Earlier this week Warner Bros posted the fourth, full-length trailer for The Dark Knight Rises. As if we weren’t excited enough already!
ACE Comics supports Invasion Colchester 2012
On August 18th this year, the second annual Invasion Colchester takes place in England’s oldest recorded town, and once again ACE Comics are helping out. Invasion Colchester is raising money for three local charities – the Invicta Foundation, Colchester Community Voluntary Services and the Colchester Hospitals Charity – with a whole host of superheroes and […]
Old comics are cool (and we’ve got loads)
…BACK ISSUE ALERT… ! We’ve updated our back issue stocklists and overhauled the back issue pages on the Ace Comics website so that you can now browse through our stock on individual publisher’s pages. This means that you’ll be able to place any back issue orders without leaving the website!
Ace Comics Art Collection at the Level Best Art Cafe
Running until the 20th of July at the Level Best Art Cafe in Colchester is the Ace Comics Art Collection, some highlights can be seen below. The Level Best Art Cafe is a ‘not for profit’ company enabling adults with learning disabilities to gain independence away from a college or day care environment. Providing genuine […]
This Week’s Comics (11 July 2012)
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 […]