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Hey, Marvel Fans, it’s X-MEN: BLUE #13! Wait…wha?!? How come no legacy UNCANNY X-MEN numbering?!? Legacy launches with a bang this month, as Marvel returns to legacy numbering with all of their long-running titles. This is a major jumping-on point for fans, both new and old. “MOJO WORLDWIDE, Part 2. The X-Men may have bitten off more than they can chew when the Mojoverse continues its bizarre invasion of MANHATTAN. JEAN GREY and her team fight side by side with KITTY PRYDE and her team…but can MOJO be defeated when he’s got the X-Men’s greatest hits weaponized against them? Or will an unlikely alley come to the rescue? PLUS: Includes 3 bonus MARVEL PRIMER PAGES. Story by Robbie Thompson and […]

Hey, this looks very good. I was immediately intrigued by the title and the story concept. Then, Kieron Gillen and Brian K. Vaughn give it high praise. I’ll be this one will be a gem for a long time. “4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK is the darkly comedic story of four burgeoning child criminals and their elaborate plans. When a group of bumbling criminals show up in her father’s life looking to pull one last job, young Paige has two choices – let her father get caught up in their criminal hijinks or enlist her three best friends to do the job first. Paige picks the bad one. 180ish pages of full color comic-booking about friendship, family, growing up, […]

Whoa, this one looks like it might be a genre-bender. Peter Milligan is known for some whacky stuff, but this one from him and Tess Fowler feels way out there. This title kicks off IDW’s new imprint, Black Crown. It has a Vertigo-ish feel. “Kafka meets King Lear by way of Young Frankenstein in KID LOBOTOMY, a dark, demented, monthly satire that follows a dysfunctional family of hoteliers. Will sibling rivalry, seduction, and shapeshifting eventually lead to sanity or salvation? Big Daddy is a rich hotelier who, in a cracked echo of King Lear, appoints his youngest descendant to manage The Suites, a peculiar hotel located behind the Black Crown Pub. Affectionately known as Kid, his good looks and swagger […]

Hey, Marvel Fans, it’s MIGHTY THOR #700! The death of the Mighty Thor? Oh no, where’s this plotline going? Legacy launches with a bang this month, as Marvel returns to legacy numbering with all of their long-running titles. This is a major jumping-on point for fans, both new and old. “DEATH OF THE MIGHTY THOR, Part 1. The final judgement comes as the Mangog arrives. The War Thor will meet the beast head on. But even the bloodthirst of this Ultimate Thor may pale in comparison to the might of the Mangog. The battle rages as Jane’s cancer takes a turn for the worse, and she might not have to wait for the final judgment at all. The clock is […]

Another cool-looking–and cooler-sounding–science fiction comic. This one is from Matt Hawkins and is based on the critically acclaimed free-to-play cooperative shooter game. I’m having Starcraft flashbacks from my former life. “The critically acclaimed free-to-play cooperative shooter comes to comics. In the far future, humanity’s descendants scramble to survive in a galaxy rife with conflict, scavenging for ancient technology and long-forgotten secrets. Only the Tenno, powerful warriors, battle to preserve peace and keep the technological masterpieces of the long-dead Orokin out of the wrong hands. Now, a faction of enhanced Grineer soldiers, under the tactician Captain Vor, scour the Earth for a hidden artifact, and only a lone Tenno and a blinded girl can stop them…” Buy It Now Related shopping […]

Here’s another tie-in mini-series to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Can’t get enough of this stuff!! If you’re enjoying the movies as much as the next person, you should be picking up these in-continuity comic books. Just sayin’. “Wakanda. The most technologically advanced nation in the world – and protected by the mighty BLACK PANTHER. Learn how T’CHALLA became the legendary hero of Wakanda in this ALL-NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD tale set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. See how the mantle was passed to the future king, in a time when super heroes were just emerging in the larger world, before this winter’s BLACK PANTHER film hits theaters. Rated T” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: BLACK PANTHER, MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE (MCU), MARVEL […]

Here it is! Finally, volume two of the hugely popular Voltron Legendary Defender comic series. The wait is over! Unfortunately you can’t binge on the comic book issues, like you can Netflix episodes. “Voltron Legendary Defender returns. Voltron responds to a distress call, and discovers a group of alien settlers on a mining planet under attack by the Galra. But the attempted rescue is only the beginning of more exciting Voltron adventures from Tim Hedrick and Mitch Iverson, writers on the hit DreamWorks series on Netflix.” Buy It Now Related shopping tags: VOLTRON

Hey, Marvel Fans, it’s AVENGERS #672! Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! Legacy launches with a bang this month, as Marvel returns to legacy numbering with all of their long-running titles. This is a major jumping-on point for fans, both new and old. “WORLDS COLLIDE, Part 1. Following the events of GENERATIONS comes the long-promised clash between the Avengers and the Champions. The countdown has started as the High Evolutionary, a twisted scientist determined to create a better world at all costs, sets the Earth on a collision course with destruction. The Avengers and the Champions are ready to meet this threat – but will their first cataclysmic clash deter them from Changing the World? PLUS: Includes 3 bonus MARVEL PRIMER PAGES. Story […]

A new Star Trek television series is coming soon! Are you even ready? This comic series ties in but gives nothing away in the solicitation text or pictures. Can’t wait! “Warp into adventure with this new comic book series that ties into the new Star Trek television show premiering in late September on CBS All Access in the U.S., the Space channel in Canada and Netflix throughout the rest of the world. Details remain secretive so we can’t show you covers yet, but we can tell you that you won’t want to miss this very special KLINGON-centric series. Be prepared for action, adventure, and Star Trek at its best. Bullet points: * Co-written by Discovery writer and Trek novelist Kirsten […]

I love science fiction, and this one really interests me. Hibernation and interplanetary missions. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that… “In the near future, a group of scientists and military operatives are sent on an interplanetary mission to develop Earth’s first off-world colony. While the crew of the Golgotha hibernates for travel, technology on Earth continues to advance, and when they land on the planet, the crew finds it already inhabited…by another team from Earth that arrived years before they have. Now the crew of the Golgotha find themselves relics of their own time, unwanted by the colony that’s been expecting them for a generation…and this planet holds its own secrets-secrets that could change the nature of mankind itself.” […]