Intergalactic Comics: 04/22/16

Friday, April 22, 2016

REVIEW: Lanzing Kelly & To's "Joyride" #1 Lives Up to Its Name

Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly and Marcus To's "Joyride" #1 "is a high-spirited ride of a first issue."

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Sideshow Indiana Jones Temple of Doom 1/6 Scale 12" Action Figure

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Amazing Spiderman 11 Marvel Comic Book 1964 2nd App of Doctor Octopus! F-VF

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10 Things That Happened in the Civil War Comic That Definitely Won't Happen in the Movie

"The Ring" and "The Grudge" Crossover in New Japanese Horror Trailer

The trailer for "Sadako vs. Kayako" sees the Japanese "Ring" and "Grudge" crossover for the first time.

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New Marvel Teaser Heralds a Hero's Long-Awaited Return

Spinning out of "Avengers: Standoff," a hero will make a long-awaited return to Marvel Comics, and it appears they'll be connected to the Nova Corps.

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AMCs "Ride With Norman Reedus" Lands Premiere Date

The "Walking Dead" guests will hit the road with guests like Peter Fonda and Robert Rodriguez, as they explore motorcycle culture.

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NBC's 'Grimm' Gets Reduced Season 6 Order

With its 2016-17 drama lineup already filling up, the network has cut its initial order for the supernatural series to allow for scheduling flexibility.

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POLL: Who/What Was In the Rocket at the End of the "Supergirl" Finale?

"Supergirl's" Season 1 finale ended with the tease of a new Kryptonian space-pod in National City. What do you think's inside?

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This Mighty LEGO Voltron Emerges From Days of Long Ago

Voltron is needed once more, this time as a proposal submitted to LEGO Ideas for a set that combines five robot lions to for a 16-inch super robot.

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Chris Dingess Unleashes Sasquatches (Plural) in "Manifest Destiny"

The writer discusses Lewis and Clark's epic encounter with the the famed Bigfoot and how his take incorporates both mythology and Americana.

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"The Simpsons" Gets a Disney Makeover in Couch Gag by Animation Legend Eric Goldberg

Classic Disney animator Eric Goldberg has homaged the House of Mouse in a new "Simpsons" opening sequence.

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In the Name of the Moon! "Sailor Moon" is Coming to Funko Pop!

Sailor Moon will be fighting evil by moonlight and winning love by daylight in July with a new line of Pop! vinyl figures from Funko.

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Hawkgirl Wields Her Mace in "Legends of Tomorrow" Extended Trailer for "Leviathan"

Hawkgirl acquires her mace for battle with Vandal Savage in the latest, extended "Leviathan" promo.

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Pittman Explains How Two Decades in Animation Led to Visiting "Red's Planet"

Animation veteran Eddie Pittman tells CBR about his popular webcomic "Red's Planet" arriving to print this month and what he learned in the process.

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See a Stop-Motion Tribute to "Game of Thrones" Made Out of Paper

This elaborate stop-motion recreation of King's Landing from the hit drama's opening sequence required 7,600 paper cutouts.

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AfterShock Comics Celebrates One Year Anniversary With Two Sell-Out Comics

This Just Happened: Dad You're... Superman?!

This Just Happened: Dad, You're... Superman?!

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t read SUPERMAN: LOIS & CLARK #7 yet and don’t want to know what happens, stop reading this post now (spoilers ahead!)

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AMAZING SPIDERMAN #35 The Molten Man Regrets! Marvel Comic Book FN

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AMAZING SPIDERMAN #40 The End of Green Goblin! Marvel Comic Book VG

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Comic Book Legends Revealed: Did Spider-Man Fight a Foe Based on Prince?!

Did Marvel really create a Spider-villain based on Prince? And did Peter David nearly quit "Hulk" over Betty Banner's pregnancy being terminated?

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Dwayne Johnson Confirms "Jumanji" Remake He's Starring In

The Rock is set to star in Sony's reboot, which is to be directed by "Walk Hard's" Jake Kasdan.

