The Shadow: Year One, a great introduction to the classic masked crimefighter
Review by C.J. Bunce Ever since the success of Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One, everyone has climbed aboard to use the Year One tag to sell copies. Many times the Year One is not an origin story but...
View ArticleReview–Dynamite’s stuck-out-of-time Miss Fury offers faithful, stylish update...
Miss Fury was the one of the first female superheroes, created 42 years ago this month by June Tarpé Mills (1915-1988)–one of the few early female comic book creators. Written and drawn by Mills,...
View ArticleFirst look–Mike Mayhew to bring “The Star Wars” to a galaxy near you
First it was Mike Mayhew and Star Trek and Doctor Who. Then it was Mike Mayhew and Green Arrow. Then it was Mike Mayhew and The Bionic Man and The Bionic Woman. Now it’s Mike Mayhew and Star Wars....
View ArticleDream Thief–The next big thing… and your own digital swag
Ok, I’ve been holding back. I landed my hands on the first issue of Dark Horse Comics’ new series Dream Thief a few days ago and WOW–I am convinced it’s the next big thing. It’s one of those from...
View ArticleGrimm adaptation of TV series coming next month from Dynamite
Following the further exploits of Portland detective Nick Burkhart, his partner Hank Griffin, Blutbad werewolf pal Monroe, and girlfriend Juliette, Dynamite Comics has released some teasers and cover...
View ArticleClassic Battlestar Galactica returns for 35th anniversary
Marking the 35th anniversary of the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, Dynamite Comics is bringing the original series back for an ongoing monthly comic book series beginning next week. The...
View ArticleGrimm–Dynamite’s new monthly a must-read for fans of the TV series
Grimm fans who attended Free Comic Book Day Saturday and this week’s comic book Wednesday were treated to a double dose of their favorite series with both a free full-length comic story and an...
View ArticleReview–Battlestar Galactica Issue #1 from Dynamite Comics
Before Starbuck was played by a woman he was played by Face on The A-Team. Before Richard Hatch was Zarek he was Apollo. And Adama was played by Lorne Greene, not Edward James Olmos. Vipers were...
View ArticleReview–IDW’s anthology of Tarpé Mills’s classic Miss Fury
Miss Fury was ahead of her time. The superhero moniker and nickname of Marla Drake, she was less a femme fatale, cast aside by the males that shared the comic page as with other contemporary tales,...
View Articleborg.com–800,000 views and our second anniversary
We kicked off borg.com as a way to catch up on entertainment news, books and movies back on June 10, 2011. We’ve posted what’s new each day to provide “your daily science fiction, fantasy, and...
View ArticleNa-na-na-Na-na-na–Dynamite announces Six Million Dollar Man Season Six
Following on the heels of the successful Dark Horse Comics series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 and 9 and IDW Publishing’s The X-Files Season 10, this week Dynamite Comics announced Steve Austin,...
View ArticleCatching up with… Aaron Gillespie’s Bionic Man series
If you like action-centric stories then in 2013 you couldn’t get much better than Dynamite Publishing’s Bionic Man series. Beginning first as co-writer with Phil Hester then continuing the series as...
View Articleborg.com’s Best of 2013, Part 2
We tried on for size almost every new book that was released from comic book publishers like Dynamite Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Archaia/BOOM!, and Image. We tried to sample the best...
View ArticleReview–Dynamite Comics’s bonus-filled trade edition of Masks
Review by C.J. Bunce If you’re a connoisseur of classic superheroes, you’d be remiss not to grab the trade edition of Dynamite Comics’ Masks series for your bookshelf. Inspired by a 1938 story by...
View ArticleSeason Six of The Six Million Dollar Man begins
The new Dynamite Comics series that is intended to take over where season five of The Six Million Dollar Man TV series left off hits comic book stores next Wednesday. We’ve previewed the book and are...
View ArticlePreview–The Six Million Dollar Man Season 6, Issue #2
Season Two of The Six Million Dollar Man is in full gear. Issue #2 of Dynamite Comics’ newest monthly series is in comic book stores tomorrow. Oscar Goldman must tell Steve Austin that O.S.I.’s...
View ArticleQuick guide to the best SDCC 2014 exclusives
We thought we’d share some of the best exclusives and other offerings scheduled to be available at San Diego Comic-Con International this weekend for those of you who just can’t decide what to spend...
View ArticleBe prepared to get bombarded: Star Wars cover variants in January like never...
It hasn’t been released yet, and it is already the #1 best selling comic of 2015. Forecasted with advance sale numbers at more than one million copies already, Marvel Comics is re-entering the...
View ArticleFirst look–Miss Fury, The Shadow and other classic heroes come together again...
The sequel to one of the most successful independent comic book mini-series is coming soon from Dynamite Comics. Masks 2 continues the retro mash-up of classic characters began in the original...
View ArticleNew books feature classic 1930s pulp hero, The Shadow
Who knows what secrets lurk in the hearts of men? Lamont Cranston–The Shadow. Dynamite Comics delved into its recent series that have incorporated the popular pulp character The Shadow and compiled...
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