ORCHID TP VOL 01 Dark Horse Comics When the seas rose, genetic codes were smashed. Human settlements are ringed by a dense wilderness from which ferocious new animal species prey on the helpless. The high ground belongs to the rich and powerful that overlook swampland shantytowns from their fortress-like cities. Iron-fisted rule ensures order and […]
Can’t wait for the Dark Knight Rises? Try the New 52 Bat Books!
Following the initial glowing reviews from the press screenings, anticipation for the final part of Christopher Nolan’s Batman saga, The Dark Knight Rises, is growing. If you can’t wait for some Batman action, why not try some of the brand new DC relaunch Batman graphic novel collections, with free postage*… £18.99 BATMAN VOL. 1: THE […]
Avengers vs X-Men issues on our eBay store
Avengers vs X-Men has been a resounding success for Marvel, this year, resulting in a hoard of variant covers and reprints. If you’ve missed an issue or two along the way, make sure you check out our A vs X selection on the ACE Comics eBay store. As of writing, we have the following listed… […]
Tripwire celebrates 20 years
One of the UK’s most in-depth comic-genre magazines, Tripwire, celebrates it’s 20th year of publication this year. To mark the event, a special, 214 page, 20th Anniversary edition will be published. The book will include classic interviews with creators like Mike (Hellboy) Mignola, Alan (Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) Moore, Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman, Batman […]
Cover of the Week #27
Time to reveal the collective ACE Comics choice for Cover of the Week. As usual, there were a number of great covers this week, ranging from the standard action shots to interesting uses of characters, shapes and styles. Particular favourites were the classically posed He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #1 by Philip Tan […]
This Week’s Comics (04 July 2012)
These titles are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday 4th July 2012. BOYS #68 (MR) Dynamite Entertainment The next bad day: the Boys compare notes and find that all is very far from being as it should be. MM wants serious words with Butcher, Hughie gets Monkey exactly where he wants him, the Female […]
Comics You Should Read: Fatale
FATALE Along with wonderful artist Sean Phillips, legendary crime comics writer Ed Brubaker introduced the surprise hit comic book Fatale in January 2012. This ‘supernatural noir comic book’ begins at the funeral of Dominic Raines, a writer of ‘awful detective novels’ and godfather to Nicolas Lash, to whom he has also left his estate. Here, […]
Cover of the Week #26
Last week’s comics proved to be another fine collection of inviting front covers with a few catching our collective eye in particular. The Lizard makes a grisly return on the front of Amazing Spider-Man #688 courtesy of Giuseppe Camuncoli, while there is high drama from Jose Ladronn on All Star Western #10 and high class […]
This Week’s Comics (27 June 2012)
These titles are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday 27th June 2012. BPRD HELL ON EARTH EXORCISM #1 (OF 2) Dark Horse Comics Field agent Ashley Strode, last seen in B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs, is deployed to a Mexican village after a demon commands her to release one of its brethren, or lose the […]
New titles debuting this September in ‘Illuminations’
Six month’s down the line and it’s new Illuminations time. This month get a look at DC’s massive New 52 Issue #0 event along with all the other major publishers’ series beginning in September, plus a host of great new graphic novels and collected editions, staff picks, the Walking Dead and Biff’s bit. Happy reading… […]
Art on display at the Level Best Art Cafe
Ace Comics friend and art-lover Nigel Blaikie has a range of animation art, limited editions prints and original art on display at the Level Best Art Cafe in Colchester.
Cover of the Week #25
Noteable runners up for this week’s Cover of the Week included the rather nice ‘Bond-esque’ Winter Soldier #7 by Steve Epting, Batman Beyond Unlimited #5 by Dustin Nguyen and any number of the great Mars Attacks #1 card set covers. But winning at a canter was… …X-Factor #238 by David Yardin. Rather Mondrian indeed! Congrats […]