Department of Truth Continues Stupefyingly Good Run with #6

What if it was actually the year 1724? Wouldnā€™t that be something? Vishal Gullapalli, Forrest Hollingsworth and Will Nevin team up to talk over Department of Truth #6 by James Tynion IV, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth, Aditya Bidikar, Dylan Todd and Steve Foxe. Will Nevin: Well that was a hell of a final page, wasnā€™t…

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What Does Black Hat Want? Find out in Department of Truth #5

What is Black Hat? Who is the mysterious man pulling its strings? Why is he in Cole Turner’s apartment? Cole questions whether he’s on the right side of the War for the Truth in The Department of Truth #5 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Aditya Bidikar, Dylan Todd and Steve Foxe. Will Nevin: While…

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Advance Review: Image’s Radiant Black Charming Enough to Hook Even Non-Tokusatsu Fans

I’m not a Tokusatsu gal. The Japanese tradition of costumed superheroes with outrageous names fighting endless goons and flamboyant monsters in a seemingly infinite sea of quarries should, by all accounts, be extremely my kind of thing. But whether it’s Power Rangers, Kamen Rider or Ultraman, every attempt I’ve made to dive into the genre…

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Home Sick Pilots #2 Explains What Happens When a Haunted House Gives You Ghost Powers

The Old James House has lost its ghosts. With her new powers, it’s up to Ami to bring them back, whether they want to come home or not. Even when they’re really big ghosts wrapped in metal, with lots of sharp edges and things. Letā€™s unpack Image Comicsā€™ Home Sick Pilots #2 by Dan Watters,…

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Watchmen Discourse, the Ol’ Cates & Switch, and an Actual Crossover in Crossover #3

Monsters and robots falling from the sky! Mysterious (and familiar?) superheroes joining our intrepid gang on their journey to event ground zero! Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hillā€™s Crossover continues, whether Zack Jenkins and Dan McMahon want it to or not. Zachary Jenkins: The most hyped book in comics keeps on…

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Finally, Department of Truth Puts the Media in Its Place, Says a Comics Website

What if the last 60 years of American history was a carefully orchestrated conspiracy designed to teach the president who really runs the country? Wouldnā€™t that be something? Vishal Gullapalli, Forrest Hollingsworth and Will Nevin team up to talk over The Department of Truth #4 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Aditya Bidikar, Dylan Todd…

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Look, We Really Like the Art, but Everything Else Is Just … Dammit, Donny, in Image’s Crossover #2

The event continues to unravel as Ellie, Otto and Ava rise from the ashes of their comic shop to begin their four-color odyssey to find the truth beyond the dome. Meanwhile: Super-prisons! Magic guns! Mysterious government agents! And other stuff! Zachary Jenkins and Dan McMahon break down Imageā€™s Crossover #2 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw,…

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’90s Punk Culture Meets Haunted House Sentai Fiction in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #1

In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band who’s been missing for weeks. How did she get there, and what do these ghosts want? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action that’s Power Rangers meets The Shining. Itā€™s Home Sick Pilots…

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