Blackout volume 1: Into the Dark
By Frank J. Barbiere, Colin Lorimer, Micah Kaneshiro & various (Dark Horse) ISBN: 978-1-61655-555-9 During the speculation-fuelled 1990s even the normally restrained and aesthetically broad...
View ArticleKick-Ass 3 – trade paperback edition
By Mark Millar, John Romita Jr., Tom Palmer & various (Titan Books) ISBN: 978-1-78329-087-1 Once upon a time, perennial High School no-hoper Dave Lizewski – a pitifully ordinary and unhappy...
View ArticleThe Tower Chronicles: DreadStalker
By Matt Wagner & Simon Bisley (Legendary Comics) ISBN: 978-1-93727-836-6 In The Tower Chronicles: Geisthawk, FBI agent Alicia Hardwicke first encountered a strangely compelling masked bounty...
View ArticleDepartment of the Peculiar #1 & 2
By Rol Hirst & Rob Wells No ISBNs: In strikingly similar vein from alternative press veterans Rol Hirst and Rob Wells is a splendid mash-up of X-Men and X-Files, given a splendidly seductive...
View ArticleEmpowered Unchained volume 1
By Adam Warren with Emily Warren, Ryan Kinnaird, John Staton, Takeshi Miyazawa, Brandon Graham & various (Dark Horse) ISBN: 978-1-61655-580-1 The trappings and minutiae of superheroes have finally...
View ArticleSmall Press Sunday
I started out in this game just before the pyramids were built, making minicomics, collaborating on fanzines and concocting stripzines with fellow weirdoes, outcasts and comics addicts. Even today,...
View ArticleT.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives volume 2
By Wally Wood, Steve Ditko, Dan Adkins, John Giunta, Gil Kane, Reed Crandall, Mike Sekowsky, Steve Skeates & various (DC Comics) ISBN: 978-1-56389-970-6 The history of Wally Wood’s immortal comics...
View ArticleGil Kane’s UNDERSEA Agent
By Gil Kane, Steve Skeates, Gardner Fox & various (IDW) ISBN: 978-1-63140-444-3 The 1960s was the era when all the assorted facets of “cool-for-kids” finally started to coalesce into a...
View ArticleNew Crusaders Legacy
By Rich Buckler, Ian Flynn, Robert Kanigher, Stan Timmons, Alex Toth, Carmine Infantino, Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers, Gray Morrow, Alec Niño, Tony DeZuñiga, Jerry Gaylord, Ben Bates, Alitha Martinez &...
View ArticleThe Rocketeer & The Spirit: Pulp Friction
By Mark Waid, Paul Smith, Loston Wallace, J Bone, Bob Wiacek & various (IDW) ISBN: 978-1-61377-881-4 The American comics industry has generated its fair share of immortal heroes. However, whilst...
View ArticleMandrake the Magician: The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers – Sundays 1935-1937
By Lee Falk & Phil Davis (Titan Books) ISBN: 978-0-85768-572-8 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Because We Believe in Magic… 9/10 Considered by many as the first superhero, Mandrake the...
View ArticleThe Art of Sean Phillips
By Sean Phillips, Eddie Robson and various (Dynamite Entertainment) ISBN: 978-1-60690-420-6 Win’s Christmas Recommendation: A Magical Trawl through Fan-favourite Moments… 9/10 Sean Phillips started...
View ArticleThe Art of Vampirella: The Warren Years
By Frank Frazetta, Enrich, Sanjulián, Ken Kelly Vaughn Bodé & various artists, written by David Roach (Dynamite Entertainment) ISBN: 978-1-60690-390-2 Jim Warren originally established himself in...
View ArticleAngel Catbird volume 1
By Margaret Atwood, Johnnie Christmas & various (Dark Horse Books) ISBN: 978-1-50670-063-2 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Fuzzy Fantasy for Grown-ups… 8/10 Margaret Atwood is a multi-award...
View ArticleCaptain Midnight Archives volume 1: Captain Midnight Battles the Nazis
By Dave Gormley, Leonard Frank, Carl Pfeufer, Dan Barry & various (Dark Horse Comics) ISBN: 78-1-61655-242-8 eISBN: 978-1-62115-884-4 Captain Midnight began his bombastic life...
View ArticleT.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics volume 1
By Wally Wood, Len Brown, Larry Ivie, Bill Pearson, Steve Skeates, Dan Adkins, Reed Crandall, Gil Kane, Mike Sekowsky, George Tuska, Dick Ayers, Joe Orlando, Frank Giacoia, John Giunta & various...
View ArticleValiant Masters: Shadowman volume 1: Spirits Within
By Jim Shooter, Steve Englehart, Bob Hall, Faye Perozich, Seaborn Adamson, Steve Ditko, David Lapham, Don Perlin, Mark Moretti, Jose Delbo & various (Valiant) ISBN: 978-1-939346-01-8 The 1990s...
View ArticleLobster Johnson volume 1: The Iron Prometheus
By Mike Mignola, Jason Alexander, Dave Stewart & Clem Robbins (Dark Horse) ISBN: 978-1-59307-975-8 Lobster Johnson started out as a moody maguffin in the gloriously expansive universe inhabited by...
View ArticleCaptain Midnight Archives volume 2: Captain Midnight Saves the World!
By William Woolfolk, Leonard Frank, Dan Barry & various (Dark Horse Comics) ISBN: 978-1-61655-243-5 eISBN: 978-1-62115-921-6 Created by broadcast scripters Wilfred G. Moore and...
View ArticleHellboy volume 8: Darkness Calls
By Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo, Dave Stewart & Clem Robins (Dark Horse Books) ISBN: 978-1-59307-896-6 As a baby Hellboy was confiscated – on December 23rd 1944 – from Nazi cultists by American...
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