Clash of the Champions: DC Heroes VS MOTU!

09.02.2013 – It’s no big secret but if you grew up in the 1980s and have seen He-Man and the Master of the Universe on television chances your familiar with the current iteration of the comic book series as well as the toys that came with it. MOTU fans have been supporting the toy line since interested started in the early 2000s that produced a new TV series by Mike Young productions that ended quickly similar to the new Thundercats. But the interest never died that DC Comics published a new series.

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The Mystery Man in SIXTY SIX!

08.17.2013 – SIXTY SIX was an unknown comic book conceived in 2012 by Russell Molina (Madyik Silya ni Titoy “Titoy’s Magic Chair) and Ian Sta. Maria (Skyworld) and first released at the recently concluded Indieket 2013. The story about an old man named Celestino Cabal who celebrated his 66th birthday where he received a special gift that he slowly opened to an unknown surprise as the series’ premise. The creators released two chapters but in those stories there were still unanswered questions that you might anticipate for the third chapter.

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First Look: The Original Star Wars!

08.10.2013 – Star Wars Episode VII is still in production and that won’t happen until 2015. But Dark Horse Comics is not resting their laurels for you to wait but to look back at the beginning in what has become the biggest space opera this side of science fiction. Dark Horse Comics has pulled all out the original screenplay of Star Wars from George Lucas’ archive what the famous space adventure should have been.

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Trese: The Filbar's Edition!

08.06.2013 – Trese the creation of Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo has been captivating a growing cult following. Great stories that made you feel like watching an episode of Fringe or the X-Files that inspired an original fresh new take on Filipino horror genre. It’s been a while since Midnight Tribunal was released its fifth book of the series and the rave reviews continue to flow making Alexandra Trese’s adventures become a word of mouth in the social media.

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Avengers A.I. #1: Harder. Better. Faster. Stranger.

08.02.2013 – The changes that happened after the events of Age of Ultron 10# and followed by #10 AI in re-introducing Hank Pym in the modern times is shaking up to bring you the first issue of Avengers A.I. It’s spearheaded by Avengers’ founding member in Hank Pym best known as Ant-Man. The size changing hero also known as Giant Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket is all about artificial intelligence and teaming up with Vision, Victor Mancha, Monica Chang, and re-programmed Doombot looks mighty interesting.

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Age of Ultron #10 AI: Hank Pym Origins!

07.31.2013 – The aftermath of Age of Ultron left a huge repercussion in the Marvel Universe. But in the end one man had the “sure win” to conquer the challenges even a collection of the best Avengers was not successful thwarting the threat. That one man is Hank Pym the size changing hero known as Ant-Man. Marvel has dig deeper in the collection of characters that needed a spotlight and Hank Pym is the man they are grooming in the comic books.

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Golden Age Hero: The Owl #1!

07.06.2013 –The Owl (not to be mistaken for Marvel’s hairy villain) is an original character first appeared in 1940 in Crackerjack Funnies #25 published by Dell Comics. The Golden Age superhero was created by Frank Thomas possibly inspired from DC Comics’ Batman. A fictional city of Yorktown in need of a hero and Police detective Nick Terry became The Owl to protect his home his home city in the night. Originally during Dell Comics publication the character have similar gimmicks that the famed cape crusader has today.

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Captain Steel appears in Earth 2 #13 a Filipino!

06.09.2013 – Originally known as Commander Steel or some calls him Citizen Steel that was created by Gerry Conway and Don Heck who first made its literary birth in Steel, The Indestructible Man #1 in 1978 where his adventures is set in the World War II. This is not to be confused with the current character that made its New 52 debut in Earth 2 #13 which changed Steel’s heritage that he was Filipino by birth which was announced early this year by writer James Robinsons during the panel at Wondercon. But certainly it’s getting widespread media attention in the Philippines.

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Inside The Dark Colony's Demon Dungeon!

05.27.2013 – The Dark Colony: Book 1 Mikey Recio & The Secret of The Demon Dungeon is a mouthful long title for a super natural all-original Filipino graphic novel. But the title lives up to its creators in Budjette Tan (Co-Creator of Trese), Bow Guerrero and J.B. “Taps” Tapia that define the super hero genre. The Philippines is rich with folklore that Neil Gaiman once said that he’s been impressed for its culture and that’s been being the concept of this book. Dark Colony is action packed super natural adventure featuring a teenage hero in Mikey Recio.

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Daredevil #26: Man With Fear!

05.25.2013 – How do you beat anticipation? How about trying to be a blind man like Daredevil? What about hunger? Too many questions in every issue since Marvel rebooted the series you got more questions. There are a lot to know but simple things just can’t be given directly to you. Mark Waid and Chris Samnee have taken you to a long journey that produced an Eisner Awarding team winning for Best Continuing Series. The journey celebrates its simple anniversary with issue #26 and with that comes a revelation.

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Daredevil #23: "Men Without Fear!"

