
Review: Wonder Woman - Annual #1
By Ashley Gibbs
I like Wonder Woman, I like who she is and what she stands for and find her to be a good role model. She stands side by side with Superman and Batman forming a trinity of super hero awesomeness. Wonder Woman Annual #1 comes out at a perfect time as the Amazonian princess is also coming to the big screen in her own movie and I feel this book is an excellent collection of short stories that anyone can can enjoy. You do not need to read any prior comic to understand what’s going on, this is great for anyone who is maybe only discovering the character for the first time thanks to the movie or who is like me, a casual fan who still enjoys the character. While it does help to have at least some knowledge of the DC world, the writing no way depends on you having this which is a strong point.

Review: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2017 Annual
By Jonathan Edwards
I believe it was after I reviewed the 2nd, or maybe 3rd, issue of Justice League/Power Rangers that I started to wonder what BOOM!'s actual Power Rangers books were like. They couldn't possibly be as simplistic and shit as the crossover book is, I thought (granted, everything I've read from Bryan Hitch's current run on Justice League has been straight garbage). My curiosity would be piqued every time I saw a Power Rangers title pop up on the spreadsheet, but I was never motivated enough to actually check any of them out. Until I saw this annual, that is. I figured it'd be the perfect microcosmic jumping on point to determine the general quality of BOOM!'s actual Power Rangers material. And I'm happy to report, not only was I right about that, it's also pretty good too.

DC’s Deal with Playtech Could be a Huge Step for the Studio as They Seek to Usurp Marvel
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is an already well-established gold mine which has pulled in mass audiences every year since the release of Iron Man in 2008. The total revenue for all 15 films so far is over $4.5 billion before considering inflation, and the model is something that other studios are desperately trying to replicate. DC have arrived late to the party with their extended universe, and Man of Steel was the studio’s first offering in 2013. There is a lot of work to be done to be able to contend with the might of Marvel and their already much-loved characters, but expanding the franchise beyond cinema is one way of attracting wider audiences.

Review: Paklis # 1
Patrick Wolf
Comprised of three short stories, Paklis uses a blend of science fiction and existentialist themes to create some pretty interesting reads. The first is a Kafkaesque narrative called “Mushroom Bodies,” while the latter two are a pair of space adventures: “Sagittarius A” and “Amnia Cycle.” From the three, “Amnia Cycle” is definitely the most promising, but whatever merits it possesses, they’re barely enough to compensate for the weirdness and brevity of its companion pieces.

Review: The Last Contract
By Daniel Vlasaty
If you’re at all familiar with my reviews then you know my usual reading leans more toward the crime fiction side of comics. So, when I saw The Last Contract come up on the review list, you know I had to jump on that thing. I remember seeing this book on the shelves when it was originally coming out, but for some reason I never started reading it. And because of this, I guess, I didn’t know anything about the book at all. I went in blind, essentially, only going off the title and the cover. There’s a car parked near a lake or a river, a body visible in the trunk. The city skyline off in the distance. There are two people standing in front of the car, at the water’s edge. One on his knees, one standing behind him. You can’t see it but you just know he’s holding a gun to the guy on the ground. It’s all dark, colored in blacks and blues. This is all I had going into the book. And I had to know more.

Review: Trinity - Annual #1
By Jonathan Edwards
I remember having some particular interest in Trinity when I was first looking over DC's new releases that would be launching with Rebirth. I couldn't tell you exactly why, though the promise of a book focusing specifically on the dynamics between Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman intrigued me. I now know there had previously been an ongoing weekly book with the same name and conceit, but at the time, I was easily hooked by a novelty I somehow hadn't really ever considered. I read the first six issues before stopping, mainly because I'd managed to fall behind in my reading after around Trinity #3. I didn't really want to play that much catch-up, so I opted to just finish up the first story arc and leave it at that. I enjoyed the book enough (I even briefly considered reversing my earlier decision and checking my LCS for back issues), but ultimately I decided that treating those first six issues like something of a limited series was enough for me. And then, this annual cropped up. After some slight deliberation, I decided I might as well let it be the final say in whether or not I picked up the main book again.

Review: Liberty Deception vol. 1
Patrick Wolf
Liberty: Deception is an Orwellian sci-fi adventure that’s both fun and smart. Vengroff does an excellent job of balancing radical freedom with debilitating oppression, while at the same time keeping the reader in suspense. Anyone who’s into political drama, science fiction, and Hitchcockian twists should definitely pick up a copy. Indie comics don’t get much better than this.

Review: Spencer & Locke #2
By Daniel Vlasaty
Locke is a homicide detective that doesn’t know when to quit. Spencer is his partner. Spencer’s the voice of reason in this partnership, and that is not a good thing. For one, Spencer can’t seem to keep Locke “locked” down, and also because Spencer is not real. He’s an imaginary friend. He’s a stuffed panther. And he also gets car sick. But whatever, because the boys are hot on the trail of Sophie’s murderer and this is a case that’s bigger than what it appears to be. Nothing is as it seems and this is one case that keeps pulling Locke back into his rough and checked past.

