It’s Wednesday and time again for another geektastic edition episode of COMIC ISSUES! On this week’s newstand, it didn’t take long but after DC announced their “No Batgirling” approach to story telling, four and a half of their more peripheral books have been cancelled. Say goodbye to a favorite of ours Gotham by Midnight, along with Doom,
Windblade and Starscream race to claim the lost colony led by the mysterious Elita One! But who will recruit the army so long removed from Cybertron—and can Elita’s forces bring anything home… but war? Click the jump for a review and preview pages of IDW’s Windblade #7!
I’ve been curious about the Angela: Asgard’s Assassin for a while now, since the Comic Issues folks have such glowing things to say about the series on their podcast. The release of the first graphic novel collecting the story of Thor’s long-lost sister seemed like a really good place to jump on board the bandwagon. First two impressions:
In the newest volume of Adam Warren’s Empowered series, we start out with a recap of Emp’s most recent (mis)adventures, watch her superhero “allies” betray her completely, and see her exiled (in bondage of course) to an uncertain fate at a maximum security ward “for her own safety.” What follows is a surprisingly lighthearted (yet
Leland is back in the guest chair! Visiting from the Movie Issues Studios while Elizabeth is vacationing with family in the scary woods (we suspect beating up bears), Leland joins forces with Anthony to get deep into a towering pile of comics. Skipping news all together and getting right inbetween the panels, getting recapped this
It’s Science Week on Comic Issues! (Not really, we’re hardly scientists, we just thought it sounded cool.) Tune in for DC’s economic woes, superhero syphoning, brain sporks, go-bags, and touchless toilet technology. We’re breaking down the news (such as it is) of DC’s two million dollar shortfall, Marvel’s cosplay covers, Superman’s timeline, Battleworld’s zombies, She-Hulk’s
Navicomp safety mode activated. Please select a reason for deviating from your flight path. Is it (a) accident, (b) necessity, or (c) a gnawing, crippling sense of guilt? Click the jump for a review of IDW’s More Than Meets The Eye #44!
It’s the story that has the whole world on the edge of its seat. The biggest Marvel event of all time. The story that destroyed the Marvel Universe. And if you thought it couldn’t get bigger – you thought wrong. Today Marvel announced the expansion of the blockbuster Secret Wars event with SECRET WARS #9 –
On the eve of this weekend’s Nerd Con your podcasting hero and heroine are excited to bring the show to another live audience. We’ll be hitting the second stage at 12:30, but you’ll want to be there as the doors open for what’s looking to be a nerd-tastic time! As for this week we tip the scales