Tag Archives: Zenescope

Highs And Lows

by Darren Burr
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Highs And Lows

Now, no one can deny it has been a big news week for comics. From the announcement that Valiant is relaunching itself, even without the properties of Solar, Turok and Magnus; to the ‘it’s not a reboot, honest’ promotions of the new DCU titles in September. Or rather the DCnU, as it will be called for about five minutes. The relaunch of the Valiant stock is one I eagerly await, as there are some really strong characters in that universe, such as the Eternal Warrior, or Rai. Yet Solar, Man Of The Atom and Magnus, Robot Fighter did rather form the spine of the universe; so it will be interesting Read more »

Success and Failure

by Darren Burr
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Success and Failure

Scanning the shipping list for today, I was hoping to find the next instalment of Zenescope’s Dream Eater saga, the crossover between Grimm Fairy Tales, Neverland, Wonderland and their other titles, which I hoped to use as a jumping on point. Unfortunately, it was not to be, looks like I will have to wait another week. Other than Wonderland and Stingers, my experience with the Zenescope line of titles is limited. I’ve dashed in and out of Grimm Fairy Tales and I’ve always enjoyed the visit, which I have detailed in this column before. Yet the seeming lack of an overall storyline in the issues I read discouraged me from Read more »

Charmed, I’m sure.

by Darren Burr
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Charmed, I’m sure.

It’s always good to see licensed properties go to companies other than the Big Two, especially from television series that have been cancelled but still have a lot of life left in them. So this last week I picked up Charmed issues zero and one to have a gander. I rather have mixed feelings on these. The first thing it made me realise is that I have not seen as much of the Charmed series as what I had thought, as I could not place some of the main characters. For that matter, artistically, I did not even recognise Leo, thankfully he is named within two panels of his appearance. Read more »