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  "Once again I shall abide ever beyond the skies of planets!"   The 'Ride Divine' continues in the second issue of Genecy by writer Gerald Cooper and artists Eddy Barrows, Carlo Dodson and Sean Hill. And quite the ride it is... Kaizaxx of the Tanaanians, a race of Viking-like humanoids (think Conan with elf/Vulcan pointed ears) has been chosen by the god-like Rakinrod to be his champion. Bestowing cosmic superpowers upon our unwitting hero, Rakinrod sends Kaizaxx out into the universe on a quest to retrieve three orbs of power. These mysterious globes will complete Rakinrod, freeing him from his palatial tomb. In return, he will free Kaizaxx's race from slavery... Genecy strides the genres of science fiction, superhero yarn and sword'n'sorcery fantasy, resulting in a turbo-charged tale of epic proportions. Over 36 pages - most of them exploding with dazzling neon-drenched colour- our muscle-bound protagonist, glowing like a supernova, hurtles through sp...

    " Despite your best intentions, I have been created for one purpose ... as a weapon to annihilate Earth's enemies." 2073: Deep within the Mariana Trench a large anomalous object is discovered. Believed to be at least as old as the Earth itself, it is biochemically exotic and emits pulses of light that spell out coded mathematical data. It also appears to exist in a bizarre quantum state; simultaneously 'there' and 'not there'... Is this the origin of all life on Earth... possibly all life in the universe? Dubbed 'the Hand of God' by the media, speculation regarding its nature runs wild and a quasi-religious cult soon sprouts up claiming it to be the manifestation of the divine.  Meanwhile, researchers decode the strange emissions, discovering co-ordinates for a region of space near Jupiter's moon Ganymede that appears to act like a miniature black hole.  In 2078 the spacecraft N'Jal is sent to investigate and passes through the spaceti...

  The Sisko has slept in light and shadow... The Sisko must descend... The Sisko must go... ... where no-one has gone before... Three years ago the war between the Federation and the Dominion came to an end. Many sacrifices were made to bring that conflict to a close, many lives were lost, many were separated from their loved ones for reasons that made little sense to those left behind. Nineteen year old Jake lost his father, Captain Benjamin Sisko. Not to the weapons fire of a Jem Hadar attack ship. Not the the random disruptor beam of a Cardassian soldier. He didn't die.... he was simply.... taken . Taken by the Prophets. Into their Celestial Temple. They took him to exist with them, outside of linear spacetime. The Emissary. The Sisko. Why? Reasons no human mind can comprehend... Now, just as mysteriously as he left, he is back. Returned to Deep Space Nine. To his family. His son, his wife, the daughter he never met. To Starfleet. The Prophets ... the name given by...

Invasion is imminent! Hostile forces have overtaken a remote moon and are in the midst of uncovering a secret base that holds the key to a delicate intergalactic alliance. It is up to Anvil Liza to thwart the enemy’s plans and in the process maintain balance in the universe... Anvil Liza - real name Daffney - is a superhuman special operative sent on a covert mission to the snowy moon of the planet Apolaki. There she must retrieve some vital intel from an abandoned base before enemy forces - the Pelothraxils - get their three-fingered alien mits on it. She is supremely qualified for the job, being able to fly through space without the need of a vehicle of any kind - but not quite perfect. Blurred vision, crash landings, blackouts... she has her own brand of kryptonite; a hidden addiction that threatens to derail her efforts, despite her best intentions. Can she fight a war with two fronts simultaneously? Stellarlands by writer Max Ferrada and artist Ben Worrell takes us into the hear...

" As for me, they call me Brute and you're about to find out why..."   He's small, furry, green and cute, but don't be fooled by his appearance. This diminutive emerald ursine sure packs a punch! Brute - The Toughest Teddy Bear in the Galaxy # 3   by writer Preston Squire and artist Owen Keenan drops us right in the middle of a desperate battle for freedom. On the space station Tars, outside the Milky Way galaxy, human girl Rose is on the run from her owner, a huge alien Crabi. Our tiny hero leaps to her defence, amply demonstrating his disproportionate physical prowess.  This issue is 90% action; Brute, Rose and her feisty cat Caesar against the big crustacean and his lumbering goons. These colourful, exotic characters leap across the pages with joyful energy, their complex fight a succession of one thrill after another.  We also catch up with the rag-tag multispecies crew of the Vanguard as they plan a heist, and the introduction of an intriguing new character ...

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Government conspiracies? Exploding space shuttles? Shadowy genetic research? Rampaging muscular demonic alien hybrid mutants complete with horns, fangs and razor-sharp claws? It's all in a day's work for scientist Jeannie Lewis, caught up in a complex tangle of plots involving extraterrestrial invasion and secret military collaborations. A race of god-like space beings have Earth in their sights and plan complete domination of our world and its resources.  Their minions (red-skinned devils on steroids) have created a half-human super warrior as part of their nefarious schemes; the statuesque and ascerbic Lila. Luckily for us, however, Lila has a will of her own - and then some - and has sided with the humans... which is fortunate as the odds are stacked very much against the survival of our species in the face of such a dire threat. Astral Vengeance #2 is the continuation of the explosive Astral saga by writer/producer Jay Magnum and artist Ariel Medel in which an exotic supe...

