By Edgar P. Jacobs Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181075 Professor Mortimer has been exploring on the Sao Miguel island and, thinking he’s made a remarkable discovery, summons Captain Blake via letter. However, somehow on route, the letter is intercepted and almost immediately a group of nefarious individuals are dogging their every step. What Mortimer has found […]
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By Mike Hatchard Publisher: KM Publishing ISBN: 9781848676398 The CCGB's very own Mike Hatchard has been busy putting together a book of nonsense poems aimed at helping children with their creative writing, reading and performance skills. Like all good nonsense poems, the aim of the game here is to be ludicrous yet funny, which Mike […]
Alpha Vol 4: Sanctions
By Jigounov & Mythic Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181822 With this latest volume the series really hits its stride as repercussions for past failures and the ghosts of the Cold War haunt CIA operatives. This all takes place during a visit by a delegation of Russians to Washington where Alpha and a small team must play […]
B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth Vol 8: Lake Of Fire
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 […]
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 […]
