Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation Written by Scott and David Lipton with Tony Lee Illustrated by J K Woodward Published by IDW Issue 8 of this monthly crossover release from IDW sees the conclusion of the Borg/Cyberman pact storyline. As such, it seems a good time to review the series. It would be …
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IDW Comic Books. All coming to a comic book store near you now. Includes the Star Trek / Doctor Who cross over.
O2 Arena, London In November 2012, Jeff Wayne released a new version of his seminal 70s concept album, based on HG Wells’ novel. Where once Richard Burton spoke of “minds immeasurably superior to ours” in his inimitable Welsh burr, now Liam Neeson narrates the words of The Journalist. It takes some getting used to, but …
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STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS, the official prequel series to Paramount Pictures’ upcoming movie, Star Trek Into Darkness. Like the best-selling Countdown series before it, COUNTDOWN INTO DARKNESS will be the only place for fans to experience the events that set the stage for J.J. Abrams’ sequel to the 2009 blockbuster film Star Trek. Written by …
Doctor Who: Sleepers in the Dust Written by Darren Jones Read by Arthur Darvill Published by AudioGo This latest single disc story featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory is a sequel of sorts to writer Jones’ previous The Eye of the Jungle, revolving around the alien Nadurni race he created for that earlier story. …
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks Narrated by Lalla Ward Published by AudioGo Odd releases, these TV soundtracks with linking narration. With a story like Destiny widely available on DVD, you wonder who wants to own the soundtrack only with linking narration? Visually impaired fans of the Doctor perhaps, but that would seem a limited …
2000AD – Prog 2013 Published by Rebellion This special Prog (out 12 December) is a bumper Christmas issue, with no fewer than 9 strips, all with fresh stories. It makes for an exhilarating read, as 2000AD stalwarts Bill Savage and Strontium Dog rub shoulders with newer characters like Aquila and Absalom. And Judge Dredd gets …
It is Sunday evening at 6pm, and for most of the afternoon I have been sitting uncomfortably in the Odeon Leicester Square in London watching a screening of Peter Jackson’s new LOTR movie, The Hobbit. Uncomfortably not just because the film is long (too long by far), and not just because the Odeon’s seats are …
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Judge Dredd Issue 1 Written by Duane Swierczynski Illustrated by Nelson Daniel, Paul Gulacy Published by IDW With all the buzz currently around 2000AD’s game-changing treatment of the tales of Judge Joseph Dredd, it would be a shame if this new US take on the world of Mega City One passed fans by. There have …
IDW Limited announced its plan today to begin “rolling out” a series of TRANSFORMERS deluxe hardcover books starting with TRANSFORMERS: The IDW Collection, Volume 1. This first TRANSFORMERS title from IDW Limited sets the tone for what’s to come by tapping six key TRANSFORMERS artists and writers to provide signatures and original artwork. With a …
2000AD – Prog 1812 Published by Rebellion 1812. Tchaikovsky’s greatest overture. Now also to be remembered as the Prog (out today, 5th Dec) where 2000AD concluded its finest story arc for many years. Since Prog 1804, three ongoing strips have told tales of Judge Dredd, Dirty Frank and the Simping Detective in the Mega City …
Written by John Wagner and Alan Grant Illustrated by Simon Bisley, Cam Kennedy and more Published by DC Comics and Rebellion They could have been separated at birth, Batman and Judge Dredd. Both fighting for justice in cities of the future (mutated versions of New York), without superpowers but with a seemingly endless supply of …