Disney Villains: Maleficent #2 Review

Disney Villains: Maleficent #2 Review – A FRACTURED FAIRY TALE! After discovering the existence of a new fount of magical energy, the Queen of the Forbidden Mountain is determined to take possession of it — no matter the dangers involved. Opening a portal from her kingdom, Maleficent follows her two spectral guides into the mysterious realm of the Fae to begin her treacherous quest. But are these ghostly figures leading her to the source of the power — or to her own destruction? Continue reading Disney Villains: Maleficent #2 Review

Gargoyles x Fantastic Four #1 Review

Gargoyles x Fantastic Four #1 Review – DISNEY’S STONE GUARDIANS MEET MARVEL’S FIRST FAMILY! When the Manhattan Clan are invited on a tour of the world-famous Baxter Building — the high-tech home of the Fantastic Four — things quickly go from impressive to destructive when Coldsteel joins forces with the Dragon Man to unleash the terror that is Annihilus — trapping Franklin, Valeria, and Gnash in the Negative Zone in the process! Now, both of these heroic extended families — enchanted stone and super-human alike — must team up in an all-out effort to save their children, their city, and their whole world from destruction! Continue reading Gargoyles x Fantastic Four #1 Review

Gargoyles: Demona #3 Review

Gargoyles: Demona #3 Review – The year is 1138, and the immortal Demona and her now adult-aged adopted daughter Angelika have left the nomadic Viking life behind them in an effort to find some stability in a dangerous and uncertain world. The two living Gargoyles have settled down in the French city of Vyonne, where they can spend their days resting among the stone gargoyles of the cathedral. But their rocky counterparts turn out to be less inert than they first appear, having been carved by a local magician who can animate them to do his bidding. Upon discovering the presence of Demona and Angelika, the warlock proposes an alliance to further each other’s interests. But are the two Gargoyles equal partners in the arrangement – or unwitting accomplices? Continue reading Gargoyles: Demona #3 Review

The Terminator: Metal #3 Review

The Terminator: Metal #3 Review – THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNSTOPPABLE! Skynet may be an all-powerful AI with nigh-unlimited computing power, but time travel is still an inexact science. And with so many mechanical assassins sent into the past, some are bound to miss their mark by a few days… or months… or decades.
When that happens, there are contingency protocols that kick in. Units switch to secondary targets, or find a place of concealment, power down, and wait -for as long as their programming deems necessary.
The group of prospectors who uncover one such dormant Terminator on the side of an Oregon mountain in 1889 are, of course, blissfully unaware of this chain of events. But unfortunately for them, the first electric power station in the area has just come online – and they’re now standing between a T-800 and the energy it desperately needs to continue its mission!
Local sheriff DECLAN SHALVEY and deputy RORY MCCONVILLE form a creative posse with quick-draw artist COLIN CRAKER for The Terminator: Metal #3 – featuring a fistful of covers from SHALVEY, BOB LAYTON, SEBASTIAN PIRIZ, and PAOLO ANTIGA! Continue reading The Terminator: Metal #3 Review

The Terminator: Santa Claus is Coming to Town #1 Review

The Terminator: Santa Claus is Coming to Town #1 Review – HUMANITY IS ON THE NAUGHTY LIST! It’s Christmas Eve in Skynet’s apocalyptic future, and the atmosphere is pretty far from festive. But even in the blasted rubble of civilization, the surviving elders of the Resistance have fond memories of the holiday – and in between drone attacks, the younger members are eager to hear about them.
The story of the jolly old man in a red suit who infiltrated people’s perimeters is especially intriguing. How did he avoid the sentries and guard dogs? What kind of exfiltration technique was he using? And most important, did he have glowing red eyes that matched his fur-trimmed hat – like the hulking figure that’s now advancing on their position?
Get ready to deck the halls with phased plasma rifles as relentless comics machines PAULINA GANUCHEAU and KENDALL GOODE celebrate the most wonderful time of the year in The Terminator: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – featuring seasonal cover wrappings from GOODE, WILL ROBSON, FRANCESCO BIAGINI, and REESE HANNIGAN! Continue reading The Terminator: Santa Claus is Coming to Town #1 Review