02.24.2013 – Finally! Daredevil joins Marvel Now with a jump-in point for interested readers who want to catch up with Matt Murdock’s adventures. If the previous issue has left you in the dark where to begin then this might be the issue that you need to read. Once again Mark Waid and Chris Samnee take us on the wide inhabitants of Hell’s Kitchen with Matt Murdock in the driver seat figuring out who was the enemy that has been haunting him since the third issue.

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Daredevil #22: "Web of Lies!"

02.16.2013 – Not every superhero lives in the lap of luxury of course there are some who endured going through their personal lives that also affects the character’s well-being. In the case of Matt Murdock who has gone through a lot of changes that you get lost in his status as a street hero. Now he has to deal with the guy who happens to be his best friend in Spider-Man who also faces tough choices in life.

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Marvel NOW: All-New X-Men #1!

11.18.2012 – Finally it’s out. The All-New X-Men #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen has been released which was a welcoming launch by Castle Geek that features the local cosplay group and raffling off a the coveted Cyclops sketch by current Xtreme X-Men inker Dennis Crisostomo. The comic book has been talked about and had a lot of teasers which build up to the release of the new flagship title replacing Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 2) changing the world we see about our merry mutants.

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Inquirer SUPER Lifestyle Feat. Komiks!

11.17.2012 – Earlier today the latest SUPER Lifestyle feature was about Filipino Komiks and it was written by none other than Gerry Alanguilan (Elmer and Wasted) who has worked for international publishers such as DC, Marvel and Image who has an award winning book in his creation for Elmer.



Gerry has been passionate about Filipino Komiks growing up loving the culture and being part of our heritage. He wrote an article for Philippine Daily Inquirer’s SUPER Lifestyle which shares that Filipino Komiks is not dead and yes Komikon DID happen. Read more »

Sneak Peek: Captain Marvel #7 By Dexter Soy!

09.29.2012 – For those who are keeping track of the new Captain Marvel series everyone thought Dexter Soy’s last work was issue #4. But then here’s a teaser for everyone that would get back to digging up the previous issues that you might find it interesting.



Yes. Captain Marvel #7 won’t be out any time soon but Dexter Soy is hard at work in getting this done for everyone to see and you might see him in another comic book signing soon. Read more »

How Comics Fight Dengue in the Philippines!

09.27.2012 – The komiks culture in the Philippines is in abundance with talent and anything that’s being launched in annual conventions like Komikon which has expanded to three events this year. From independent to the longest running comic strip that appears in broadsheets or respected newspapers it has been part of the popular culture in the country. Using comic books as an educational tool is not far fetch a great idea to get the word out just like what the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) is doing to help the local community in fighting a virus such as Dengue fever.

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The World of Sonny Liew's Malinky Robot!

09.26.2012 – Malinky Robot is an adventure of two street urchins in Atari and Oliver which collects five stories by Eisner-nominated artist Sonny Liew (My Faith Frankie, Wonderland, Sense and Sensibility) set in the near future of San’ya. The moment you open the first few pages of the graphic novel it takes you this world where these two kids journey in these five stories that Sonny Liew shares compiling the short stories of Stinky Fish Blues, Bicycle, Karakuri, New Year’s Day, and Dead Soul’s Day Out.

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Marvel NOW: Gerry Alanguilan Promotes Indestructible Hulk #1!

09.26.2012 – Gerry Alanguilan finally released his latest vlog after his recent trip from the Singapore Toy, Game and Comic Convention where he mentioned that he fell ill after his first appearance to the said event. He promotes the upcoming Indestructible Hulk #1 coming out in November 2012.



The book is written by Mark Waid with art work by Leinil Yu who also went to STGCC 2012 as one of the guests along with other Filipino artists making a name in the international comics industry. Gerry also mentioned that most of the art team who worked in producing Superior and Super Crooks which includes Sunny Gho is back with the latest Marvel Now title for the jade giant. Read more »

Marvel NOW: Cable and X-Force #1 Revealed!

09.15.2012 – Cable and X-Force was announced earlier with an exclusive from Dennis Hopeless with the interview courtesy of CBR. Marvel Now has been slowly revealing the world as we know it as Marvel NOW which comes to no surprise some titles get a reboot.



We can’t say how this will go but putting back Cable at the helm of the original paramilitary team he founded is something refreshing and interesting which includes the roster that he’ll be working with. X-Force has gone to evolve throughout the years with the exception of the two previous incarnations that has nothing to do with Cable. Read more »

The Untold Manga Series in Wolverine: Prodigal Son!

08.04.2012 – Wolverine is an iconic character who first appeared in the Giant X-Men #1 comic book along with new members of the mutants. He’s Canadian only known for the name Logan and practically everyone has known already his real name James Howlett revealed in the Origin graphic novel written by Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada, and Paul Jenkins. The art was illustrated by Andy Kubert with colors by Richard Isanove which was released originally as a mini-series from 2001-2002.

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