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‘City Fall’ Tensions Rise In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #23 [Preview]
‘City Fall’ Tensions Rise In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #23 [Preview]
‘City Fall’ Tensions Rise In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #23 [Preview]
Two heroes are down as Shredder advances his plot to take New York City in next week's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #23. Writers Tom Waltz and Kevin Eastman's "City Fall" storyline kicked off last month, giving fans a taste of what kind of shocking transformation may be in store for one of the Green machines, and this month artist Mateus Santolouco (along with alternate cover artists Dan Duncan, Andy Kuhn, Ben Bates, Ross Campbell and Dave Wachter) turns up the tension as a team short on allies prepares to confront multiple foes.
Pinkie Pie Is Gonna Take You To Clown Town In ‘My Little Pony Micro-Series’ #5 [Preview]
Pinkie Pie Is Gonna Take You To Clown Town In ‘My Little Pony Micro-Series’ #5 [Preview]
Pinkie Pie Is Gonna Take You To Clown Town In ‘My Little Pony Micro-Series’ #5 [Preview]
While the full cast of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic have been up to Moon-based shenanigans over in their ongoing series, they're also galloping through solo adventures in the pages of the My Little Pony Micro-Series. It's been a series of one-shot adventures where Twilight Sparkle has dealt with an agoraphobic novelist, Rainbow Dash has slugged it out with weather goblins, and now, it's Pinkie Pie's turn.
War Wages In Dimension X In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #18 [Preview]
War Wages In Dimension X In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #18 [Preview]
War Wages In Dimension X In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #18 [Preview]
There are places that are nice to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. There are also places that are... terrible to visit, terrible to live and completely miserable to be stranded in. For Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, their newfound Neutrino allies and the Fugitoid, Dimension X is totally that kind of place in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #18 - especially as General Krang and
The Neutrinos Join The Fray In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #17 [Preview]
The Neutrinos Join The Fray In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #17 [Preview]
The Neutrinos Join The Fray In ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #17 [Preview]
When IDW supplied us with an early look at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17 by Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz and Ben Bates, I confess I gave brief pause. I was stoked to see the relaunched comics debut of the previously 1987 animated series-centric Neutrinos, but wasn't sure how the characters would be incorporated into a series that's a bit more rooted in classic comics continuity...
‘New Crusaders’ Artist Ben Bates on Designing the Future of a Franchise [Interview]
‘New Crusaders’ Artist Ben Bates on Designing the Future of a Franchise [Interview]
‘New Crusaders’ Artist Ben Bates on Designing the Future of a Franchise [Interview]
Archie Comics is bringing its Red Circle line back in a big way in 2012 with New Crusaders by Ian Flynn and artist Ben Bates. Part of an upcoming iVerse powered app that will house serialized installments of the New Crusaders series, along with a library of previously published Red Circle material, these new six-page tales will star legacy heroes working under the direction of the first Shield af
‘New Crusaders’ Writer Ian Flynn on the Return of Archie Comics’ Red Circle Heroes [Interview]
‘New Crusaders’ Writer Ian Flynn on the Return of Archie Comics’ Red Circle Heroes [Interview]
‘New Crusaders’ Writer Ian Flynn on the Return of Archie Comics’ Red Circle Heroes [Interview]
Coming in 2012, Archie Comics' Red Circle characters return to regular adventures in New Crusaders, an ongoing digital series by writer Ian Flynn and artist Ben Bates. Establishing a new continuity inspired by many of the classic Red Circle stories told over the years, the book will follow the adventures of a young team of legacy heroes lead by the original Shield, who spring into action after the
Justin Aclin Takes Aim with ‘S.H.O.O.T. First’ in MySpace Dark Horse Presents
Justin Aclin Takes Aim with ‘S.H.O.O.T. First’ in MySpace Dark Horse Presents
Justin Aclin Takes Aim with ‘S.H.O.O.T. First’ in MySpace Dark Horse Presents
Next month's 35th and final issue of MySpace Dark Horse Presents doesn't mean the end of new ideas springing - or in one case shooting - forth from the publisher. On June 2, writer Justin Aclin ("Twisted ToyFare Theater," "Hero House") and artist Ben Bates ("Sonic the Hedgehog") unveil an all-new team of paranormal exterminators ripe with ongoing potential in "S.

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