Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #7 - An Advanced Review/Preview

The Doctor, Rose Tyler and Captain Jack Harkness have tracked one monster into the past only to find a bigger problem - literally, as England is besieged by kaiju straight from a Japanese monster movie! Some of The Doctor's old friends from UNIT are on the case but they're equally overwhelmed by a pompous Defense Minister, who is out to shut down UNIT in favor of a privatized alien fighting force. Lost in the middle of all of this is a missing scientist, whose family Captain Jack and Sergeant Benton will have to save from one of the monsters...





The artwork on this issue is a vast improvement over Issue #6. There is a high level of clarity throughout, with no exaggeration nor loss of detail in the far and middle distances. Cris Bolson demonstrates all the skills of a fantastic caricaturist. The likenesses of the core cast from the show are well presented and the old familiar faces from UNIT do indeed look familiar.

Cavan Scott continues to proves his skill as a storyteller, seeming to capture the voices of all the individual characters perfectly. From The Doctor's half-muttered comments on the stupid apes he's trying to save to the enthusiastic naivety of Harry "The Imbecile" Sullivan, every page of this seems like a lost Terrance Dicks script produced during the Russell T. Davies era of Doctor Who.


Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #7 releases on Novemeber 23th, 2016.
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Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor: Year Two #16 - An Advanced Review/Preview

Sutekh The Destroyer is returned! Worse yet, he is not alone! Beings of destruction and oblivion from other realities - once banished by The Doctor - seek to use Sutekh's revival as a means to their own ends, though the only end that can come from Sutekh's rebirth is the death of the universe!




Titan Comics billed this War of Gods arc as "a story so big, we had to give it two extra issues". I'm glad they did so, for the tale Nick Abadzis weaves here is so complex that it doesn't bare thinking about it being cut for time, drawing off the rich history of the original Doctor Who series as well as the detailed continuity Abadzis has developed in his time on this book. Giorgia Sposito does a fantastic job bringing this all to life and matching the kinetic pace of Abadzis' writing with her own high-energy artwork. The colors of Hi-Fi provide the perfect finish to a great book that will please both fans of Doctor Who and lovers of a good comic.

Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor: Year Two #16 releases on November 23, 2016. 

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Starman Plays The Pandora Directive (Lombard Street) - Part 4

In which we score a second chance with Chelsee and the search for Thomas Malloy leads us to both a dame in distress and a cabin full of secrets. We also get to deal with the first of many jigsaw puzzles.

Serenity: No Power In The 'Verse #2 - An Advanced Review/Preview

Answering a call regarding a missing friend, the crew of Serenity stumble across a secret that puts all their lives at risk. Unfortunately, their friend learned the same secret and has fallen into the clutches of The Alliance. The future of the whole damn "Verse may rest on what happens next.





Chris Roberson has perfectly captured the flavor of the original Firefly show and has a good handle on the characters. Unfortunately, the story still suffers from the same problems that plagued the last Serenity mini-series - Leaves On The Wind. Namely, for a franchise built on great female characters, the ladies on the cast have precious little to do with the action, apart from River. Zoe doesn't even appear in this issue and Inara - while seen - doesn't have any lines!

A bigger problem is the artwork by Georges Jeanty, which is sloppy and inconsistent. All sense of detail is lost beyond the middle distance and perhaps one close-up panel in four will resemble the original actors from the show. Karl Story and Wes Dzioba do what they can to finish things properly but it's akin to painting a cow pie to make it presentable.

Serenity: No Power In The ‘Verse #2 will be available for purchase on November 30, 2016 from your local comic book store (Don’t know where that is? Here you go.) or digitally via Comixology.com.

Pathfinder: Worldscape #2 - A Review (SPOILER ALERT!)

Separated from her companions, the sorceress Seoni finds herself in a strange rain forest. Thankfully Fantomah - the self-proclaimed goddess of the jungle - sees Seoni's noble heart and leaves her unharmed. Soon Seoni is met by new companions - the former soldier of Earth turned jungle lord known as Thun'da and the Green Martian warlord Tars Tarkas - who tell Seoni of the strange world where they have all been marooned.


Pulp fans and gamers alike are sure to enjoy this series. The rich, vibrant artwork by Jonathan Lau and Omi Remlante proves spell-binding in its beauty and this month's gamer supplement provides Pathfinder statistics for the Green Martian race. What really sells this issue, however, is the story by Erik Mona and the sheer logistics of what he's accomplished.

Much like Gail Simone's Swords of Sorrow, Pathfinder: Worldscape draws upon a variety of classic fantasy and science-fiction in building its world. While advance reviews told us we'd see the likes of Red Sonja, Tarzan and the whole of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom, the inclusion of Fantomah (credited by many as the first superheroine) and Frank Frazetta's jungle hero Thun'da was a pleasant surprise.