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AGENT ICARUS
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Creators: Scott Claringbold and Anthony Mercer
Pages: 24,
Format: US Colour Cover
This comic is actually quite hard to categorise.
It contains elements of horror, fantasy, and adventure. Scott has written a fast moving sci fi adventure, which has been brought to life by the dark, moody pen of Anthony Mercer.
If you liked Anthony's work in "Tales Of Urban Horror", then you'll love this.
ANGEL NEBULA
Creator: Tony McGee,
Pages: 24 - 32
Format: A5 B/W
At first everyone wondered what Tony was doing with this highly cerebral sci fi epic. Then when issue #9 was finally published all was revealed.... or was it? Reminiscent of both the original Alien movie and B movies of the early eighties, this comic enjoys a spooky atmospheric style that sucks the reader right in.
Tony's inking style reminded me of Tom Palmer and early Dan Green work, and he seems to display a natural ability for storytelling.
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ARMAGEDDON PATROL: "First Mission"
Publisher: Alchemy Texts
Pages: 32
Format: US Colour Cover
In this three part mini series, mutated children with 'extra human powers', were born to U.S. service personnel present in the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Japanese cities at the end of World War two. They have been kept secret from the public, contained and studied at the Government's research centre, Darkwing in Kansas. Now, in 1967, six of those children have been formed into an experimental fighting unit and sent to Vietman.
Recommended for mature readers
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TITLE: ARMAGEDDON PATROL: FATAL MISTAKES
Publisher: Alchemy Texts, Pages: 32
Format: US Colour Cover
More stories from the pen of John A Short.
This - the first of two Armageddon Patrol Special editions - features the art of Alex Paterson, Simon Ecob and Chris Askham in four self contained stories. All set in the late summer of 1967 Vietnam.
Recommended for mature readers
Price: £2.30
TITLE: ARMAGEDDON PATROL: LIFE & DEATH
Publisher: Alchemy Texts, Pages: 32
Format: US Colour Cover
Featuring more great art from Simon Ecob and Alex Paterson, this special edition chronicles the early training days of Armageddon Patrol, and highlights their comanding officer Maiden America. We are also treated to a reprint of her first appearence guest starring the legendary Octobriana with art by Craig John.
Recommended for mature readers
Price: £2.70
Creator: Tony Wright, Pages: 24
Format: A4 B/W
This fast paced action/sci fi romp has recieved excellent reviews, both in the small press community and Comics International. It contains both well written stories with original characters and contorting plot lines, along with a confident and eye pleasing penciling and iinking style. Tony has created an intricate cast of supporting characters and a strange, and fully realised, alternate Earth for them to live on. There's also plenty of action and gore to keep the bloodthirsty among you satisfied.
Recommended to Readers over 16
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TITLE: BLACK FLAG
Publisher: Brigid's Hearth Press, Pages: 24
Format: A5 Colour Cover
At the close of the first decade of the 21st Century, the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Northern Ireland existed only in name. The consistent failures of successive governments over the past 15 years had brought about a shift in attitude among the young and radical.
And from the ashes of the riots, a terrorist became a hero to the under trodden: One Georgina Macdubhgaill, AKA The Black Flag.
Recommended for mature readers
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TITLE: FRONTIERS
Creator: Tony McGee, Pages: 24 -32, Format: A5 B/W
From the creator of the acclaimed Angel Nebula comes a science fiction series that is another carefully written, and stylishly illustrated comic.
You really need to watch the panels on this one, especially issue #3, which contains a brilliantly claustrophobic story in which a certain character seems to be trapped in a frustrating time loop.
Tony's art continues to improve, and his storytelling is as well paced as ever. If only Hollywood would give him $100,000000 to make a movie.
We can but dream.
Recommended for mature readers
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TITLE: FUTURE QUAKE
Creators: Arthur Wyatt plus various. Pages: 36, Format: A4 B/W
Don't let the amateur appearance of this science fiction and horror anthology fool you. Inside is a treat of professional artwork by some of the UK's most interesting creators. Contributors include: PJ Holden, Adrian Bamforth, and Matt Timson, and some very promising new artists, who work together with writer Art Wyatt, to bring you a solid collection of powerful, and some times shocking, stories.
Recommended for mature readers
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TITLE: THE IMMORTALS
Creators: Chris Atkins and Ed Doyle, Pages: 20
Format: A4 Colour Cover
This action packed 12 issue limited series from the publisher of SF REVOLUTION and the artist of Quest Of Kazana, is a very promising debut. It's obvious that Ed loved drawing every panel, and because he and Chris are having such fun making this comic it rubs off on the reader. The story has echoes of early Judge Dredd, and Johny Alpha stories, with Ed's bold line work contributing to the similarities.
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Creator: Roger Mason, Pages: 40, Format: A5 b/w interiors
It's another day over the steel, sweating rooftops of Order Nine, the giant alien canning factory, where the human beings are The Mice.
The human probelm is getting out of hand. With top clients The Solar Market coming to inspect the site, Heath and Safety breating down their neck and a band of rampaging guerilla mice on the loose, Cota decides the marigolds are off and gets in a specialist.
