With Christmas fast approaching, here’s a few ideas for those members of your family who are action-figure inclined. All are stocked in our stores, so just call 01206 561912 or email us to place an order… AVENGERS Hasbro Marvel’s Avengers movie was one of the hit movies from 2012, and Hasbro have offered up a […]
Staff Picks
Cover of the Week #50
It’s week 50 of 2012, and here are our picks of the best covers this week! Batman had a slew of great covers, with three standing out in particular – Greg Capullo‘s disturbingly fantastic variant cover for Batman #15, complete with a shadowy face staring through an upheld skin Joker mask (yeesh!), an inspired, laughing […]
Cover of the Week #49
And so to Cover Of The Week number 49! Dave Johnson continues to make his presence felt regularly with yet another great comic book cover, this time it’s Fury Max #7 with a great use of silhouette and style. Two new super-team comics debuted on Wednesday and both have a cover featured here – Thunderbolts […]
February’s New Comics in Illuminations!
Take a look at the fresh new number ones and one-shots heading your way next February in December’s Illuminations. Big new titles from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Avatar and Dynamite are featured along with a fantastic selection of choice graphic novels and collected editions, Planetary in this month’s ‘History Books’, Staff Picks, ‘Biff’s […]
Cover of the Week #47
There was a great selection of beautiful covers on display this Wednesday. Alex Ross was featured on the front of a couple of titles, and we opted for his great ‘poster’ cover for Peter Cannon #3. He also had a cover for The Shadow #8, but we preferred Tim Bradstreet‘s sublime, moody and interesting cover. […]
Cover of the Week #46
The wait is over – it’s time, once again, for Cover Of The Week! We all love a good homage, and a good homage is what we’ve got with creator Tim Seeley‘s ‘Janet’-esque cover to Hack/Slash #20 and Luke Ross‘s sweet Rocketeer / Dave Johnson inspired Red She Hulk #59 variant. Skottie Young continues his […]
Cover of the Week #45
And on to Cover Of The Week, for the 45th week of 2012! Carlo Pagulayan‘s awesome new design for the Iron Man armour is featured on one of the best of the many covers to Iron Man #1, while Alex Ross serves up a slice of Uncle Sam flavoured fried gold on the front of […]
Cover of the Week #44
Due to the high standards, it’s been a bit tricky to spot the treats served up on the front of this week’s comics! Kicking off, Ivan Reis produced a wonderful, cinematic cover for Aquaman #13, while Dave Johnson made his umpteenth appearance in our shortlists for his cover to DC Vertigo‘s Ghosts. X-Men Legacy had […]
Cover of the Week #43
Amongst the wealth of fine art on show this week, there were some true gems in the pick of the covers… Dave Johnson provided yet more comedy gold with the cover to Deadpool #63, while Todd McFarlane borrowed Frank Miller‘s style for an awesome Dark Knight homage on Spawn #224. Alex Ross almost mirrored his […]
Cover of the Week #42
Week 42 had yet another fine selection of covers on display, and here’s our picks of the bunch. David Aja was maintaining the high standard of super-stylin’ on the front of Hawkeye #3, while Michael and Laura Allred produced a beautiful cover to It Girl and the Atomics #3. Ultimates Comics Spider-Man #16, by David […]
Cover of the Week #41
Right then. This week’s covers… Retro seemed to be the fashion for a few books this week, including Geoff Senior‘s fantastic 80’s inspired Transformers ReGeneration One #84 – complete with Megatron opening an almighty can of whup-ass! – and another Action Comics #1 parody, this time from Dan Parent on the front of Kevin Keller […]
All of December’s New Series in Illuminations
Get a good look at the brand new series from DC, Marvel, Image, IDW, Dark Horse and more beginning in December 2012 in this month’s Illuminations! There are Marvel NOW! debuts for the Avengers and Cable, while DC have the first comics from the brand new TV show Arrow and a Tarantino adaption! As well […]