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Aquaman: The Movie, starring Gerard Butler
As you might have guessed from this Photoshop job, I'm getting pretty excited about the prospect of a Justice League film. I think 300 proved that Gerard Butler has what it takes to play a Warrior...
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Justice League #22: "Who is trying to impute the Man of Steel?"
SPOILERS FOR JUSTICE LEAGUE #22Certain comic book news websites have attempted to stir up some controversy regarding Justice League #22 this week. Apparently there's no such thing as bad publicity but...
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Paul's Purchases! 31/07/13
During the past year I've got into the habit of doing mini reviews of my weekly comics haul on Twitter. Recently however I've decided to spend a bit less time on Twitter and so I figured I'd start...
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Paul's Purchases! 07/08/13
A few random thoughts that struck me while reading through my comics purchases. This week I've read:Action Comics #23Earth 2 #15Superior Spider-Man #15Warning, there may be spoilers!Action Comics...
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John Byrne's head found in alien trophy collection!
I'm currently making my way through Tom DeFalco & Paul Ryan's excellent (and underrated) '90s run on Fantastic Four. Last night, as I was reading Fantastic Four #359 (1991), I found a particularly...
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Bat-ffleck, Luthor, Man of Steel 2, and the Justice League Movie!
The hero Gotham deservesI know a lot of people are mad about the recent announcement that Ben Affleck has been cast as Batman in the upcoming sequel to Man of Steel. Personally I couldn't be more...
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The Best of this Blog
I wanted to put links to the articles on this blog that I'm most happy with all in one place. Is that egotism or narcissism? Probably. I don't care.Three Comics That Shaped My Life“That’s Not...
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What If Different Actors Had Played Doctor Who?
In 1963 William Hartnell became the first actor to play the lead role in the greatest television programme of all time, Doctor Who. He was followed over the next 50 years by Patrick Troughton, Jon...
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The Best, The Worst, and The Most Underrated of Doctor Who
This year the greatest TV show ever made, Doctor Who, is fifty years old. For any newcomers to Who fandom, fifty years worth of TV might seem a little daunting. With this in mind I thought I'd compile...
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In Defence of Dan Didio's stance on heroic sacrifice & marriage in DC Comics
DC Comics' Co-Publisher Dan Didio has come under fire from fans in the past few months for his views on heroism and personal sacrifice. As Didio himself put it in Necessary Evil, the recent documentary...
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Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time
David Bradley as William HartnellTonight Mark Gatiss' drama about the early years of Doctor Who, An Adventure in Space and Time will air on BBC2. I was leafing through some old issues of Doctor Who...
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Is Doctor Who Sexist?
A guest post from my good pal EmmaDoctor Who has been all over the place lately and I couldn't be happier. Like most people, I'm able to dismiss the negative (usually ill-informed) nay sayers and...
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The Day of The Valeyard
On the 23rd of November 2013, The Day of the Doctor, the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, was simulcast around the world. I'm not going to offer a critique, suffice to say I REALLY BLOODY LOVED...
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Scott Lobdell & MariNaomi
I was disappointed to hear about Scott Lobdell’s behaviour towards cartoonist MariNaomi at the the Prism Comics panel at the Long Beach Comic-Con. While it's good that he apologised, it's a pity that...
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Incidentally...
....Happy Christmas to all of you at home! It's been Doctor Who's 50th year & Superman 's 75th, and on the whole it's been a good year for me. Hope all of you can say the same. Lots of love to you...
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Time of the Doctor and the Death of the Sixth Doctor (that's right, Sixth!)
I'm still reeling from Time of the Doctor. I loved it but need to watch it again to fully form my thoughts on it. So instead of a review I'm going to use information gleaned from the episode to further...
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Spot the Doc!
I've been fiddling about with Photoshop. Can you find new Doctor, Peter Capaldi in this TARDIS jamboree?
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Injustice: Gods Among Us and the problems with depicting Superman as a tyrant...
UPDATE: 31/12/13I was wrong! Eleven months after writing the article below I still stand by my assertion that I find the death of Lois in this series to be unnecessarily unpleasant and the notion of...
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Everclear (1997) starring Craig Charles
Yesterday I had an afternoon nap & dreamt there was a British X-Files rip off in the '90s called Everclear starring Craig Charles that only ran for one series.Today, I've inexplicably been...
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