DC Comics 5 - The Malta Comic Con

Green Lantern : Earth One – Vol 1

Comics, ReviewsAugust 23, 20200Comments

The Earth One initiative by DC Comics is a revamp of familiar characters taking them back to their basic concept and rebuilding them from the ground up. Oftentimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Green Lantern: Earth One is one of the former. As a long time Green Lantern fan, I must admit I was rather…

The Flash – Chain Lightning review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJuly 13, 20200Comments

The theme of legacy in Mark Waid's run on the Flash took front and centre; from the anxiety of leaving the master's shadow, to growing into one's own, the run reaches its poetic end in "Chain Lightning", where Wally West reaches into the iconic Flash's bloodline, Barry Allen, striving to preserve it from an equally…

Batman: Arkham Asylum review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 30, 20200Comments

I don't usually promote Batman graphic novels as they get quite enough exposure without me trying to. However, this is by far one of my favorite books both as a Batman book as well as Grant Morrison one. Not only it has the same metaphysical quality one would expect from a Morrison narrative, but the…

Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight review

Comics, ReviewsJune 24, 20200Comments

How do you bounce back from failure on an extraordinary scale? How do you do so when extraordinary expectations are pushed upon you when burdened with power limited only by your imagination? In spite of it being seen through a lens of character assassination by some, when read in retrospect in particular this Green Lantern…

Mark Waid’s Flash review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

Anxiety is a killer. As someone who is regularly on the receiving end of such an overwhelming truck of an emotion, it is somewhat cathartic to actually read about it on page as written by someone who clearly understands how you feel. It resonates with you, and somehow makes you identify with it on a…

Marv Wolfman’s Teen Titans review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

If someone says that the Teen Titans is all about vivid colors and cheesy one liners, I direct them to Marv Wolfman's run; brilliantly written, it however makes the most bleakest turn soon after its beginning showcasing family drama on a literal, biblical scale. In all honesty, Teen Titans has always been about that very…

Jeff Smith’s Shazam review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

Although most Superhero Comics nowadays are largely intended for an audience that is older than ten years of age (more often than not, more than teenagers), Shazam and the Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith is an enjoyable read literally for all audiences. It is by and large a tribute to the original stories…

Aquaman : Sword of Atlantis review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

Aquaman is one of DC's pantheon that not only is massively underrated, but also has some wonderful runs that have largely flown under the radar for too long so much that sadly forced writers off these runs abandoning their project in mid flight. When Kurt Busiek and Butch Guice undertook this title, DC was striving…

Lex Luthor by Brian Azarello and Lee Bermejo review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

Lex Luthor by Brian Azarello and Lee Bermejo highlights just about why the eponymous villain is not just the stereotype setter for "millionaire villain". Going deeper than first glance and just a few pages, one would easily realise just what makes the villain compelling and why he works as an antithesis for Superman. It presents…

The Flash : Rogues War review by Raphael Borg

Comics, ReviewsJune 19, 20200Comments

I am cheating here because I was due a Marvel one today. But I watched the supposed finale to the current season of the Flash and...I think I'm finally done with that series. I want to vindicate it. I read the Flash since I was young. The first comic I picked up of the character…

Wicked Comics are proud to announce the new Poster for the Malta Comic Con 2018!

Comic Con News, NewsOctober 9, 20180Comments

Wicked Comics are proud to present this year's Malta Comic Con poster. Designed by comic artist Ilias Kyriazis, the poster features a brilliant concept, featuring pop culture characters phasing out from negative space. Ilias Kyriazis, based in Athens, works in comics as a writer and artist since 2001. He has worked for DC Comics, Image Comics,…

SDCC ANNOUNCEMENT: DYNAMITE ANNOUNCES JAMES BOND: HAMMERHEAD, WRITTEN BY ANDY DIGGLE!

NewsJuly 22, 20160Comments

Andy Diggle - the British writer who redefined Green Arrow at DC Comics, developed the groundbreaking series The Losers at Vertigo, thrilled readers with an incredible Daredevil run at Marvel, and scripted the critically acclaimed Dynamite tale of international intrigue, Uncanny -now lends his skills to the original international man of mystery in James Bond: Hammerhead, a six-issue miniseries premiering in October!…