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Superman #32 (Geoff Johns, John Romita Jr & Klaus Janson; DC Comics)

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Superman #32 – With an All-Star Creative Team at the Top of Its Game, This Issue is Simply Super

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • July 7, 2014

A creative dream team of Geoff Johns, John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson launch a bold new chapter in the life of Superman. One of the reasons I love Paul Dini’s work on…

Tech Jacket #1 (Joe Keatinge, Khary Randolph, Dave McCaig; Image Comics)

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Tech Jacket #1 – Fun, Family, and Fantasy are What Make the Teenage Hero’s Return so Special

  • by Reid Vanier
  • July 4, 2014

Joe Keatinge’s story – along with artwork from Khary Randolph and Dave McCaig – balances the action, intrigue, and danger of modern storytelling with a sense of wonder and fantasy that feels…

13 Coins, by Martin Brennan, Michael B Jackson and Simon Bisley

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13 Coins #1 – Brennan and Jackson Can’t Keep Pace with the Plot’s Biblical Scale, or Bisley’s Art

  • by Reid Vanier
  • July 3, 2014

Simon Bisley’s artwork is fun, exciting, and engaging in this fresh take on Biblical mythology, and though Martin Brennan and Michael B. Jackson have matched the tone, they haven’t quite found the…

Shadowman: End Times (Peter Millligan and Valentine De Landro; Valiant)

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Shadowman: End Times #3 – The Final Deconstruction of the Voodou Hero is a Daring Leap of Faith

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 26, 2014

Peter Milligan and Valentine De Landro’s incredible three-issue miniseries comes to its shocking conclusion, tearing down the Shadowman of old and daring to step into the character’s uncertain future. Jack Boniface, aka…

Kill Shakespeare: The Mask of Night

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Kill Shakespeare: The Mask of Night #1 – A Dark and Clever Issue Delivers Riveting Adventure on the High Seas!

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • June 25, 2014

The award-winning series returns in a swashbuckling new adventure that contains quite the mix of heart-stopping swordplay, sex, intrigue, and some of Shakespeare’s most iconic characters in roles you have…

The Wicked and the Divine #1 by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (Image Comics)

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The Wicked and the Divine #1 – Notebooks Out, Annotators, as Gillen and McKelvie Crash the Contemporary and the Cosmic

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 24, 2014

Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie fire up the intriguing first chapter of a poptastic supernatural thriller that offers a psychic throwback to the glory days of Vertigo. It seems fitting that Kieron…

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Headspace #3 – The Intrigue Continues to Mount as Characters and Readers Alike Get a Break in the Action

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 19, 2014

Lindsay and Zawadski’s psychological thriller takes another unexpected turn: it slows down. It’s a smart piece of writing that gives the characters a chance to take in all that has…

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Over Under Sideways Down – Karrie Fransman and the Red Cross Team Up in Refugee Week to Bring Us Ebrahim’s Story

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 18, 2014

Over Under Sideways Down gives a voice to the plight of those whose experiences far too often go unheard. This week has seen a series of events across the UK to…

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That’s Because You’re a Robot – An Enjoyably Dizzy Journey through an Unlikely Existential Crisis

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 16, 2014

David Quantick and Shaky Kane’s one-shot collaboration is a veritable maelstrom of cop-film clichés, eye-straining artwork, and unrestrained imagination. It is an undeniably fun – if not wildly confusing – piece of…

Wildfire #1 by Matt Hawkins and Linda Sejic (Image Comics)

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Wildfire #1 – Hawkins and Sejic Serve Up a Stodgy Portion of Debate on GM Food

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 13, 2014

Something is certainly growing out of control in the first issue of Wildfire, by Matt Hawkins and Linda Sejic. But I’m not sure it’s just genetically modified dandelions… Wildfire, written…

Everywhere Antennas (Julie Delporte; Drawn & Quarterly)

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Everywhere Antennas – Julie Delporte’s Troubling Tale of a Quarter-Life Crisis is an Evocative Visual Treat

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 11, 2014

Moving on from diary comics to fiction, Julie Delporte uses her dazzling, spontaneous art to take us inside the head of a troubled young woman. French-born, Montreal-based artist Julie Delporte…

Armor Hunters #1 (Robert Vendetti & Doug Braithwaite; Valiant)

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Armor Hunters #1 – Valiant’s Summer Crossover Explodes Out of the Gate

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 11, 2014

Prince Aric faces his biggest threat to date when the Hunters arrive on Earth to destroy the X-O Manowar armour. But despite their violent and destructive approach, Robert Venditti’s script begs…

Tetsunori Tawaraya (Under Dark Weird Fantasy Grounds)

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Under Dark Weird Fantasy Grounds #1 – An International Horror Anthology that Takes Readers to the Heart of Darkness

  • by Gabriele Di Fazio
  • June 6, 2014

It comes from Italy, but the new biannual anthology Under Dark Weird Fantasy Grounds (edited by Michele Nitri) could come from hell or from the centre of the earth, as the comics by…

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Batman ’66 Meets the Green Hornet #1 – An Accomplished, Fun, and Loving Beginning to an Important Piece of Nostalgia

  • by Reid Vanier
  • June 5, 2014

The success of Batman ’66 continues to build as Bruce Wayne once again shares the stage with Britt Reid, in Kevin Smith, Ralph Garman and Ty Templeton’s joyful tribute to one…

Trees (Warren Ellis & Jason Howard; Image Comics)

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Trees #1 – Warren Ellis and Jason Howard Produce a Low-Key but Intriguing Sci-Fi Opener

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 4, 2014

What Trees #1 lacks in high-octane ‘alien invasion’ action, it more than makes up for in global perspective and the promise of thematic depth. As I’ve written before, I’ve been an…

Dustship Glory by Elaine M Will (Cuckoo's Nest Press)

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Dustship Glory #1 – Elaine M Will Brings a Little-Known Piece of Canadian History to Life

  • by Tom Murphy
  • June 3, 2014

Dustship Glory, set in the Canadian dustbowl of the 1930s, might lack the narrative pyrotechnics of Look Straight Ahead, but it’s a compelling character study delivered by a supremely confident storyteller….

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2000 AD Sci-Fi Special – If These Are the Faces of the Future, Then the Future Looks Pretty Bleak

  • by Bart Croonenborghs
  • June 2, 2014

Maybe the first Sci-Fi Special in 18 years was meant to act as a gateway drug to 2000 AD (and the Megazine) but unfortunately for The Mighty Tharg, it seems that this time around the…

Towerkind by Katherine Verhoeven

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Towerkind #1-13 – Katherine Verhoeven Packs the End of the World into an Intense Mini-Comic Series

  • by Tom Murphy
  • May 30, 2014

With a strong sense of design and a bold cartooning style, Katherine Verhoeven’s apocalyptic tale of kids with supernatural abilities dodges the obvious at every turn. A few years ago I…

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