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‘Arachna: The Adventure Begins‘ is a comic book written by Martti Kauppinen with artwork from Carlos Granda. It was released through the X53 Studios imprint. Jennie is an aspiring fashion designer going to college, but she has a secret. Through a split personality, she is also Arachna, a vigilante who can take on the toughest…
Comic book writer Tom King continues his campaign to ruin the Dark Knight with issue nine of ‘Batman/Catwoman’ from the DC Comics Black Label. In the first timeline, Catwoman confronts the Joker while Bruce Wayne confessed to Alfred he is in love with Selina. In the second, the Joker is holding the Phantasm and an…
‘For Molly‘ comes to its conclusion with chapter 4, once again written by series creator Gabe Cheng with artwork from Benjamin Sawyer. Greg is shocked to find who is running the cult that seeks to round up the magical dogs in the forest. With his new dog friend Molly and his sister Ava captured, Greg…
Legendary writers Paul Dini and Alan Burnett bring us ‘Batman: The Adventures Continue’ Season 2 Issue for DC Comics. Rick Burchett handles the artwork this time around. Corrupt mayoral candidate Mayfield Emerson has kidnapped Barbara Gordon with the help of the Mad Hatter with plans to use her as a way to stop Hamilton Hill, Jr.…
DC brought us ‘Batman: Private Casebook‘ in 2008. It is a graphic novel collection of comic books from the great writer Paul Dini and Peter Milligan with artwork from Dustin Nguyen. Batman is having a time. He faces off against Ra’s al Ghul as the eco-terrorist tries to get a foothold into Gotham City, but…
‘Star Circuit‘ is a cyberpunk indie comic illustrated and written by Joe Catapano. It was published after a successful crowdfunding campaign and released under the Vera Via Studios imprint. Atlys Metric might be the son of a wealthy industrialist, but he prefers to spend his days doing illegal cycle racing in the Highland City “Grime…
The Rising of the Shield Hero is a series of science fiction light novels by Japanese author Aneko Yusagi. The story follows the adventures of Naofumi Iwatani a Japanese student who gets pulled into a fantasy world, gets framed, and is now a pariah in this new world. His only hope is to defeat the…
Part two of ‘Batman: The Imposter,’ is released via DC Comics Black Label and is supposedly tied to the upcoming Matt Reeves movie. It is written by Mattson Tomlin with artwork from Andrea Sorrentino and coloring by Jordie Bellaire. Batman continues to visit Dr. Leslie Thompkins and tell her about the hunt for the imposter who has been…
‘Stealing Solo: A Captain’s Parody‘ is a satirical graphic novel created by Jeff Hicks, who managed not one but two successful crowdfunding campaigns. Jeff is furious after seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, especially seeing the fate of his favorite character Han Solo. He spirals into a depression and begins acting like a jerk to…
The fantasy anime ‘Fairy Tail’ has many epic battles and story arcs. Of all the characters, Natsu Dragneel of the Fairy Tail guild is one of their most powerful members. Throughout the course of the show, he faces off against some of the most powerful magical foes in the land. As a Dragonslayer, he can…
Among the many reboots happening at DC Comics comes the first issue of ‘Batman: Black and White,’ an anthology series featuring a variety of writers and artists for the five short stories. “The Demon’s Fist” (James Tynion IV / Tradd Moore) presents the POV of one of Ra’s al Ghul’s assassins as he battles the…
2021 continued this tumultuous era for comic books. The larger companies are starting weird trends of changing their legacy characters to placate social media weirdos and that has caused issues in the industry. Fortunately, during this time, we still got some awesome comic art. It was hard to narrow it down because, even if the…
DC Comics presents ‘Batman: The Adventures Continue’ Season 2, continuing with issue 6. Paul Dini and Alan Burnett are writing the story with Ty Templeton handling the artwork. Batman and Robin stop some criminals where the sidekick comments that the Dark Knight is acting “surly.” Gotham City Mayoral candidate Hamilton Hill Jr. asks Dick Grayson…
Do you need to get that nerd or geek friend and family member a Christmas gift, but not sure where to start? I mean, comic books and graphic novels are always beholden to the fan that collects them. Have no fear! I have got you covered with this first part of my gift guide to…
‘Transformers: Wreckers – Tread and Circuits‘ issue 2 is part of a four-part series written by David Mariotte with artwork from Jack Lawrence. It arrives via the IDW Comics timeline that was launched in 2019. Thunderclash and his team of Autobot Wreckers includes Minerva, Hot Shot, Ricochet, Aileron, and the Actionmaster known as Circuit. They…
‘Batman/Houdini: The Devil’s Workshop‘ is a 1993 DC Comics Elseworld graphic novel written by Howard Chaykin and John Francis Moore. It featured artwork from Mark Chiarello. Harry Houdini arrives in Gotham City in 1907, preparing to do a show while also mingling with the city’s elite, including Bruce Wayne. Victoria Vale is working for the…
‘Batman/Catwoman‘ continues to trudge along with the DC Comics Black Label with Tom King’s ongoing handling of the writing duties and Liam Sharp handling the artwork. Joker and the Phantasm go to the family that adopted Andrea Beaumont’s son, causing chaos. Batman chases Catwoman through Gotham City, demanding answers about her strange connection with the…
Before going defunct, Dreamwave Comics brought us ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Things Change,’ the first graphic novel collection from 2003 following the micro-series. A gang known as the Purple Dragons is terrorizing New York City, but the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are out looking for a new hideout when they run into April O’Neal. She…
‘Transformers: Wreckers – Tread and Circuits‘ comes from the IDW Comics timeline that was launched in 2019. It is a four-part series written by David Mariotte with artwork from Jack Lawrence. Thunderclash is the leader of a team of Autobot Wreckers that include Minerva, Hot Shot, Ricochet, Aileron, and the Actionmaster known as Circuit. They…
From the DC Comics Black Label comes ‘Batman: The Imposter,’ a comic book written by Mattson Tomlin with artwork from Andrea Sorrentino and coloring by Jordie Bellaire. Dr. Leslie Thompkins is shocked to find Batman injured at her doorstep and realizes he is Batman. She confronts him and says she will not call the police…
In 2002 Marvel Comics brought us ‘Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Return of the Goblin,’ a graphic novel of collected issues written by Paul Jenkins and illustrated by Humberto Ramos. It was later republished without the “Peter Parker” identifier. Norman Osborn is back in New York City and he is coming for Peter Parker, but first, he…
DC Comics continues to bring us ‘Batman: The Adventures Continue’ Season 2 with issue 5. Alan Burnett and Paul Dini are writing the story and Rick Burchett is handling the artwork. He does a good job of capturing the classic Batman: TAS look which is where this comic book series is based. After a body…
In the world of the Transformers, none stand taller in the ranks of the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons than the Combiners. The original ones were made up of five or more team members who could combine into one warrior. Later, this concept would expand into two simply merging. For the purpose of this…
‘Danger Zone One, Vol. 2: Law and Order‘ is created by Midnight Publishing with artwork from several illustrators Katsu, Pete Ranosa, Salaix, and Ryo Kawakami. Shortly after stopping a monster from escaping its island prison, rookie cop Reena Saffron and her tough-as-nails partner Madison Wynter find themselves frustrated when the chief refuses to do anything…
‘Edens Zero‘ is the brainchild of mangaka Hiro Mashima. Its popularity led to an anime adaption from Japanese company J.C.Staff and was streamed exclusively to Netflix for North America. Shiki Granbell (Sean Chiplock) is living peacefully on Granbell, a theme-park planet where he is the only human. All the other inhabitants are robots and they…
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