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  • The Ghoul #1 Review on Nov 19, 2009 in frontpage

    IDW Nov 09 $3.99 Story: Steve Niles Art: Bernie Wrightson Colours: Tom Smith Try as he may, Steve Niles has never quite outdone 30 Days of Night. That title brought him such attention; party because it was good, but largely because it ran on such a...

  • Black Widow: Deadly Origin #1 (of 4) Review on Nov 19, 2009 in frontpage

    Marvel Jan 10, $3.99 Story: Paul Cornell Art: Tom Raney, Scott Hanna, John Paul Leon, Matt Milla The upcoming Iron Man sequel has seen renewed interest in Natasha Romanova, and this quality origin story is definitely the way to go about promoting th...

  • Cowboy Ninja Viking #1 Review on Nov 19, 2009 in frontpage

    Image Oct 09, $3.50 Story: AJ Lieberman Art: Riley Rossmo Generally it’s pretty easy to summarise a new comic series by its title, and I like to think I’d be forgiven for assuming that Pirate Ninja Viking was a lazy parody of crossover events an...

  • The Great Ten #1 (of 10) Review on Nov 19, 2009 in frontpage

    DC Jan 10, $2.99 Story: Tony Bedard Pencils: Scott McDaniel Inks: Andy Owens Colours: The Hories Of everything to have arisen from 52, the Great Ten (essentially China’s equivalent of the Justice League) were one of the most interesting additions...

  • Deathlok: The Demolisher #1 (of 7) Review on Nov 19, 2009 in frontpage

    Marvel Jan 10, $3.99 Story: Charlie Huston Art: Lan Medina Colours: Brian Heberling In comic books, perhaps more than any other storytelling medium, there seems to be a large percentage of new titles that are proficiently written and finely illustra...

  • World’s Finest #1 (of 4) Review on Nov 17, 2009 in frontpage

    DC Dec 09, $2.99 Writer: Sterling Gates Pencils: Julian Lopez Inks: Bit Colour: Hi-Fi This new miniseries is an attempt to spotlight the latest generation of DC heroes in a similar fashion to The Brave and the Bold’s team-ups. On the one hand, Wor...

  • Arkham Reborn #1 (of 3) Review on Nov 15, 2009 in frontpage

    DC Dec 09, $2.99 Writer: David Hine Art: Jeremy Haun Colours: John Kalisz While the Batman: Battle for the Cowl event pretty much failed to deliver on its every promise, the one pleasant surprise to come from it was David Hine and Jeremy Haun’s A...