July 2013 archive

Milo Manara covers ‘Guardians of the Galaxy #5’ in Angela

Guardians Of The Galaxy #5 Variant - Milo Manara

Marvel has released a variant cover showcasing Milo Manara doing what he does best: drawing scantily clad women doing stuff.

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Review: Batman ’66 #1

Batman 66 - Jonathan Case

Strap yourselves in, old chums. Batman goes retro and digital, and this is one Bat Channel you’ll want to tune into at the same time every week.

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Bryan Singer teases Quicksilver in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’

Quicksilver - Maximoff letterbox from 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

Serial tweeter Bryan Singer dropped a teasing image online last night. Simply labelled “House call”, it depicts the family home of the Maximoffs from next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. If the name doesn’t ring any bells, then you probably need to read more comics. Pietro and Wanda Maximoff are siblings, sometimes known as …

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Behind the Panels Video One-Shot – The Tom Taylor Interview

Tom Taylor - Interview Banner

Australian writer Tom Taylor has been having a massive year, with the twin successes of the Injustice: Gods Amongst Us comic, and working on the television series of his graphic novel series The Deep. Last month, he was announced as the writer on Earth 2 for DC Comics, alongside fellow Australian Nicola Scott. We caught …

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Review: Avengers A.I. #1

Avengers A.I. - Andre Araujo, Frank D’Armata

Sam Humphries and Andre Araujo bring the funbots out for this much-needed dose of humour in the wake of Age of Ultron. One of the best things to come out of the inconsistent and disappointing Age of Ultron was the renewed focus on Hank Pym. As we saw in Mark Waid’s excellent epilogue issue Age of …

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Behind the Panels Video One-Shot – The Tristan ‘T-Rex’ Jones Interview

Tristan 'T-Rex' Jones - Interview Banner

Tristan ‘T-Rex’ Jones is an Australian writer/artist who broke into the US industry with his work on Mirage Studios’. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This led to work on IDW’s Ghostbusters ongoing series and the recent action-horror smash Infestation: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is currently working on Hoax Hunters for Image Comics, and crowd-sourced …

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DC Comics announces new annuals for October 2013

Action Comics Annual #2

It’s that time of the year. DC Comics Blog has revealed six new annuals for October, including first time annual treatment for the New 52’s Aquaman and Nightwing. The Green Lantern “Lights Out” crossover, kicking off that month, will conclude in the Green Lantern Annual #2. Full solicitations below. ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #2 Written by …

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Robin returns in ‘Damian: Son of Batman’ in October

Andy Kubert, “Damian: Son of Batman”

The New York Post has revealed that the recently deceased Damian Wayne will return in a new limited series Damian: Son of Batman in October, written and illustrated by Andy Kubert. The four issue series will  be set in “a potential future where Damian Wayne takes on the mantle of the Bat”. Kubert told the …

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Review: Satellite Sam #1

Satellite Sam - Howard Chaykin

Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin form a perfect dream team, and then subvert those dreams as they gleefully trip through the seedy underbelly of 1950s television. Some of the great comics throughout history have shown us worlds we can only imagine. The best peel back the curtain and reveal things that we might have imagined …

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Review: Trinity of Sin – Pandora #1

Trinity of Sin: Pandora #1 (DC Comics)

Almost two years under the New 52 has been leading us to the Trinity War, and it all begins here. It was a single page in the epic Flashpoint #5 that introduced us to the mysterious “woman in red” back in August 2011. As she turned up in random panels across all of the New …

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Best Comics of 2013…so far

Best of 2013 - Behind the Panels

With so many comics coming out every month, it’s hard to know what to choose. Some of them we read because we love the characters, others because they are essential to the canon. Then there’s those handful of titles that stand out as the best of the best. This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive …

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