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The Dimension X Rangers explode in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II #4

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BOOM! Studios has revealed an exclusive first look at Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II #4, the penultimate issue of the highly anticipated sequel comic book series from acclaimed writer Ryan Parrott, fan-favorite artist Dan Mora, colorist Raúl Angulo, and letterer Ed Dukeshire. The sequel comic book series continues in the world of the hit crossover in the all-new adventure with fan-favorite teen fighting teams on March 29, 2023.

The penultimate issue heats up as the Mutant Rangers are in dire straits, but a familiar mentor brings new allies to turn the tide! But the battle also rages in Dimension X, where the hero and villain roles continue to blur as they fight old foes and unfamiliar monsters. The Mutant Rangers shouldn’t celebrate too soon though, as their worst enemy arrives in a monstrous new form!

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II #4 features main cover art by Dan Mora and variant covers by acclaimed illustrators Kevin Eastman & Freddie Williams II with Andrew Dalhouse, Jordan Gibson, Taurin Clarke, Paolo Rivera, Simone di Meo, Karen S. Darboe, E.M. Gist, Miguel Mercado, and Goñi Montes.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II #4

Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #2 is a great second issue

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Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #2

Puberty is one of those things that most of us would like to forget. During that time, our bodies went through changes and we didn’t know how to handle it. We also started to develop crushes, emotions at times out of control. Even with education, we often didn’t necessarily understand why those things started to happen.

We realized years later it was our bodies growing into who we would be as adults. I always wondered how would it be for supernatural creatures? Would they deal with the changes as frantically as we did?  In Bloodline: Daughter Of Blade #2, Brielle starts to find out about her abilities and her father arrives at the worst possible time.

We find Brielle in the middle of fighting Whitney, as she suspects that she is a vampire, as things get heated, Brielle’s vampire side comes out, causing Whitney to flee. The next day art school Whitney realizes that Brielle may be a dhampyr, which propels her to ask if they could hunt monsters together. Everything is not what it seems as Whitney tricked her into  going into a vampire nest. By the issue’s end, her father shows up  as he easily scares most of them away but Brielle’s hunger arises just as the two meet.

Overall, Bloodline: Daughter Of Blade #2 is a great second issue which shows not everyone has good intentions. The story by Danny Lore is exhilarating. The art by Karen S. Darboe, Cris Peter, and Joe Sabino is stunning. Altogether, it’s an issue and a story that will make fans re-watch the original Blade trilogy.

Story: Danny Lore Art: Karen S. Darboe
Color: Cris Peter Letterer: Joe Sabino
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

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Purchase: Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle

Bloodline: Daughter Of Blade #1 introduces a potential fan favorite

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Bloodline: Daughter Of Blade #1

Family is one of those things that we don’t have the luxury of forgetting. With friends, we can cut ties and have no reason to ever talk to them. Family is a little bit more complicated. As no matter the distance, you are bonded by blood.

This is where family history is almost as dramatic as a telenovela. Some family secrets can drive you over the edge. Then there are those secrets meant to keep someone safe. In the debut issue of Bloodline Daughter Of Blade, we find our protagonist who will soon realize that she is related to a famous superhero.

We meet Brielle Caulder, who goes from a kid who loves baseball  to someone who her teachers are intimidated by because of her intelligence, who are constantly in parent teacher meetings. Things suddenly change one day, when after going out with her mother, they are attacked by a vampire, and thankfully are able to vanquish them. She soon finds out vampires are everywhere and , including a new girl at school. By issue’s end, the man she knows of, as her father is on his way.

Overall, Bloodline: Daughter Of Blade #1 is an excellent debut issue which primes fans for what’s to come for the characters. The story by Lore is exciting. The art by the team is gorgeous. Altogether, a story that introduces what will be a fan favorite.

Story: Danny Lore Art: Karen S. Darboe
Color: Cris Peter Letterer: Joe Sabino
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

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Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1 kicks off with a fun debut

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Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1

When reading Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1, it’s hard to not think of a series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They’re both kids in high school fighting vampires while trying to balance a normal life. And like Buffy, there’s a bit of pop fun about the series and a bonus in that it adds a little more to the concept than we’ve seen before.

Written by Danny Lore, Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1 is a fun start and its focus is what makes it really work. Brielle is your average girl… beyond that whole Blade being her dad. She’s grown up and now experiencing strange powers which is helpful because there’s vampires all around she needs to deal with. Then there’s Brielle’s mom… who also knows there’s vampires and is an ass-kicker herself!? Wait, what?

