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The Boys season 5 (TV series review).
The final season of The Boys has now been released on Blu-ray. One good thing straight away: there are nine extras this time.…
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August 2026
RoundupScifi
Space Cops, Stolen Books and the End of the World: SF & Fantasy News Round-Up (17 Aug 2026).
The science fiction, fantasy and horror worlds have been unusually busy over the past ten days, presumably because everyone realised August was halfway…
ReviewComics
Doom Patrol Vol. 6: Planet Love by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Sean Philips and Stan Wock (graphic novel review).
This sixth and final volume of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol runs from issues #58-63, followed by the Doom Force Special. Morrison’s six issues…
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Doom Patrol Vol. 5: Magic Bus by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Ken Steacy, Stan Wock, Philip Bond, Mark McKenna and Scott Hanna (graphic novel review).
This fifth volume of Doom Patrol features issues #51-57. Did I mention that they originally came out in 1992? I can’t recall these…
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Ahsoka Season 2: Are you a Jedi or just very good with swords (trailer).
Star Wars: Ahsoka is returning for a second season, and the first proper teaser suggests Dave Filoni has decided there weren’t quite enough…
TrailerFilms
Avengers Doomsday: Tony Stark is dead, long live Doctor Doom (trailer).
Marvel has released a new special look at Avengers: Doomsday, and the good news is that Robert Downey Jr. is back. The rather…
TrailerSuperheroes
VisionQuest: new Marvel TV series (1st trailer).
Marvel has released the first trailer for VisionQuest, the forthcoming Disney+ series starring Paul Bettany as everybody’s favourite synthetic philosopher, Vision. Or, more…
ReviewComics
Doom Patrol Vol. 4: Muscle Bound by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Mike Dringenburg, Mark McKenna, Jamie Howlett, Steve Yeowell and Ryan Hughes (graphic novel review).
This fourth volume of Doom Patrol covers #42-49, focusing particularly on Flex Mentallo. If you remember the old Charles Atlas adverts in comic…
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Doom Patrol Vol. 3: Down Paradise Way by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Kelley Jones, Mark McKenna, John Nyberg and Kim Demulder (graphic novel review).
If you wondered when Danny the Street first appeared, then look no further than Doom Patrol Vol. 3: Down Paradise Way, reprinting Doom…
NewsAnime/manga
Ghibli Park is growing a Toxic Jungle, and we demand a full-size Pirate Airship (news).
Studio Ghibli has apparently looked at its enormous park in Aichi, looked at the millions of people already wandering around it pretending not…
RoundupScifi
Seven Days in the Genre Trenches: 28 July – 4 August 2026 (news roundup).
Another week, another skip’s-worth of spaceships, séances and sentient hair to sift through. Comic-Con dust is still settling in San Diego, the publishing…
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There’s No Such Thing As A Bad Villain: an article by GF Willmetts.
I commented a few months ago that I was researching an article about the popularity of super-villains, particularly those at DC Comics, which…