Well, geek season is here again, and there’s a ton of cool stuff making fanboys and girls grin from ear to ear. We’ve already had Iron man, The Incredible Hulk and Wanted, and here comes The Dark Knight to make you all wish you had a Batcave of your own. Personally I’m okay with pretty [...]
I must admit I’ve not been keeping that up to date with comics and graphic novel reading lately, mainly down to writing blogs and doing all the other stuff that comes with working in a busy comic store, but I’ve been trying to check out some recent stuff again and here’ the titles that have [...]
Big birthday wishes to DC’s big blue boy scout- Superman is 70 years old! The character, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, first burst into the public eye with the June 1938 issue of Action Comics, and became the benchmark for pretty much every superhero that followed in his wake. Superman is the archetypal [...]
Well, there’s been some changes in store of late, and its been a while since we last spoke on a personal level, geek to geek, so lets check out what has been happening here in the real-world counterpart of Starstore.com, namely The Last Picture Show, here in the Meadowhall centre in Sheffield. We now have [...]
Time for another look at the latest releases to hit our shelves. Some of the big new miniseries have had their second issues released this eek, so are they maintaining the impact of their first instalments? We shall see… TRANSFORMERS: THE REIGN OF STARSCREAM #2 (IDW) The officially sanctioned follow-on to the blockbuster movie continues [...]
This week has been a little light on the new comics release front, but there’s still a ton to enjoy. I’m sure other staff will be on hand soon to add their tuppence worth of reviews to the fray (including new action figures and more), but there were two titles that caught my attention straight [...]
Getting those figures based on DC’s brilliant TRINITY graphic novel has led to us taking another look at the graphic novel itself. The 2002 mini series by Matt Wagner was something of an event, pitting the ‘Big Three’, namely Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, against the evil of Ra’s Al Ghul. It carries the stylised [...]
Hey all, where are you? We’re having a blast in store today. Once again FREE COMIC BOOK DAY has come around, and there’s still 3 hours left to get your hands on some fantastic FREE editions of specially published comics! This is happening the world over, so get involved, and discover some fantastic titles you [...]
Our all-seeing giant pulsating eye is cast over some more of the best recent releases in action figures, TV and movie memorabilia and comic books… DC TRINITY FIGURES From the best-selling DC Comics graphic novel of the same name comes this set of superb DC Trinity Action Figures. Featuring what has got to be the [...]
Hey all, time for another of our looks at what the loyal staff here at Starstore have been checking out of late. These two reviews come to us courtesy of our trusty sidekick Chris, a man with the face of a young Adam Sandler and a disturbing tendency to quote comic books instead of speaking [...]
