War Mother is a new series from Valiant. It is set two thousand years from now on an Earth torn by endless war. Humanity clings to life in fortified kingdoms and secret enclaves. One such enclave is the Grove, the last known repository of scientific knowledge and bioengineered prosperity, and it is protected by the […]
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Superhero Week: Actionverse #1 featuring Stray preview
Action Labs’ Actionverse features Stray, Midnight Tiger and Molly Danger in their own story arcs. Leading the charge is a six-part story about Stray written by Sean Izaakse and Vito Delsante. The arch, called The Rottweiler Years, takes a look at the hero’s earlier days as sidekick and a teenager. The new series does not […]
Captain Kronos covers
Following on from the success of Titan Comics partnership with Hammer Horror at The Mummy: Palimpset a second title has been announced. Captain Kronos is a legendary vampire hunter and in the first series he and his assistants Grost and Carla have to investigate a deadly vampure plague deep in Eastern Europe. Written by Dan […]
Charge! A review of Warhammer 40,000: Will of Iron
Written by George Mann and with art from Tazio Bettin and Enrica Angiolini the paperback of Warhammer 40,000: Will of Iron (vol 1) is due out this month. You can grab it on Kindle too. The book collects the first four issues of the Will of Iron series. The series picks up as the warp storms […]
Does the new Warframe comic have future game hints?
Top Cow Comics, the team behind Witchblade and The Darkness, will publish a five-issue series based on Digital Extremes’ Wargrame computer game. Matt Hawkins, Top Cow’s President, told press; I was immediately attracted to Warframe because of its storyline,” “For a writer, it’s a very fertile place to create something fresh, from the mysterious Tenno […]
Competition: Win the official Wonder Woman novel
It’s Wonder Woman season thanks to DC’s latest movie hitting the cinemas this week. Geek Native’s already given you a chance to win a Wonder Woman model worth $450. A bit epic? This competition has 5 book prizes and is open to anyone in the UK. What do you have to do to win? Good […]
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III covers
Titan Comics have revealed the covers for their Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III partnership with Games Workshop. The four issue mini-series is due out in April 2017, is written by Ryan O’Sullivan and illustrated by Daniel Indro. It’ll tie into Relic Entertainment’s Dawn of War III computer game. Ørjan Svendsen Game Variant Pasquale Qualano […]
Diversity in comic books: Heroes of Homeroom C turns to Kickstarter
Heroes of Homeroom C is the first effort from the independently owned and operated Aristocrats Comics. It follows Nicola and Albert Hathaway after the 12-year-old twins lose their super powers and end up back in school. Can they manage to have a normal life? Nope. More details are on the official campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aristocratscomics/heroes-of-homeroom-c-an-all-ages-graphic-novel [Back […]
Titan Comics bring will sex android Sky Doll to life in 2017
Created by the husband and wife team, Aleessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa, former Disney animators, Sky Doll is set in a parallel universe where spiritual love and sexual love are rival forces. The main character, Noa, is a Sky Doll. She looks female, has no rights and exists exclusively to satisfy desires. The first three […]
Magic is banned: A review of the Relic Guild
The Relic Guild is the first novel from Edward Cox for a fantasy series where magic started an awful war, is now banned but is needed to save us. The original pecking order seems to go Thaumaturgists at the top, to Aelfir and then to humankind. The Aelfir Houses rule countless realms. The Labyrinth, home […]