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Comics A.M. - Hundreds Turn Out For Fan's Cosplay Funeral

Friends, family pay tribute to cosplayer. Looking at Vertigo's sales in wake of "restructuring." Advice for convention venues and hotels. Plus more.

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Kevin Smith Reflects on His Unreleased Prince Documentary

The "Clerks" director pays respect to the late artist, looking back on his unreleased doc about Prince's career.

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EXCL. PREVIEW: Marvel's "Haunted Mansion" #3 Reveals an Evil Plan

Joshua Williamson and Jorge Coelho make grim ghosts grin (and get really scary) in "Haunted Mansion," inspired by Disney's spookiest attraction.

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"Deadpool" Digital Release Moves Up to April 26

Ryan Reynolds announced that Fox's "Deadpool" film will be available to own digitally next Tuesday with a new graphic.

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"The Walking Deads" Steven Yeun Boards Bong Joon-hos "Okja"

The "Walking Dead" star joins Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano in the sci-fi film, which has begun shooting in South Korea.

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Gears of War Locust Sniper Action Figure Player Select / New / NECA

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Hot Toys DX08 The Joker BATMAN 1989 Jack Nicholson 1/6 Action Figure NIB

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Exclusive Preview: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #57

WATCH: The Evolution of Iron Man Over 50 Years of Television & Film

A new video shows the Stark evolution in film and TV, from 1966's "The Marvel Super Heroes" to 2016's "Civil War."

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The Line It Is Drawn: Hanna-Barbera Meets its Comic Book Match

The Line draws Hanna-Barbera characters meeting famous comic characters, including Kraven hunting Yogi Bear and Deadpool vs, Scrappy Doo & more!

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Lady Penelope Won't Give Up in "Thunderbirds Are Go" Exclusive Clip

Lady P and Parker refuse to let a snippy bureaucrat stand in their way in this SPINOFF-exclusive clip from the revival of the classic sci-fi series.

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World's First Snoopy Museum is Opening in Tokyo

A satellite of the Charles M. Schulz Museum, the Snoopy Museum is devoted to "Peanuts" and, specifically, that iconic beagle.

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Exclusive Preview: SONIC UNIVERSE #84

"X-Men's" Famke Janssen Wants To Play Jean Grey Alongside Sophie Turner

The original Jean Grey actress has pitched the idea of starring alongside "X-Men: Apocalypse's" younger version to producers.

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"Marvel's Most Wanted" Co-Star Andrade Promises an "Unpredictable" Series

Fernanda Andrade spoke with CBR News from the "Captain America: Civil War" premiere and offered insight about "Marvel's Most Wanted" and her role.

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COMIC REEL: Smith Calls "Flash" "Favorite Thing I've Ever Directed"; Evans Teases Spider-Man "Civil War" Scene

Kevin Smith says he's watched his "Flash" episode 50 times; Chris Evans praises Tom Holland and more.

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12 Monkeys: Year of the Monkey Review

By: Ashley Binion (@ashleybinion)

Finally the wait is over and 12 Monkeys is back. The series was a surprising, time-travel delight during its first season. “Year of the Monkey” was a fun debut episode for the sophomore season.

Warning: Spoilers ahead.

“Year of the Monkey” was a solid start to the second season. Let’s tell it how it is – the series is highly serialized. It’s not one of those shows that is mostly a procedural but has a little mythology sprinkled throughout. It’s the complete opposite. Since it is so serialized, it’s easy for a show like this to become so bogged down in its own mythology. Surprisingly, “Year of the Monkey” made the series relatively welcoming for a new viewer.

First, I’m going to start with a little Easter egg. Just in case you missed it, Madeleine Stowe was the person reading the voiceover at the very beginning of the episode. She was in Kathryn Railly in the movie version of 12 Monkeys. In season one, the series took their opening monologue and reused it in the finale. So, I’m expecting the second season’s opening monologue to return in the finale. I loved that a monologue at the very beginning of a season can mean one thing, then after a dozen episodes can take on an entirely different meaning. That kind of writing is on another level.

