By Mignola, Arcudi, Crook & Stewart Publisher: Dark Horse ISBN: 9781616554026 After what’s felt like a slight slackening of pace and direction, elements begin to coalesce, largely around the return and rehabilitation of fire-weilding Liz Sherman. Holed up in a hospital low on resources and power, she is attempting to regain her full health under […]
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Alpha Vol 3: The List
By Jigounov & Mythic Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849180429 Alpha’s latest task is to take a small team to Amsterdam to help extract an ex-Stasi colonel and his family. When the Berlin wall fell the colonel pre-empted the following fallout by transferring sensitive data on shady dealings between western companies and East Germany onto a disc […]
Flex Mentallo: Man Of Muscle Mystery
By Morrison & Quitely Publisher: Vertigo ISBN: 9781401247027 Finally, after a rather lengthy disagreement with a certain third party, Flex Mentallo’s story has made it into paperback. Combining the talents of two of comicdom’s behemoths, this is an outlandish, bold, head-spinning and utterly distinct tale born from Morrison’s run on Doom Patrol. Flex Mentallo is […]
Alpha Vol 2: Wolves’ Wages
By Jigounov & Mythic Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781905460861 Julien (aka Alpha) and Assia are looking for a safe haven in Moscow while all around them various factions move to settle scores and thin the opposition. There are a lot of despicable individuals involved, and it all, essentially, comes down to greed. What was unexpected is […]
Astro City Vol 8: Shining Stars
By Busiek, Anderson, Ross & Sinclair Publisher: Vertigo ISBN: 9781401229917 If you’ve not come across Astro City before then you’re missing a genuine treat. When you first discover them, superhero comics offer an exciting alternative existence full of wonder, impossibilities and potential, but the more you gorge on it the more you become acclimatised to […]
Alpha Vol 1: The Exchange
By Jigounov & Renard Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781905460595 Comics can be trivial and frivolous (and that’s not always a bad thing), but they can also be thoughtful and intelligent and Alpha certainly falls into that second category. Assia is a young gallery owner from Moscow visiting Paris to secure new pieces, although she also has […]