Die!Namite: Blood Red #1 Review

Die!Namite: Blood Red #1 Review – TIME TO DIE ANOTHER DAY! The ravening undead return to resume their feasting upon the living in the newest bloodcurdling chapter of Dynamite’s all-star supergroup adventures in the dystopic future! Outside the crazily fortified gates of Sunset City, the zombie hordes search ceaselessly for their prey – and that means women, because the gender-targeting Deadman virus is strictly a boys’ club. Inside the walls, rival factions jockey for power under the iron thumb of Purgatori and her enforcers, the Furies – including Vampirella, who’s stuck on Earth under Drakulonian quarantine to keep the male plague at bay. But it turns out that Vampi’s not the only alien in the skies – and when someone from a certain red planet arrives on the scene, everyone’s plans will get scrambled like a Deadman on a busy highway! The newly infected creative team of writer FRED VAN LENTE and artist MARCO FINNEGAN unleash all of your favorite femmes fatales in the epic sci-fi grand guignol that is Die!namite: Blood Red #1 – featuring skull-cracking covers from EJ SU, GODTAIL, DAVID COUSENS, and WILL ROBSON! Continue reading Die!Namite: Blood Red #1 Review

Disney Villains: Maleficent #1 Review

Disney Villains: Maleficent #1 Review – Set in the time just after the vengeful Maleficent leveled her curse against Princess Aurora, this hypnotic new adventure follows the power-hungry regent as she sets out to build up her arsenal of magical energy to the point that she will be invulnerable to any force that would dare challenge her reign. When her goblin minions return from a raid against a neighboring kingdom bearing a mysterious glowing grimoire, the Queen senses an ancient and otherworldly presence between its covers — a force that could deliver to her a new wellspring of nearly unlimited power. To take possession of it, however, she must leave the safety of her kingdom and venture into an unfamiliar and dangerous realm — a place from which few humans ever return! Continue reading Disney Villains: Maleficent #1 Review

Space Ghost #4 Review

Space Ghost #4 Review – CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A SHARK PLACE! In an effort to stop the perpetual feuding between the Crystalline Empire and the Kingdom of the Space Sharks, Space Ghost and the twins are guarding a summit between the two powers — only to have it derailed by a mysterious assassination attempt. With interplanetary war now looming, can the team track down the culprits in time to pull everyone back from the brink of annihilation? Continue reading Space Ghost #4 Review

Space Ghost #2 Review

Space Ghost #2 Review – The notorious thief known as Eclipse Woman — an old flame from Space Ghost’s early days — unwittingly puts both herself and the Ghost Planet in the crosshairs of the ruthless criminal kingpin known as Boss Parko when she steals a mysterious alien artifact. Will activating the strange relic help the team to escape from Parko’s wrath — or will it doom them all? Continue reading Space Ghost #2 Review

Darkwing Duck #6 Review

Darkwing Duck #6 Review – As St. Canard’s most streetwise freelance defender, Darkwing Duck is famed for his ability to infiltrate even the most secretive of criminal conspiracies — and not always by accident! His unequalled reputation as a master of disguise now precedes him — but it wasn’t always that way. Find out how the Fearsome Fowl first learned the clandestine arts of concealment in this all-new Untold Tale of Darkwing Duck — and witness the novice crimefighter’s first face-off with Camille Chameleon! Continue reading Darkwing Duck #6 Review

Sonja Reborn #1 Review

Sonja Reborn #1 Review – BAPTISM OF FIRE! In a contest to decide the fate of the world, the ancient (and codependent) gods The Light and The Dark transport Maggie Sutherland, a young British clerk, from the year 2025 into the wilds of Hyboria, where she awakens transformed into the renowned Hyrkanian Bellatrix Red Sonja. Thrown headlong into a realm of gods and monsters, Maggie must quickly learn how to survive both the harsh environment and the constant threats posed by friends and foes alike as she struggles to find her way home.
Legendary comics writer CHRISTOPHER PRIEST (Vampirella, Black Panther, Conan) and artist ALESSANDRO MIRACOLO rebuild the crimson-maned warrior from the inside out in Sonja Reborn – a riveting reinterpretation of her hero’s journey that reveals what it might actually take for a single woman to survive in a brutal world of sorcery and barbarism!
Featuring bewitching covers from renowned talents STJEPAN SEJIC, JOSHUA MIDDLETON, CHAD HARDIN, GREG LAND, and cosplay by ANI-MIA, this first issue is the perfect gateway to adventure for sword & sorcery fans old and new! Continue reading Sonja Reborn #1 Review

Darkwing Duck #5 Review

Darkwing Duck #5 Review – In this issue: Fate conspires to throw Darkwing into conflict once again with the malevolent Megavolt! Could this be a sign that the high-voltage villain is really the arch-nemesis of DW’s dreams? To find out, Darkwing will have to strap on a pair of oversized goggles and try to thwart Megavolt’s virtual heist in the newfangled digital realm known as “The Internet”! Continue reading Darkwing Duck #5 Review

