Conan The Barbarian #1 (2023) review

Jim Zub's Conan Zombie story bored me to tears.

What I did not like:

Not enough story. I felt unsatiated at the end of the issue.

The aping of Big John Buscema is disrespectful. Please find your own voice, Roberto De La Torre.

Too much hemoglobin. Conan is not a gore comic.

Mediocre colours. This really should have been printed only in B&W.

Badly drawn bare orbs. Make sure you know how to draw the female form before showing us anything.

Maimed maiden. You see, I'm weird that way, I prefer my women with 2 eyes.

Conan paying for damages.

Conan acting like a perfect gentleman.

Conan using a freaking napkin!

Conan running TOWARDS the supernatural.

Reminding us that young Conan killed an innocent bear just to feel like a big man. Lame!

The Living Dead? It's been done already, let it rest.

Plagues. In 2023, NOBODY wants to read a story about plagues.

The amateurish art used for REH and his ages undreamed of.

The embarrassing cover by Mignola.

What I did like:

Conan The Barbarian #0 was a full comic AND free to download.

Evil Dead II and Night of the Living Dead homages.

A new monthly Conan comic to support!

The covers by Artgerm and Dan Panosian.

A letters page!

I give it a 5/10

If we find out next issue that the wizard behind the Zombies is called Georgius A. Cromero, I'll definitely be dropping this book from my pull list.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - The Scorpius Run #1 review

The Enterprise picks up a distress call and moves to investigate. onboard they find one survivor who tells them she has a debt to pay to a local crime Boss. later, the Enterprise arrives at Celius Prime in an effort to help their passenger. Pike and some of the bridge crew are beamed off. they face the crime boss who tells them the only way out of the dangerous Scorpion sector is by way of the most dangerous race in the galaxy. Pike agrees to the race but members of this crew are placed among various other ships in the race. The idea of a race in space is nothing new. its not even new in the realms of Star Trek. you have 'The Great Starship Race' from the old Pocket Book line. and thus far, i feel the novel is superior. though the Pike of Strange New Worlds is laid back i hardly think he would so easily agree to all the terms and obviously laid traps he faces here. six out of ten.

Void Rivals #2 review

What’s this then? Why, it’s Void Rivals # 2, the second issue (shocking, I know) of Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, and Matheus Lopes’ new sci-fi comic. It tells the tale of two crumbling planets linked by a “Sacred Ring” (it’s not Halo), their peoples at war for generations. When a member of each culture are stranded together, the two find they must put aside their differences if they want to survive. This story takes place in the so-called “Energon Universe”, Skybound Entertainment’s new initiative to relaunch properties like Transformers and G.I. Joe within a shared universe that also happens to include the original characters and setting of Void Rivals. Any good? You know what, yeah! I’m enjoying it so far and I guess I’m not surprised. Robert Kirkman does well with cosmic space stuff and I was a big fan of Invincible. In two issues he’s already crafted an intriguing dramatic setup and a compelling dynamic between our two lead characters Darak and Solila. We’ve seen the “enemies

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