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SUPERHERO (SORTA) THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMAN VOL 1
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7“ THE‘LE‘AGUE or EXTRAORDINARY GEliiliElEll A rOusing work of adventure from esteemed author Alan Moore (From He//) and acclainied Illustrator Kevin O'Neill (Marshal/ Law). The League of Extraordinary Gentleman is a must-have Christmas compendium for girls and boys of vanqwshed and colonised nations the world o'er.
Never has thrill-seeking been more thrilling nor adventure more adventurOLis than in these smashing stories where an odd menagerie of turn-o'-the-19th century fictional characters iCaptain Nemo. Allan Quartermain. Hawley Griffin aka the InViSible Man. Dr Henry Jekyll. Mr Edward Hyde and Miss Mina Murray) do battle against Sherlock Holmes' nemeSis. evil Professor Moriarty. QUite marvellous. Leaves one wanting more. {Catherine Bromleyi
SUPERHERO BATMAN BLACK 8: WHITE VOL 2
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Batman has to be one of COrnicdom's darkest
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characters. his seething rage against crime COupled with an overriding sense of jUSIlCB. In this second volume of collected short stories the good and eVil inherent in Batman and his gallery of villains is exemplified by the sharp contrast in the black and white art. Each story only runs to five or so pages and they are of variable quality. but the good far Outweighs the bad.
Alex Ross prowdes a stunning fully painted episode. Kelley Plunkett and Tim Sale provide another classic Joker Showdown and Alan Grant's closnig story is the penect distillation of fear featuring the Scarecrow. Stark and beautiful in its Simplicity. (Henry Northmore‘i
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It's 36 years after the ‘Fall' and cardboard cut out Scarface Veto Skreemer is determined to halt change and keep his ceiintry in the "Time of the Gangs'.
Winner of the Eagle Award for Best Continuing US UK senes. this clever Sergio Leone pastiche (Once upon a Time N) America mainlyi certainly packs a punch. By turns cruel. cleverly structured and iconic. it Ultimately misses the
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I The Dark Knight Strikes Again {DC Comics 5719.99 lh:s "ardback edition was the (:aped (1"ti53£i(l(3" recast as fighting a l‘;."'£i'l'l cat Ainercan [2"(}5;i:l{3".‘.. I Ghost World :Fantagrai>hics 313.0%). You've SOUP the movie. now read the Original comic.
I Glasgow Fabulous Present: 2001: A Jakey Odyssey (Unblokt'd Press $2i Locai boys do good satirising Glasgow club life.
I Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth (Fantagraphics 5‘18, From the pages of The ACME novel. iirst comic ever to ‘.'."lll 7M) Gut’Ir‘d/an's F‘IY'SI Book Award.
I Vernacular Drawings iDi'axun s Quarterly 5‘95» Handsome coffee table tome from Canada.
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First outing on CD for this fledgling label run tr, Tom Churchill. who’s now based ;n Gasgow draws together the finest moments in the label's first TB months. and ‘.-:hat an ()tlIiSiéllltllllt; collection of tieats it is. Very much 'l‘- the post \"u’arp mould. petei'ai‘ audiences of classic material by the Black Dog. Autecnre and int,- sen‘. ital Aitzf'c al Intelligence series of the earl; 91):; ‘.'xi': ne fannliar' ‘.".’|’.Il this strand o‘ '~.'.as then termed lDM intelligent Dance Music — groanfl 'hox'xf It sounds sc pompous doesn't it?- but nas; perhaps been better ‘(l(?l‘.lillt:(l as 'br'aii‘dant:e' in Annex itsxi'ts's Hep“ ex abet.
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