Zootopia #5 Review

Zootopia #5 Review – After getting a report of a children’s scout troop in trouble, Officers Hopps and Wilde head to Tundratown on the outskirts of Zootopia to investigate – and their appearance doesn’t sit well with the local Grizzly clan!
The ZPD partners reassure the bears that they’re only checking up on the way-ward scouts, who are busy honing their survival skills. But as Nick helps the kids out by drawing on his own scouting past, Judy becomes suspicious of their Den Mother’s curriculum which seems to involve a awful lot of panning for gold!
Experienced wilderness guides JEFF PARKER and ALESSANDRO RANALDI blaze a new trail in Zootopia #5 featuring scenic overlooks from RANALDI, TRISH FORSTNER, CRAIG ROUSSEAU, and more! Continue reading Zootopia #5 Review

Red Sonja Vs The Army Of Darkness #4 Review

Red Sonja Vs The Army Of Darkness #4 Review – A BATTLE TO THE DEATH – WITH THE DEAD! What’s more dangerous than an angry She-Devil with a Sword? An angry Deadite She-Devil with a Sword, that’s what! And unluckily for her erstwhile partner Ash Williams, a freshly infected Red Sonja is shifting her demonic bloodlust away from stopping Kulan Gath’s quest for the Necronomicon – and towards skewering the unsuspecting S-Mart associate!
Ringside commentators TIM SEELEY and JIM TERRY bring readers the fight of two lifetimes in Red Sonja vs. The Army of Darkness #4 – supported by suitably sorcerous covers from SEELEY, BJORN BARENDS, TOM RANEY, and NIKKOL JELENIC! Continue reading Red Sonja Vs The Army Of Darkness #4 Review

Space Quest #2 Review

Space Quest #2 Review – Jonny Quest and Hadji have travelled into the far-flung future and face to face with one peeved Space Ghost. Now the mystery of how takes center stage. Meanwhile, back in 1960s Nevada, Space Ghost’s companions Jan and Jace find themselves visitors of the mysterious Area 51-luckily for them, Dr. Quest is on hand to plumb the mystery of their own displacement. Now if they can just stay one step ahead of the military. And once again in the future, Jonny and Hadji get their first look at one of Space Ghost’s deadliest foes. Continue reading Space Quest #2 Review

Gargoyles: Demona #1 Review

Gargoyles: Demona #1 Review – The year is 1093, and the now-immortal Demona has become a lonely and hunted creature. Bereft of both clan and home after her betrayal of Scotland’s king, she wanders south to Northumberland in search of a safe haven – only to find that her old nemesis, Canmore, is raiding the city. Continue reading Gargoyles: Demona #1 Review

Red Sonja Noir #1 Review

Red Sonja Noir #1 Review – The crimson-maned warrior of song and legend muscles her way into trouble once more in this all-new tale of hard-boiled Hyboria! When her mercenary partner is murdered, Sonja is drawn into a feverish hunt for a priceless artifact known as the Crimson Calypso. The She-Devil with a Sword is out for revenge-but first she’s got to slice her way through a web of deception and violence, waging a war of both weapons and wits against a pitiless and implacable foe. Gimlet-eyed wordsmith DAVID AVALLONE joins legendary ink-slinger EDU MENNA for this special 40-page one-shot packed with two-fisted betrayals and bloody retribution-all wrapped in treacherously alluring covers from LESLEY “LEIRIX” LI, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, and cosplay by MOLLY STEWART! Continue reading Red Sonja Noir #1 Review

Darkwing Duck #3 Review

Darkwing Duck #3 Review – As a costumed crimefighter with years of experience safeguarding the streets of St. Canard, Darkwing Duck is, of course, a seasoned master of wing-to-wing combat. But how, exactly, did this avian avatar of justice become so proficient in the ways of the fist and (webbed) feet? For years the full story has been shrouded in mystery – until now! In this special Untold Tale of Darkwing Duck, readers will be transported back to DW’s earliest days at the Training Temple of the Venerable One, where the Old Master imparted wisdom and takedowns in equal measure – and where a young Darkwing learned the value of patience, self-control, and standing up to bullies! Continue reading Darkwing Duck #3 Review

Darkwing Duck #2 Review

Darkwing Duck #2 Review – After flipping the switch on Megavolt in last month’s debut issue, Darkwing Duck transforms here into the Terror That Claps in the Night when his adopted daughter Gosalyn is cast in a school play! True, it’s only a small role (Gos and her friend Honker are portraying pieces of shrubbery), but it proves to be a pivotal part when the packed house comes under attack on opening night by the sappiest member of the Fearsome Five — BUSHROOT! Continue reading Darkwing Duck #2 Review