Comic Books

‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 1’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: The top 10

Concluding the countdown of my top 40 “Star Wars” comic stories, here are my top 10: 10. “Dark Empire” Six-issue series, 1991-92, Tom Veitch, Cam

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: Nos. 20-11

Continuing the countdown of my top 40 “Star Wars” comic stories, here are Nos. 20-11: 20. “Jango Fett: Open Seasons” Four-issue series, 2002, Haden Blackman,

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: Nos. 30-21

Continuing the countdown of my top 40 “Star Wars” comic stories, here are Nos. 30-21: 30. “The Dynasty Trap” “Jabba the Hutt” Issue 3, 1995,

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John’s top 40 ‘Star Wars’ comic book stories: Nos. 40-31

Earlier this year, I ranked my top 40 “Star Wars” books. But the 40th anniversary year isn’t over yet, so over the next four days,

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘The Dust Waltz’ (1998) and ‘Ring of Fire’ (2000) (Comic book reviews)

Dark Horse didn’t have much doubt about how well its “Buffy” comics would sell. Rather than tiptoeing into the waters, the company released its first

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘BTVS Classic’ Issues 21-27 (2000) (Comic book reviews)

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic” finds its groove with Issues 21-27 (May-November 2000), ironically a time period when it doesn’t have a regular writer (Andi Watson

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘BTVS Classic’ Issues 12-20 (1999-2000) (Comic book reviews)

Issues 12-20 (August 1999-April 2000) of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic” consist mostly of further “Buffy”-lite stylings from main writer Andi Watson. But this batch is

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘BTVS Classic’ Issues 1-11 (1998-99) (Comic book reviews)

Today, comics are the home for the further adventures of Buffy, but the Slayer and her friends got off to an inauspicious start in the

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘The Origin’ (1999) (Comic book review)

Dark Horse’s “Buffy” comics have been canonical for the past decade, but the first story that is officially part of the canon came out much

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