2017

The New Avengers Complete Collection: Volume 1 TPB Brian Michael Bendis (w), Various (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: Spanning eight years over multiple titles, Brian Michael Bendis’ Avengers run is the longest by any…

Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

With a new Star Wars film in cinemas not long ago and another one not very far, far away, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story had a job to do, and it wasn’t just about…

Comic Picks – Week of 30/11/2016

The Young Avengers Complete Collection Volume 1 TPB Allan Heinberg (w), Jim Cheung (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: Back in 2005, Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung assembled a team of Avengers that looked…

Frame By Frame Podcast

Welcome to Frame by Frame, Orbital Comics’ movie and TV review podcast, currently archived on The Comic Crush! Hosts Liz Jordan and Paul Dunne review the latest comics-based films and TV series. Sometimes…

Comic Picks – Week of 02/11/2016

Foolkiller #1 Max Bemis (a), Dalibor Talajic (a) Marvel Comics Liz says: I picked up ‘Foolkiller’ because of writer Max Bemis, whose ‘Worst X-Man Ever’ was actually the best X-Men story I’ve read…

Review – Doctor Strange

In what may have been Marvel’s most high-stakes solo film to date, ‘Doctor Strange’ has been brought to the big screen, and they’ve held nothing back. The result is spellbinding. Like that other…

Comic Picks – Week of 19/10/2016

Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #1 Gerard Way & Jon Rivera (w), Michael Avon Oeming (a) Dc Comics Liz says: DC’s Young Animal imprint continues to impress with the debut issue of…

Comic Picks – Week of 05/10/2016

Shade, The Changing Girl #1 Cecil Castellucci (w), Marley Zarcone (a) DC Comics Liz says: This book totally knocked my socks off. In keeping with my high expectations for DC’s Young Animal imprint,…

Comic Picks – Week of 28/09/2016

Hadrian’s Wall #1 Kyle Higgins (w), Rod Reis (a) Image Comics Liz says: ‘Neo noir, set in space’ doesn’t sound like a concept that’s going to gel, and yet it plays out flawlessly…

Comic Picks – Week of 21/09/2016

Batman #7 & Nightwing #5 Steve Orlando, Tom King, Tim Seeley (w) Riley Rossmo, Roge Antonio (a) DC Comics Liz says: This story isn’t actually called ‘Batman vs. Godzilla’, but if that idea…