Written by Kevin Eastmen & Tom Waltz Art & Cover by Dave Watcher Colours by Ronda Pattison “Chasing Phantoms” Part 1! While the Turtles and Splinter are still reeling from the events of TMNT #60, they come under attack by the Street Phantoms! Will Splinter let this challenge to his rule stand? Pickup your copy of ‘TMNT’ #61 at Comixology now! I’ve spoken in the past about how ‘TMNT’ comics works in cycles. Several issues are spent building towards big battle, the battle takes place and the series resets. It’s repetitive and the periods of reset often feel like dejavu.…
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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Written by James Tynion IV Pencils by Alvaro Martinez Inks by Raul Fernandez Cover by Raul Fernandez, Alvaro Martinez Tomeu Morey “Rise of the Batmen” part five! Batman, Batwoman, and the entire team take the fight to the deadly Colony! Those highly trained operatives took the Bat-team apart on their own turf…so how will they fare when the Colony is in its element, with all their weapons trained on our heroes? Pickup your copy of ‘Detective Comics’ #938 at Comixology now! If you’ve read any of my reviews of the mainstream ‘Batman’ and ‘All-Star Batman’ series then you will know I’ve praised…
Written by Scott Snyder Pencils by 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 one! Superstar writer Scott Snyder explodes into an all-new Batman series alongside legendary artist John Romita Jr., reimagining some of the Dark Knight’s greatest villains. First up: Two-Face! Batman must take Two-Face to a destination out of Gotham City, but the duplicitous villain has a two of spades up his sleeve. Every assassin, bounty hunter and ordinary citizen with something to hide is on their tails with one goal:…
Written by Bryan Hitch Pencils by Tony Salvador Daniel Inks by Sandu Florea Colored by Tomeu Morey Cover by Tony Salvador Daniel, Sandu Florea, Tomeu Morey “The Extinction Machine” part three! The hive-mind entities known as the Awakened take their vendetta against the Justice League to the next level by changing ordinary people into grotesque monsters bent on hunting down super-humans all over the world. Meanwhile, Superman journeys to the center of the earth to stop the catastrophic quakes that are taking lives all over the world. Pickup your copy of ‘Justice League: Rebirth’ #3 at Comixology now! There are a lot of eyes on ‘Justice League:…
Written by Tom King Pencils by David Finch Inks by Matt Banning & Sandra Hope Colours by Jordie Bellaire Cover by Matt Banning, Jordie Bellaire, David Finch & Danny Miki “I Am Gotham” part five. In the final chapter of this epic, is Batman truly the hero Gotham City deserves-or does it deserve better? In this ultimate showdown, where the line between allies and enemies blurs, the question will finally be answered…and the fate of Gotham will be decided. Pickup your copy of ‘Batman: Rebirth’ #5 at Comixology now! ‘I Am Gotham’ has been an interesting reset for the ‘Batman’ series.…
30th AUG UPDATE: Following stiff competition from Screen Gem’s ‘Don’t Breath’ ‘Suicide Squad’ has fallen in to second place at the US box office. The film took a further $12.1M but fell short of the $26.4M made by ‘Don’t Breathe’. Ending it’s fourth weekend the total domestic box office for ‘Suicide Squad’ is now $283M. Internationally the film had another great weekend taking $19.6M to take it’s international total to $353.7M. Globally ‘Suicide Squad’ is now sitting at $636.7M. Box office analysts are predicting the film will leave theatres around the $703M mark which is only $100M shy of the…
It’s that time of year again. That time when we start eagerly anticipating our favourite TV shows returning. Read to whet our appetites are The CW who have today unveiled the first poster for season 2 of ‘Supergirl’. Starring Melissa Benoist the show has famously become the first in year to move networks between seasons. Production on ‘Supergirl’ has also moved from California to Vancouver joining sister shows ‘The Flash’, ‘Arrow’ and ‘Legends of Tomorrow’. The second season is adding recurring roles for Katie McGrath as Lena Luthor sister of Lex, the original Wonder Woman herself Lynda Carter as the President…
It looks like Ben Affleck has just gone and broken the internet! Earlier today the star cryptically tweeted a short video containing what appears to be test footage featuring the famous DC Comics villain Deathstroke. A short while after Affleck tweeted the video went viral with 49.3k tweets and counting. The Wrap posted an article with more information. Their article quotes an insider as stating that Deathstroke is the planned villain for the solo Batman movie. The film, to be written, directed and starring Ben Affleck is currently without a release schedule. It is expected to take one of the…
Written by Tim Seeley Pencils & Inks by Javier Fernandez Colours by Chris Sotomayor%
Written by Joshua Williamson Pencils & Inks by Neil Googe Coloured by Ivan Cover by Carmine Di Giandomenico & Karl Kirsch “Lightning Strikes Twice” part four! The leader of the science-terrorist group Black Hole has weaponized the Speed Force, leading to a final confrontation with The Flash and his new league of citizen speedsters. Pickup your copy of ‘The Flash: Rebirth’ #4 at Comixology now! Whilst other titles in the ‘Rebirth’ brand are continuing to languish on setup ‘The Flash’ is pushing its story forward with each issue. Four issues in to the new series and we have been introduced…