Lore switches up the formula we’ve seen so many times with Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1 and it works really well. Instead of a teenage superhero gaining their powers and hiding them, the series folds in the parents early to create a different dynamic than we’re used to. It’s a surprising twist that makes the debut stand out from what could easily have been a standard concept. They mother/daughter relationship is what makes this debut so well in that it extends to school and an administration that’s a little hostile towards Brielle. It takes familiar concepts and ideas and twists them more than enough to make things really interesting.

The art by Karen S. Darboe with color by Cris Peter and lettering by Joe Sabino helps with the concept. The style is one that I’d expect more in a BOOM! comic than Marvel and it works so well for the story and focus. There’s a look to it that fits its youthful focus and it does an excellent job of going from 0 to 60 turning mother/daughter time into mother/daughter kicking ass time. There’s also a solid focus on the reactions of everyone from a look on their face to the body language to drive home what’s on their mind.

Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1 is a fun debut with some youthful energy and story decisions that makes it stand out. Instead of going the familiar route, it changes things up keeping readers on their toes. Blade and the Vampire Nation have been getting more of a focus lately and here’s to hoping this series continues the solid storytelling they’ve been delivering so far.

Story: Danny Lore Art: Karen S. Darboe
Color: Cris Peter Letterer: Joe Sabino
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

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Brielle Brooks is ready to slay on this Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1 cover

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After arriving on the scene earlier this year in Free Comic Book Day: Avengers/X-Men, Brielle Brooks, the daughter of Blade, will headline her own series this February! Announced at New York Comic Con, Bloodline: Daughter of Blade will reunite the character’s creators, writer Danny Lore and artist Karen S. Darboe, for a five-issue saga that serves as Brielle’s fascinating origin story and her thrilling journey to becoming Marvel’s next great antihero! Not only will readers witness Brielle develop shocking new vampiric powers, but they’ll also find out exactly where she stands with her iconic father and whether she’ll live up to his legacy or give in to her dangerous new hunger! Right now, fans can check out the cover by Ryan Stegman for the highly-anticipated debut issue!

Be there in February when Brielle Brooks discovers the truth about her lineage and embraces her dark destiny in Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1!

Bloodline: Daughter of Blade #1

Review: Crypt of Shadows #1

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Crypt of Shadows #1

When it comes to holidays, there is nothing like Halloween. Before cosplaying became as accepted as it is now, this was the only day most people could become someone else. Costumes can show the other sides of people. As you get older, you take for granted, the ignorance of youth and how something as simple as dressing in a costume can be… freeing.

Fast forward to today, and the world now exists where dressing up ay as your favorite character is not only accepted but encouraged. This is huge when you think of how the children of today will have a better sense of self than most of us did growing up. I remember watching all those Halloween specials growing up, and have wondered where they all went. As much as we’ve gained in cosplay, we’ve lost those “special events”. In Crypt Of Shadows #1, we find our favorite heroes of the Marvel Universe in some spooky situations.

In “The Crypt Of Shadows”, a séance goes wrong, unearthing ghosts that come back for what they feel is theirs. In “Werewolf by Moon Knight”, Moon Knight gets in the middle of a brawl between two werewolves. In “Skin Crawl”, Morbius and Jinx take down a demon. In “Down Came The Rain”, Elsa Bloodstone and Johnny Storm traverse a underground tunnel to save Spider-Man. In “Endless Slaughter in the Infinite Swamp”, Man Thing and X-23 get stuck in a battle that lasts forever. In the last story “Neither Big Nor Bad”, our heroes gets caught up in an unknown and unseen evil.

Overall, Crypt of Shadows #1 is a fun set of stories which will have readers ready for All Hallow’s Eve. The stories by the different creators are exciting. The art by the different creators are gorgeous. Altogether, this book will remind readers exactly why we all get excited for this time of the year.

Story: Al Ewing, Danny Lore, Rebecca Roanhorse, Chris Cooper, Chris Condon, Adam Warren
Art: Ramon Bachs, Karen S. Darboe, Geoff Shaw, Ibrahim Moustafa, Fran Galán, Adam Warren
Color: Rain Beredo, Cris Peter, Arif Prianto, Neeraj Menon, James Campbell, Guru-eFX
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Story: 10 Art: 10 Overall: 10 Recommendation: Buy

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NYCC 2022: The Daughter of Blade, Bishop leading an X-Men team, and Silver Surfer: Ghost Light debuts!

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At New York Comic Con, the Marvel’s Voices: The World Outside Your Window panel revealed three all-new limited series coming in February! Launching during Black History Month, these series will spotlight iconic and newly introduced Black heroes in thrilling sagas brought to the page by an all-star lineup of Black creators!

