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In a recent issue of SFX , there was a list of five reasons why Luke Skywalker is better than Han Solo. (opens in new tab) As a life-long Luke fan, I was thrilled to see this (even if it may have been a little tongue in cheek), but I’ve …

I know a lot about a lot of genre things, but no one can be familiar with everything. There are some things that have simply flown under my radar through the years. Such is the case with Green Arrow . All I knew about this guy before watching his latest …

Rob Williams is aboard as the writer and, as one third of the team who scripted “Trifecta” (Along with Si Spurrier and Al Ewing) he’s proved himself as one of the best Dredd writers in years. Art duties are being handled by Mike Dowling, best known for pencilling the surprisingly …

Afterlife Inc Volume 1 Dying to Tell-Tales from the Afterlife Written by Jonathan Lock Art by Ash Jackson, Jack Tempest, Del Borovic, Will Tempest, Roy Huteson Stewart, Jerry Gaylord Available from www.jonlock.com • £10 So the bad news is you’re dead. The good news is everyone’s dead, and that’s not …

Professor Elemental #1 Written by Chris Mole Art by Mike Hawthorne, James Feist, Liam Byrne, Owen Watts, Noah Rodenbeek Available from http://www.professorelemental.com • £5 I’ve been a fan of Professor Elemental for a while now. A British rapper who has not only pioneered steampunk rap but the splendidly titled sub-genre …

“PS” is a perfect example of the sort of little character moments at which Doctor Who excels. Intended as a DVD extra, but not filmed due to time constraints, it’s an epilogue to “The Angels Take Manhattan”, written by Chris Chibnall and with a voice-over by Arthur Darvill. It’s a …

Maybe it’s the cut of their jib, or their precise heroic jaw. Maybe it’s the fact they’re not actually SUPERheroes or they’re strangely self-righteous and a bit irritating. Maybe they accidentally dismembered a funfair full of people in the middle of a fight or maybe you’re actually a supervillain and …

Commentary or not commentary, that is the question… Last night my other half asked me if I wanted to pre-order The Avengers film. I’m not calling it Marvel Avengers Assemble , I’m just not; I’ve typed that far too many times over the last few months OK! We all know …

Mash-ups are for life, not just for a Glee episode. They’ve also been around for ages and are just as prevalent in movies, books and TV shows. Marvel and DC creative teams would regularly, secretly, hint their characters were in the same universe during the 1970s; Pixar loves hiding the …

Extermination #1 Written by Si Spurrier Drawn by Jeffrey Edwards Published by Boom! The funny thing about the world ending is that it never quite gets around to it. The apocalypse is never tidy, never elegant and it always, without fail, leaves loose ends. What those loose ends are, how …