Comics In Motion

This week Tony is joined by the creative team behind Our Final Halloween, Mike Garley and Michael Lee-Graham. Our Final Halloween is a horror comic inspired by the likes of HP Lovecraft and John Carpenter. Starting on Halloween 1984 a group of teens find themselves covered in blood, disorientated, and with no short-term memory. What follows is a tale of horror, mystery, and suspense, as our plucky...

It is time for episode 7 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a brand new show for the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that week's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this seventh instalment, we...

Quite how Producer James Gunn and co. have gotten away with blatantly riffing on the origins of Superman and putting a horror twist on it, is beyond Chris and Dave. But this understated movie could prove a real surprise package. Plot Summary: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? Review Scor...

This week Mike returns to the main run of Star Wars comics, this week focusing on the book/volume 2 story-arc “Showdown On The Smugglers Moon” featuring comics #8-12, set shortly after A New Hope and it includes Grakkus The Hutt’s jedi relic collection, Han Solo’s wife Sana, Dengar the bounty hunter facing off against Chewie and more! This run of Star Wars comics are written by Jason Aaron, pencil...

After the surprising success of watching Ghost Rider Chris suggested the sequel and boy did he live to regret it. A truely woeful movie and Nicholas Cage ….. well see it for yourself! Plot Summary: Johnny Blaze, a man who made a deal with the Devil who called himself Mephistopheles at the time (now Roarke), is on the run trying to make sure no-one is harmed by his alter ego, The Ghost Rider. He is...

Indie Comics Spotlight #17 Sailor Moon This week Tony is joined by Shaina Lucas of DC Comics News. Please read her work and give her a follow. You can also check out her Cos Play personality Miss Scarlet Con. Shaina has appeared on the DC Comics News Podcast Network’s Harley Quinn Cast. Listen for the promo. "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon" refers to the original manga release of Sailor Moon, which wa...

This week Mike delves into the five-part mini-series; Jedi Fallen Order – Dark Temple which focuses on Cere Junda’s time as Eno Cordova’s padawan before the events of the video game Jedi Fallen Order, exploration of an ancient temple, a civil war, the inquisitors and more! There are no spoilers for the Fallen Order game within. All 5 issues of Jedi Fallen Order – Dark Temple are written by Matthew...

This week Mike delves into the five-part mini-series; Obi-Wan & Anakin which involves one of their first missions together, how Anakin almost left the order at 12 years old, Palpatine’s early involvement in Anakin’s life and more – all set three years after Phantom Menace (29 BBY) meaning Anakin had been training as a jedi for three years at this point! All 5 issues of Obi-Wan & Anakin are...

Welcome to Indie Comics Spotlight. Each week Tony Farina of DC Comics News will be joined by other comic aficionados to do a deep dive into a series or standalone graphic novel from any publisher other than the big two. This week, Tony is joined by Thanos Kyratzis writer of a comic that is currently on Kickstarter called Borders. What is Borders? It’s impossible not to have a discussion about an i...

It is time for episode 6 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a brand new show for the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that week's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this sixth instalment, we look b...

This week Mike delves into the five-part mini-series; Han Solo – Imperial Cadet, telling what happened to Han within the movie Solo after leaving Corellia but before meeting Beckett & his crew while in the Imperial service. Mike also talks about some of the training within the Imperial Academy, the Empire’s brutal outlook on individualism, the character Valance’s other appearances and more! Al...

It’s been long threatened, but Chris and Dave are finally going to review the 2007 movie, Ghost Rider. Starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendez, Sam Elliott and Peter Fonda. Plot Summary: Jonny Blaze makes a deal with the Devil to cure his father’s cancer but is tricked into becoming the Ghost Rider and is sent to hunt down sinners. Review Scores: IMDB: 5.2/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 26% Metacritic: 35/100 If y...

This week Mike delves into the first volume of the main run of Star Wars comics: issues 1-6 of the first comics released under the new canon – the comics are set shortly after events of A New Hope and this story arc is called “Skywalker Strikes” featuring Luke facing off against Vader for the first time, how Vader obtained Luke’s surname, Boba Fett’s involvement and more!  This run of Star Wa...

This week Mike delves into the two one-shot comics for the Star Wars Anthology movies; Solo & Rogue One. For Rogue One, it’s the Cassian & K-2SO special on how they met, while the Solo comic is about Beckett & his crew before meeting Han Solo. As well the comics, Tobias’ homeworld, Cassian’s age, Han Solo’s blaster and more is discussed!  Cassian & K-2SO was written by Duane S...

It is time for episode 5 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a brand new show for the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that week's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this fifth instalment, we look b...

Dave and Chris Review the 2013 Thor: Dark World. A much criticised entry into the MCU how does it look now after we have a retrospective on this phase of the MCU. Plot Summary: When the Dark Elves attempt to plunge the universe into darkness, Thor must embark on a perilous and personal journey that will reunite him with doctor Jane Foster. Review Scores: IMDB: 6.9/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 66/100% Metac...

This week Mike delves into the four-part mini-series Star Wars: Allegiance, set between The Last Jedi & The Rise Of Skywalker, featuring Admiral Ackbar’s son Aftab, the planet Mon Cala & its appearances in the Clone Wars, the Mon Calamari people & the Quarren, and more!  Star Wars: Allegiance was written by Ethan Sacks, with penciller Luke Ross and colourist Lee Loughridge, issue...

Dave and Chris are back this time reviewing the much criticised Wolverine Origins movie from 2009. This film holds a place in both their hearts but does it still stand up? Plot Summary: Two mutant brothers, Logan and Victor, born two hundred years ago, suffer childhood trauma and have only each other to depend on. Basically, they're fighters and killers, living from war to war throughout U.S....

This week Mike delves into the two comics released shortly after The Last Jedi - Storms Of Crait brings a deeper look into planet Crait, how Leia knew about it in episode VIII & a bit of info about Mon Mothma while DJ: Most Wanted looks at the mysterious character DJ before the events of TLJ, how he ended up in prison and more!  Storms Of Crait was written by Ben Acker & Ben Blac...

This week Tony is joined by the host of Genuine Chit Chat and Star Wars Comics in Cannon, Mike Burton to have a long talk about Ahoy comics’ Second Coming. Second Coming focuses on Jesus being sent back to Earth to live with a superhero to learn how to be a bit more vengeful.  Tony and Mike have a long talk not just about Second Coming, but organized religion as well. There is no way to have a con...

This week Mike delves into the Captain Phasma mini-series, confirming how she escaped the garbage chute in Force Awakens followed by her ruthless journey afterwards! Mike also explains some of her history, what her armour is made from as well as some facts about Starkiller Base, General Hux & more!  Captain Phasma is written by Kelly Thompson with Marco Checchetto as the artist and Andres...

It is time for episode 4 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a brand new show for the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that week's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this instalment, we look back at...

For this weeks review Chris and Dave go back and look at the first two episodes of the cult classic cartoon series X-Men from the 90’s. Does it still stand up 30 years later? Plot Summary: In the Marvel Comics universe, mutants, people with genetically endowed superpowers, are a persecuted by a hateful and fearful populous. One shelter from this is Professor Xavier's Academy for Gifted Children. B...

This week Mike delves one of the first comics released under the new canon (from April 2014) set in the final moments of the Battle of Endor (in Return Of The Jedi) giving an insight into what the characters did directly after the second Death Star was destroyed, with an introduction to Poe Dameron’s parents, some details of Operation Cinder (including its other mentions) and more!  Shattered...

It is time for episode 3 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a brand new show for the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that week's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this third instalment, we look b...