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Transformers #35 (2023) review

Aerialbots VS Yodelling! The bold new era for the Autobots and this book continues! Robert Kirkman, chief architect of the Energon Universe, writes the flagship Transformers title and Jason Howard takes over as regular penciler for this new story arc with Mike Spicer on colors. Howard had previously drawn issues # 13 and # 14 of this book, along with many covers. In this thirty-fifth issue, the Autobots must rely on their new human allies to save the dying Shredhead’s life! Also, Thundercracker leads the Aerialbots to track down the forces of Cobra-LUH-LUH-LUH-LUH-LA! So Shredhead ain’t dead? Nah, they’re fine. Although who knows after Doctor Arkeville gets done with them. It does seem like Onslaught is dead for now, which is a shame and kind of weird considering he’s got a new toy out currently, but I guess Kirkman isn’t constrained to Hasbro’s whims as much as other writers were. Wheeljack and Doctor Arkeville have a bit of back-and-forth about fixing Shredhead, which is kind of amus...
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #331 review

Creators : Larry Hama (writer), Paul Pelletier (penciler), Tony Kordos (inker), Francesco Segala (colorist), Sabrina Del Grosso (flatter), Pat Brosseau (letterer) Story : Lift-Ticket and Wild Bill fly the Tomahawk helicopter through bad weather to deliver Shockwave and Rock 'n Roll to Snake-Eye's cabin to help Scarlett but are relived to discover he has been able to deactivate his implant on his own and they all head back to the Pit.  At the Pit, Dawn is trapped but begins to take out the cameras so the team has no clue where she is.  The Pit crew (Mainframe, Dial-Tone, Stalker, Duke) are able to contact Helix and Beachhead to get an update on Sean, who is attacking the Terror Drome.  Sean is driven off but Helix and Beachhead take out most of the remaining Cobras and create a truce with the remaining ones to stop Sean.  Snake-Eyes arrives at the Pit and confronts Dawn, using Arashikage abilities to help destroy her implant as well.  Meanwhile, in Darklonia, Sea...
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Savage Sword of Conan: REFORGED #6 review

80 restored and fully colored pages of barbaric savagery! Inside this magnificent full-color magazine you will find the following: Classic revitalized art pin-ups in stunning color: Conan the Barbarian by Tim Conrad from Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #18 Conan ad by Tim Conrad from Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #4 Conan the Barbarian by Tim Conrad from Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #12 Original Cover Painting by Dan Adkins for Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #18 THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE Chapters 3 & 4 by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala. (New Colors by GFB Group/GFB.it) Khemsa (a wizard who works for the Master of Yimsha) gives Conan his Stygian girdle (of great magic powers) and dies. Conan teams up with Kerim Shah (a spy of King Yezdigerd of Turan) to rescue Queen Yasmina of Vendhya (who wants the see the Black Seers of Yimsha dead). Conan uses the girdle to kill The Black Seers (the Four rakshasas of the Black Circle).  The Master of Yimsha kills...
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Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre Presents: Roar of the Worlds + Robin Hood & Godzilla review

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Predator versus Planet of the Apes #1 review

A special forces team and an American National Space Administration astronaut (Arch) are shadowing John Christopher Brent (James Franciscus)'s spaceship (the rescue mission from Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)). Fired upon by a Yautja ship, the spaceship of Arch and the soldiers crash-lands on the Planet of the Apes. Searching for George Taylor (Charlton Heston)'s ship (The Icarus/Liberty 1), Cornelius and Zira encounter the two soldiers that survived their ship's emergency landing. The soldiers threaten the chimpanzee couple, a wounded Predator (an alien Yautja warrior) slays the soldiers. Freshly ejected from her spaceship, astronaut Arch encounters primitive, mute humans, she overhears General Ursus proclaiming that "The only good human is a dead human!", that Taylor has ventured into the Forbidden Zone (the ruins of New York City) and that they should follow and invade the Zone. Gorilla soldiers mounted on horseback assail the wild humans and Arch, the w...
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The Horror of Godzilla #1 review

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MASK: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand #3 (2026) review

Creators : Dan Watters (writer), Pye Parr (artist), Pierluigi Casolino (colorlist), Rus Wooton (letterer) Story : Alex Sector helps Gloria Baker get to shore due to the events of last issue while Matt Trakker takes on Miles Mayhem.  Sector helps Baker understand what her mask can do while she swims for shore.  Mayhem gets away while Baker finally reaches shore only to be saved by Bruce Sato as Vanessa Warfield tries to take down Baker.  On Venom's ship headquarters, we discover Mayhem has a lot more secrets as he consults with a high-powered Baron. Writing : This issue is full of action.  Baker is trying to get away from Mayhem then Warfield, Trakker versus Mayhem and Sector trying to get everyone out alive from behind the scenes.  I enjoyed Sector's introduction, as in the cartoon, you really got the sense he was more of a planner and here we get that, he does well in the "command center", helping the operatives out.  And the reveal of Miles Mayhem talking...
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Conan & Dragonero #4 review

