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First Impression: DELTA 13 [2018] #1

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

A cool-looking dark sci-fi horror mini-series from Steve Niles! “Who knows what mysteries lie deep in the asteroid belt? When a mysterious, huge, and previously undiscovered asteroid looms over their ship, a small crew of blue-collar workers discovers a terrifying threat unlike anything they’ve ever seen. Now, the crew must escape the asteroid, but even if they do, will they be able to escape each other and anything they bring back with them? A chilling and thrilling new tale from writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, The October Faction) and artist Nat Jones (Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer).” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: HORROR, SCI-FI

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First Impression: STAR WARS: TAG AND BINK WERE HERE [2018-TPB] #1

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

Reprinting some of the most hilarious and clever ‘bumbling men-in-the-background’ stories from Star Wars Legends! “They’re the most important Star Wars characters you never knew existed – until now! Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna were on Leia’s ship carrying the Death Star plans – when Darth Vader changed their lives forever! But as their true roles in this epic saga are revealed, whose side are Tag and Bink on, anyway? The hapless duo’s fateful adventures will take them all the way from Tatooine to Cloud City to Endor – and bring them face-to-face with Lando Calrissian, Boba Fett and more! But every great tale has a prequel – so what were Tag and Bink up to when the Clone Wars […]

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First Impression: X-MEN WEDDING SPECIAL [2018] #1

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

Kitty Pryde and Colossus are tying the knot! Comic book weddings always go smoothly right? Cool cover by J. Scott Campbell. “One of the biggest milestone events in X-Men history is almost here! Kitty Pryde and Colossus are finally about the tie the knot…but what’s a wedding without the respective bachelor and bachelorette parties? Join Marc Guggenheim and Kelly Thompson for two parties that can only be celebrated Marvel style! All this, plus, a Kitty and Colossus story by legendary X-Men scribe, Chris Claremont!!!” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In OLD MAN LOGAN comic books? Check out our guide here. Interested in Getting Started In X-MEN comic books? Check out our guide here. Related shopping tags: CHRIS CLAREMONT […]

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First Impression: MY LITTLE PONY: PONYVILLE MYSTERIES [2018] #1

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

Who can resist the Cutie Crusaders solving mysteries?!? New MLP series! “Welcome to a new series of mystery and intrigue. The Cutie Mark Crusaders discover their inner detectives and solve crimes nopony else can. Will they be able to discover who is stealing supplies from Ponyville hospital and get their schoolwork done at the same time? A brand-new miniseries full of mystery and adventure. A sister series to the popular ‘My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries’ prose books.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: MY LITTLE PONY

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First Impression: POKEMON: SUN AND MOON [2018-DIG] VOL 01

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

Catch this new Pokemon digest series! “Moon is on her way to deliver a rare Pokémon to Professor Kukui in the Alola region when she meets his good friend Sun, a courier entrusted with a special Pokédex. Sun offers to safely deliver Moon to the professor’s lab… But then they tangle with a group of grunts from Team Skull and are attacked by a mysterious Pokémon. What is this sparkling stone the mysterious Pokémon leaves behind…? For all ages.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: POKEMON, VIDEO GAME TIE-IN

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Cool Cover Alert: DESPICABLE DEADPOOL [2017] #300 KOBLISH 300 DEADPOOLS WRAPAROUND VAR

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

It’s a ‘where’s Waldo,’ but with 300 Deadpools. And no Waldo…I don’t think… “Every bad decision, every betrayal, every fart joke – they’ve all come back to haunt Deadpool. He’s gone from criminal to outcast to celebrity and back to criminal, and as Captain America leads the biggest heroes of the Marvel Universe to take him down, Wade is forced to be his most despicable self ONE LAST TIME… For over five years and more than a hundred issues Gerry Duggan has been putting words into the Mouth of the Merc with same…but all that ends in this TRIPLE-sized issue with art by longtime Deadpool collaborators Scott Koblish, Matteo Lolli and Mike Hawthorne! It’s one last love letter to the […]

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First Impression: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: URBAN LEGENDS [2018] #1

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

Finally! The entire Image Comics TMNT run reprinted. Cowabunga, dude! “This is it, fans. You demanded it, and IDW Publishing listened. The entire Image Comics TMNT run (a.k.a TMNT Volume 3) reproduced for the first time ever in full, four-color glory. Join creators Gary Carlson and Frank Fosco as they take the Heroes in a Half-Shell on some of their most amazing and dangerous and bizarre adventures ever… culminating in three brand-new issues (#24-26), written and drawn by original creators Gary Carlson and Frank Fosco, completing this long-beloved storyline at last. In this premiere issue, the TMNT and Master Splinter are attacked in their lair by a of group of cyborgs led by the female ninja called Pimiko. Before the […]

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First Impression: RETROFAN [2018-MAG] #1

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

Seriously cool-looking, new magazine. Get the first issue before it catches on!! “Everything old is cool again in TwoMorrows’ new magazine RetroFan, spotlighting the fun stuff you grew up with in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. Issue #1 cover-features an all-new interview with TV’s Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno, and introduces a quartet of columns by our celebrity columnists: Martin Pasko’s Pesky Perspective (on The Phantom in Hollywood), ANdy Mangels’ Retro Saturday Mornings (Filmation’s Star Trek cartoon), Ernest Farino’s Retro Fantasmagoria (How I Met the Wolf Man-Lon Chaney, Jr.), and The Oddball World of Scott Shaw (the goofy comic book Zody the Mod Rob). Also: Mego’s rare Elastic Hulk toy; RetroTravel to the real-life Mayberry for an interview with Betty Lynn, […]

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First Impression: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN [2017] #800

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

A monumental issue milestone for an awesome storyline finale! “Dan Slott and Stuart Immomen are joined by many of the artists who made the last 10 years of Spider-Man so Amazing! The biggest Peter Parker/Norman Osborn story of all time unfolds over one 80-page story, a scope unmatched in comics! Who lives?! Who dies?! And what scars will Spider-Man bear from here on out?!” Buy It Now Interested in Getting Started In SPIDER-MAN (PETER PARKER) comic books? Check out our guide here. Related shopping tags: ALEX ROSS (CA), MARVEL LEGACY (2017), SPIDER-MAN, SPIDER-MAN (PETER PARKER), SPIDER-MAN FAMILY TITLES

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First Impression: STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION: THROUGH THE MIRROR [2018] #1

by Glenn Snow | March 15th, 2018

More ST:TNG Mirror Universe awesomeness! “Because you demanded it. Following up the smash-hit miniseries MIRROR BROKEN, the Mirror Universe Next Generation crew is looking for new worlds to conquer, and they’re crossing over to the Prime Star Trek Universe to find them. Also in each issue: Just how did the Mirror Universe crew find their way to ours, and what does Emperor Spock have to do with it? Backup stories every issue illustrated by MIRROR BROKEN co-creator J.K.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: STAR TREK, STAR TREK MIRROR UNIVERSE

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