I’ve been away from the world of ‘All-New X-Men’ since the ‘Battle of the Atom’ arc back at the tail-end of 2013, overall that arc felt like it lacked a little of the impact that I was hoping for but perhaps I was hoping for too much by wanting it to bring the gravitas of ‘Days of Future Past’. Moving on from the events of that arc ‘All-New’ still hasn’t quite managed to let go of the notion of time travel. At this years ‘Cup O Joe’ panel at SDCC those in attendance discussed that upcoming issues will see the…
Author: Neil Vagg
Neil Vagg
Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.
Another day another ‘Batman Eternal’ review and another stunning cover by Dustin Nguyen who really amplifies the ensemble nature of the story. The colour scheme of the cover fits in nicely with the previous week to create a nice flow and where last week (reviewed here) Batman was a prominent feature this week he steps aside to allow the wider Bat-family to take centre stage. Ironically one person missing from this cover is Batgirl who features quite heavily on the inside pages. Correct me if I’m wrong but this issue marks the debut of several characters to the ‘Eternal’ book:…
‘Batman Eternal’ #14 features a cover by Dustin Nguyen; is written by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, with art by Jason Fabok and colours by Dave McCaig. Following a heavy focus on the James Gordon story in #13 (reviewed here) this issue switches the focus to spend more time on the mob war which threatens Gotham. Crusading Lt. Bard continues to make waves across the city and things at Arkham Asylum are getting weird. Firstly I have to give massive praise to Dustin Nguyen whose covers on this series are getting better week by week. Last week the image…
With Batman in his 75th year it was inevitable that both Warner Bros. and DC Comics would be pulling no punches in bringing The Dark Knight to us in as many different facets as possible. One which I hadn’t anticipated would be ‘Batman Eternal’ a weekly addition to the monthly ‘Batman’ title and it’s various already existing offshoots. Whilst ‘Batman’ finishes up the ‘Zero Year’ arc set firmly in the titular heroes past the rest of the Bat-family titles sit firmly in the present day with little to tie them all together in terms of story. Cue ‘Eternal’ which includes…
UPDATE: Studio estimates on Sunday are forecasting that ‘TMNT’ will take $65M at the domestic box office over the weekend, with an additional $28.7M from overseas openings the franchise reboot looks set for a worldwide opening weekend of $93.7M. The domestic total sets the film up as the fourth biggest opening weekend for August behind ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ and ‘Rush Hour 2’. A sequel to ‘TMNT’ has now been lined up for release on 3rd June 2016. No word yet on whether Liebesman will return to direct but expect this new big-screen franchise to continue. Read…
Last issue (reviewed here!) I talked about wanting to give the issue 5 stars but not being able to due to the lack of action… this month ‘Buffy’ brings us wall-to-wall action in the fight to stop Dracula after his mutation in to Maloker who, if you didn’t already know, is one of the old ones who was living down in the deeper well last season. The highlight of this season – so far- for me continues to be the focus on the supporting cast. Despite the fact that certain characters have been off and had their own side series…
Ever since the announcement that ‘Batman v Superman’ would be released on the same day as Marvel’s ‘Captain America 3’ speculation has been rife that one of the films would budge but nobody quite expected an announcement like this! Warner Bros. Pictures this week announced that ‘Dawn of Justice’ will be hightailing it out of the May 6th 2016 release date and instead landing in cinemas on 25th March 2106 instead. Firstly this puts it up against far less competition with only ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ being directed by Brett Ratner currently set for release the same day but secondly leaving a…
One of the most talked about stories in the ‘X-Men’ universe this year has been the loss of Anna Paquin’s Rogue from this years ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’. First glimpsed in the trailer and part of the early promo it was announced before the films release that scenes featuring Rogue had been cut from the film. In interviews the creative team behind the film calmed the waters by claiming her scenes were part of sub-plot which would have little effect on the main story by not appearing in the theatrical cut of the film but of course that hasn’t stopped…
News has broken this week that ‘Gotham’ will find it’s UK home on terrestrial network Channel 5. The news very quickly spread around the internet and quickly found itself appearing as headline news on BBC Entertainment. Channel 5’s head of acquisitions Katie Keenan said: “I don’t think there was a more exciting show at the LA screenings this year – Gotham is a thrilling drama built on iconic characters that fascinate. “Channel 5 is delighted to become the home of such a powerful, bold and visually stunning show. Its acquisition proves we continue to be committed to the biggest in…
In readiness for Friday’s US release of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Paramount Pictures has released a batch of new hi-res images which you can find in the gallery above. Film review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes currently has the film as 33% fresh but has yet to make a final ruling on the film as only 11 reviews have been collected so far giving an average score of 4.5/10. You can check out those reviews here. Remember us UK fans have to wait an extra couple of months for the film which finally sees the light of day here on 17th…