Category: COMICS

Comics of every kind

MIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #4 – NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUNMIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #4 – NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

Kevin Mathews 7:40 pm
Miracleman: The Silver Age #4

Miracleman: The Silver Age #4 is the fourth issue of the Silver Age storyline. This chapter of the Miracleman saga was cut short after only two issues due to the demise of the publisher, Eclipse Comics. Subsequently, the rights to Miracleman were legally disputed between writer Neil Gaiman and Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane before Marvel Comics acquired these rights in 2013.

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MIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #3 – BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEAMIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #3 – BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Kevin Mathews 3:36 pm
Miracleman: The Silver Age #3

Miracleman: The Silver Age #3 is the third issue of the Silver Age storyline – the first new issue in 30 years! This chapter of the Miracleman saga was cut short after only two issues due to the demise of the publisher, Eclipse Comics. Subsequently, the rights to Miracleman were legally disputed between writer Neil Gaiman and Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane before Marvel Comics acquired these rights in 2013.

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MIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #2 – MISUNDERSTANDINGSMIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #2 – MISUNDERSTANDINGS

Kevin Mathews 4:22 pm
Miracleman: The Silver Age #2

Miracleman: The Silver Age #2 is the remastered second issue of the Silver Age storyline that was originally published in Miracleman #24, thirty years ago! This chapter of the Miracleman saga was cut short after only two issues due to the demise of the publisher, Eclipse Comics. Subsequently, the rights to Miracleman were legally disputed between writer Neil Gaiman and Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane before Marvel Comics acquired these rights in 2013.

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MIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #1 – RETURN TO FOREVERMIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #1 – RETURN TO FOREVER

Kevin Mathews 6:26 pm
MIRACLEMAN: THE SILVER AGE #1

Miracleman: The Silver Age #1 is the remastered first issue of the Silver Age storyline that was originally published in Miracleman #23, thirty years ago! This chapter of the Miracleman saga was cut short after only two issues due to the demise of the publisher, Eclipse Comics. Subsequently, the rights to Miracleman were legally disputed between writer Neil Gaiman and Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane before Marvel Comics acquired these rights in 2013.

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DUNE GRAPHIC NOVEL: BOOK 2 (REVIEW)DUNE GRAPHIC NOVEL: BOOK 2 (REVIEW)

Kevin Mathews 2:50 pm
Dune Graphic Novel Book 2

Dune Graphic Novel: Book 2 is the second part of a comic book adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic scifi novel of the same name. The graphic novel series is adapted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and illustrated by Raul Allen and Patricia Martin. As with Book 1, this second part is faithful to the source material, with Book 2 adapting “Muad’dib” the second book of Dune.

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ACCORDING TO JACK KIRBY (REVIEW)ACCORDING TO JACK KIRBY (REVIEW)

Kevin Mathews 1:50 pm
According to Jack Kirby

According to Jack Kirby is a historical book written by Michael Hill examining the claims of Jack Kirby to the creation of several seminal Marvel Comics characters of the 1960s. In the wake of the immense popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), one key question emerges – who created the icons that underpin the MCU’s success viz. Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and the Avengers. What about the other characters that paved the way for the MCU e.g. the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man? Would it surprise you to discover that all these characters were created by one man? And not the one you might think – JACK KIRBY. 

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