CONAN & DRAGONERO part 4 (of 7): Ice & Flames (chapter one) The lair of the Undine. Conan's dragon tries to incinerate the Cimmerian and Dragonero, Dragonero's bastard sword (Saevasectha/Cruel-Cutter) shields our heroes. The dragon gets Conan (who is looking for payback) off of its back. Dragonero can feel the power of the gems hidden within the scales of Conan's dragon, Dragonero uses his powers to see what the dragon is planning... it wants to amass the power of the stolen magical gemstones to conquer Dragonero's world with its brethren... the renegade dragons who wanted to rule over everything and everyone.  Dragonero hurts the left wing of Conan's dragon, Conan closes its right eye forever, Dragonero opens its neck, it crashes in a mountain. The dragon is much too dangerous, Dragonero cannot show mercy, he plunges his blade into the dragon's breast. The gems within the dragon begin to glow, the magical energy is teleporting Conan of Cimmeria and Ian ...
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Conan the Barbarian #33 (2023) review

Jim Zub's Cursed Shores Beyond part 1: Perilous Waters (with a snippet from the poem: The Sea (1923) by Robert Ervin Howard) The Western Sea. We are aboard Captain Quinn (an homage to Harley Quinn) Corvaxis' ship: The Briney Wren (a very salty songbird). Conan the Buccaneer, Valeria, Morley and the rest of The Red Brotherhood raid a Zingaran military ship (a ship that sinks other ships), the Zingaran captain yields and Conan and co. steal their cargo. Morley mentions that Valeria met Conan in Robert E. Howard's Red Nails novella. Morley wants to duel Valeria for a kiss, she wants his share of the Zingaran booty if she wins. A violent storm assails the ship. Conan's barbarian-sense starts tingling, he knows that a threat is approaching.  Conan sees an invisible man with glowing eyes (a Predator (1987) homage) murdering the first mate. The phantom kicks Conan's derriere. The ghost spares the Cimmerian... for the UPCOMING RITUAL. The glistening spectre knocks Conan out...
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Solomon Kane: The Lion Errant #1 review

SOLOMON KANE: THE LION ERRANT part 1: War Mongers  Flashback! Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh. 30 years in the past. A 9-year-old Durgavati ((1524-1564), a Chandela princess of Mahoba of the Chandel clan of the Rajputs, a future maharani and regent) proves to her skeptical father that she was in a fight with a lion. 1564. Agra (capital of the Mughal Sultanate) in Uttar Pradesh, Jahangiri Mahal palace within the Agra Fort. Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar ((1542-1605), the third Mughal emperor) informs Diwan Beohar Kayastha ((????-????), the minister of the Gond queen/Rani Durgavati of the Garha Kingdom of Gondwana) that since the Warrior queen of Gondwana refuses to marry Asaf Khan I ((1549-1612), Mughal general, regent of Kara in Uttar Pradesh) or Ramih Khan (Mughal general, regent of Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh, the butcher of Obra in Uttar Pradesh)... she must surrender her lands to the Mughal Empire. The Portuguese Chapel in Malindi, Kenya. Solomon Kane (a mzungu/wanderer) slays some slavers an...
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Star Trek: Red Shirts - Ghost of the 21st Century #1 review

The Romulans open the story by plotting and right at the outset we learn Captain Chip Miller (last seen in Star Trek: Red Shirts #5) is an asset. A group of redshirts walk into a bar, one says he's gonna ask out this Andorian science officer, another laughs at him. He's run off after her but the other redshirts are called off to do a mission. That same mission goes sideways nightmarishly, our lone redshirt, Harry Deubert, survived but ends up having to clean the shuttle. And he's sick of how redshirts are treated so he tries to contact Starfleet but Miller intercepts him! Dun dun dun! but hey at least redshirt got his date. Too bad she's Andorian security. To be continued! First of all I like that it takes place during the latter decades of the 23rd century, I don't think Star Trek really touches on that era outside the novels and even then... anyways the comic... So sounds like Captain Miller is our big bad for how ever many issues... and it's a good set up, ab...
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Lost Contact #4 review

"The power transfer beam! I can travel on it" And so Cadet Reymi sends the photonic Sam to the planet to save the day. He successfully sends her to the planet but is immediately busted by Chancellor Ake. Meanwhile on the planet! With the shield down the cadets can talk to each other again, which immediately makes the aliens hostile so Sam comes up with a distraction to buy the others time to escape. And while Genesis is feeling sorry for herself Sam figures out a way to communicate with the aliens. To be concluded next issue when they Starfleet a solution! It's a decent story that would've made a decent episode in the short and soon to be lamented Academy series on streaming. We finally have the whole cast working on a solution that honestly was the whole point of the exercise.  And Genesis Lythe learns a lesson. She needs to chill. 7.5/10
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Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2 review

In therapy Adam relives a memory of being chased by wolves.  He gets angry and leaves the session.  Adam and his father argue but end up going to a supernatural bookstore.  There Adam learns about werewolves and sees a pentagram-wolf necklace.  He rushes home and finds one among his mother's things.  The police show up to talk to Adam.  His father tells them he's not home but Adam confesses and they take him away.   This all feels simple.  It is things we've seen in other movies or tv shows.  Repressed memories.  A rich family running out of money.  Troubled family.  Police investigation.  It is all... fine.  But I want more.  Maybe we'll get more next issue.  But I find it hard to be invested in any of these characters as they feel so cliché.   six out of ten.
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