Comics In Motion

The much anticipated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse animated movie is our choice for this episode and we just couldn't wait to release the episode! This movie is set in a multiverse known as the Spider-Verse and introduces the movie going public to an array of Spider People who operate as super-heros in their own universes. But are now brought together by the infamous Kingpin! Here what we thou...

For our landmark 50th episode we thought we'd go back to the 3rd installment of the Christopher Reeve Superman series. We also have joining us artist and friend of the show Mike Lee-Graham. We all had fond and nostalgic memories on this movie, but how does it stand up today? You can find Mike on Twitter . And also check out his MMA comic Average Joe which he mentions at the end of the show. And un...

This weeks episode we review the 2018 Marvel Movie Venom starring our man crush Tom Hardy.  Chris is back from Vegas so the A-team are back together.    Film Summary:  When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.     Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 28% IMDB Score: 6.9   We also discuss the critics poor review scores and how the...

In 2008, this Batman: Gotham Knight animated feature was billed as an anthology which would bridge the gap between Batman Begins and Dark Knight. Very much with an approach which was successful for the Animatrix, based on the Matrix franchise, the stories used various anime styles. But what did we make of this one? Special guest and Comics in Motion artist, Dan Brooks. You can find Dan's work on h...

Suicide Squad was a different type of superhero movie where criminals are forced to work under the government's control. The concept had a lot of promise and the movie had a bit more humour than recent DC efforts. But did this result in a better movie overall? Joining us as a special guest we have Martine Johannesen-Berg who is a regular cosplayer on the London comic con scene. You can find here o...

Eleven years before the 2005 Fantastic Four movie, there was a low budget project to make a movie which was never released, and it appears was never meant to be released. The Neue Constantin production company had held the rights to make the Fantastic Four movie for a decade but hadn't found the budget to make one, and the rights were going to revert back to Marvel. Roger Corman, a Producer who sp...

This week we review Marvel's Daredevil Season 3, episodes 7 to 13. Is this the best Netflix Marvel series yet?   Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% IMDB Score: 8.7   Check out news and reviews on comic books and comic book movies at www.thecomicsbolt.com!  Including a review of the comic series:  The Dark Lord of The Sith Attacks in Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader’s Castle #5!  https://bit.ly/2zuYB...

This week we review Marvel's Daredevil Season 3. The third season of the American web television series Daredevil , which is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name , follows Matt Murdock / Daredevil, a blind lawyer-by-day who fights crime at night. When Wilson Fisk is released from prison, Murdock must decide between hiding from the world or embracing his life as a hero vigilante. T...

Spawn was huge in the 1990's, created by Todd McFarlane and first making his comics debut in 1992 as part of the Image Comics revolution. The Spawn movie was released in 1997 and after it's original R-rating, was toned down to a PG-13.  With much promise and hype around the movie, and also one of the first superhero movies to cast a black leading man, we take a walk through and see how this one st...

Halloween is set to be a direct sequel to the iconic 1978 Carpenter classic, and we'll treat as an X-Men style alternative timeline. We're joined in the show by one half of the creative team for 'Our Final Halloween', Michael Lee-Graham.  Surely there can't be any comic books related to the Halloween franchise?   Get behind the Our Final Halloween Kickstarter on:   https://www.kickstarter.com/proj...

This weeks episode Chris is joined by friend of the show Jaime Selice.  Jaime is the creator of Nightwing and Batgirl: Year One - here is the link to her fantasic work -  https://bit.ly/2NGioL8 Please follow Jaime on twitter and giver her work the support she deserves https://twitter.com/jdimaria124?lang=en   This week we review the Second in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy: The Dark Knight (...

We are joined in this bonus episode of the podcast by Comic Creators Mike Garley and Mike Lee-Graham (MLG) they discuss their Kickstarter project: Our Final Halloween Youtube teaser:  https://youtu.be/pB5bIIb9Eq0   Here's a bio on the guys: Co-created by Mike Garley (Adventure Time, The Kill Screen, Samurai Slasher)  and Michael Lee-Graham (Shortlist Magazine, Hero Complex Gallery, Dead  Roots), O...

