14th Dec2020

‘Joker: Killer Smile’ Graphic Novel Review

by Phil Wheat

Written by Jeff Lemire | Art by Andrea Sorrentino, Jordie Bellaire | Published by DC Black Label | Format: Hardback, 144pp When DC Comics announced their Black Label offshoot many though it would be a replacement for the Vertigo line, telling all-new stories and creating all-new characters and universes. But in the end it turned […]

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15th Mar2018

A first look inside ‘Exiles #1’

by Phil Wheat

This April, join Blink, Khan, Iron Lad, Wolvie, and Valkyrie in Exiles, a tale of misfit fun and adventure from acclaimed Black Bolt writer Saladin Ahmed, artist Javier Rodriguez (Spider-Woman), Alvaro Lopez, and Jordie Bellaire. “EXILES is my take on a classic Marvel ‘misfit’ team book, powered by the endless possibilities of alternate timeline craziness. […]

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04th Jan2018

Blink and you’ll miss Marvel’s ‘Exiles’

by Phil Wheat

A fan-favorite teleporting X-Man will make her return to the multiverse in 2018, along with a brand-new team as writer Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) takes his talent for fresh storytelling to an old but beloved tale, Exiles, joined by the art team of Javier Rodriguez (Spider-Woman), Alvaro Lopez, and Jordie Bellaire and Joe Caramagna. The […]

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07th Jun2017

Panel Discussion #35

by Kieran Shiach

Hello again, and welcome to the recently resurrected Panel Discussion. I’m Kieran, and every week I’m going to go through some of the best comics of the week to give you an idea what you should pick up that you might have missed. This is another stacked week with some fantastic first issues and great […]

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04th Jan2017

First Look: Deadpool vs The Punisher #1

by Phil Wheat

Two Marvel mainstays will clash in a barrage of bullets and blades as one humorless anti-hero is about to go head-to-head with one odorous super-zero! Oh yeah, we’re talking about Deadpool vs. The Punisher #1; a brand-new 5-issue limited series coming your way this April from creators Fred Van Lente (Slapstick, Deadpool) and Pere Perez […]

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22nd Oct2013

‘Numbercruncher #4’ Review

by Mark Allen

Written by Si Spurrier | Drawn by PJ Holden | Coloured by Jordie Bellaire | Published by Titan Comics Often when you read a comic with a skyscraper-high concept the conclusion doesn’t quite live up to the promise of the rest of the book, mainly because the creators were so excited about the ideas they’d chucked at the wall that they neglected […]

14th Oct2013

Preview: Numbercruncher #4

by Phil Wheat

The fourth, and sadly final, issue of critical smash Numbercruncher, by Si Spurrier, PJ Holden and  Jordie Bellaire, hits comic stores next Wednesday 23rd October and we’ve got a preview for you! If you haven’t read Mark’s stellar reviews of the first THREE issues, click here (you really should). The shock conclusion of the critically acclaimed temporal afterlife adventure! An epic […]

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20th Sep2013

‘Numbercruncher #3’ Review

by Mark Allen

Written by Si Spurrier | Drawn by PJ Holden | Colours by Jordie Bellaire | Published by Titan Books Last we saw, Bastard Zane was in a bit of a bind; not only had mathematician Thyme screwed him out of early retirement from his duties as an afterlife enforcer, but he’d also conned his way into perpetual reincarnation, meaning that he could […]

21st Aug2013

‘Numbercruncher #2’ Review

by Mark Allen

Written by Simon Spurrier | Drawn by PJ Holden | Colours by Jordie Bellaire | Published by Titan Books My crush on Spurrier’s writing continues with the second issue of his and Holden’s afterlife black comedy, which has far less to prove than its first issue and instead just gets on with telling a hell of a good story. Not that they […]

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12th Aug2013

Preview: Numbercruncher #2

by Phil Wheat

Issue #2 of critical smash Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier, PJ Holden & Jordie Bellaire hits comic stores next Wednesday 21st August and we’ve got a preview for you! If you haven’t read Mark’s stellar review of the first issue, click here (you really should). Nothing worse’n a Mathematician in love.  As he died, in 1969, a Mathematician glimpsed […]

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16th Jul2013

‘Numbercruncher #1’ Review

by Mark Allen

Written by Si Spurrier | Drawn by  PJ Holden | Colours by Jordie Bellaire | Published by Titan Books I’m a little biased going into this book because, as anyone with a passing familiarity with our Panel Discussion posts can tell you, I’ve kind of got a thing for Si Spurrier’s writing. His cynical sense of humour, unbridled invention (not to […]