Conan The Barbarian #2 (2023) review

Jim Zub's Conan Zombie story progresses at a snail's pace.

Conan is still plagued by The Walking Dead... sorry, my mistake: The Possessed Picts.

Our favorite Cimmerian and new girlfriend follow the shambling undead back to their den.

They also bicker over the ownership of a stolen blade and... have intercourse. Bow chicka witless!

What I did not like:

Making love outside in the open, in minus zero weather with the stench of death teasing your nostrils while zombies are poking around everywhere. Absurd and hard to swallow. Zub is a Canadian, he should know better when it comes to the cold.

Brissa praises Conan way too much. Our hero has a very fragile ego, apparently.

Conan is excessively fearless. Shrinking away is not a crime.

This comic is turning into a bad video game.

The colouring is even more atrocious! Would be so much better in black-and-white.

Nice Renato Casaro homage cover! But... Renato is not credited on said cover? Faux pas for sure!

Alan Quah's cover reminds me of the Captain America meme by Rob Liefeld.

What I did like:

Roberto's art looks better, less rushed.

Possibly The Serpent Men from Kull of Atlantis appear.

Conan, a dude with zero percent body fat running around in the snow wearing only a loincloth FINALLY grabs a shirt to get warm. Some pants too, maybe? It's not cold enough!

Conan The Barbarian is still not cancelled.

I give it a 5/10. We better see The Siege of the Black Citadel by Chuck Dixon serialized in the upcoming Savage Sword of Conan magazine!

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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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