Introduced earlier this year in Free Comic Book Day: Avengers/X-Men, the daughter of Blade makes her long-awaited return in Bloodline: Daughter of Blade by the new hero’s creators, writer Danny Lore and artist Karen S. Darboe. Brielle Brooks is a good kid, no matter what her teachers say–it’s not her fault she’s developing vampiric super powers and the undead want to brawl! And as if problems at school aren’t enough, Bri’s got a wild ride ahead of her… she’s about to discover she’s the daughter of the infamous vampire hunter and Daywalker known as BLADE!

Eisner award winner John Jennings and artist Valentine De Landro introduce a new Marvel Super Hero 54 years in the making in Silver Surfer: Ghost Light! Toni Brooks and her family have moved into the quiet town of Sweetwater. But nothing is quite what it seems with their new home. What mystery did Toni and her family unravel that would call upon the Sentinel of the Spaceways—the Silver Surfer?! And just who or what is GHOST LIGHT? Featuring a cover by Taurin Clarke.

From celebrated TV writer J. Holtham and artist Sean Damien Hill comes a blockbuster brawl with the fate of all Krakoa at stake! See the X-Men like you’ve never seen them before in Bishop: War College! Krakoa is an island paradise, and it’s a vulnerable one…but not with Lucas Bishop on the case! Armor, Surge, Cam Long, Aura Charles, Amass – these are his students. Their course objective: Get strong. Defend the island. Keep Mutantkind safe. Their first lesson: HOW TO FAIL. And they’ll do it in spectacular Marvel fashion. What does any of that have to do with Bishop’s vision of the X-Men – and this new X-Men team? Featuring a cover by Ken Lashley.

Master Hunts Pupil in Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #4

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BOOM! Studios has released the first look at Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #4, the final issue in the four-issue series from comic and screenwriter Mairghread Scott, artists Fabiana Mascolo and Jacques Salomon, colorist Francesco Segala with Gloria Martinelli, and letterer Ed Dukeshire, about the deadly Liliana Vess and the hidden planeswalker she discovers who will change the fate of the entire multiverse forever, available on July 27, 2022.

In the stunning climax, Isona Maive, the recently released Hidden Planeswalker, plans a reckless mission in the most dangerous corner of the multiverse—hoping to save her home plane, even if it imperils the rest of the multiverse. With Liliana’s pupil at the mercy of Tezzeret’s poisonous and misleading whispers, will Liliana have the strength to be a hero, even if it makes her feel like a villain?

Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #4 features main and variant cover art by acclaimed artist Karen S. Darboe, Yanick Paquette with Mat Lopes, Ario Anindito, as well as a set of connecting variant cover art by award-winning illustrator Miguel Mercado.

Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #4

Final Covers Revealed for the Explosive Last Issue of Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker

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BOOM! Studios has revealed the main and variant covers for Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #4, the latest issue in the four-issue comic book series from comic book and screenwriter Mairghread Scott, artists Fabiana Mascolo and Jacques Salomon, colorist Francesco Segala with Gloria Martinelli, and letterer Ed Dukeshire, about the deadly Liliana Vess and the hidden planeswalker she discovers who will change the fate of the entire multiverse forever, available on July 27, 2022.

In the stunning climax, Isona Maive, the recently released Hidden Planeswalker, plans a reckless mission in the most dangerous corner of the multiverse—hoping to save her home plane, even if it imperils the rest of the multiverse. With Liliana’s pupil at the mercy of Tezzeret’s poisonous and misleading whispers, will Liliana have the strength to be a hero, even if it makes her feel like a villain?

Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #4 features main and variant cover art by acclaimed artist Karen S. Darboe, Yanick Paquette with Mat Lopes, Ario Anindito, as well as a set of connecting variant cover art by award-winning illustrator Miguel Mercado.

A Mysterious Secret Hidden for Decades is Revealed in Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #2

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BOOM! Studios has released a first look at Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #2, the next issue in a brand new four-issue comic book series from comic book and screenwriter Mairghread Scott, artists Fabiana Mascolo and French Carlomagno, colorist Francesco Segala with Gloria Martinelli, and letterer Ed Dukeshire, about the deadly Liliana Vess and the hidden planeswalker she discovers who will change the fate of the entire multiverse forever, available on May 25, 2022.

Liliana’s hunt for the mysterious planeswalker begins! She races to the legendary hero’s home plane, determined to find her before the Master of Metal twists her unique powers to his terrible purposes. But this dangerous new plane holds secrets of its own, and eyes frozen shut will open for the first time in fifty years…

Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #2 features main cover art by acclaimed artist Karen S. Darboe as well as a set of connecting variant cover art by award-winning illustrator Miguel Mercado, and variant covers by star artists Valentina Remenar, and Yanick Paquette with Mat Lopes.

Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker #2
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