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WIN: Celebrate our LIVE Good Games Hurstville shows (CLOSED)

WIN: February 2015 Good Games Hurstville

To celebrate our upcoming LIVE shows, and thanks to GOOD GAMES HURSTVILLE, we’re pleased to give away this terrific prize pack of past and upcoming Kick-Ass Picks of the Week. We’ve got a terrific collection of graphic novels to give to 3 of our lucky followers, and all you have to do is follow the simple …

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First trailer for Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ for Netflix is released

Marvel's Daredevil for Netflix

The trailer for Marvel’s first Netflix series, DAREDEVIL, has finally been released, showcasing some of the first footage from the upcoming 13-episode series. Meet Matt Murdock. Blinded as a boy but imbued with extraordinary senses, Matt fights injustice by day as a respected lawyer and by night as the masked vigilante known as Daredevil in …

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Oz Comic-Con 2015: Billie Piper added for Perth/Adelaide in April

Oz Comic-Con 2015: Billie Piper

OZ COMIC-CON is bringing back fan favourite BILLIE PIPER to Perth and Adelaide in April, delighting Whovians and fans of ’90s pop music alike. In addition to her role as Rose Tyler/Bad Wolf/The Conscience of The Moment in the relaunched Doctor Who series for BBC, Piper headed up Secret Diary of a Call Girl for four seasons on …

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Oz Comic-Con 2015: ‘Flash’ writer/artist Francis Manapul joins Perth/Adelaide shows

Oz Comic-Con 2015: Francis Manapul

We’ve seen a variety of stars of film and television announced so far for the OZ COMIC-CON, but now the organisers are putting the ‘comic’ into the ‘con by adding The Flash writer/artist FRANCIS MANAPUL to the Perth and Adelaide shows in April. Mapul is best known in the last few years for being the …

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Pull List: Comics to read in February 2015

Nameless #1 (Chris Burnham)

In a world where money is shorter supply than quality comics, you must choose your new investments carefully every month.  All throughout 2015, we will pick the books every month that we think are probably worth having a look at. We’re not saying you have to look at all of them, but they are a good …

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Behind The Panels Issue 127 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

ehind The Panels Issue 127 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 127, the comic book show that uses talcum powder under its tights to avoid unfortunate chafing. In this issue, David Tennant joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That sound you hear is the Internet breaking under the strain. ALSO we all sit around and watch The Thing without pants in …

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Oz Comic-Con 2015: Marina Sirtis treks to Perth/Adelaide in April

Oz Comic-Con 2015: Marina Sirtis

Have you sensed a great joy coming from the Trek fans in South Australia and Victoria? OZ COMIC-CON is bringing out none other than MARINA SIRTIS, best known for her role as Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She will attend the Perth and Adelaide shows in April. Sirtis portrayed the half-Betazoid ship …

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Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of January 2015

Secret Six #2 (DC Comics) - Artist: Dale Eaglesham

Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its cover.  Welcome back to our continuing monthly column. Last year was a huge year for comic book covers …

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LEGO announces ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ video game and 3000 piece SHIELD Helicarrier set

LEGO® Marvel Superheroes- The SHIELD Helicarrier 76042

It’s a big day for LEGO Super Heroes fans, with the announcement not only of a new LEGO MARVEL’S AVENGERS video game for “fall 2015”, but a massive 3000 piece set based on the S.H.I.E.L.D. HELICARRIER from the Marvel Cinematic Universe due out in March 2015. We would advise you to start saving your pennies now. The video …

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Oz Comic-Con 2015: ‘Buffy’ reunion with Emma Caulfield, Nicholas Brendon & Amber Benson in Perth/Adelaide

Good news for Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans today as OZ COMIC-CON announced that they are bringing out EMMA CAULFIELD and NICHOLAS BRENDON to join the already announced AMBER BENSON for a Buffy reunion in Adelaide and Perth this April. Brendon, who is best known for his role as Xander Harris on Joss Whedon’s cult …

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The first ‘Fantastic Four’ trailer is here

Fantastic Four (2015)

After months of inactivity, it’s a veritable flood of FANTASTIC FOUR as 20th Century Fox drops the first trailer for Josh Trank’s reboot of the franchise. The results are somewhat mixed. It begins with the same vague voiceover and range of cornfields that many modern trailers have opened with, but opens into something a little …

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