Author: 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.

Written by Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz Art by Dave Wachter “Chasing Phantoms” Part 3! With an ally in danger, the Turtles look for a new way to defeat the Street Phantoms. Will the Turtles be able to do what it takes to save the Foot Clan? Pickup your copy of ‘TMNT’ #63 at Comixology now! ‘TMNT’ is high on a run of really spectacular issues. Issues which have thrown aside the rule book in terms of complex layered plots and cyclical storytelling for something much more akin to long story arcs with multiple subplots. ‘TMNT’ #63 is an example of the plot at…

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Written by Scott Snyder Pencils John Romita Jr. & Declan Shalvey Inks by Danny Miki & Declan Shalvey Coloured by Jordie Bellaire, Dean White Cover by Danny Miki, John Romita Jr. & Dean White “My Own Worst Enemy” part four! So close and yet so far from his goal, Batman must now wrangle Two-Face out of his own assassin-filled riverboat casino before it plunges over Niagara Falls to their deaths! The Dark Knight will have to go all-in on the most deadly gamble of his life if he intends to make it out alive. Pickup your copy of ‘All-Star Batman’ #4 at Comixology now! Consistency is the…

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Written by Matthew Manning Art by Jon Sommariva When villains start to mysteriously escape Arkham, Batman seeks to track them down. What happens when he discovers that they have left Gotham completely… and entered the TMNT’s New York City? Pickup your copy of ‘Batman-TMNT Adventures’ #1 at Comixology now! Every now and then a series comes along which just works. Earlier this year we had the first crossover between the ‘Batman’ and ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ franchises. Written by James Tynion IV it was a great read with some highly stylised but hyper realist artwork. Running high of the popularity of that…

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Written by Scott Snyder Pencils John Romita Jr. & Declan Shalvey Inks by Danny Miki & Declan Shalvey Coloured by Jordie Bellaire, Dean White Cover by Danny Miki, John Romita Jr. & Dean White “MY OWN WORST ENEMY” part three! Now on the run from both bounty hunters and cops, Batman and Duke must find a safe place to hide out with Two-Face before they can continue their journey to the cure. Batman might soon realize his worst nightmare: that Two-Face is right…and nowhere is safe. Pickup your copy of ‘All-Star Batman’ #3 at Comixology now! Finally things are starting to come together with the story of…

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If you’re like us you are counting down the days until ‘Heroes vs Aliens’ comes to The CW. We’ve had two promos (see those here) and several tidbit articles from Entertainment Weekly but nothing solid on the story. Until now that is. The CW has unveiled the episode synopsis for each episode that forms part of the huge storyline with The Dominators. First up is ‘Supergirl’ kicking things off on Monday, November 28th with an episode entitled ‘Medusa’. “Eliza (guest star Helen Slater) comes to town to celebrate Thanksgiving with her daughters. Alex (Chyler Leigh) decides it’s time to come out…

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Written by Joshua Williamson Pencils, Inks & Cover by Carmine Di Giandomenico Coloured by Ivan Plascencia “LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE” part eight! When Godspeed brings his killing spree to Iron Heights, Barry Allen must protect his own Rogues Gallery-including his mother’s killer-from the deadly speedster! Luckily, The Flash has some help from Wally West, the newly christened Kid Flash! Pickup your copy of ‘The Flash’ #8 at Comixology now! Time for another ridiculously high octane issue of ‘The Flash’. I referred to the last issue as feeling like the third act of a film or the season finale of a TV series. Well…

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Written by Bryan Hitch Pencils by Jesus Merino Inks by Andy Owens Colored by Adriano Lucas Cover by Tony Salvador Daniel, Sandu Florea & Tomeu Morey “STATE OF FEAR” part two! In the conclusion to this story, a new threat that manipulates the fears of its victims has turned the Justice League against each other, and only heroes trained to overcome fear-Green Lanterns Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz-can save Earth’s greatest heroes from themselves!  Pickup your copy of ‘Justice League’ #7 at Comixology now! Colour me confused ‘Justice League’. After the last issue it felt like this was going to be the…

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Written by Joshua Williamson Pencils, Inks & Cover by Carmine Di Giandomenico Colored by Ivan Plascencia “LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE” part 7! Still reeling from Godspeed’s devastating attack, the beleaguered Flash realizes that to defeat this menacing new foe he must take away the Speed Force power from Central City’s new citizen speedsters. There’s only one problem: they don’t want to give it back. Pickup your copy of ‘The Flash’ #7 at Comixology now! After a huge couple of issues ‘The Flash’ continues to escalate its storytelling to epic proportions. Last issue (reviewed here) brought us the huge twist as to the true…

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Written by Bryan Hitch Pencils by Matthew Clark, Tony Salvador Daniel & John Trevor Scott Inks by Sandu Florea, Sean Parsons & John Trevor Scott Colored by Adriano Lucas & Tomeu Morey Cover by Tony Salvador Daniel, Sandu Florea & Tomeu Morey “STATE OF FEAR” part one! Following a harrowing battle with a monster from beyond the stars, Green Lantern Jessica Cruz decides to unwind by taking on another unbelievable challenge: overcoming her anxiety and asking The Flash out on a date! Pickup your copy of ‘Justice League’ #6 at Comixology now! After a pretty heavy story with its last…

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Overnight word has broken that ABC Studios have greenlit a Marvel’s ‘The Inhumans’ show direct to series. In doing so the studio has also struck a deal with IMAX to screen a version of the first two episodes in theatres. These episodes will also be filmed entirely in IMAX. The deal covers production, marketing and distribution costs with the cinema chain premiering the series in IMAX theaters next summer. ABC will then debut the weekly hour-long drama on television the following in September 2017. Marvel fans will remember that an ‘Inhumans’ film was planned as part of the third phase of…

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