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Basilisk #4

It’s Labor Day here in the US, but we have a packed day full of news and reviews for you. We’ll be back tomorrow for a full day but stay tuned as we still have a lot coming at you today. While you hopefully relax, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

The Beat – ComiXology Submit will transition into Kindle Direct Publishing – Not too surprising.

Smash Pages – Substack will integrate their comics into the Panels app – Which makes the point of the whole email aspect… what?

Reviews

That Hashtag Show – Basilisk #4
Monkeys Fighting Robots – Crime Comics Confidential
CBR – King Spawn #1
ICv2 – Pokemon: Sword & Shield Vol. 1
Laughing Place – Star Wars: The High Republic #9
Laughing Place – Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #8

Preview: Crime Comics Confidential

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Crime Comics Confidential

(W) Various (A) John Buscema, Alex Toth, Gene Colan, Bernie Krigstein, Reed Crandall, Everett Raymond Kinstler, VARIOUS
In Shops: Sep 01, 2021
SRP: $39.99

Relive the days when gangsters ruled the streets in this gripping collection of notorious vintage pre-Code crime comics!

True life criminals Al Capone, Legs Diamond, Pretty Boy Floyd, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, and John Dillinger are featured alongside colorful pulp fiction characters with rods ablaze. These mobsters flaunted their sexy gun molls and ill-gotten gains of big cars and fancy suits, living outside the law until getting their just desserts in the end.

Features masterful creators Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Fred Guardineer, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bernie Krigstein, Mort Meskin, Bob Powell, John Prentice, Mike Sekowsky, Leonard Starr, Marvin Stein, Alex Toth, and many others. These Senate-investigated stories are fully restored-over 20 full comic stories in all!

Crime Comics Confidential