Much like many of the episodes in season one, “Year of the Monkey” was split between two different times: the present and the past. The present, 2016, storyline was a throwback to a comedic buddy cop show. From the beginning of the series, Cole and Ramse have been a dynamic pair. Even though their characters were split up toward the end of the season, as they had different end goals for the world, this episode put this pair back together to find Jennifer Goines. It’s hilarious that Cole now makes jokes about the huge “age gap” between him and Ramse.

What’s nice about the duo’s starting point for the season is that the first time we see them, they are in the middle of a mission. Instead of starting exactly where we left off with them, there have been months of time we haven’t seen. This allows for some fun nods to their adventures without directly seeing them.

While the guys were hunting down Jennifer, the audience picks up only days after her time-travel to the future. She and Dr. Jones are a great duo as well. This is the first time the two characters have gotten to interact. And Dr. Jones disintegrating that one guy? Yeah, that was pretty awesome.

Eventually, Cassie and Cole meet on top a rooftop. But for Cassie, it has been eight months since she has traveled to the future. From the last scene, it looks like Cassie and Cole have switched roles. Now Cassie is the one who will do whatever it takes to change the future. You can tell in those months something has changed in the former scientist. She now works a gun with precision and kills without any hesitation. Hopefully the series shows how she got to that point.

Once again, Jennifer Goines stole the episode with her adventures in speed dating. So good. She is such a fun character who never fails to disappoint whenever she is on screen.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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The Flash: Versus Zoom Review

By: Ashley Binion (@ashleybinion)

After a couple weeks off, The Flash returned with “Versus Zoom.” Up until this episode, the series has done little to develop Zoom as a character. However, “Versus Zoom” attempted to fix that.

Warning: Spoilers ahead.

“Versus Zoom” was the series’ chance to get audience members invested in the Zoom storyline. Until now, the show has had a hard time developing the Zoom character. There’s not one aspect of the storyline that hasn’t been a consistent problem. The main problem is that the writers just haven’t spent the time to develop him. Even in an episode titled “Versus Zoom,” he was only in two minutes throughout the first half of the episode. And those two minutes were a flashback to Hunter Zolomon as a child. I don’t understand what the writers are afraid of. Sure, probably no villain they’ll ever write will be as good as the Reverse-Flash, but come on, develop Zoom! He’s the big bad of the season and only now is the show giving him some type of backstory.

I feel like Zoom parallels Arrow’s Ra’s al Ghul problem. On Arrow, Ra’s was constantly spoken of, yet he was never fully around nor developed. Zoom has been a lot like that, but not fully to the extent of the absurdity of Ra’s. Zoom even had minions doing his bidding, exactly like Ra’s.

Zoom’s tactics are becoming really annoying. All he does is kidnap people. Let’s list the people he’s kidnapped: Jessie, Barry, Wally, the man in the iron mask (who now I’m starting to think is the real Jay), and now Caitlin. Can he please think of some other villainous thing to do? And why is this the second time this season Caitlin has gotten kidnapped?

I liked how the series made Hunter Zolomon’s backstory almost the same as Barry’s. It’s as if Zolomon is the alternate, evil version of Barry. If he didn’t have Joe and Iris, that’s the same dark path the scientist could have gone down. But because of the love and the home those two have given him, he is a hero. It’s a wonderful sentiment.

Cisco got a chunk of screen time in the episode. His subplot was quite nice. I wish it came in a different episode where it could have focused more on Cisco, but still it was a good change of pace for the character. He’s usually good for a laugh, but to see that he hasn’t gotten over being afraid of his powers reminds the audience that he is more than just comic relief and has some depth.

The Joe and Wally scenes were fantastic, especially when Wally called him dad. It was so adorable. Joe is always good for a tug-at-the-heartstrings moment.

And let’s not forget about Joe and Wells. I’m enjoying the improbable friendship blooming between the two. Anytime they put those Jesse L. Martin and Tom Cavanagh in a scene together it automatically brings the show to another level.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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