Cover by Arthur Adams Written by Brian Bendis Art by Frank Cho Purchase your copy @ Comixology now. BEWARE OF SPOILERS ‘Battle of the Atom’ has been touted for some time as one of the biggest events ever to take place in the X-Men universe and finally it has arrived. For those new to table here’s the checklist of issues you need to complete this cross-over event: September 2013 X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 All-New X-Men #16 X-Men Vol. 4 #5 Uncanny X-Men Vol. 3 #12 Wolverine and the X-Men #36 October 2013 All-New X-Men #17 X-Men Vol. 4…
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.
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Cover by Chris Burnham Written by Peter Tomasi Art by Guillem March Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS ‘Batman & Robin’ takes a break from it’s stages of grief arc to take a look at the actions of Two-Face. Once normal service returns the ‘Batman & _______’ banner will become ‘Batman & Two-Face’ presumably based on the position that Two-Face will find himself in after the ‘Forever Evil’ event draws to a close. Unlike the Poison Ivy issue which I reviewed earlier this story takes place much more in the present day although it does include a…
Cover by Jay Fabok Written by Derek Fridolfs Art by Javier Pina Colours by John Kalisz Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS Pamela Isley’s entry to the ‘Villains Month’ event is a neat little origin story wrapped up in present day tale of Gotham under siege. The absence of Batman has provided a great setting to allow the villains of Gotham to explore the streets and as we see here also to have a little time analyse themselves. ‘The Green Kingdom’ was the first villain issue I picked up after the slightly lacklustre Joker story told in…
Cover by Mike Allred Written by Jeff Parker Art by Sandy Jarrell Colours by Rico Renzi Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS There’s a pleasant surprise waiting for you inside this issue of ‘Batman ‘66’ where the usual back-up story would be, this week we have a mashup of a part 3 to the Mad Hatter tale which also works as its own back-up. ‘The Clock King Strikes’ continues the story of Batman and Robin’s trip to Londinium and the aftermath of last weeks ‘A Chase in London Town’ which ended with Mad Hatter locked up by…
Directed by Curt Geda Written by Michael Stern Catch ‘Beware the Batman’ Saturdays @ 10am on Cartoon Network USA! BEWARE THE BATMAN SPOILERS! This week the story of ‘Control’ continues to push the ongoing story arc based around the League of Assassins and also Jason Burr/the Ion Cortex even further whilst focussing on a more emotional side of Tatsu/Katana. NB: Alfred is MIA in this episode. The League of Assassins are very much off screen in this episode but they continue to loom over the story as they have done in the past. There’s not a huge amount of exploration…
Cover & Pencils by Greg Capullo Written by Scott Snyder Inks by Danny Miki Coloured by FCO Plascencia Purchase your copy @ Comixology now! BEWARE OF SPOILERS! ‘Zero Year’ returns this month with its closest issue to Frank Millers ‘Year One’ yet. Lets start by addressing the comparisons: both tales ‘Zero’ and ‘One’ were clearly always going to have story beats which would need to cross-over. Snyder is doing an amazing job of scripting a story that doesn’t just follow the same story that Miller made famous but there are unavoidable moments in that history which have to be touched…
Created by Joss Whedon Written & Directed by Various Purchase your copy on DVD @ Amazon.co.uk now! Long before there was ‘True Blood’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries’ there was ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ a little midseason replacement show that went on to run for seven seasons across two networks and will live on in the hearts and minds of pop culture fans all over the world. The show catapulted the already successful Joss Whedon to the stratospheric heights that would eventually land him the gig of directing a little move called ‘The Avengers’ (or for those of us in the…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMNEPfcO5M TRAILER REVIEW: ‘Robocop’ 2014 Due for a USA release date of February 4th 2014 this ‘Robocop’ reboot sets out to stand on its own merits against the nostalgic and cult success that was the original franchise. From the outset the trailer sets out to show the level of special effects that will be on show in the final movie. The opening shots of the flying drone and the destruction being rained down on the city setup the dystopian nature of the future without relying on a voice over to set the scene. There’s a similar ambience to the recent…
As fans are gearing up for next weeks debut of ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ ABC Studios have released the title of the third episode in the season which will be entitled ‘The Asset’ that bring our knowledge to the following: Episode 1 ‘Pilot’ will be directed by Joss Whedon and was written by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen. Episode 2 is entitled ‘0-8-4’ and is directed by David Straiton. This episode is written by Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen & Jeffrey Bell. Episode 3 will be ‘The Asset’ but no news yet on writers or director. ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D’ premieres on Tuesday…