Comic Books

‘Star Wars’ flashback: Brian Wood’s ‘Star Wars’ Issues 1-12 (2013) (Comic book reviews)

As proven earlier this year when Marvel’s relaunch of the saga broke sales records, Issue No. 1s of series simply titled “Star Wars” draw a

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Rebellion’ Issues 0-14 (2006-08) (Comic book reviews)

Last year’s creation of the Lucasfilm Story Group to make all future stories tie together was the biggest reorganizing of continuity in “Star Wars” history,

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Suicide Run’ (1998) (Comic book review)

Before I delve into the 21st century “Terminator” media, there’s one last 20th century item worth noting: “Suicide Run,” a 10-page story in “Dark Horse

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator’ (2000) (Comic book review)

“Alien versus Predator versus The Terminator” (2000) – the final installment of Dark Horse’s second stint with the Terminator” license – is a fun romp that

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Superman versus The Terminator: Death to the Future’ (2000) (Comic book review)

Writer Alan Grant started his 13-issue run on “The Terminator” with the gritty, adult-oriented “Death Valley,” then followed it up with the shallow “The Dark

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘The Dark Years’ (1999) (Comic book review)

“The Dark Years” (1999) is the most inaccurately titled series of the “Terminator” saga so far. The title calls to mind times of hopelessness and misery,

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Death Valley’ (1998) (Comic book review)

Dark Horse’s first entry in its second stint with the “Terminator” license, “Death Valley” (1998) is an entertaining piece of tech-noir heavily caked with the desert dust

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Nuclear Twilight’ (1995-96) (Comic book review)

“All My Future’s Past” (1990) chronicled the time travel that led to the events of “The Terminator,” but then the sequel and a bunch of

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘Cybernetic Dawn’ (1995-96) (Comic book review)

For some reason, the first further adventures based on “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” didn’t come out until four years after the film. In a nice

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘RoboCop versus The Terminator’ (1992) (Comic book review)

Dark Horse closes out the first of its three stints with the “Terminator” license with the saga’s first crossover: “RoboCop versus The Terminator” (1992). Later, “The Terminator”

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