"...this is a gem and worth seeking out" - Bugpowder
"Small press comics at it's absolute best" - Comics International
Price: £2.50
Creator: Roger Mason
Pages: 40, Format: A5 b/w interiors
In Mud the Mice leave the site and journey into the wild and endless fieldswhich surround it. Something is out there; something that will change the course of human and alien history forever.
Meanwhile, the factory manager is hiding away in the lab performing grisly experiments. The humans aren't going to like it, to say nothing of Health & Saftey.
"...it is that unbelievably rare thing, a fairly original idea." - Zum
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Creators: Jay Bonnie plus various artists. Pages: 24
Format: Issue #3: A5 , Issue# 2 A4, Colour Covers
The Ministry is a three issue limited series that introduces us to a large cast of characters and a secret international organisation protecting society against supernatural forces and generally unconventional menaces.
" Good storytelling " - Comics International.
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Creator: Adrian Smith, Pages: 32, Format: US B/W
Here we have an interesting mix of manga style artwork, with a script that definitely feels British small press.
The production values are very high, with a glossey cover, and excellent printing quality.
The story reminded me of early Power Pack issues, which I enjoyed tremendously as a teenager.
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Creators: Dave West and various artists and writers. Pages: 32 - 36, Format: Issues 1 -7: US B/W, and Colour Cover from then on.
This ones got it all: An intelligently written script, that keeps you involved, by teasing you with the smallest snippets of information;
Highly experimental artwork that dares to tell a story in a different way;
And a slick design, both interior and exterior, that makes the whole package excellent value for money. Over the last 2 years reviewers have been praising this comic for it's consistency and quality:
" Outstanding " - Comics International
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TITLE: OMNIVISTASCOPE
Publisher: Paul Scott, Pages: 68, Format: A4 Colour Card Cover Perfect Bound
If you're a publisher of science fiction anthologies, and you want to see how should be done, then you need to buy this perfect bound slice of comic book brilliance..
The art is of the highest quality I've seen in any anthology and there's a healthly mix of style and sub genre.
The outstanding production values only add to an already sublime piece of comic book sci fi.
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RAGAMUFFINS: "STITCHES IN TIME"
(One Shot)
£2.50
Publishers: Time Bomb Comics
Creators: Steve Tanner and Andy Dodd
Format: US B/W Interiors
Pages: 28
Time - an infinite chronal tapestry with endless interwoven strands that occasionally fray, work loose, or tear completely forming rips on time.
What that happens the tear could spread, ripping outwards and causing devastating anomalies. The chronoverse has to be repaired - fast!
That can only be done by the Ragamuffins: Gorgeous George, Ruby Redd, Pussywillow, and Lord Kevin, pan dimensional paradoxers tasked with the concerns, care and repaier of universal time.
TITLE: SACRIFICE
Creators: Daniel Hartwell & Kirsty Swan, Pages: 8, Format: A5 Colour Cover
This little mini 'Future Shock' style comic, is an interesting debut from both artist and writer, and promises much for future publications.
Well worth a look at this low price.
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Publisher: Engine Comics, Creator: Marc Olivent Format: A4 B/W interiors, Pages: 40
In a future Earth occupied by aliens for hundreds of years, rag tag band of resistance fighters, the abused , tortured and genetically meddled with, decide that enough is enough and rise up against the invaders.
Recommended for mature readers
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Price: £2.00
Publisher: Markosia, Creators: Tony Lee, Mike Bowden and Kieran Oats
Format: US, Full Colour, Pages: 36
The Starship Troopers are back in the thick of it once again. With Sergent Lock imprisoned for murder, Will Tanner's Tamari's Tigers are sent on their next mission. When accidents that can not be explained happen, Will realises that someone wants him dead - and will do so at any cost, including the safety of his friends.
Suitable for older teenagers and adults
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Creators: Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, Pages: 32
Format: US Colour Comic
"Good science fiction is hard to come by, but Venditti’s blend of technology, crime drama and social commentary makes for the most original sci-fi mythology in years. The Surrogates should satisfy your post-‘Matrix’ itch. Accept no substitutes!" -- Jake Rossen, Wizard Magazine
The year is 2054, and life has been reduced to a data feed. The fusing of virtual reality and cybernetics has ushered in the era of the surrogate, a new technology that lets users interact with the world without ever leaving their homes. It’s a perfect world, and it’s up to Detectives Harvey Greer and Pete Ford of the Metro Police Department to keep it that way. But to do so they’ll need to stop a techno-terrorist bent on returning society to a time when people lived their lives instead of merely experiencing them.
In the tradition of William Gibson and Philip K. Dick, The Surrogates is more than just an action story with sci-fi trappings. Applying familiar tropes in unfamiliar ways, The Surrogates is about progress and whether there exists a tipping point at which technological advancement will stop enhancing and start hindering our lives. It is also a commentary on identity, the Western obsession with physical appearance, and the growing trend to use science as a means of providing consumers with beauty on demand.
Now optioned as a major motion picture starring Bruce Willis!
RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE READERS
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