ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego # 19 December 2002 (magazine review)
This nineteenth issue of ‘Alter Ego’ notes itself as going monthly from this point on. It also features one of the original Batman…
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ReviewFantasy
Michael Moorcock’s Elric Vol. 3: The White Wolf by Julien Blondel, Jean Luc-Cano, Julien Telo and Robin Recht (graphic novel review).
The French adaptation of Elric’s story continues in this third book, ‘The White Wolf’, originally published as ‘Elric: Le Loup Blanc’ by Editions…
ReviewHorror
South Of Hell: The Complete Series (TV series DVD review).
I tend to have a slightly disruptive way of buying things from time to time, mostly driven by that looks interesting and ignore…
ReviewScifi
The Man With A Thousand Names by AE Van Vogt (book review).
‘The Man With A Thousand Names’ comes from AE Van Vogt’s second phase of writing in the 1970s. Actually, it feels more like…
ReviewScifi
Prey (the Predator prequel movie: a scifi film review).
Finally having the opportunity to see Prey, C.D. must confess that he was taken aback. Although it wasn’t the masterpiece some have hailed…
ReviewScifi
Skyward Flight by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (book review).
‘Skyward Flight’ is the omnibus edition of three ‘Skyward’ novellas: ‘Sunreach’, ‘ReDawn’ and ‘Evershore’, all of which are related to Brandon Sanderson’s ‘Skyward…
ReviewBooks
The Making Of The Umbrella Academy (book review).
Don’t buy ‘The Making Of The Umbrella Academy’ expecting it to be like typical ‘making of’ TV or film books. This volume is…
ReviewScifi
The Deluxe Gimenez: The Fourth Power & The Starr Conspiracy by Juan Gimenez (graphic novel review).
‘The Deluxe Gimenez’ is a bumper hardback edition of tales by talented Argentinian writer/artist Juan Gimenez, who sadly died of Covid 19 in…
ReviewFantasy
Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong (book review).
In the sub-genre of contemporary supernatural fantasy, there are two approaches. The human population are aware of the supernaturals such as in Laurel…