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April 5, 2026 4:50 am

Space Ghost #8 (Review)

Writer: David Pepose Artist: Jonathan Lau Dynamite Entertainment, January 2026 Space Ghost is a 2025-2026 comic book reimagining of the classic Hanna-Barbera Space Ghost cartoon franchise, published by Dynamite Comics, with writing duties handled by David Pepose and art by Jonathan Lau. For those who only know the character from the Cartoon Network Adult Swim parody Space Ghost Coast to Coast, it is worth remembering that Space Ghost originally debuted in the 1960s as a straight-faced sci-fi adventure hero. He was a masked lawman of space, patrolling the cosmos with his young sidekicks Jan and Jace, fighting colorful villains with names flavored by science fiction pulp. The cartoon was earnest, occasionally goofy, and very much aimed at kids. The Dynamite series is for a modern readership. This version of Space Ghost is more serious, more emotionally grounded. Mr Pepose is willing to explore consequences, trauma, and moral compromise, without veering

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Forty years since The Immortal Dr Fate (1985)

Writer: Martin Pasko Artists: Walt Simonson, Keith Giffen Colourist: Tatjana Wood DC Comics, 1985 (collection) We are cheating on the arithmetic of our revisitation to the collected stories within The Immortal Dr Fate. Forty years since 1985 was last year (2025). But The Immortal Dr Fate was a series which reprinted innovative stories by Martin Pasko and Steve Gerber from Doctor Fate backup stories appearing in The Flash #306 (February 1982) to #313 (September 1982) as well as 1st Issue Special #9 from 1975. So, perhaps, we are actually four years too late. Dr Fate is a character which was created in 1940 during the height of the American superhero comic book boom, and who prominently featured in the 2022 motion picture Black Adam. Fate is a “Lord of Order”, a being who seeks to stop malign magical forces, including counterpart “Lords of Chaos”. Fate’s powers are granted to him

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Wolverine: Patch #1 (review)

Writer: Larry Hama Artists: Andrea Di Vito and Le Beau Underwood  Marvel Comics, March 2022 Welcome to Madripoor, a seedy fictional substitute for the city-state

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Burger #1 (review)

Writer: Ben Canny Artist: Gourkloum Running Ground Studios, 2022 “It is a story about happiness,” promises a dialogue box on the first page, the line

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Dokudami Tenement (review)

Writer and artist: Takashi Fukutani, Weekly Manga Times. 1979-1992 The review is based on the Italian edition, a “best of” containing a couple of chapters

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Crisis Zone (review)

Writer and artist: Simon Hanselmann Fantagraphic Books, 2021 For those of us who have small children, Meg and Mog might be a bedtime ritual with

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Uzamaki (revisited)

Uzumaki Writer and Artist: Junji Ito Publisher : Viz, 2013 (originally 1998-99) Horror requires the creation of a structure putting into motion a feeling of

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