A small week because Seb’s still on holiday, but there’s still plenty inside, including Russian Sitcoms, Thunderbolts, Neil Gaimen on Batman, the Watchmen trailer AND a Paul Cornell interview!

Alright, forget the cautious optimism of my last review. Let’s have our cards right out on the table – Captain Britain and MI:13 is the successor to Ultimates 2 as Marvel’s best current ongoing superhero comic, Paul Cornell is absolutely brilliant, and in a world where All-Star Batman and Ultimates 3 top sales charts, it’s [...]

Following the quite surprising media “storm” brought about by the appearance of Gordon Brown in issue #1 (something that yours truly, who was reading the comic anyway, hadn’t even spotted), Paul Cornell’s Captain Britain and MI:13 suddenly finds itself under something of a spotlight. It’s a good job, then, that it’s already proving to be [...]

 
Various European Spidermen, a user’s perspective on the newsarama overhaul, yet more reportage on the Captain Britain media storm the UK is weathering, a quick look at an interesting new “beginners guide to comics” and the usual Den of Geek links! All in today’s (just scraping in on) Sunday Pages!

Captain Britain launches off the back of Secret Invasion as Pete Wisdom and Skrull John uncover a Skrull infiltrator in the British government. Over the course of the issue, Cornell introduces his cast, showing them all responding to the Skrull threat in their own ways. After Young X-men and Mighty Avengers have both done generic “round [...]

Do you like Starman? Do you like Paul Cornell and the Fantastic Four? If so, there’s probably something worth reading in here, I guess. If nothing else, why not come in and read my latest Alternate Cover column? A must for people who like the Buffy and Angel comic, though an even bigger must for [...]