Star Trek Spock: Reflections
Feb27

Star Trek Spock: Reflections

Star Trek Spock:  Reflections Graphic Novel Collection Volume 04     First appearing in 2009 as a four issue mini-series and released as a graphic novel collection from IDW at the start of the following year, the first thing to say about Spock:  Reflections is that it is an enjoyable read.  And yes, I’ll get to the ‘but’ in a moment. It is written by Scott Tipton and David Tipton, with layouts by David Messina and inked by...

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Star Trek: The Next Generation – Hive
Feb22

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Hive

Star Trek: The Next Generation Hive Graphic Novel Collection Volume 03   I had really only intended to comment on the first couple of volumes of the Eaglemoss Collection of Star Trek graphic novels; but I’m finding them weirdly addictive. As mentioned previously, I wouldn’t be a huge Trek fan outside of the movies, although I seem to have absorbed more info than I had thought, probably through a form of osmosis mixed with sheer...

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Star Trek : The City on the Edge of Forever
Feb05

Star Trek : The City on the Edge of Forever

Star Trek Harlan Ellison®’s The City on the Edge of Forever The Original Teleplay   Sooooo…here we have the second volume in the Eaglemoss Collection of Star Trek graphic novels. Their initial one – Countdown, reviewed on this blog – was an absolute cracker.  And with the second outing carrying that title I was all set to be writing that this was even better. The overall package and presentation is indeed once again simply...

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Star Trek  Graphic Novel Collection – Volume 01 : Countdown
Jan24

Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection – Volume 01 : Countdown

Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection Volume 01 Countdown   I would never miss a Star Trek film.  I love them; even that really bad one, you know the one I mean.  Yet I wouldn’t go particularly out of my way to catch one of the many small-screen incarnations that this extraordinarily endurable social phenomenon has spawned.  And I have certainly never entertained even the notion of reading the adventures of the Trekkers in comic...

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Alan Moore’s Voice of the Fire
Jul30

Alan Moore’s Voice of the Fire

Anticipating Jerusalem: Alan Moore’s Voice of the Fire   Alan Moore is a phenomenon. Although I don’t read him as religiously as I once did, the man himself – and his astonishing talent with words! – has fascinated me since I first ‘discovered’ him at the helm of the re-imagining of Swamp Thing in the 80s. I also admire him for the manner in which he has maneuvered himself into a position where he can afford to live just as he pleases...

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The Chronicles of Conan Volume 14: Shadow of the Beast And Other Stories
Oct14

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 14: Shadow of the Beast And Other Stories

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 14: Shadow of the Beast And Other Stories   This final piece is an overview rather than a review and therefore contains spoilers galore.   The Moon-Eaters of Darfur (issue #108 of Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian) opens on a miserable, rain driven and stormy landscape as the Cimmerian heads north of the Kushite capital of Meroê, leaving behind a city in the throes of full-blown upheaval. With him is the...

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