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Dark Tower Issue #1

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ March 3, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

We generally don’t review anything but graphic novels on the ‘Panel, however every once in a while a book comes along that I actually pick up and I generally can’t let it go, The Dark Tower that was released by Marvel a couple of weeks ago is one of those books. There are at least […]

Transformers / G.I. Joe

By James Huff ⋅ December 13, 2006 ⋅ 11 comments

Who are these people, Duke?
They’re Cobra’s prisoners, Optimus, their salves. We believe they’ve done this to millions more in Europe. We hope they have…
You hope this has happened? To millions of your people? But…
Optimus, if they aren’t slaves, they’re dead.
Autobots, ROLL OUT!
Transformers / G.I. Joe is not just another Transformers and […]

Silent Dragon

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ September 30, 2006 ⋅ One comment

What happens when you mix in Andy Diggle (of The Losers Fame) with Leinil Francis Yu, the Japanese Yakuza, samurai, political backstabbing, broken alliances, all set in the backdrop of Japan in 2063? Simple answer is a little book from Wildstorm’s excellent Signature banner, Silent Dragon.

Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi

By James Huff ⋅ September 30, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments

After so long in hibernation, and with damage to the carbonite unit, there’s little hope that Captain Solo will ever regain his sight.
Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi is an adventurous and thought-provoking “What if?” tale by writer Adam Gallardo and artists Ryan Benjamin, Dan Norton, and Juvaun Kirby. It begins in tandem […]

Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back

By James Huff ⋅ September 23, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

Commander Skywalker, do you copy? This is Rogue Two.
Rogue Two, this is Commander Solo. Come in, Rogue Two.
Commander Solo, I read you load and clear. Are you okay, Commander?
Affirmative, Rogue Two. But Luke . . . Luke is dead.
Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back is an adventurous and thought-provoking “What […]

Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope

By James Huff ⋅ September 17, 2006 ⋅ One comment

The torpedoes detonated prematurely, your Highness. I only hope enough damage was done to buy us some time. Princess, you must get to a transport immediately! The future of the Rebellion depends on your safety!
Future? I’ve seen what that battle station can do, General. The Rebellion has no future.
Star Wars […]

Planetes | Volume 1

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ September 11, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

First off I’ll say that I’m generally not a massive fan of anything that Tokyopop comes out with. It seriously lacks most of the class that other companies that manga publishers have. Specifically I’m comparing manga fare brought as from the likes of Dark Horse and Viz. Two companies whom I put a lot of […]

Ministry of Space

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ May 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

So I’m in the store yesterday and I’m picking up Brian Azzarello and Jim Lee’s Superman trade and Josh Middleton’s Shazam book (neither characters really do it for me but all creators attached are superb in every meaning of the word) but I wasn’t saticified with just these two books. So I started looking around […]

Authority | Revolution | Volume 1

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ March 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

In preparation for the release of Volume 2 of the Authority storyline this week, I’m going to reprint the original review I did on Broken Kode regarding the first volume. Expect the review for the second volume here later on this week.
Itâ€™s been a while since I read a proper Authority story. Last time it […]

Serenity | Those Left Behind

By Khaled Abou Alfa ⋅ January 29, 2006 ⋅ 10 comments

Dark Horse has provided one of the most perfect packages of a licensed product in a very very long time. In fact I can’t remember when I thought a licensed story had so much going for it. You see this particular 3 issue comic book actually matters in the grand scheme of things that are […]

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