All Eight Eyes #3 Review – Once Vin’s eyes were opened to the eight-legged predators stalking NYC, he couldn’t return to his old life of ignorance. But as his mysterious mentor Reynolds grows more reckless in his crusade to exterminate the spiders, it might be Vin-or an innocent bystander-who pays the ultimate price. Continue reading All Eight Eyes #3 Review
Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #2 Review – After discovering a shocking Suth connecting her to a gladiator from Ancient Hyperborea, the timid Victorian Miss Suesdale is forced to confront the horrifying evils and mysteries that lurk in what once felt like like ancient history…Hellboy creator Mike Mignola teams up with artist Jesse Lonergan to bring you the second installment of a new tale of Hyperborea! Continue reading Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #2 Review
All Eight Eyes #2 Review – The drifter known as Reynolds has waged a secretive decade-long hunt against the monsters lurking in NYC’s shadows. But he and his new “mentee” Vin got sloppy . . . and now a city employee is determined to figure out how a dead spider the size of a dog ended up on her desk.
Jaws meets Arachnophobia in a new vision of creature-feature terror from Eisner-nominated writer Steve Foxe and dread-inspiring artist Piotr Kowalski! Continue reading All Eight Eyes #2 Review
Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #1 Review – One of the last followers of a failing Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra, the unassuming Miss Truesdale, finds herself on the receiving end of Brotherhood leader Tefnut Trionus’s final vision. Connecting her life in Victorian London to a young gladiator’s in ancient Hyperborea, Truesdale discovers she now has the chance to change the future by altering the bygone past. Continue reading Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #1 Review
All Eight Eyes #1 Review – In the forgotten corners of post-9/11 New York City, skittering shapes in the darkness prey on the people society leaves behind. College dropout Vin Spencer floats through life in a drug-and-party-fueled haze, until one terrible night sweeps him into a drifter’s reckless war against the giant eight-legged horrors stalking the city. Continue reading All Eight Eyes #1 Review
Space Job #3 Review – It’s about time someone on this ship took some initiative, and Ensign Masht is on the case! First thing, the late First Officer Sheridan needs a proper send off. While Masht begins work on Sheridan’s memorial, Travis prepares to jump ship (and careers), Dana might have to face the facts about her marriage, and Captain Olivier takes decisive action to outmaneuver the Clooney. Continue reading Space Job #3 Review
Hellboy In Love #4 Review – Hellboy and Anastasia find out more about the history of Turkish shadow puppetry than they intended. After their clash with the malevolent shadows of puppet show characters Karagöz and Hacivat, the pair soon find themselves with more than shadow puppets to reckon with! But any possible way out must first lead deeper into the shadows . . . Continue reading Hellboy In Love #4 Review
Groo: Gods Against Groo #4 Review – Heaven and Earth are in turmoil! They’re both experiencing a special form of chaos known as Groo. While Divine Groo and Earthly Groo continue to wreck their surroundings – no matter where they find themselves – Sergio Aragonés delivers another back cover Rufferto strip! This issue concludes the epic, hilarious storyline that began in Groo: Fray of the Gods, continues in Groo: Play of the Gods, and now ends in this comic series! Continue reading Groo: Gods Against Groo #4 Review
Masters of the Universe Masterverse #2 Review – In the depths of Castle Grayskull, The Sorceress attempts to save He-Man from Zodak with more tales of his influence across the multiverse! In a world where champions have fallen, a hard-bitten Duncan and his partner Evil-Lyn take on a strange kidnapping case in MAN-AT-ARMS-FOR-HIRE! And on the Harmony Sea, Adam, Commander of the King’s army and the captured thief Jitsu search for the power to conquer Eternia! Continue reading Masters of the Universe Masterverse #2 Review
Assassin’s Apprentice #4 Review – Normally, finding an assassin at the foot of your bed in the middle of the night is a recipe for disaster. But for Fitz, it turns out to be a doorway into a whole new world. Soon, Fitz’s life becomes split between his daylight duties with Burrich and his nocturnal lessons deep below the Keep. But when his new master sets him a seemingly impossible task, the boy will find his loyalty stretched to the breaking point. Continue reading Assassin’s Apprentice #4 Review
