Ghost Rider # 1

Ghost Rider #1 from Marvel Comics released today and I could not be more thrilled, after waiting months for Ghost Rider to reappear I finally got my copy and I was not disappointed! Robbie Reyes is back as the Ghost Rider and better than ever!

I was a little worried when I seen that Totally Awesome Hulk would be starring in the new Ghost Rider comic book, but again I was pleasantly surprised, not being a huge fan of Totally Awesome Hulk and wanting only the rider to star in the comic it was actually very well written and a good start to the new series.

Writer Felipe Smith breathes life and a hellish fire into Robbie Reyes and artist Danilo S. Beyruth gives readers a realistic look at Ghost Rider with his artwork, while presenting fans with an eerie picture of one mean, badass Rider.

Fans will also get a new back-up story in issue one, so it's kind of like getting two comics for the price of one. What's cool about the back-up story is that it follows the main narrative...keeping the comic moving along, giving fans more bang for the buck!

White Dragon Comics has the newest Ghost Rider available today! Make sure you come in and pick up your very own copy of one of the best comic books to hit comic stores today!

Barbie66

Comic Books You Should be Reading: Zenescope's Genesis

New and exciting things are happening in the comic book world. DC Comics with its All-New Rebirth, Marvel and the Civil War and Zenescope’s Genesis.  Fans know all about DC and Marvel, but not so much about Zenescope and I’m here to tell you, you have no idea what you're missing out on!

Zenescope has always been well written with twists on our favorite fairy tale legends, Snow White, Cinderella, Alice Little, Robin Hood, spelled Robyn and many more. And, now they are experiencing their very own Rebirth. Yep, Zenescope and their amazing writers are revamping the Zenescope Universe.                 

This new direction for the Grimm Universe begins with the launch of five series, Van Helsing, Robyn Hood, Wonderland, Death Force and the flagship of the company Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 2.

Grimm Fairy Tales, Vol. 2 featuring the daughter of Sela Mathers, Zenescope's original heroine, now deceased. This title looks to be the set-up of things to come, and is a great jumping-on point for new and hardcore fans! Meet Skylar Mathers as she sets the tone for where the universe may be going next.

Comic book readers and fairy tale lovers this is a must have for your reading list! Grimm Fairy Tales Genesis: Heroes Reborn is one heck of a great read - don’t miss out, head to White Dragon Comics and pick up your copy today!

Barbie66

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Review: R. R. H. #1

R.R.H. #1 - 1First Comics

R.R.H. aka Red Riding Hood comes blazing to life in the all-new comic book from 1First Comics, written by Orlando Harding. Sydney Woodman, waking up on her seventeenth birthday, is soon to have her world turned upside down and things will never be the same.

Sydney upon awaking is surprised, by nothing. Wow, her parents are not making a big deal about her seventh birthday, oh well just another typical birthday…until she leaves for school and finds she is now the proud owner of the bug she has been wanting.  Her parents surprise her with the new car and Sydney realizes it is not just another typical birthday as she happily drives to school, but little does she know this is not the end of birthday surprises for Sydney, she is about to find out who she truly is.

Sydney returns after school and a day of celebrating her seventh with friends. Across the street from her home, as Sydney is exiting her car she has feeling that someone is watching her and then she hears him “Blood Moon Hoods Doom.” Freaked out Sydney rushes into her house and awakens her mother, who has been sleeping on the sofa. This is where her parents explain to her that she is a descendant of Red Riding Hood. She is given a protective hood, a katana and a special gun. In a great bit, her mother explains to her that this is what they had her train as a hunter and as an expert shooter for her whole life. She remarks, “I thought we were just rednecks!” I absolutely love that line!

Yes, there are such things as big bad wolves…werewolves to be exact, and they are looking for a little ancestral payback to Red’s bloodline for centuries of annihilation. As she learns more about her heritage and the legacy that she is destined to inherit, a hidden set of powers are awakened in her and prove to be a skill set she will need to survive the horrors that sinister forces have in store for her. She is a slayer with a sword and she is not afraid to use it.

R.R.H. #1 is a great read; Harding has created an intriguing world for Sydney and the destroyers. I especially liked the little bit about how the big bad wolves really love to eat cats, so the Woodman’s keep buying cats to work sort of as decoys/canary in a coalmine. It is morbid but pragmatic and I love it.

You can find R.R.H. #1 at White Dragon Comics, the best comic book shop on the internet for comic book buyers!

 - Barbie66

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Review: Starve # 1

Starve #1 - Image Comics

Image Comics release of Starve #1 had me in quandary, the title sounded interesting enough and I could not imagine where this story would go, would it be twisted tale of horror or a story of people who were starved for god knows what reason?  What I found was not what I was thinking, it was a lot better! Starve is a well-written, intriguing story that is going to get really messy.

Starve starts off somewhere in South Asia and our main man here, Gavin Cruikshank, is celebrating winning a kickboxing event, when he is approached for an autograph and a whole lot more.

It seems Gavin is the star of a reality cooking show called Starve, the number one show world-wide, watched by everyone from the poor to the very wealthy. After leaving his show for a walkabout, the popular Starve fell into the hands of a rival chef; and his money and possessions in the hands of a bitter wife.

