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The Rage And The Ridicule Of Red Sonja #1

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Rich Johnston

So, yes, Gail Simone on Red Sonja is a thing. It should have been obvious, that blend of horrific scenes of violence with just a hint of comedy. So how does it come over? I’ve had a look at the …

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Lord Of Mars – The Tarzan/John Carter Crossover, Only Dynamite Can’t Call It That

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Rich Johnston

But that’s okay, we can! Lords Of Mars, the six issue crossover of two Edgar Rice Burroughs creations, in a new series from Dynamite starting in August. I recently, accidentally, found I’d pitched a high concept Dynamite crossover to its …

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Nine Thoughts About Nine Comics – Ultimate Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Fatale, Avengers: The Enemy Within, FF, Battlestar Galactica, Luther Strode, Nova And The Back Of DC Books

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Miles Morales has had a year without being Ultimate Spider-Man. And without his mother. His dad has an idea. Move. Hawaii or England? It’s a dilemma. Maybe another comic could help out. Wonder Woman?       I don’t know why Wonder …

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The Return Of Lady Rawhide

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Back in the early nineties, Topps published a Zorro comic. It did rather well. Hoping to capitalise on that, and bearing in mind the bad girl craze at the time, they span the book off into Lady Rawhide, created by …

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Damsels: Mermaids #1 Commentary By Matt Sturges

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Matt Sturges writes a commentary on Damsels: Mermaid #1, out yesterday; Page One For readers raised on other versions of the character, the Little Mermaid depicted here might be a bit shocking. The Hans Christian Anderson fairytale “The Little Mermaid” …

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Extended Previews Of Grimm #1, Damsels #1, Battlefields #6, Red Sonja Annual #4, Ghoul Goblin #4 And More Dynamite Explosions

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rich Johnston

GRIMM #1 David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf (story) Marc Gaffen, Kyle McVey (script) José Malaga (a) Alex Ross (c) FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+ Set in the world of the acclaimed NBC series, Grimm, Homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt …

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The Power Of Uncanny

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Jim Zub reports on the sales bump given to Skullkickers by renaming it Uncanny Skullkickers for one issue, in light of Uncanny Avengers and Uncanny X-Force joining Uncanny X-Men at Marvel. Something I’m sure Nicky Barrucci hopes will be repeated …

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The Black Bat Like You Have And Haven’t Seen Before

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

By Hannah Means-Shannon The Black Bat #1 isn’t officially out until May 8th this week, but Phantom Variants, for one, are already circulating, one of what I would definitively call a “crazy number” of variant covers, totalling 15. This may …

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Free Comics If You Missed Free Comic Book Day – Damsels, Grimm, Killjoys, Star Wars, Aspen, Aphrodite XI, Steam Engines Of Oz, Molly Danger And More

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Did you miss Free Comic Book Day, or were certain titles unavailable? Well, thanks to Dynamite, Dark Horse and ComiXology, here are a batch of them. Get stuck in to the free! Mass Effect/Killjoys/R.I.P.D. Star Wars/Captain Midnight/Avatar: The Last Airbender …

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Extended Previews Of Army Of Darkness, Sherlock Holmes And Vampirella Strikes To Kick Off Today’s Dynamite’s Offerings

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Previews of comics coming from Dynamite today…. with three extended previews to begin with… ARMY OF DARKNESS #13 Elliott R. Serrano (w) Randy Valiente (a) Daniel Leister (c) FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+ Hail to the Queen! …

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First Look: Gail Simone’s Red Sonja #1 With Walter Giovani

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Rich Johnston

So Gail Simone is writing Red Sonja for Dynamite. Violence, debauchery, minimal chainmail, and that’s just for breakfast. Check out Walter Giovani art’s from the first issue, below. So what’s going on? Sonja pays back a blood debt owed to …

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FREE: Damsels #1 by Leah Moore, John Reppion and Aneke

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Well, you might not be able to get your free Marvel #1 digital comics from ComiXology right now, you can at least get a free copy of Damsels #1 by Leah Moore, John Reppion and Aneke, right here. You can …

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Katie Hidalgo Hired At Dynamite

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Writer/artist of The Store in last year’s Dirty Diamonds #2, and designer for Zenescope’s Alice In Wonderland, Katie Hidalgo, has been hired as a new graphic designer for Dynamite. Everyone say a big hello to Katie!    

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BC Mag #3: Dejah Thoris And The Warlord Of Mars

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Mark Seifert

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Keith Davidsen It’s amazing to think that John Carter, the iconic protagonist of the Warlord of Mars series and the sci-fi genre’s prototypical space hero, first appeared in print over a hundred years ago. One …

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It’s Possible That JMS May Not Be Writing For Dynamite Any Time Soon

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

From the sparsely-attended by big-name-filled Dynamite panel at ECCC last night, with the likes of Chris Roberson and Mark Waid amongst Matt Wagner, Ron Marz and more.  Roberson was credited with scripting over Joe Michael Straczynski‘s plots on the Superman …

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Gail Simone To Write Red Sonja For Dynamite. And Here Are The Fiona Staples, Nicola Scott And Colleen Doran Covers.

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Earlier this week at Wizard World Portland, Gail Simone’s husband tweeted using her account; She says she is writing an iconic female character she loves that is NOT In the DCU… — GailSimone (@GailSimone) February 23, 2013   And we …

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Dynamite And Atomic Robo Exclusives At ECCC

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Here’s a look at the Dynamite exclusive covers for ECCC, next weekend. One for Shadow Year One, another for Masks and two for the Red Team. ComiXology and Red 5 are also trying something new, a convention-exclusive digital comic. Every …

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Bringing Back Black Bat By Brian Buccelllato

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Rich Johnston

All the Bs! Dynamite are launching their new pulp superhero comic, Black Bat, as an ongoing suoperhero title by The Flash’s Brian Buccelllato and Dynamite’s Ronan Cliquet, spinning out of the Masks book. Mob lawyer turned to hunt his clients …

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