Has there ever been a more fully exploited and absorbed concept than Star Wars? The original trilogy, the numerous re-releases with all of their “enhancements” and alterations, the prequels, the expanded universe via comic books from Marvel and Dark Horse, books, animated TV shows, video games, etc, etc, etc. Really, every little crumb that has [...]
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It’s a rare thing for me to see my local comic shop (and many others) put a cap on the amount of issues you can buy for a #1, but Jonathan Hickman has earned that kind of buzz and respect in the industry due to both his mainstream work for Marvel (FF and Avengers) and [...]
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There’s a joke in here, something about the inmates running the asylum, but it seems a bit weak compared to the wit of The Answer. This penultimate issue of Mike Norton and Dennis Hopeless’ superhero-gone-intellectual tale finds both the costume-clad Answer and his genius librarian sidekick Devin in the creepy confines of the Brain Trust, [...]
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In the first of what will hopefully be many conversations with some of the men and women who effort to influence and amaze within the realm of comics, we got the chance to speak with legendary genre TV writer Jane Espenson, the co-writer of the Husbands hardcover graphic novel that hit shelves today. In our interview, [...]
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With leaks of the album starting to emerge, the hype around The Dark Knight Rises original soundtrack is gaining much more momentum as the movie inches closer the its July 20 release date. Set for a digital and physical July 17 release via Warner Bros. Studios’ Water Tower Music, the score and soundtrack are once again [...]
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Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man makes his return to screens this holiday weekend, much to the delight of this reviewer.
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What a great week for Justice League fans! Along with the announcement of Warner Bros. new Justice League movie in the works, WB Movie World has confirmed that Australian theme park goers will be immersed in the DC Comics universe this September on JUSTICE LEAGUE: Alien Invasion 3D. Respected attraction designers, Sally Corp, are responsible [...]
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All of the recent Avengers hullabaloo has, undoubtedly, rekindled Warner Bros.’ Justice League flame because earlier this week they revealed that Will Beall is currently working on a Justice League script. Apparently he has been working on it for some time as well! Beall’s only previous credits include TV’s Castle and the upcoming Ryan Gosling [...]
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So here we are, the flagship film property Marvel Studio’s have been heading towards for the last four years. It’s had it’s fair share of excitement, anticipation and even anxiety along the way, but finally The Avengers have assembled. As both a fan of the individual films and of course the original source material, a [...]
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