Category Archives: Comics

DC Comics plans major shakeup for September.

Last week, DC Comics announced a major shakeup to their lineup coming after Flashpoint. As of September, all 52 titles in the DCU proper will be going back to issue . Since then, they’ve been slowly announcing the lineup. Now that all 52 have been announced, we’ve got our response to the news and the lineups. They are also moving to day-and-date digital releases for all of their titles at the same time, which adds a unique twist.

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Comic Review: Axe Cop #1-3

If you haven’t read Axe Cop, the web phenom Newsarama calls the “best comic ever,” you really should hit this link and enjoy the experience. Basically, comic-book artist Ethan Nicolle, 29 when he started this (now 30), and his brother, Malachai Nicolle (5, now 6) collaborate to translate Malachai’s violent, imaginative stories and primary-school dialogue into an ongoing adventure that strips to the bone the childish wish-fulfillment that underlies super- and action- heroes.

Dark Horse has given them a chance on an actual comic series; it begins with a three-issue mini in which the blade-wielding titular officer and his adventure-seeking, villain-wasting team must face the terror of… Bad Guy Earth!

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