We go back to the mid-eighties with a movie that Marvel and George Lucas would probably sooner we forgot! Howard the Duck has gone down in movie infamy and generally looked back up as a huge box office flop. But with it's cult following that's developed since, what would our hosts make of a character that first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19 back in 1973.   There are SPOILERS So if you havent...

Chris and Dave review this modern classic with such polarising opinions.   Movie Summary: Kal-El, son of Jor-El and Lara, is sent to Earth after his home planet Krypton leads to a complete incineration. Now taking the name "Clark Kent", he then discovers his true persona when he is guided to become Superman: A hero committed to protect Earth's fate and the harm that threatens it. However, General...

        This week myself and Dave review Batman: Killing Joke (2016). We have some laughs about the Bat Condom and act like a couple of 14 year olds but its all in good fun.    Plot Summary:  As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.     Imd...

This weeks review is Marvel's Planet Hulk (2010) Animated Movie. Dave is back with his comic book knowledge. The tag team are back together again!   Movie Summary:Tired of dealing with the Hulk, Iron Man and his compatriots send the creature to an uninhabited planet, only for him to divert it to a savage populated one. Once there, the Hulk is enslaved as a gladiator for an evil ruler's games where...

Alex joins me for an interview we talk how his project was created with his co-host/partner Chris. We talk about a wide range of films and agree on a review episode with a full team of myself, Dave, Alex and Chris. Great guy and even better project. Please see the links below and give Alex/Chris a follow and support. Subscribe to their podcast.    Bio: Alex is an academic working as a Lecturer in...

This weeks episode myself and friend of the show Matt from Jasper Review  review the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Predator. GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!!   Movie Overview:    Dutch and a team of commandos have been sent into a Central American jungle to track down some missing airmen that were kidnapped by terrorists. By the time they get to the camp, the airmen have been butchered in a very violent...

This weeks episode Dave is away on business so I am joined by friend of the show Jaime Selice. We did record this episode a few weeks ago but google hangouts was not my friend so we lost the whole show. So we went again and hoorah it worked!    Jaime is a screen writer and has made her own adaption and original story of: Nightwing and Batgirl: Year One - The story can be found here - https://www.f...

SHOW OVERVIEW: Marvel's Cloak and Dagger is an adaptation of the beloved Marvel characters whose story is aimed squarely at young adults. This live-action interracial romance follows Tandy Bowen and Tyrone Johnson, two teenagers from very different backgrounds, who find themselves burdened and awakened to newly acquired superpowers while falling in love. Tandy can emit light daggers and Tyrone has...

Bonus episode interview with talented British writer David Hine David has been working in comics since the early 1980s and has a significant body of work for both major publishers like Marvel DC etc and and also creator owned comics and graphic novels David has been working with artist Mark Stafford on the graphic novel Lip Hook which will be published by SelfMadeHero and has been partly funded by...

Although released in June in US the AntMan and the Wasp movie has just hit the cinema in UK and later in some other parts of the world Being the first MCU movie since Avengers Infinity War and fans were thirsting to see how much this would tie in and progress what we know Like the first movie which surprised a lot of people though this movie is connected to the wider MCU but can also be enjoyed as...

This 2015 movie brought about the close of Marvels Phase Two and introduced AntMan to the Universe. In fact not one, but two of them. The marketing build up for this movie was more quiet than some of the other movies in the MCU and rumoured production issues along with a change of Director meant that expectations werent as high as we may expect. And although late to the MCU party Ant-Man was one o...

Odin enters his yearly sleep leaving Asgard open to attack. The Mighty Thor and the other gods must protect their kingdom from the forces of evil, however this time Thors evil stepbrother Loki has hatched a new plan. He calls forth the only person to ever have defeated Thor and sets him lose among the gods. Can anything help the god of thunder when the Hulk comes to Asgard?   Some Movie Details: I...

Our first animated review Hulk vs Wolverine was released 27th January 2009. Directed by Frank Paur, this was the first duel series Hulk Vs that tried to be more realistic than the Saturday morning watered down cartoons of years gone by. Striking the right tone for true comic book fans. We are joined this week by friend of the show Matt from Jasper Reviews who is standing in for Dave whilst he is a...