A representative from the network shows up in Asia and demands that Cruikshank return to the States to fulfill his television contract. As soon as the chef returns and realizes what he's left behind is worth fighting for, he must crawl his way back through the mess he'd made to take back what is his.

Can a reality television show chef that has to prove he’s alive and complete an entire season of his own show make it? Find out in Starve #1

Brain Wood is the writer and Danijel ZeZelj along with David Stewart are the artists. Woods writing is right on target and the artwork supports Wood’s story. Starve is a great story and left me wanting to go out and grab issue two, well as soon as it’s released.

As always you can find the latest issue of Starve at White Dragon Comics.

 - Barbie66

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Series Review: Suciders

Suiciders - Vertigo Comics

The all-new Suiciders comic book from writer/artist Lee Bermejo and published by DC Comics, under the Vertigo imprint is one of the best comics written today. Suiciders is a story of survival, in the not too distant future, after the big one hits California, devastating Los Angeles. Normalcy is gone.  After the government turns their back on this once beloved destination, things go from bad to worse.  A city known for its entertainment, turn the tables doing what it does best, turning survival into entertainment.

Thirty years later New Angeles, is thriving and a highly sought after destination once again. Blood sport has rejuvenated New Angeles via a television show, Suiciders, that combines hand-to-hand combat with high-tech obstacles that test each competitor’s ability to survive. Plastic Surgery, technology and drugs gives New Angeles’ Suiciders freakish strength, powers and moves.

Plastic Surgery seems to be the in thing in New Angeles, residents talk freely, seemingly bragging about having multiple plastic surgeries. But, there is another city on the outer area of New Angeles, a city of suffering, a city that is on its own. Denied access to the same health care (plastic surgery), outsiders will do anything to get in.

Well-written and drawn, Suiciders is a good comic book. Matt Hollingsworth’s coloring sets the tone, driving the scenes home, enhancing Lee Bermejo’s story of a dark, post-apocalyptic epic of this strange, brutal world.

You can find the latest hit Vertigo comic book, Suiciders, at White Dragon Comics, the best comic book shop on the internet.

 - Barbie66

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Review: Big Man Plans # 1 and 2

Big Man Plans - an Image Central Real World Mini-Series 

Image Comics releases an all-new chilling story of revenge and recourse. Written and drawn by Eric Powell with a story assist from Tim Wiesch, Big Man Plans is the story of young boy born with a handicap, and this handicap will shape his future, lead him down a road of terror and horrors no-one person should ever have to endure. This handicap makes him the man he is, a Dwarf with a chip on his shoulder, and a man, a man who has been stripped of everything, family, pride, self-esteem and his home, a dwarf no-one will ever forget.

Big Man, as his father called him, and his sister lived on a farm with their daddy, Big Man’s mother left when he was child. Loathing the fact that she gave birth to a dwarf, she went, devastating Big Man’s father and landing the first blow. Soon after his father was killed in a freak accident. Second blow. Big Man and his sister were sent to an orphanage where his sister was adopted, but not the dwarf. Third blow. Beaten on daily basis Big Man waited for the day he could get out. When his day arrives he heads to the army recruiting station, only to be turned down. Fourth blow. After being denied from the army a devastated Big Man meets the man that changes his life, the man that would make him a cold-blooded, hard-ass, one man assassination team!

Big Man Plans is a dark heart wrenching story of struggle that grabbed me from page one and didn’t let go until the end. I would like to point out that this story in not for children, full of violence, nudity and profanity. The violence is graphic, not for the weak of heart. Big Man Plans moves along a good pace, developing the story quite quickly.

Overall a great read and I highly recommend this for our older readers. You can find the latest issues of this four-part min series at White Dragon Comics.

 - Barbie66

http://www.superherocomicbooks.com

Review: The Ride: Southern Gothic #1

The Ride: Southern Gothic #1 - 12-Gauge Comics

The Ride: Southern Gothic has been sitting around for a while, when I first picked it up I thought it sounded cool and could not wait to read it, but for some reason I forgot about? When I went into the comic book shop, on one of my scouring the shelves for something new to read, I spotted The Ride: Southern Gothic again and light bulb, I remembered I had new stuff, sort of to read and I rushed off in excitement.

The Ride: Southern Gothic, released by 12-Gauge Press is probably one of the best anthologies I have read in quite some time. Ride contains three completely different stories, but each story centers around one hell of a cool car! Murder, mayhem and sex, yep it’s all in there folks! The Ride, drawn in black and white, sets the tone of each story and enhances the mood.

The first story, Perfect Circle, was somewhat violent; it starts at a swinger’s party, they pull a keychain and follow the owner of said keychain a, well you know what for, and soon are psycho killer, who murders the innocent woman gets his karmic payback and it involves that beloved Camaro!

The second short story, Money Shot, contains wanton sex, a man who robbed a crime boss and the woman who picked him up alongside the road. This one has a great ending!

Lastly the third story, Paid in Full part one. When a Dixie Mafia boss decides that, a man’s girlfriend will be sufficient payment for his debt things heat up! Paid in Full was my favorite out of the three!

I highly recommend The Ride: Southern Gothic to our older readers, definitely not for kids and maybe not woman, although I loved it. The Ride is reminiscent of Grindhouse Comics, but with hillbillies, guns, mullets and ho’s. If your looking for some guilty pleasure, pick up a copy of The Ride its a great read and a lot of fun!

 - Barbie66

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