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TV Review: The Walking Dead Season 3: Episode One – ‘Seed’
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:3598:]]The Robert Kirkman machine continues to carve its’ way through the entertainment world, creating the high water mark for television dramas as well as the comic book industry. Never before have we seen such high numbers (14.2 million!) for a television drama, and certainly not for a “comic book show!” Why has The Walking Dead…
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Movie Review: Sinister (2012)
This Film is Just Plain EvilA Film Review of SinisterBy: Lawrence Napoli “Found footage” films have all but oversaturated the horror genre in Hollywood recently and while this review acknowledges the fact that its intermittent use throughout Sinister is an absolute strength, “found footage” is not to be considered an instant win for any film. Let’s…
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Advanced Review: Marvel Now!: Point One #1
The future of Marvel comics is bestowed upon us in Marvel Now! Point One. This is not the full scope, but rather, glimpses of some of the biggest and brightest new creations for 2013! A bevy of Marvel top talent has put their best foot forward to lay the foundation for the future, but, is…
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Advanced Review: The Walking Dead #103
With all the hype AMC is getting with the fantastic television version of The Walking Dead, let’s not forget that this phenomenon began as “the little comic that could!” The heart and soul that exudes from the characters, started in twenty-two pages of black and white perfection! Issue #103 continues to prove that this “zombie”…
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Stephen King’s Exclusive Horror Web-Comic Goes Live Today (10/15/12)!
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:3551:]] That’s right, folks! Just in time for the Halloween season, www.stephenking.com has created it’s first ever exclusive horror web comic about Mr. King’s short story, “The Little Green God of Agony.”First published in Stephen Jones’s 2011 anthology, “A Book of Horrors”, “The Little Green God of Agony” is a tale told from the point of…
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NYCC 2012: Walking Dead Exclusive Merchandise!
Just announced on Skybound.com, the website revolving around everything Robert Kirkman, we get to see the FINAL approved NYCC 2012 Walking Dead Exclusives! These will be in extremely high demand and will only be available at the Skybound Booth #1229! So get there early!Below is the official press release from Skybound.com: Michonne and Pets PVC Figure…
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Review: The Walking Dead: Michonne Special #1
We are just days away from the third season of one of the most anticipated television shows in the past decade, and what better way to introduce all those fans to the resident katana wielding bad-ass, than too give her her own special!Reprinting The Walking Dead #19 — the first appearance of Michonne — in…
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Avengers Vs. X-Men Movie? Producer Lauren Shuler Donner Would Love It!
‘I would love it. I would love it. I personally have close ties to Marvel because of Kevin Feige.’
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Advanced Review: Uncanny Avengers #1
Welcome to the most pre-ordered book of all time! The “Revolution” has begun and Marvel Now! is officially underway! Fan favorites, Rick Remender and John Cassady, have laid the groundwork for the future of the Marvel U. with a book that changes the status quo! Former heroes are behind bars, a classic X villain re-emerges with…
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Advanced Review: Batman #13
Scott Snyder has done something that has not been done in an extremely long time. He has taken a book, with one of the most recognizable characters in the entire world, and perfected it! This issue is completely devoid of banality, it is the pinnacle of great story making and no one should go without…
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Advanced Review: Archer & Armstrong #3
Fred Van Lente creates a seemingly never ending cavalcade of hilarity, excitement and action, in a book that deserves to be on everyone’s pull list!Archer & Armstrong #3, brings the search for the pieces of the Boon full circle as Archer comes face to face with his past! Not only has he turned his back…
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Just What the “DOC” Ordered: The October Storm!
(Editor’s Note: Our latest column to hit Cosmic Book News comes from Chris “DOC” Bushley who will be taking a look at the less “cosmic” characters in comic books with his “Just What The Doc Ordered” OPED column!)By: Chris “DOC” Bushley “Dueling Banjos”[[wysiwyg_imageupload:3412:]]With the NYCC 2012 just around the corner, the “Big Two” are not pulling…
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Advanced Review: Avengers vs. X-Men #12
The amazing variant cover says it all — “The End,” but is it as epic as Marvel is making it out to be?In some ways, yes; Marvel has recaptured the overall units sold in the months since Avengers Vs. X-Men has come out — no small feat since DC is right behind, chomping at the…
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Movie Review: Resident Evil: Damnation
Forget “Retribution;” Damnation Shows Evil Going GlobalA Film Review of Resident Evil: DamnationBy: Lawrence Napoli We are DAYS away from the release of my most anticipated videogame of 2012 in Resident Evil 6 and Capcom saw fit to release its most recent CG film a week prior in an effort to prime American fans for the…
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Batman The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Review
Perfect introduction.
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Advanced Review: Justice League Dark #0
Let me put the record straight, this is not Hellblazer, this is the John Constantine of the DCnU. In many ways it is close, but not so far as to say they are the same character. They share the same name and the same innate ability to be a deadly bastard when push comes to…
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Advanced Review: Talon #0
James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder team together again, this time they bring you the harrowing tale of Calvin Rose — Talon! The first brand new hero introduced into the “Bat family” in the DCnU!From abused child to trained killer, Calvin Rose, has been raised to look for the worst in people in order to…
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Review: Justice League #0
Do not fret Justice League fans, although not a single Leaguer is seen in this book, it is still a great story that gives us the New 52 origin of Shazam!Finally, no longer just a back-up story, Geoff Johns gives fans what they have been clamoring for! Billy Batson may have entered this series as…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for September 19th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley ( A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER! ) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these five titles to your…
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Advanced Review: The Walking Dead #102
After the deaths of Glenn and Abraham, there has been a lull in action, but a real focus on how the characters develop from here. Kirkman has dialed the brutality back to a minimum, giving ample time to see exactly how Rick and crew choose to deal with their new world dynamic. A world that…