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Comic Review: Den HC vol. 01: Neverwhere (Dark Horse Comics)

Aug 2, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

Den, the mostly naked man in the other world of Neverwhere, is the subject of a high-quality reprinting by Dark Horse Comics. And this 128-page first volume hardcover is not simply a ‘reprint’, but a complete restoration of Richard Corben’s story and art. The art pages have been rephotographed from Corben’s original art, colour corrected and re-lettered (Blambot). There are bonus pages too, including sketches, posters, and essays.
Comic Review: Prism Stalker: The Weeping Star TP (Dark Horse Comics)

Aug 2, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

Prism Stalker: The Weeping Star, from Dark Horse, continues where Prism Stalker left off. Vep, a young refugee, has been recruited to train on another planet: Eriatarka. She is given an implant that allows her to use ‘pneuma’, a unique energy that exists only on Eriatarka. Note; This is important. Anyway, she joins other recruits for training, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
Comic Review: Cla$$war TP (Image Comics)

Aug 2, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

Classwar, or “Cla$$war”, I suppose, is a trade collection of previously published single issues. This Image collection combines the six published issues by Com.X in the early 2000s. Okay then, what’s Classwar all about? Well, in the early pages, (writer Rob Williams, artist Trevor Hairsine, colourist Len O’Grady, letterer Eddie Deighton), we are bombarded by jaded superheroes. They are anonymous, silent, and unknown quantities at this point.
Comic Review: W0rldtr33 #4 (Image Comics)

Jul 26, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

As the world of W0RLDTR33 progresses, we delve further into the creepy underworld of the Undernet. This is a fascinating title, and Issue #4 continues the drama: the naked female assassin, the sadistic intent of the Undernet, once unwittingly set loose upon humanity. Oh, what a mistake it was to be curious about the underbelly of the internet, that infecting machine, relentless and oblivious to polite society. One look and it embeds itself on your very soul.
Comic Review: XOGenasys (Tokyopop)

Jul 26, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

From TokyoPop’s new imprint Noir Caesar, XOGenasys presents a manga about the streets. Darius Smith, an artistic young guy living in the ‘hood’, is trying his best to stay out of trouble. But that is not easy, with gangs constantly trying to recruit him. Ironically, Darius lands in police trouble trying to AVOID trouble. When to use your special fighting power, and when to just take the punches, hmmm. Writer Tre McIntosh gives us a convincing, relatable protagonist in Darius.
Comic Review: Primus 7, Volume 1 (Tokyopop)

Jul 26, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

A new manga title, Primus 7, is available in Volume 1, from TokyoPop’s Noir Caesar imprint. Arthur Grove has killed the father and grandfather of two brothers, Seven and Silva Ajamu. Now they must train to harness the power they possess. It ain’t easy of course. Viktor Espinoza, a former soldier who has raised the brothers as his own, does his best. Meanwhile, Arthur Grove has a dark spiritual Orii energy about him.
Comic Review: Purr Evil #1 (Image Comics)

Jul 26, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

A new mini-series from Image Comics, Purr Evil, seems to be about cats. There are cats on the cover and a cat reference in the name of the book. Let’s sniff around and try to make sense of this!A woman picks up a sandwich from a tray on a counter, gazes out the window at the city skyline, and then we see that she is standing in the middle of a huge hotel leisure centre. There are dead bodies all over the floor and in the hotel pool. There is a large puddle of blood under each body.
Comic Review: Scotch McTiernan Versus the Forces of Evil TP (Image Comics)

Jul 19, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

¨He’s come here to smoke blunts and kick @$$”The back cover hype is real, folks, and sure as shootin’, Scotch McTiernan Versus Forces of Evil lives up to the boast. It’s a trade collection of three previously printed one-shots from Image Comics. It Collects The Secret History Of The War On Weed One-Shot, Halloween One-Shot, and Scotch McTiernan’s Holiday Party One-Shot.
Comic Review: Void Rivals #2 (Image Comics)

Jul 19, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

Two individuals, sworn enemies, end up on a deserted planet together, their mangled spaceships in disarray. Darak and Solila’s lives depend on their being able to put their many differences aside in order to survive. But the chasm of conflicts runs deep between them. From Image, Void Rivals continues with the second issue, a time for some back story! Robert Kirkman invests the first half of issue two setting the stage: who are these rivals, and how did they arrive in this predicament?
Comic Review: Nocterra: Nemesis Special #1 (Image Comics)

Jul 19, 2023 | fanboyfactor.com | Alan Spinney

In a One-Shot issue, Image brings forth Nocterra: Nemesis Special. It’s an especially dark way to cast shadow on your summer lawn, its long spindly digits scraping across your brain and entering your reading experience. The story of Nocterra takes place ten years in the future. It’s just after the world has been plunged into an everlasting night. Sort of like the middle of winter up north, but like, all the time, and all that, even down south. You get the drift.