By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
The publisher is calling it “DC You.” Various websites call it “the Batgirlization of DC.” Whatever you call it, it’s a welcome attempt to broaden the base of comics readership.
During the month of June, DC
Read more…ABE SAPIEN #26
MIKE MIGNOLA (W), SCOTT ALLIE (W), SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA (A), DAVE STEWART (C), AND MAX FIUMARA (A/COVER)
On sale Sept 9
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
Abe left the BPRD to confront the monsters to which people said he was connected. Now he’s
Read more…This week's Comics Guide, painstakingly collated and annotated for your maximum reading pleasure, was deleted due to technical reasons that drive Captain Comics into a murderous rage when he thinks about them. So he's not going to think about them. I
Read more…“THIS IS MARVEL!”
After Marvel’s Secret Wars, an all-new and all-different Marvel Universe emerges
New York, NY—June 5th, 2015— Marvel Comics, the home of the greatest Super Heroes of all time, introduces a new direction for the Marvel Universe. Thi
Read more…I remember reading some A.B.C. Warriors back when Quality or somebody reprinted them for the U.S., and they weren't very good. This looks like it could be the next generation, so maybe it'll be better.
ABC WARRIORS RETURN TO MARS (HC)
Publisher: RE
Despite his character dying in the season finale, actor Tom Cavanagh (left) will continue to co-star with Grant Gustin on The Flash. See what happens when you mess around with the space/time continuum? All art copyright The CW.
By Andrew A. Smith
T
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THE FATE OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE HANGS IN THE BALANCE AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND THE LEGO® GROUP RELEASE LEGO® DC COMICS SUPER HEROES: JUSTICE LEAGUE: ATTACK OF THE LEGION OF DOOM! ON BLU-RAYTM COMBO PACK, DVD and DIGITAL HD, AUGUST 25, 2
Read more…I've forgotten whether our Invaders expert Richard Mantle has recommended this or not. If he did, here it is!
ALL-NEW INVADERS VOL. 3: THE MARTIANS ARE COMING (TPB)
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Penciled by STEVE PUGH, BARRY KITS
Read more…Scarlett Johansson has demonstrated in movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron that she has the chops for a solo movie. By Jay Maidment. ©Marvel 2015
Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon used the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) for
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
In the 1940s and ‘50s, many preachers, parents and politicians railed against comic books as the cause of juvenile delinquency, tossing around phrases like “seduction of the innocent” and “horror in the nur
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Who is Jughead Jones?
Everyone knows him as Archie’s best pal and Riverdale’s resident chow-hound. A quietly confident eccentric, Jughead has been known as a talented prankster (he regularly turns the table
Read more…8HOUSE: KIEM #3
Art / Cover: XURXO G. PENALTA
Story: BRANDON GRAHAM
August 19 / 32 pages / Full Color / Mature Readers / $2.99
A new 8HOUSE storyline starts this issue with amazingly detailed art by XURXO G. PENALTA as an astral projection soldier is
Read more…AIRWOLF AIRSTRIKES, VOL. 1
MIKE BARON, JEFF MARIOTTE, MARC ANDREYKO, BARBARA KESEL, ROB WORLEY, MARC BERNARDIN, ADAM FREEMAN (W) • JEAN FROES, FABIANO NEVES (A) • BILLY KING (C)
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 144 pages
HAWKE, Santini, and the coolest attack cho
Read more…BOOK OF DEATH #2 (of 4)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by ROBERT GILL & DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover A by CARY NORD
Cover B by CLAYTON CRAIN
Cover C by KANO
Valiant Icons Variant by PERE PEREZ
Variant Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
$3.99 | 40 pgs. | T+ | On sale AU
Read more…DARK CIRCLE COMICS
THE SHIELD #2
Script: ADAM CHRISTOPHER, CHUCK WENDIG
Art: DREW JOHNSON, RACHEL DEERING, KELLY FITZPATRICK
The Shield #2 CVR A Reg: DAVID WILLIAMS
The Shield #2 CVR B Variant: STEVE RUDE
The Shield #2 CVR C Variant: EVAN SHANER
The
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Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by EDUARDO RISSO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale SEPTEMBER 16 • 512 pg, FC, $24.99 US • MATURE READERS
These stand-alone stories from issues #37-57 of the Eisner Award-winning series spotlight th
Read more…Here's another Action Lab title starring a girl.They're turning into the most girl-friendly publisher around.
I haven't read it yet, but I plan to.
AERO GIRL #1
Publisher: ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Writer: DEWAYNE FEENSTRA
Art: AXUR ENEAS
Cover: AXUR
Read more…1602 WITCH HUNTER ANGELA #3
MARGUERITE BENNETT with KIERON GILLEN (w)
STEPHANIE HANS with FRAZER IRVING (a)
Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
Variant cover by FRAZER IRVING
“IN WHICH HEARTS REND AND HEADS ROLL”
• Enchantress’s prophecy strangles Angela and Ser
Read more…I'm three days late with this one:
"Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts" has arrived!
Today, May 12, the all-new animated adventure from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD.
Below you will find l
ABE SAPIEN #25
MIKE MIGNOLA (W), SCOTT ALLIE (W), SEBASTIÁN FIUMARA (A), DAVE STEWART (C), AND MAX FIUMARA (COVER)
On sale Aug 12
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
A small Florida town manages a strange kind of survival in the shadow of a giant monster whe
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