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The Walking Dead Vol 20: All Out War Part 1

By Kirkman, Adlard, Gaudiano & Rathburn Publisher: Image ISBN: 9781607068822 Rick and his small group had thought they’d found relative peace in a walled community, but all sense of safety has been stripped away by the protection racket offered by Negan and his cohorts. What it has done is draw Rick’s community closer to two […]

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Lament Of The Lost Moors Vol 2: Blackmore

By Rosinski & Dufaux Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181877 If you like Rosinski’s artwork, and I certainly do, then you’re in for a treat as not only is there a new Thorgal out but there’s a new Lament Of The Lost Moors, too. As the last descendant of the Kings of Sudenne, Siobhán’s life is at […]

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Nemo: The Roses Of Berlin

By Moore and O'Neill Publisher: Top Shelf/Knockabout ISBN: 9780861662302 He makes you work hard, does Alan Moore. So infused are the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen books with literary and movie references that you have to run to keep up, and although you might feel smug at spotting one or two, chances are there’s as many […]

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Thorgal Vol 15: The Cage

By Rosinski & Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181860 After years of being separated from his family, not even remembering who he once was, Thorgal is now returning home, but what he doesn’t know is what he’ll find there, if anything at all. With the assistance of Galathorn from volume 3 Thorgal is sent on […]

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Sabretooth Swordsman And The Mayhem Of The Malevolent Mastodon Mathematician

By Gentry & Conley Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781616551766 Couldn’t resist this one when I saw it advertised. A crazy combination of Dave Cooper and Geoff Darrow car-crashing with Joe Daly to give a vividly realised, absurdly entertaining, eastern action mash-up. It’s published as part of the Dark Horse Originals imprint, so it’s nicely presented […]

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Spirou & Fantasio Vol 4: Valley Of The Exiles

By Tome & Janry Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181570 They clearly had a lot of fun putting this one together. Following directly on from the previous book, Spirou & Fantasio find themselves in the impenetrable darkness of subterranean caverns after being engulfed by river waters. What they emerge to is a micro-climate sat snugly in a […]

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