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On Wednesday, Renegade Arts Entertainment announced the full version of author/illustrator Elaine M. Will’s The Last Band on Earth. Prior to Will’s appearance at Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2025, Beat can exclusively share the entire first chapter of the graphic novel. The last band on Earth follows the noise rock band The Dead Layays as they try to leave the post-apocalyptic city ruled by the devil to tour the rest of the world. The Demons claim that the city is the last safe haven, but the band personally knows that it is everything. Here’s the complete overview: A dystopian horror…
Phoo Action: Deluxe Edition released last year from Titan Comics to universal praise. A longterm labour of love by writer Mat Wakeham, it not only collects the entirety of Jamie Hewlett’s Get The Freebies, but an entire follow-up prose novel by Wakeham, behind the scenes material, process artwork and extensive design information and history on how the project evolved over time. It’s a behemoth of a book, but it’s worth every penny you spend on it, with every choice feeling like a deliberate and well-crafted addition to a massive tome that’s easy to dive in and hard to put down.…
During his comic career, author Jason Aaron became known for his dark, gritty story sensibilities. So, when Marvel announced that he would write a one-shot of his uncle Scrouge, we can imagine the surprise of readers. Despite the seeming contradiction, Aaron is an abusive fan of the character, and the one-shot was a smash hit. So, when it was announced last week on D23.com, it was no surprise that Aaron would come back to create a new uncle’s Scrouge project. However, it has been upgraded to the 4th Limited Series, rather than a simple one-shot. Arrived this August, Uncle Scrooge:…
Due to much of its history, Xavier’s school for talented young people barely functioned as a school. The original X-Men, like the new mutants, was ostensibly educated there. Generation X was struggling at Emma Frost’s Massachusetts Academy. Year – Decades of real time – spreading between Xavier’s real class. Fresh Face Mutants were difficult to come outside of their battlefield debut. The small, young recruits adopted by the X-Men (and various teams) became child soldiers.The first run of the new X-Men changed its legacy. Author Grant Morrison and their incredible array of artists have imagined a diverse student body as…
2025 is a big year for Godzilla in the world of manga. He has got a new series line in the Kai-sei era and IDW, challenging almost every hero in Marvel’s universe, and now Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 #1 will once again pit the King of Monsters and his Frenemy Kong against the DC universe. But this time there’s a twist. Unwilling to see the world fall on Titan, Amanda Waller deploys a suicide squad to try and care for Godzilla before he attacks again. This attracts attention from Justice League teleporting to Skull Island and encounters…
Heyo There Overs, Crooker is back again with another Batgirl review from DC Comics. This is problem #8 by Tate Blombar and Isaac Goodheart. We continue to showcase Mrs. Shiva’s revised origins, bringing many familiar elements that long-time fans will recognize. So, make sure I get off soon. As mentioned above, many familiar elements are reintroduced here, such as the names of “Sandra” and “Carolyn” as Shiva and her sister’s surname “Usan”, respectively. I also got the Bronze Tiger and the Richard Dragon. This is probably a little known name to most fans of the history of Cassandra Kaine’s character.…
Ultimate Wolverine #6 starts with a quote from one of my favorite stories, the Christmas Carol. It’s not a quote to think it applies to Wolverine, but it’s a perfect fit for the character, especially in this version, which is tied to a chain of blood, violence and manipulation. But someone loosened those chains. This means that Logan is free for a long time. To truly gain his freedom, he must fight past ghosts of his past and still hugging him. Again, this is pretty heavy for Wolverine’s book, but it’s been going very well. From start to finish, I…
Due to popular demand, Fantagraphics has released an original comic inspired by the hit Netflix TV show The Eternaut back to print. The publisher does not specify a release date, but Fantagraphics suggests that new printing will arrive later this year and will open in advance soon. Eternaut’s new print looks like the same Slipcase Edition that won the Eisner Award in 2016, but an additional feature from the Netflix logo has been added to the cover, which guides and picks up fans of the show. The book retails for $49.99. Eternauta (El Eternauta) is widely considered a world-renowned comic…
Its heart, Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #3, is a story about the flaws of immortality. Mitch Shelley was able to save countless lives for his various deaths, but he also lost his loved one and experienced unimaginable tragedy. However, in one of the most shocking revelations in recent comic history, it turns out that Shelley is connected to another immortality from the Pantheon of DC: Vandal Savage. In fact, they both earned immortality from the same meteor! It’s one of those ritons you never expect, but it makes sense. Mitch and Savage are both united by immortality, but their actions…
Of all the absolute books published by DC, the absolute Green Lantern may be the most unexpected plot twist. Not only does it present very different versions of Hal Jordan, Joe Muellin and John Stewart, but it may actually be the first time that Hal Jordan has actually been interesting as a character, but it presents the idea of Green Lantern like the epic of a superhero of the universe, rather than the epic of a universe horror. The Absolute Green Lantern #3 keeps it up even with a bit of brakes. Like previous installments, Absolute Green Lantern #3 starts…