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Superman Treasury #1 and Doom Is Riding A Dinosaur 🦖

Superman Treasury #1 and Doom Is Riding A Dinosaur 🦖

Matheus Matheus 06/16/2025 9:42am 5 minute read Comics

Hey everyone!I'm Matheus from the Beyond the Panels blog (yes, the one with enough Fantastic Four takes to last a whole lifetime).So here's the deal: Walt caught wind of how much I spend on single issues every month (don’t ask), and decided to channel that into something useful.... more »

FOC Alert: Godzilla vs Star Trek 😱

FOC Alert: Godzilla vs Star Trek 😱

Walt Walt 06/09/2025 12:00pm 4 minute read Comics

Okay, the title of this email might be a bit over the top. But it’s Friday, and after a long week, every last brain cell could use a good jolt to kick things into gear (mine definitely can!). Lucky for me, I got my hands on two super promising advance reading copies from IDW…The Kai-Sei Era... more »

Phantom Road #11 by Jeff Lemire - Review

Phantom Road #11 by Jeff Lemire - Review

Heiko Heiko 05/02/2025 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

Jeff Lemire is once again masterful in the leisurely way he builds a world for us.Phantom Road #11 brings us something more tangible with the new The Horrormen storyline. While the first arc was so crammed with puzzles and mysteries and the unexplained that as a reader I never knew whether I... more »

Ultimate Spider-Man #14 by Jonathan Hickman - Review

Ultimate Spider-Man #14 by Jonathan Hickman - Review

Heiko Heiko 03/26/2025 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

I freely admit that Marvel has inspired very little enthusiasm or even simple interest in me in recent months.When people ask me what has excited me lately or which series I would recommend, Marvel titles are most certainly not among them.The ever-expanding Ultimate Universe, the numerous Red Band... more »

Bug Wars #1 by Jason Aaron - Review

Bug Wars #1 by Jason Aaron - Review

Heiko Heiko 03/21/2025 12:00pm 3 minute read Comics

Yes, I know, one shouldn’t praise the day before the evening and the series before the second issue, but this first issue has it all.Starts with the scope, wrapped in sturdy cardstock cover we get 48 full pages in best print quality. As soon as you leaf through the pages, you realize that there is... more »

Absolute Batman #2 by Scott Snyder - Review

Absolute Batman #2 by Scott Snyder - Review

Heiko Heiko 12/02/2024 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

Sometimes it only clicks at the second attempt. With Absolute Batman #2, my enthusiasm for Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta’s alternative world of the Dark Knight has finally taken hold.And I’m glad that at least with this new, fresh continuity, DC is keeping up the enthusiasm for Batman that... more »

Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron

Absolute Superman #1 by Jason Aaron

Heiko Heiko 11/25/2024 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

Absolute Superman of all things!Looks like DC and Jason Aaron have managed to surprise me once again.They're both generally quite good at that, so it's not really all that surprising that they've joined forces to surprise me.Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that Jason Aaron and Rafa... more »

Touring the DC All-In Initiative | Episode 1

Touring the DC All-In Initiative | Episode 1

Walt Walt 10/15/2024 8:34pm 3 minute read Comics

We’ve finally been inducted into the DC Retailer Pantheon! That means we now get early access to previews of comics coming out months in advance. And the timing couldn’t be better with DC’s All-In and Absolute Universe offering loads of fresh starts and jumping-on points. Naturally,... more »

Top single issues recommendations - September 2024

Top single issues recommendations - September 2024

Walt's Comic Shop Team Walt's Comic Shop Team 10/14/2024 12:00pm 6 minute read Comics

Simone's Top 44 - The Ultimates #3: I'm still not impressed with the Ultimates at the moment, but this issue introduced one of my favorite characters into this Ultimate universe: She-Hulk (don't worry, no spoilers, she's on the cover!). I love how they reinvented her, and after reading the last... more »

Poison Ivy #25 by G. Willow Wilson - Review

Poison Ivy #25 by G. Willow Wilson - Review

Heiko Heiko 10/07/2024 12:00pm 2 minute read Comics

For the silver anniversary of my favorite series (yes, I’m just going to commit to that), we were served a green buffet with Poison Ivy #25, which was unexpectedly nutritious.What initially looked like a nice anthology, like a good collection of various short stories from different creative... more »