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Color artists Jeremiah Skipper and Alex Sinclair balance the palette well, allowing the more vibrant colors like that of Ghost Fist's green (yes, that's his name) to be tempered well by the world around it. Immortal Men #1 shows some potential for an interesting sci-fi/fantasy superhero odyssey, but the first issue fails to set up the[...]

Credit: Freeform Welcome back to another edition of Bleeding Cool's weekly recap/review of Freeform's Siren, Eric Wald and Dean White's mermaid fantasy-action drama So far, the show's gone two-for-two with back-to-back episodes that signal a strong, promising start to the series – but will it be "third time's the charm" or "third strike" with the season's[...]

As we near Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War, it's worth looking back at the stories that have helped in forming the film. The first of which we will look back at is Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin, George Perez, and Ron Lim. Does it hold up?

Wicked + Divine amps up the mystery of Anenke and Minerva while Persephone and the Norns escaping from Woden. Is it a good read?

April 4th, 2018 was a jam-packed week for big comic book releases and series beginnings. Xerxes, Isola, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Analog alone began their runs this week. What were wins? What were losses? We're going to count them down together here.

Following up on Bruce Langley's (Tech Boy) tweet "officially" announcing the start of production on American Gods Season 2, stars Ricky Whittle (Shadow Moon) and Yetide Badaki (Bilquis) took to the stage at C2E2 2018 to talk all things American Gods.

The betrothed find themselves on another world where two factions want them to kill one another. A mysterious man sends them home, but they are still being haunted. Is it a good read?

Xerxes opens up with his father, Darius launching an attack against Athenian and Ionian Greeks. Does it make for a good read?

Tolkien's world-renowned Lord of the Rings fantasy series Produced in conjunction with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, publisher HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema, the project will explore new storylines preceding The Fellowship of the Ring, with the option of an additional spinoff series based in and around Middle Earth. Now that we're almost five months out from the[...]

Credit: Freeform Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's weekly recap/review of Freeform's Siren,  Eric Wald and Dean White's mermaid fantasy-action drama After a very strong and promising start to the series, let's see if the the show builds upon it or suffers a second-episode sophomore slump with 'The Lure' But before we get to that, a quick sneak preview[...]

Rook and the queen of Maar, the latter of whom is trapped in the form of a colorful tiger, travel beast and hunter-ridden woods in search of a mythical island called Isola. Does it make for a good read?

Credit: (left): Kendall Whitehouse FremantleMedia North America is wasting no time taking advantage of their multi-year production deal with author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman), winning the television series rights to British author Mervyn Peake's sprawling fantasy novel series Gormenghast with Gaiman and Academy Award-winning writer Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: Discovery) attached Gaiman and Goldsman will serve as series[...]

This week Jeremy and Josh discuss comics like Doomsday Clock #4, Dark Knights: Metal #6, Daredevil #600, Saga #50, and Days of Hate #3. Also, they talk about why you should probably just read Terrifics #2 instead.

There are nuances, subtleties, and poetic qualities to the original story, and to a lesser degrees the movies, that set it apart from other revenge tales. The Crow: Memento Mori #1 is bad by even simple revenge fantasy standards The protagonist is smug His revenge scene is unappealing and a little sickening The comic plays everything straight,[...]

Bloodborne's comic venture continues with the Hunter and the Paleblood entering the Forbidden Woods. However, the Hunter is wounded by a creature, and the two wind up in Iosefka's Clinic.

The story has a direction, even if it's not necessarily an overarching conflict beyond that inherent in slavery. Highest House #2 art by Peter Gross and Fabian Alquier Peter Gross' art work is cartoonish and stylized, and yet it still has a rustic tint that fits the fantasy setting very well Each character has quirks in their[...]

Roosevelt and Houdini meet up with Lovecraft, and the rest of the Rough Riders find themselves under attack from supernatural forces. Is it a good read?

Saga reaches its 50th issue with Marko and Alana hiding out with their daughter, allies, and Prince Robot. Does it make for a good read?

While I'm sure there's a really great jaeger/host joke just ready to be dropped with an accompanying "ba-dum-ch," Oscar nominated actress Rinko Kikuchi looks less interested in jokes and much more interested in creating - not cancelling - the apocalypse.

The Justice League of America comes under attack from the time-traveling Chronos, an old enemy of the Atom. Does it make for a good read?

Dark Nights: Metal reaches its explosive finale as the Justice League reach the Forge of Worlds, but Barbatos is verging on the final stage of his plan. Is it a good ending?

Mera is confronted by Ocean Master about the conflict ongoing in Atlantis. Mera tries to keep Orm away given his violent streak. Is it a good read?

Black Panther finally confronts the Klaw alongside the Midnight Angels, Manifold, and the White Tiger. Meanwhile, Okoye tries to get through to Asira. Does it make for a good read?

Bleeding Cool was lucky enough to screen the first episode of Eric Wald and Dean White's mermaid fantasy-action drama; but before we get to that, a quick sneak preview and synopsis of the pilot from your friends at Freeform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZVLtc6TAHUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Siren | Season 1, Episode 1 Sneak Peek: We[...]

With less than a month to go before it's April 22 second season premiere, HBO has released the first full official trailer for Westworld's sophomore season. And as we can see from the preview below, Delos Destinations looks to have its hidden "sin" exposed by the hosts - by any means necessary.

That's where Freeform's stepping up in a big way, premiering their new mermaid fantasy-drama series Siren with a two-hour, two episode event. Credit: Freeform But this is far from your average mermaid story, as you'll see in the trailer below Eric Wald and Dean White's story has us thinking a lot less Splash and The Little Mermaid[...]

Credit: IDW It appears director Andy Muschietti's series pilot for his adaptation of writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodriguez's horror/fantasy comic book series Locke & Key is looking for a new home, with Hulu passing on the project Starring Frances O'Connor, Megan Charpentier, Jackson Robert Scott and Jack Mulhern, the Hill-written/Muschietti-directed pilot is now being pitched to other[...]

A pair of mysterious riders are killed within the city, and it's up to Usagi Yojimbo to discover what happened to them and the nature of the religion that's behind them. Is it a good read?

This installment of Regression finds Adrian having a one-on-one conversation with Wilson and being invited into his cult. Elsewhere, Molly and Anton seek help from a hypnotist. Does it make for a good read?

Things go sideways for Ezren and Harsk, and the other four go after them, only to run into monster-shaped troubles of their own. Pathfinder: Spiral of Bones #1 cover by Diego Galindo Pathfinder: Spiral of Bones #1 provides a deep fantasy adventure, practically tailor-made for the audience who plays RPG's (like Pathfinder itself) and MMO's As such,[...]