Review: Motor Crush vol. 1
By Patrick Wolf
One of the years most acclaimed series, Motor Crush has accelerated itself to a top spot with some of the hottest titles of 2017. Now, while I find nothing grotesquely wrong with this verdict, I find myself more-and-more at a bypass with the other critics. The series is entertaining, but it's hardly doing laps around the competition.

Review: Captives #1
By Ben Boruff
In its eighth season, How I Met Your Mother introduced the world to The Dobler-Dahmer Theory. This theory proposes that, in the context of a potential relationship, "If both people are into each other, a big romantic gesture works, like Lloyd Dobler holding up the boombox outside Diane Court's window in Say Anything..., but if one person isn't into the other, the same gesture comes off serial-killer crazy, or Dahmer." Alexander Banchitta tests this theory, perhaps unintentionally, in Captives, his Rapunzel-esque medieval fantasy comic about a pretty girl in a tower and the host of sexually frustrated men who attempt to save her.

Super S - Anime Podcast E.026
By Dustin Cabeal
Be sure to click the title or this link to listen to the episode!
026 - One this week's episode we continue our coverage on the second season of Attack on Titan. Due to vacations and such, we'll be a few episodes behind, but hey... by then we may know what the fuck is going on. Also, that's your spoiler warning. As for the rest, here's what we talked about.

Seven Seas Licenses SAINT SEIYA: SAINTIA SHŌ Manga Series
Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō by Chimaki Kuori, the newest (and soon to be animated) iteration of the Saint Seiya series featuring its first all-woman team!

Spurrier To Bring The Shadow To The Modern Era
This summer, Dynamite Entertainment and Condé Nast will welcome readers back into the know with the launch of their latest incarnation of the classic pulp character the Shadow, in The Shadow: Leviathan. Launching in August, the comic-book series will feature writer Si Spurrier (X-Force, X-Men: Legacy, Judge Dredd) and artist Daniel HDR (Superman, Cyborg), who will bring the pulp icon into modern day in a tale full of deadly intrigue, gun-blazing action, and a study of the nature of evil!

Anders Nilsen's New Graphic Novel Announcement: "Tongues"
Set in a version of modern Central Asia, Tongues is a retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus. It follows the captive god’s friendship with the eagle who carries out his daily sentence of torture, and chronicles his pursuit of revenge on the god that has imprisoned him. Prometheus’ story is entwined with that of an East African orphan on an errand of murder, and a young man with a teddy bear strapped to his back, wandering aimlessly into catastrophe (readers may recognize this character from Nilsen’s Dogs and Water). The story is set against the backdrop of tensions between rival groups in an oil-rich wilderness.

Markosia Enterprises Launches "Children of Saigo" on May 30th
Ben, Shiro, Zoe and Teron are the last descendants of Koji Iwanaga, the only Samurai to survive the final battle between the Japanese noblemen and their Empire. Born in Chicago and raised in the tenets of Bushido, the siblings believe in honor, duty and service. They’re also as dysfunctional as family gets. Ben and Shiro haven’t spoken in years, Zoe is always one drink away from a fight and Teron struggles to keep the peace. But when Tomoe Yamada, a Yakuza mob princess, arrives to collect their heads as trophies, the Iwanagas must settle old grievances to defeat Tomoe’s army of assassins.

Writer LaToya Morgan Joins Zenescope For Robyn Hood: The Hunt
Zenescope Entertainment has announced that TV Writer and Producer LaToya Morgan (Turn: Washington’s Spies, Into the Badlands, Shameless) will be handling writing duties for Zenescope’s newest Robyn Hood six issue mini-series entitled Robyn Hood: The Hunt with Salvatore Cuffari (Grimm Fairy Tales) providing artwork for the series. This comes on the heels of the announcement that Bane creator Chuck Dixon will be penning Zenescope’s upcoming Van Helsing Vs. The Werewolf mini-series.

Declan Shalvey teams up with Philip Barrett and Jordie Bellaire for SAVAGE TOWN this September
Declan Shalvey (INJECTION, All Star Batman) takes the helm as a writer, with artist Philip Barrett (Matter, Where’s Larry?) and Eisner Award-winning colorist Jordie Bellaire (INJECTION, PRETTY DEADLY), for SAVAGE TOWN, an original graphic novel coming this September from Image Comics.

Wagner & Rummel join forces for the heart-pumping anarchy of THE HARD PLACE
Image Comics is pleased to announce Doug Wagner, Nic Rummel, and Charlie Kirchoff’s new high-energy action series THE HARD PLACE, which will launch this August.

Seven Seas Licenses ULTRA KAIJU ANTHROPOMORPHIC PROJECT Manga Series
Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Ultra Kaiju Anthropomorphic Project by Shun Kazakami and featuring character designs by POP, a hilarious gag manga that reimagines the iconic monstrous kaiju from the Ultraman franchise as adorable high school monster girls!

Mage Returns To Image
Legendary creator and indy-comics pioneer Matt Wagner returns to bring fans the highly anticipated third and final story arc to MAGE from Image Comics this summer. MAGE: THE HERO DENIED will kickoff with the intro-sized issue #0 in July and carry on as a regular, 15-issue series beginning with THE HERO DENIED #1 this August.
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