Advantages: Good artwork, Interesting dilemma Disadvantages: Weak final part, Too many plot holes and uncharacteristic choices
Every so often in comics, you will get a story that has been clearly editorially mandated, so much so that you see behind the curtain somewhat and realise the story is merely a means to get to the new status quo, instead of an attempt to tell a real story ...
Advantages: Great story, full of action, characters, villains and lively artwork Disadvantages: Is there a bit too much going on?
A review of the Marvel Comics trade paperback, which reprints material originally published in issues 568 through to 573 of The Amazing Spiderman. The Story So Far – Re-Writing Continuity Following some major events in continuity, the creative team ...
Advantages: Great reprinted comic strips and covers Disadvantages: None, really, unless you dislike comic book gore
...This costs £20, probably a little cheaper if purchased online.
The American horror comics of the 1950s are legendary. The most famous company producing them was EC, but an awful lot of other publishers got in on the act. These comics contained usually ...
Advantages: fact filled fun, engaging stories that make children laugh out loud Disadvantages: Mum and Dad need to scan the activity pages and print them out larger
Nine year old Noburu Yamada is a pretty typical kid. He likes to play video games, knock a ball around, ride his bicycle, and has a soft spot for cats and dogs. His life becomes far from typical one day when he encounters a strange little robot who introd ...
Advantages: Classic British comics at their very best Disadvantages: The two page episodes sometimes jolt
The star of King of Crooks is The Spider, an old British comics character who first appeared in the weekly comic Lion in 1965. Created by Ted Cowan and Reg Bunn, writer and artist respectively, The Spider was soon to gain a writer that was known the worl ...
