Alternative Superhero Universes: Black Hammer
“…this situation has come about following a large-scale, final battle in the heroes’ home of Spiral City 10 years ago battling the Anti-God.”
Alternative Superhero Universes: Astro City
“an idiosyncratic glance into the titular Astro City and its many inhabitants.”
Christmas Recommendation: Klaus
“The story of Klaus acts as a Year One from an Elseworld-style version of reality (Is that enough DC references for people to read this?).”
Christmas Recommendation: Battlepug Volume 1: War on Christmas
“Battlepug has the characteristics of a puppy, lolloping around and chasing sticks (or trees…) and communicates in typical pug fashion, with wheezes and snorts.”
Recommendation: Malika: Warrior Queen
“On top of the civil unrest Malika and the Azzaz Empire are also beset by the Ming Dynasty who wish to conquer the extensive lands held by the empire.”
Recommendation: Sentient
“…suddenly, all of the adults are killed. The crew’s children and the ships AI, VALARIE are left to fend for themselves…”
Recommendation: Final Space
“Final Space, a mysterious dimension that may hold the answers to immortality. Mooncake is the key to opening final space…”
Recommendation: 100 Bullets
“…a world of international conspiracy and plotting, of high violence and low morals, of base revenge and world domination”
Halloween Recommendations: Fissure
“A Lovecraftian nightmare complete with slimy tentacles, needle teeth and the hints of something much stranger and darker”
Halloween Recommendations: Gideon Falls
“A modern horror comic which, by the end of the first volume, felt like a classic”
Halloween Recommendation: Leaving Megalopolis
by Will Holden I know what you’re thinking, “This looks like a superhero book”, and you’d be right. But beneath the capes and tights veneer is a story which belies its horror influences. Written by Gail Simone with art by Jim Calafiore, Leaving Megalopolis was originally produced with funding from a successful Kickstarter campaign and was subsequently published by Dark […]
Halloween Recommendations: Beasts Of Burden
“The creative team are not above letting an adorable pooch or fluffy kitty get gobbled up”
Bigger Than Capes 