What If...? Dark: Moon Knight #1 - Marvel Comics
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WHAT IF...? DARK: MOON KNIGHT No. 1, October 2023 Described by its New York City-based publisher as being part of “a new series of stories in the classic Marvel What If? tradition…but with a darker twist”, Erica Schultz’s narrative for Issue One of “What If…? Dark: Moon Knight” probably didn’t strike its audience as being any more morbid or tragic than many of the other publications set in the alternate reality “outside the mainstream Marvel Universe continuity.” Indeed, in many ways the American author’s main premise to simply replace Marc Spector as the avatar of an Egyptian deity w ..read more
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Adventures Of Superman #463 - DC Comics
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ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN No. 463, February 1990 Whilst on the face of it a simple foot race between the Flash and Man of Steel might not seem enough to pad out this comic’s twenty-page plot, Dan Jurgens’ script for Issue Four Hundred and Sixty-Three of “Adventures Of Superman” certainly seems to give its audience plenty to think about as the two competitors complete a lap around the world. In fact, the American author uses the head-to-head contest to pen a genuinely fascinating insight into the heroes’ psyches, and show his readers what really makes the two Justice Leaguers tick; “Even ..read more
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Batman #5 - DC Comics [Part Two]
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BATMAN (FACSIMILE EDITION) No. 5, February 2024 Starting out the second half of this comic with a truly disturbing tale which actually sees the titular character threaten to cold-bloodedly murder a hapless physician if the man doesn’t save Robin’s life, Bill Finger’s "The Case of the Honest Crook" certainly should have kept its audience on the edge of their seats. True, parts of the thirteen-page plot are a little unbelievable, such as Batman singlehandedly defeating Smiley and the crime lord’s gun-toting gang despite being shot three times during the fight. But just as soon as the Bo ..read more
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Batman #5 - DC Comics [Part One]
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BATMAN (FACSIMILE EDITION) No. 5, February 2024 Pitching the Dark Knight against arguably his greatest adversary, the Joker, Issue Five of “Batman” certainly must have started well for its audience way back in March 1941. Indeed, Bill Finger’s plot for “The Riddle Of The Missing Card?” is arguably fairly intriguing as the Clown Prince of Crime surprisingly teams up with Queenie, Diamond Jack Deegan and the oafish Clubsy, so as to commit a series of burglaries against Gotham City’s wealthiest gamblers; “My – My… Look at all the people anxious to lose their money.” Of course, the fact t ..read more
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Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons Of Vengeance Omega #1 - Marvel Comics
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GHOST RIDER/WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF VENGEANCE OMEGA No. 1, November 2023 Opening up with as bloodthirsty a welcome as any one new to this “brutal team-up” could want, Benjamin Percy’s script for Issue One of “Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons Of Vengeance Omega” also arguably does a good job of bringing such oblivious bibliophiles bang up to speed with what’s occurred in this mini-series’ previous instalments. Admittedly, much of this context is established via a significantly wordy summary at the comic’s start. However, this initial ‘info dump’ is then enthrallingly built upon by Talia Wa ..read more
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Conan The Barbarian #8 - Titan Comics
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN No. 8, March 2024 There surely can be little doubt that Jim Zub’s narrative for Issue Eight of “Conan The Barbarian” depicts the titular character at his most merciless, brutally hacking to death any hapless wannabe hero who foolishly stands between the possessed Cimmerian and his quest to recover an ancient sword. But for those followers of Crom who were expecting this sword and sorcery adventure to resemble something penned by Robert E. Howard himself, “Sacrifice” is arguably bound to have fallen significantly short of its mark.  To begin with the Canadian a ..read more
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The Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries [2024] #3 - DC Comics
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THE BATMAN AND SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES No. 3 May 2024 For those Bat-fans who enjoy seeing the Dark Knight team up with the ever-seductive Catwoman and explore the duo’s complicated love–hate relationship, Ivan Cohen’s script for “Shiny” certainly should have been quite the hit. True, Selina Kyle’s anti-heroic alter-ego is once again “blamed for another string of robberies in Gotham” which she did not commit. But this fairly familiar plot still allows the “media-development executive at DC Comics” to pen a few surprises to catch his audience off-guard - most notably the true identity of t ..read more
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The Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries [2024] #2 - DC Comics
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THE BATMAN AND SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES No. 2 April 2024 Despite the relative simplicity of Joseph Torres’ script for Issue Two of “The Batman And Scooby-Doo Mysteries”, this comic’s visit to Slaughter Swamp probably still proved something of a hit with fans of the famous media franchise. Indeed, if someone were to swap out the supposed presence of undead villain Solomon Grundy for a much more generic, rancid revenant, then this twenty-page-periodical’s basic plot would probably not have looked too out of place as part of the “Hanna-Barbera” American animated television series’ initial ru ..read more
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Titans #8 - DC Comics
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TITANS No. 8, April 2024 Debatably penning the titular characters as the actual antagonists in Issue Eight of “Titans”, at least in the eyes of “newly established Bureau of Sovereignty” member Sergeant Steel and an utterly ungrateful nameless member of the American public, Tom Taylor’s narrative should most definitely raise the blood pressure of the super-team’s fans. In fact, for some bibliophiles it’s probably difficult to imagine a more enraging tone to a comic as the anti-hero hysteria which permeates this twenty-page-periodical’s plot; “Yeah. I watch the news. We know exactly who ..read more
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Blowtorch: Bad Roads #2 - Page1 Comics
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BLOWTORCH: BAD ROADS No. 2, February 2024 It’s hard to imagine many readers perusing their local comic book store’s spinner racks and encountering a more downright brutal plot as the one Alfred Paige and Alex De-Gruchy collaboratively pen for Issue Two of “Blowtorch: Bad Roads”. Indeed, this twenty-two-page periodical arguably just picks its audience up by the scruff of the neck with it’s opening scene of a chairbound Richard Kinkaid being battered about the head, and simply never lets go until its blood-soaked bibliophiles are eventually brought back to the relative peacefulness of C ..read more
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