Anyone else remember how cool the ThrillKiller Elseworld was? Well, this should blow that out of the water.  DC’s The First Wave explores an alternate DCU where there are no metas, just pulps.  Brian Azzarello and Rags Morales team up to give us Doc Savage, the Spirit and Batman… all together! And Doc Savage and [...]

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Sony pictures has confirmed that Marc Webb will be directing the new Spider-Man reboot… seriously.  Sure, everyone liked (500) Days of Summer, but seriously?!? Marc Webb gets Spider-Man 4?  He is primarily known for making music videos (Marc’s IMDB entry).  I was already bummed that as lifelong fans we will have to sit through Peter [...]

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Stingers #4 (of 5) (Zenescope – Brusha / Tedesco / Reis / Barriga) Having been stung himself, Hawkins has visions of the alien race’s plan to colonize Earth and how it can be prevented. He and Risa must move fast before the outbreak spirals out of control. As the two enter the bar that Risa [...]

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While My Name is Bruce is far and away not my fav Bruce Campbell film, it certainly had it high points and it gave me a new respect for bean curd.  It seems there is a sequel on the way that might have a ton of potential (but let’s be honest anything with Bruce has [...]

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As comic fans we are constantly attacked by big cross-over events.  Which on it’s own doesn’t usually bug us – we actually like it when a universe interacts with itself and books overlaps.  What does bug us is when the continuity gets screwed up and after buying the six part mini-series “the biggest comic event [...]

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Nola #3 (of 4) (Boom! – Gorak / Cothran / Couceiro) Revenge is a woman! As the murky flood waters of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans recede, Nola continues her vengeance-filled killing spree. More questions, more answers, more blood in the streets! From Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) and scripted by Heroes graphic novel writer [...]

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I’m not quite sure how many fans of the first Transformers movie stayed on after the bag of mess that was the sequel, but IDW keeps the story going in a new series San Diego, CA – The biggest movie of 2009continues in IDW Publishing’s latest series based on Hasbro’siconic TRANSFORMERS brand.  Coming in March,TRANSFORMERS: [...]

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Merc: Broken World #1 (Zenescope – Brown / Schneider) Fifty years in the future the world has become a strange blend of advanced technology interwoven with a seedy and gritty underbelly. And this world is where you will find a Merc named Sonny Gris . Merc debuts on the 20th and as a series is [...]

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In 1984 Paul Levitz wrote some of the best stories every written in the modern age (and quite possibly some of the most overlooked!) during his run on Legion of Super-Heroes.  In the coming year, he returns to the book that he put on the map.  In a comic landscape of big commercial events in [...]

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So Here is Ultimate X. It’s tough really putting effort into caring about the Ultimate relaunch, but with some of these characters in the forefront… you never know. For more about the series, here is a quote from a CBR interview with Jeph Loeb “This isn’t a book about mutants, superheroes or anything you’re expecting. [...]

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Die Hard: Year One #4 (Boom! – Chaykin / Thompson) The conclusion of the first DIE HARD arc! It’s 1976, the Bicentennial in NYC. John McClane’s on a luxury boat…that’s targeted by eco-terrorists! McClane has to take out the villains and save everyone, for the first time in his life! Think his luck will get [...]

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We Kill Monsters #6 (of 6) (Red 5 – Churilla / Leone / Harkcom / Ellis / Pattison) Auto-mechanics-turned-monster-killers Jake and Andrew Basher finally discover the source of the monsters plaguing their small town. With Andrew’s ex-girlfriend Vanessa, they must do battle with the most fearsome monster of them all. But will they be able [...]

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