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The Flash Vol. 4: Running Scared review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 29, 20220Comments

The Flash Vol. 4: Running Scared TPB by Joshua Williamson (Author), Carmine Di Giandomenico (Illustrator) This part of Joshua Williamson's run on the Flash, I find, has the interesting position of both possessing some of the best moments and yet some of the more questionable editorial decisions surrounding the Reverse Flash. The artwork, especially the sections…

The Flash, Vol. 2: Speed of Darkness review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 24, 20220Comments

The Flash, Vol. 2: Speed of Darkness TPB by Joshua Williamson (Writer), Felipe Watanabe (Penciler), Oclair Albert (Inker), Chris Sotomayor (Colourist), Steve Wands (Letterer), Jorge Corona (Artist), Ivan Plascencia (Colourist) Joshua Williamson's run on "The Flash" continues the great Rebirth Reread and it's actually quite good. The characterisation of Barry Allen here has certainly improved and the toll of his workaholic personality in…

Batman/The Flash: The Button review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 24, 20220Comments

Batman/The Flash: The Button Deluxe Edition Hardcover by Tom King (Author), Joshua Williamson (Author), Jason Fabok (Illustrator), Howard Porter (Illustrator) The next chapter in Joshua Williamson's run on the Flash continues! And this time, a crossover with the Batman title for something truly special. An unsolvable, ultra-high concept murder mystery between the speedy CSI and the Dark…

The Flash Vol 3 Rogues Reloaded review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 23, 20220Comments

A hero is as good as their villains. This is very true of the Flash, the villains around whom I find criminally underrated, and none more so than Captain Cold and his Rogues. Joshua Williamson proves very much in touch with who these people are, how their brokenness pulling them together in such a way that they…

The Flash : Vol 1 Lightning Strikes Twice review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 17, 20220Comments

The great rebirth-era Flash reread starts here! And it starts off pretty well in spite of treading ground that is a little too familiar, with the trope of the (not-do) secret identity speedster villain front and center. While the New 52 volume ended on a low-key but ironically high note and this does offer a continuation…

Dark Nights Metal review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMay 9, 20220Comments

Scott Snyder is an acquired taste. He seeks to write as in a sub-textually meaningful way as Geoff Johns and Alan Moore with the cosmic scale of Grant Morrison, but more often than not just about missing the mark in being a little too ambitious and overt with his plans. Dark Nights: Metal is one such…

“Mibdul” – the launch of a six-issue comic book series

Comics, NewsApril 20, 20220Comments

Comics have been sorely lacking from the Maltese literary landscape. There are the occasional self-published title and a wave of religious releases way back in the eighties, but other than that … nada. And not for want of a fan base, as the popularity of imported comics and the Malta Comic Con annual convention attest…

The Crow review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsApril 18, 20220Comments

I must admit I am a little disappointed. Not that J. O' Barr's The Crow is in any way terrible. It is just that having grown up with such an obsession with the movie in my teens, shared with the Marvel character Ghost Rider (I was THAT kind of a teenager) that had earned me being…

Captain America #193-#200 review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMarch 21, 20220Comments

"Comics were better when they left politics out" My question is... When was that? It is truly weird when a comic from the 70s (Captain America #193-#200 from 1975) resonates with the specific circumstances most of the world finds itself in, where the elite run the show exploiting the divisions of the world beneath them. In a…

Whoah!! Did you hear? Bill and Ted have a new Comic book! Righteous!

Comics, NewsMarch 17, 20220Comments

We have some most excellent news. New comic books are on the way with everyone favorite time-traveling rock stars and this time they're going back to hell. All new Comic Series coming from us here at Incendium starring Bill & Ted in Roll the dice #1 on June 14th. Set after the events of Bill and Ted Save the day…

Arachna Is Baaack! Bringing the adventure, peril, and sexy to comics!

Comics, NewsMarch 10, 20220Comments

Arachna is BACK for second dibs as you can see below via previews and HERE if you want to check it via Indiegogo! Arachna 2: The Most Dangerous Game is the sequel to the crowdfunded comic hit Arachna: The Adventure Begins. The story is about the titular spider-powered superhero with a dissociative identity disorder. Arachna’s both a good and bad girl…

Hawkeye: My Life As A Weapon review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsMarch 10, 20220Comments

An excellent reintroduction to the character and offering phenomenal artwork reminiscent of the late, great Darwyn Cooke and Andrea Sorrentino, the book presents a different point of view in the daily life of an Avenger. Wonderfully pedestrian and concise, it starts evolving the relationship between mentor and mentee unlike anything I have ever seen before…