[Book Review] Baen Books: ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’

STOP THE NAZI A-BOMB In September 1939, Nazi Holocaust mastermind Heinrich Himmler conscripts brilliant physicist Peter Winter to devise a secret weapon of supreme power, and to create a revolutionary aircraft to deliver it. Peter, and his Jewish wife, Rachel, know they may only be able to slow Himmler down, and not stop him from developing the ultimate weapon. NAZI MADNESS AND TERRORIST EVIL COMBINE In modern-day Pakistan, the elite terrorist known as the Asp survives a U.S. drone strike, then undertakes a solo mission to penetrate America’s heartland to wreak destruction. Meanwhile, ambitious aircraft historian Cassidy Gooding and irascible

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[Video Interview] Writer David Avallone at Long Beach Comic Expo 2020

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One of the first must-see events of the new year occurred on Saturday, January 11th & Sunday, January 12th when Long Beach Comic Expo kicked off the 2020 convention season! This year’s event was filled with a wide spectrum of talent and experience within the comic book community. From up-and-coming writers & artists to veteran creators, there was no shortage of creative minds with which to meet. One such talent on-hand at the event was David Avallone. If you’re familiar with any of the major properties at Dynamite Entertainment, then you’ve likely seen David’s work. Characters such as Doc Savage,

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[Video Interview] Writer/Artist David Mack – Guest of Honor at Long Beach Comic Expo 2020

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One of the first must-see events of the new year happened last weekend, Saturday, January 11th & Sunday, January 12th when Long Beach Comic Expo kicked off the 2020 convention season! For this year’s event, Long Beach Comic Expo placed the spotlight on comic book writer/artist David Mack as their Guest of Honor this year. The creator of the highly-acclamied KABUKI series, writer/artist on Marvel’s DAREDEVIL, artist on a slew of covers from across numerous publishers, and so much more, took time out to speak with PopCultHQ. We discussed his (dare I say) legacy-defining creator-owned title KABUKI, which is reaching

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[Comic Book Review] BOOM! Studios’ ROCKO’S MODERN AFTERLIFE Vol. 1 TPB

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of the ROCKO’S MODERN AFTERLIFE Vol. 1 TPB from KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios. Available Wednesday, January 8th, the creative team for this trade paperback features writing from Anthony Burch, art from Mattia di Meo, colors by Francesco Segala, and lettering from Jim Campbell. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… ROCKO’S MODERN AFTERLIFE Vol. 1 TPB Writer: Anthony Burch Artist: Mattia di Meo Colorist: Francesco Segala Letterer: Jim Campbell Cover Artists: Ian McGinty w/ Joven Paul Rocko returns in this new limited series from writer Anthony Burch (Borderlands 2) and Mattia Di Meo (Ben 10: For

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[Comic Book Review] Top Cow’s THE CLOCK #1

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of the THE CLOCK #1 from Top Cow Productions. Available Wednesday, January 8th, the creative team for this miniseries features writing from Matt Hawkins, art from Colleen Doran, colors by Bryan Valenza, and lettering from Troy Peteri. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… THE CLOCK #1 Writer: Matt Hawkins Artist: Colleen Doran Colorist: Bryan Valenza Letterer: Troy Peteri MINISERIES PREMIERE! Within three weeks, hundreds of millions of healthy people worldwide contract various forms of aggressive cancer, and the proliferation, seemingly a viral outbreak, stumps the best scientific minds available. But after a leading cancer researcher

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[Comic Book Review] IDW’s LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN Vol. 4: The Tempest

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of the LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN Vol. 4: The Tempest from IDW Publishing. Available Wednesday, January 8th, the creative team for this trade paperback features writing from Alan Moore, art from Kevin O’Neill, colors by Ben Dimagmaliw, and lettering from Todd Klein. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN Vol. 4: The Tempest HC Writer: Alan Moore Artist: Kevin O’Neill Colorist: Ben Dimagmaliw Letterer: Todd Klein Cover Artist: Kevin O’Neill Legendary swords clash atop the Paris Opera in 1913, while almost a century later a declining London witnesses assassination attempts, summit meetings

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Reptile’s Random Review: Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’

Netflix tossed the Witcher a coin from the valley of plenty and it was enjoyable. On December 20th, 2019, Netflix released “The Witcher” series. It was  based on the popular video game released through Atari, which was based on a Polish novel by author Andrzej Spakowski. Well, I think you get the picture. The series stars Henry Cavill grumbling his way through his dialogue in a gruff, somber tone. Even though he seems to be hated and feared in most places he goes, he is quickly employed to rid the area of monsters. He collects his bounties, then quickly leaves

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Happy New Year from All of Us at PopCultHQ

Welcome to a new year, a new decade, and a new look for PopCultHQ! Thank you to Kendra, a.k.a The Creature Queen, for the fantastic new logo design. We hope that you like what we’ve been doing with the place and the changes yet to come. This last year has been an interesting journey filled with trials and errors. Some led to growth, others led us nowhere. We’ve also played with social media and SEO and made a few discoveries along the way …. as long as we produce consistently good content, avoid clickbait, and excessive advertising, our readers return.

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Reptile’s Random Review: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’

Welcome back to Reptile’s Random Reviews. After being silent for a couple of weeks, I’m baaaaack and so is “Jumanji” with ‘Jumanji: Next Level.’ Maybe I can hit the next level in this review. As we recall, the original Jumanji (1995) starred Robin Williams and was pretty popular. In 2017, Columbia Pictures revisited this film and moviegoers approved to the tune of $962 million worldwide. A nice-sized piece of cheese. It starred Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Nick Jonas. For someone who started out as singer in a boy band, Nick turned out to be a

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[Book Review] Baen Books: ‘The Gods of Sagittarius’

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Russ Tabor is one of the top security specialists in the galaxy. Much against his will, he finds himself assigned to provide protection for Rupert Medawar Narayan Shenoy—“Lord Shenoy,” as he likes to style himself—who is probably the human race’s most brilliant savant. Shenoy has become convinced that the race of ancient aliens known as the Old Ones possessed powers unknown to any modern intelligent species. He believes they had harnessed forces which may well have been actual magic, giving the Old Ones the stature of gods. Off Russ and Shenoy go to find the secret. Meanwhile, Occo, a member of

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