerings, as we see this week with the release of The Bionic Man #1 from Dynamite, and the return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman from IDW. It makes a nice change to not be talking about the DCnU, but on that note – Aaaaaand another thing! I’ve been re-reading Countdown, which at the time was panned and seen as a poor successor to Fifty Two, but compared to the Flashpoint? It’s Read more »

Team Ups And Farewells

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StarTrek and the Legion Of Super-Heroes #2 in November

Well, today is the day that is the last gasp of the DC as we head towards the new 52. Reading today’s issues will be a bittersweet experience. Newsarama has delivered a slide show of what we may miss from the last seventy five years of comics, but I think it is safe to say what we will miss is SEVENTY FIVE YEARS worth of history. However, has anyone given any thought of what will happen to the Legion of Super-Heroes? The interviews and solicitations regarding this title seem to imply that it will carry on regardless to avoid continuity issues; but surely this creates continuity issues in itself? Never Read more »

Continuity Issues

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Transformers #21 - The beginning of Chaos!

The DC universe is not the only fictional universe out there that suffers from continuity issues. Let’s be honest, have you tried to figure out Transformers? Let’s see. Just in the comics alone, there’s the original Marvel UK continuity that includes the original cartoon series (which I must confess, I still possess a great fondness for), Dreamwave, and IDW. Yet even that nice, simple original continuity split into two, the British version, and the American / Japanese version. Then these split once more into Generations One and Two, the second becoming it’s own continuity. This is not to mention the Beast Wars, that remaining confusing even after I watched the Read more »

Double Dose of Hell

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Double Dose of Hell

So, today we see John Constantine returns to the world of spandex super-heroes, even as his mature readers Vertigo title delves into its traditional adult themes. Coming from the days when John was a permanent fixture of the DCU, I should welcome this, yet for some reason I have reservations. John has made his home at Vertigo, in fact he defined Vertigo alongside Swampy and the Sandman. Now thanks to that trio, the lines between Vertigo and the DCU have always been blurred, and one can ask if the ‘Mature Readers’ title actually means a great deal in today’s marketplace? However, I think it does. It meant enough for it Read more »

Is It Summer Already?

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Is It Summer Already?

Today sees the end of one company crossover and the beginning of another. IDW’s Infestation concludes with the second bookend issue of Infestation, while Marvel launches it’s mega-super-duper, will change the status quo as we know it (again), crossover; so big it touches every title AND requires a comprehensive set of limited series as well. Oh, and it’s an allegory for the recession apparently. How’s that work then? I am hoping for great things from Infestation#2. I enjoyed the first issue immensely, feeling it opened a lot of potential to get diverse characters together. I mean, come on, who hasn’t wanted to hear Spock’s reaction as he looked over Optimus Read more »

Greatest Crossover of 2011 – Already???

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Greatest Crossover of 2011 – Already???

It looks like the Zombie Watch needs to be dusted off and returned to centre stage. This week saw what for me is the most anticipated crossover of them all; IDW’s Infestation. Now, comic veterans like us are quite used to the Transformers mingling with the G.I. Joes. Yet in a stroke of genius (and marketing of course, but I’ll ignore that for now), Dan Abnett and the folks at IDW have thrown in the original Star Trek crew, and the Ghostbusters! Bizarre crossovers are the pinnacle of the art of crossovers. If you have never read the Superman and Bugs Bunny mini-series from 2000, then I highly recommend it. Read more »

Doorways

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Doorways

This week into it’s second issue, Doorways from IDW is a story of a failed TV show from George R.R. Martin. Now, that may sound terribly unfair, but in the first issue the esteemed Mr Martin delivered a potted history of this story, derived from simply the first line of another story : – ‘There is a girl who goes between the worlds’. This was for a pitch back in 1985, a TV show telling the tale of a girl fleeing previous captors from alternate Earth to alternate Earth. Of course, nowadays this is not a new idea, but back then this was pre-Exiles, even pre-Sliders (but of course we Read more »

Downe In The Silence

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Downe In The Silence

A couple of first issues are on offer this week. Joe Casey presents a one-off special from Image called Officer Downe, while IDW opens another series in the Silent Hill franchise – Past Life. I don’t really know the franchise well, but the latter is definitely my pick for the week. While Officer Downe is almost nostalgic both in it’s art style and context, bringing to mind the rich history of 2000AD strips, this is not your comic for kids. It lacks a certain innocence that 2000AD possessed, and I only hope that responsible comic shop managers keep their eye on who buys it, as it fails to carry a Read more »

A Fitting End

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A Fitting End

In the wake of New York Comicon there is so much that is available to write about, such as the new IDW crossover Infestation (whoda thunk that Star Trek and the Ghost Busters could work together huh?), but I have to take a moment to stand back in awe about Marvel’s excellent One Month To Live. Despite my earlier fears, the series retained its original high quality, there was no easy get out for Dennis the central character, and yet somehow this was a triumphant story. Read more »

Locke & Key!

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Locke & Key!

It looks like promo issues work after all. I mean how could I miss anything with the word Lovecraft in the title? I had been receiving encouragement recently from a friend to read Joe Hill. Joe Hill if you didn’t know, is the son of the master Stephen King, choosing this pseudonym to honour the previous civil rights leader, whom as Joseph Hillstrom King he had been named after, and forge his own path rather than exist under his fathers shadow or gain fame as simply Stephen King’s son. Here, Lovecraft is simply the name of the town that the Locke & Key tale occurs in. A nice little town, Read more »