Groo: Gods Against Groo #3 Review – While the gods above try to escape the fate of an endless fray with Divine Groo, the priests of Diothos plot to convert all of Groo’s believers to their god, which would end his heavenly destruction for good! Yet, the faith of Groo’s followers is strong. Will their devotion prove as undefeatable as the barbarian himself? Also features the Rufferto backup strip! Continue reading Groo: Gods Against Groo #3 Review
Hellboy in Love #3 Review – Sparks fly when Hellboy and Anastasia take a surprise trip to Turkey. Anastasia’s former professor has unearthed the birthplace of Turkish shadow puppetry, but it seems there is more lurking in the shadows than he bargained for. Facing demonic presences is nothing new to Hellboy, but doing it alongside Anastasia is a new challenge! Continue reading Hellboy in Love #3 Review
Masters of the Universe: Masterverse #1 Review – In the depths of Castle Grayskull, the Sorceress and Zodac debate the value of He-Man. To save the life of her champion, the Sorceress must take the Cosmic Enforcer on a tour of the multiverse! First, a tour across a world where a dim, barbaric He-Man bumbles through a world of annoying warrior goddesses and bored demons as he’s pursued by a hungry green tiger in a tale drawn by the legendary Sergio Aragonés! Continue reading Masters of the Universe: Masterverse #1 Review
Space Job #1 Review: After working on a space station for five years, assistant chef Danny Sheridan receives orders to transfer to the S.S. George H.W. Bush. Will serving as First Officer aboard a spaceship prove as satisfying and rewarding as he dreams? Come aboard Space Job #1 with me and find out! Continue reading Space Job #1 Review
Where Monsters Lie #1 Review – Welcome to Wilmhurst, a gated community in the countryside where every psychotic slasher from your nightmares takes a little R&R in-between murder sprees. In Where Monsters Lie #1, we’re introduced to the murderous residents of Wilmhurst and get to see them in terrifying action. It’s a new grindhouse-style horror series with a dash of comedy, and it starts here! Continue reading Where Monsters Lie #1 Review
Minor Threats #4 Review -Betrayed by one of their own and at the mercy of the maniac they set out to kill, the Minor Threats are sent on a suicide mission by the Stickman into the inner sanctum of the Insomniac. See which of our cast of C-list costumed criminals make it out alive (hint: not a lot of them) as the most dangerous night of their lives comes to a nail-biting conclusion! Continue reading Minor Threats #4 Review
Leonide the Vampyr: A Christmas for Crows #1 Review – Leonide, the morbid young girl who’s also a soul-stealing vampire, returns in Leonide the Vampyr: A Christmas for Crows. And much like the last book in the series, Leonide the Vampyr: Miracle at Crow’s Head, this book drips with creepy atmosphere. Forget ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, if you really want a deeply disturbing and creepy story that will appeal to both youngsters and adults, look no further than this book. Continue reading Leonide the Vampyr: A Christmas for Crows #1 Review
Castle Full of Blackbirds #2 Review – Castle Full of Blackbirds #2, firmly set within the vast Hellboy Universe, continues the story of Sara May Blackburn, a girl with psychic powers who has come to the Linton School for Girls to find the mysterious Miss Brook, who she met in the two-part mini-series B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb. Sara hoped Miss Brook would give her more of an understanding of her powers, but instead, Miss Brook has run her through a gamut of tests. Is Miss Brook simply helping Sara rise to the next level or does she have a more sinister purpose behind Sara’s training? Continue reading Castle Full of Blackbirds #2 Review
Star Wars Hyperspace Stories #2 Review – Luke and Leia go on a scouting mission to a remote planet in Star Wars Hyperspace Stories #2. There, they run into a battalion of Imperial troopers and go on the run, trying to evade them and escape to bring precious intel back to the Rebel fleet. This tale is set between Episode IV (Star Wars) and Episode V (The Empire Strikes Back). Continue reading Star Wars Hyperspace Stories #2 Review
Maskerade #1 Review – Kevin Smith (legendary director of ‘Clerks’, ‘Dogma’, ‘Chasing Amy’, etc.) has started the Secret Stash Press imprint, a new line of comics published by Dark Horse Comics. Secret Stash Press will feature books with characters from his various films, as well as books starring new characters. Kicking off the Secret Stash Press line of books is Maskerade #1, the first of an 8-issue mini-series featuring a new female hero more brutal than the Punisher, who uses every weapon at her disposal to cause as much bloodshed as possible on her targets. It all takes place in The Trench, a run-down disaster of a city that makes Gotham City look positively crime-free and squeaky clean by comparison. Continue reading Maskerade #1 Review
