Paul Cornell brings his first arc of Captain Britain - and with it, his obligatory Secret Invasion tie-in - to an end, and I have to say - what with making references to Clerks and Jasper Fforde in Fantastic Four : True Story and now this, he’s rapidly edging himself among my favourite writers currently [...]

Despite all the crossovers going on, it’s somehow a quiet week for comics. That, to you and me, means that it’s time to take a chance on some new series - and this week, we’re in luck. The first of Paul “Captain Britain” Cornell’s new Fantastic Four miniseries is out, and it is, in technical [...]

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!