Comic books.
Genre: horrorSeries: The Dollhouse FamilyPublisher: DC Just wow. I had no idea how good The Dollhouse Family was going to be when I started reading a few days ago. In this issue time passes quickly both in the main and secondary storylines. Alice grows up, goes to university and has a…
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Genre: horrorSeries: The Dollhouse FamilyPublisher: DC Following the brutal events at the end of the first issue, Alice’s mother is imprisoned and the little girl placed into care. She’s become an elective mute and is bullied by some of the other children. The dollhouse follows her to the home and…
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Genre: horrorSeries: The Dollhouse FamilyPublisher: DC This was enjoyable. It’s very much like an old Vertigo comic – and that’s not surprising as Carey and Gross are former Vertigo collaborators on titles like The Unwritten and Lucifer. It’s part of Joe Hill’s Hill House horror imprint and, based on the quality…
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Genre: SuperheroSeries: Legion of Superheroes (2019)Publisher: DC Superboy and the Legion fight the Horraz over Aquaman’s trident. Superboy unexpectedly opens a portal using the trident to flood their location with seawater. After that there’s a great deal of conversation before Ultra-Boy and other Legionnaires travel to his homeworld, Rimbor to…
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Genre: SuperheroSeries: Legion of Superheroes (2019)Publisher: DC Jon Kent, current Superboy, is brought to the 31st Century to join the Legion. Meanwhile, a group of Legionnaires manage to prevent Mordru and a criminal gang from acquiring Aquaman’s trident. The issue is constructed in a straightforward manner: an exciting chase opening…
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Genre: SuperheroSeries: Legion of Superheroes (2019)Publisher: DC Like the first issue, this has Rose and Thorn visiting different periods of the future (Michael Jon Carter/Booster Gold’s 25th Century, OMAC’s 26th Century, distant space) before finally encountering the Legion on New Earth in the 31st Century. Again, the attraction here is…
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Genre: SuperheroSeries: Legion of Superheroes (2019)Publisher: DC It’s an odd, disorienting comic which uses an old minor DC character, Rose and Thorn, to travel through different future landscapes (President Super-girl’s late 21st Century, Batman Beyond’s 22nd Century Gotham, Kamandi’s 23rd Century and Tommy Tomorrow’s 24th Century). Rose is immortal and…
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Series: RebirthPublisher: DC THE CLOCK IS TICKING Released: May 2016 Writer: Geoff Johns Artists: Gary Frank, Ethan Van Sciver, Ivan Reis, Phil Jimenez, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Matt Santorelli, Brad Anderson, Jason Wright, Hi-Fi and Gabe Eltae 80-page one-shot special in which Wally West returns to the DC Universe to…
Read MoreIt’s strange! I was just reading a Blogger site, saw that I was logged in and rediscovered – to my delight – that my old Blogger comics review site, Livid Comics, is still live. I maintained it between February to November 2013 when I was collecting Adam Warlock comics and…
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Supposedly, it’s a struggle between the dark despairing Watchmen universe and the bright hope of the DC superhero universe. Of course, the old cynic in me is skeptical of the fervour in which issue 10 of Doomsday Clock has been greeted. Despite still feeling that trying to write a sequel…
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