Tag Archive | "DC Comics"

Reviews: The Movement #1

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

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The Movement #1 Gail Simone, Freddie E. Williams II DC Comics This comic was not what I was expected it to be. Gail Simone is a really talented, progressive writer, with very strong, well thought out opinions and view points on politics and social issues. When DC announced she’d be writing a comic based on [...]

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Review: Joe the Barbarian

Thursday, May 2, 2013

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Joe the Barbarian Grant Morrison,  Sean Murphy DC/Vertigo Comics I read a lot of fantasy and superhero stuff because most days all I want is a bit of escapism- the chance to run away into an imaginary world that’s far away from my own as I can.  This series is a study in escaping into [...]

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Comics: with no powers comes great responsibility…

Friday, April 26, 2013

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Reading the latest issue of The Flash by Buccellato, Takara and Manapaul out this week (yes, I am surprised to find I’m still loving it since its New 52 relaunch, it’s just proper,old school superhero pleasure), and there’s a moment after the big battle, which Barry has had to fight without his Speed Force powers [...]

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Review: Your own, personal Jesus…

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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Punk Rock Jesus Sean Gordon Murphy DC/Vertigo Punk Rock Jesus is a satirical retort directed at the generation that thrives on celebrity culture and provides some food-for-thought concerning religion in the 21st Century. Dangerous territory for most writers, but not for Sean Gordon Murphy. Throw in an ex-IRA love interest for good measure and Punk [...]

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Carmine Infantino R.I.P. (1925 – 2013)

Friday, April 5, 2013

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News this week that we lost another great, as legendary artist Carmine Infantino passed away aged 87. Infantino was a giant in comics. All you need to do is look back over his many accomplishments. It was Infantino whose redesign of The Flash in 1956 brought such a new, super-sleek line and a sense of [...]

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Comics: today is Doomsday!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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Remember that moment that made headline news around the world: Superman, the greatest of all superheroes, dead. Well, we all know that you can’t keep a good superhero down and death is no barrier in the comics world, but it was still a hell of a storyline, quite a shocker at the time, and the [...]

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Upcoming: the Sandman Omnibus

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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Coming this August from DC, The Sandman Omnibus Volume 1 Hardcover – collecting pretty much the first half of Neil Gaiman et al’s comic mangus opus, issues one through to thirty seven, plus the Sandman Special #1: over 1000 pages of the Lord of Dreams’ tale. Meaning this enormous collection will take in several stand-alone, [...]

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Comics: Animal Man Omnibus coming

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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In the latest DC solicitations they announced the Animal Man Omnibus hardback edition, some 700-odd pages from the inventive mind of Grant Morrison, including the legendary pages where he broke the fourth wall and had himself as the creator interacting with his character and messing with the nature of reality and fictional reality. All of [...]

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Uncanny Figure Review: DC Unlimited Figures Wave 1

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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DC Comics Unlimited [Wave 1] action figure reviews: Hawkman & Flash (New 52) DC Comics Unlimited, for those who don’t know, is the retail continuation of the DC Universe Classics figures that have been fan favourite DC figures (and DCs answer to Marvel Legends) for years. Mattel felt that they needed to rebrand the figures to reflect [...]

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Comics: rock’n'roll superheroines

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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Cliff Chiang creates this cool concept of an all-girl rock band composed entirely of DC superheroines. I especially love the way her long, dark hair and trademark top hat have been used to make Zatanna into a Slash style guitarist. (via Live For Films)

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