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.

Over the last 5 years The Flash has wowed us with countless trips around the multi-verse. The series has dived deep on DC Comics lore and brought to life plenty of characters we never thought we would see in live action. Today we’re celebrating today’s release of The Flash season 5 on Blu-ray™ & DVD by taking a look at Neil’s top 5 Flash moments! 5. Becoming The Flash! Episode 1×01: “Pilot” Let’s start at the very beginning. The moment which started it all, when Barry Allen first wakes up from his seven month coma and learns of his new…

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Dark Horse Comics has announced that two of our favourite science-fiction franchises, Alien and Predator, will be going head-to-head once again this December. The publisher has announced that a new crossover series, entitled Thicker Than Blood, will begin releasing from December 2019. Check out the full press release below. If the Predators Don’t Get You, the Alien Will! Starting this December, a terrifying new series will once again pit the iconic Aliens and Predators against each other. From Dark Horse Comics comes Alien vs. Predator: Thicker Than Blood, written by Jeremy Barlow (Star Wars: Darth Maul, Kult), illustrated by Doug Wheatley…

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Over the last 4 years Supergirl has given the Girl of Steel a whole new life in live-action. The series has dived deep on DC Comics lore and brought to life plenty of characters we never thought we would see in live action. Today we’re celebrating today’s release of Supergirl season 4 on Blu-ray™ & DVD by taking a look at Neil’s top 4 Supergirl season 4 moments! 4. Crossing over… Episode 4×09: “Elseworlds Part 3” Over the course of four seasons, Kara has had plenty of changes to crossover with the rest of the Arrowverse heroes. During season 4…

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It seems like such a long time ago now that we were celebrating the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and yet it was five months ago the film hit home video. Now Sony Pictures has released the Peter Porker short film, originally released as a bonus feature to Spider-Verse, online. In Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham what should be a typical day for Spider-Ham quickly turns chaotic when a mysterious portal threatens his cartoon reality and he comes face to face with villain Dr. Craw Daddy. Is that a great name for him? No! But that’s the best name Spider-Ham’s got…

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Following a very public shift behind-the-scenes, DC Comics use this year’s Batman Day to announce the new creative team taking over the flagship title. It has been confirmed that writer James Tynion IV (Detective Comics), penciller Tony S. Daniel (Deathstroke), inker Danny Miki (Superman: Year One), and colourist Tomeu Morey (Catwoman) will take over Batman starting with issue #86 in January 2020. Here is the full press release from DC: NEW CREATIVE TEAM COMING TO BATMAN IN 2020! James Tynion IV, Tony S. Daniel, Danny Miki, and Tomeu Morey Teaming Up for New Adventures of the Dark Knight Beginning in…

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Ad Astra landed at the global box office this past weekend, but the the Brad Pitt film had to settle for second best behind a mammoth box office haul from Downton Abbey. Ad Astra grossed an estimated $19.2m at the North American box office. Just a shade ahead of the $19m estimated for Rambo: Last Blood but a fair distance behind the $31m taken by Downton Abbey. Whilst the reported production budget for Ad Astra sits at around $80-100+ million, this opening weekend performance is not the start the studio was hoping for. Opening weekend audiences were 54% male and 73%…

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The legendary speedster is bolting back onto our screens with the launch of The Flash: The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-ray and DVD today! In order to prepare you for the inevitable binge watching before Season Six, we’ve created a lighting fast catchup of where Season Four left us in its finale ‘We Are The Flash’ . Team Flash battles the Thinker, a villain with a mighty intellect granted after surviving a traumatic particle accelerator explosion. The Thinker, originally, Clifford DeVoe, wants to fix the slow dumbing down of humanity due to our reliance on technology, and creates a team…

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Insight Editions has announced that it will be bringing early copies of Batman: The Definitive History of The Dark Knight to New York Comic Con. Not only that but author Andrew Farago and cover illustrator John Guydo will be on hand on Saturday, October 5th to sign copies of the book! If you head down to the Inside Editions booth (#1946) between 1pm and 2pm you can grab your copy! We’ll be there! Will we see you in the queue? Check out the Insight Editions website for more information on Batman: The Definitive History of The Dark Knight. Follow us…

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BOOM! Studios today unveiled a first look at FIREFLY #10 from New York Times best-selling writer Greg Pak (Star Wars, Ronin Island) and artist Dan McDaid (Judge Dredd), along with series creator & story consultant Joss Whedon (the visionary writer/director behind Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Marvel’s The Avengersand more) continue the iconic worldwide pop culture phenomenon’s sold-out return to comic books in partnership with 20th Century Fox. Available in stores October 2019. Zoë is back, with a Browncoat army, to save Mal and depose Boss Moon! But a lot has changed since she left—and she could never have guessed that Mal and Boss Moon…

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BOOM! Studios fast-tracks second printing variant for first issue of historic Buffy & Angel event in October 2019 BOOM! Studios announced today that HELLMOUTH #1, the highly anticipated premiere issue kicking off an all-new Buffy and Angel event series from writers Jordie Bellaire (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) & Jeremy Lambert (Doom Patrol) and artist Eleonora Carlini (Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers), has sold out at the distributor level before its on-sale date of October 9, 2019. In order to meet the overwhelming demand from retailers and fans, BOOM! Studios is fast-tracking the release of HELLMOUTH #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT, so it can…

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