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By Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181501 The Worlds of Aldebaran books explore the difficulties we might encounter when we reach the point to be able to colonise distant planets. This isn't a series about intergalactic space battles or the struggle between good and evil but is rather about human endurance and survival in the face […]

By Morris and Goscinny Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181235 You'd think that a series based around the wild west would constantly retread the same ground, and yet this is the thirty-fifth volume and it's still fresh and inventive. This is largely down to the abilities of its creators, not least the scribing of Goscinny who just […]

By Lambil & Cauvin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181082 Corporal Blutch and Sergeant Chesterfield have faced a bloody and terrible battle and we join the tale at its aftermath on a desolate field of death and destruction. Blutch and Sarge have survived (Blutch typically doing better due to his natural survival instincts) but both sides have […]

By Dorison & Lauffray Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181051 There aren't many graphic novels out there that evoke a truly cinematic quality, but this is certainly one of them. That's partly due to the powerful presence of the title character, but most of the credit must go to the thoughtful pacing of the story, the strength […]

By Goscinny & Tabary Publisher: Cinebook ISBN:978-1-84918-131-0 Cor, it's ages since I've read an Iznogoud. This latest collection of short tales of mirth and misadventure feature the usual hapless and hopeless attempts by the Grand Vizier Iznogoud to bump off the Caliph in order to take his place. It's a bit of a Groundhog Day […]

By Vance and Van Hamme Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181518 Well, this is it. The final volume. I've tried to be careful with these reviews not to give away the twists, and that's going to be pretty much the case for the whole book in this instance. It seems that after all this effort by the […]