Back Issue #166 April 2026 (magazine review).
The subtitle of this 166th edition of Back Issue is ‘Partner Up!’, focusing on various comic book partnerships, although not
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Vought Rising trailer arrives to remind us superheroes were awful long before social media (video).
There are few things more comforting in modern television than discovering that humanity has always been dreadful. Not just ordinary
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Lanterns: second trailer, True Detective, but with space cops and mood lighting (HBO TV series).
The second trailer for HBO’s Lanterns has arrived, and yes, before the internet is forced to form another emergency committee,
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Alter Ego #198 March 2026 (magazine review).
As you can probably tell from the cover of this issue of Alter Ego, the main feature is a detailed
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Secret Six volume 3: Cat’s Cradle by Gail Simone, John Ostrander and J. Calafiore (comic-book review).
Rather uniquely, the third volume of Secret Six is also one of the smallest. Quite how the distribution of pages
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Batman Year 3: The Deluxe Edition by Marv Wolfman, Pat Broderick, John Beatty and Adrienne Roy (graphic novel review).
In many respects, Batman: Year 3 should really be called ‘Batman: Year 13’. Yes, it goes back to the time
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The Sequential Art Of Amanda Conner (graphic novel review).
Tracking down some of comic book artist Amanda Conner’s early work for DC Comics is made rather easy with this
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The Pro by Gareth Ennis, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Paul Mounts (graphic novel).
One of the things I often do is hunt around for comic books drawn by Amanda Conner that I haven’t
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Spider-Noir: When Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man Develops a Drinking Problem and a Fedora (trailer).
There are many versions of Spider-Man. There is the quippy teen. The tortured graduate. The multiversal meme-generator. And now, courtesy
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Comic Book Creator #42 March 2026 (magazine review).
One thing I like about ‘Comic Book Creator’ is it often coughs up interviews of creators I’ve never heard of
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