    I'm never gonna be normal, am I? Nope! Sorry, buddy! We've traveled across time and space.  Trust me when I tell you...  Normal kinda sucks.   Desmond Phillips is being disruptive... His classmates want to know why, if he had the surgery, does he still have to SNIFF the paper to read it? He explained that the doctors removed the tumour but his eyesight is still affected.  Chiasm by writer/artist Doug Knight is a semi-autobiographical story. When Doug was six he was diagnosed with cancer; a tumour located in the optic chiasm above the pituitary gland. Chemotherapy reduced the size of the tumour but it had already damaged his optic nerves, drastically limiting his sight. Not to be defeated by this, young Doug defiantly became an avid artist. When he grew up he became a tattoo artist and, more recently, a creator of comics.  All this despite being legally blind! In Chiasm #0 we join Desmond as he returns to school after his operation to try and get ...

“You mess with one bean … you get the whole burrito!”   School’s out for summer! Stacy and Markus are throwing a ball around on campus as their buddies Vi Tu, Leslie and Sheree pass by. But these are no ordinary college kids. These five young stars are prodigy-level students with a keen fascination for medical nanotechnology. Classes may be finished but for this bunch learning never ends. And that’s not all… When an explosion in one of the science laboratories is followed by the sudden appearance of a huge, demonically ferocious bug-eyed alien monster, it turns out that our heroes are even more exceptional. In the blink of an eye – and with a suitably inspirational call to arms – our brave scholars are transformed into gleaming armour-clad super warriors; ready, willing and more than able to whoop some extraterrestrial butt. So far, so mighty morphin’ … but this is no ordinary comic:  Super Wicked White Cell Squadron # 1 by writer/artist Doug Knight is an homage to everything...

  Mars, circa 500 million BCE; the red planet is a brave new world full of life... and death! In Caspian Porter - Part 4: The Battle of Rooster Valley by writer Drew D. Lenhart and artist Juan Fleites, our titular non-heroic protagonist, former cargo freighter pilot and all-round master of disaster, finds himself in the middle of a war zone... of his own making. In the previous issues we learned of the mysterious wormhole above Mars that has sucked in many unsuspecting space travellers from the 21st century and marooned them in the deep past, like a perilous spacetime Sargasso Sea... on a Mars that is covered in lush forests inhabited by carnivorous dinosaurs. Over the years, with very little technology, the survivors have eked out a rustic, tribal civilisation complete with domesticated saurians and archaic weaponry. Two separate camps coexisted more or less peacefully until Porter - having fallen out of the sky after fleeing problems of his own making in the year 2086 - promptly...

 Cover art:  Adrien Bonilla @adrianBcomics   What does it mean to be human in a world that left humanity behind long ago? Claire is pregnant, and there are complications: the Earth is a radioactive dystopia filled with ferocious mutations and everyone else on the planet is sterile. The tiny miracle inside her has made her a target... Thirty years previously the ozone layer failed and solar radiation flooded the world, killing most living things and transforming the rest into horrific monsters. Worse, fending off the hungry wildlife is only delaying the inevitable; eventually everyone succumbs to the destabilising effects of radiation poisoning. Our heroine lives in an underground town where she works as part of a team called the Relic and Toxx Scavengers (R.A.T.S) who make hazardous visits to the surface to forage for essential supplies. Once her condition is discovered, however, Claire herself becomes an invaluable commodity to be traded... TOXX by writers Evan Carother...

  Grizzled space veteran and living legend Gritt Grimstone is on board a ship cruising through the solar system. Preparations for a party to celebrate his 104th birthday are underway. A bored little boy seeks diversion... "Don't you have like a bazillion stories or something?"   So begins Gritt Grimstone: Tales From A Far Out Future by writer Drew D. Lenhart and artists Hernan Molina and Rowel Roque, an anthology of tall tales told by the titular protagonist to his young audience of one.   We are in retro/classic sci-fi territory here, with missions to the moons of Jupiter, dodging asteroids and battling grotesque alien villains. It is a light-hearted romp through nostalgic space with several twists and turns along the way. The action-packed escapades are smoothly rendered by the artists with a satisfying balance of the dramatic with the comic. If the tongue-in-cheek adventurous tone feels familiar, you may have read Lenhart's Caspian Porter series, in which expect...

  I spoke to Jamie Primack, writer and artist of Tapas series Binary Star. Zaki is a bounty hunter from the planet Anaxis, part of the Intergovernmental Council of the Human Empire. Anaxis is part of the Castores binary star system. The companion star also has an inhabited planet, Hakden-Aio, home to the humanoid Hakden-zarift (or ' snowmen' as they are commonly known). The humans of Anaxis have a long, bitter history of conflict with the snowmen, with atrocities committed by both sides. WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/VEzAi9QDop8 ....... JAMIE PRIMACK BINARY STAR: https://tapas.io/series/binarystar REVIEW: https://scificomicnexus.blogspot.com/2021/02/review-binary-star.html Website: http://www.jamieprimack.com Instagram: @jamieprimack - https://www.instagram.com/jamieprimack/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamie.primack    Zak Webber infinitydragonfly.com scificomicartist@gmail.com Twitter -  @sfcomicartist  Instagram -  @sfcomicartist JOIN US ON ...

  In this issue, Captain Kang McAlmatov and his ragtag crew are finally formed but are declared traitors. As if the Æsynja Empire gunning for them wasn't bad enough, they are now on the run from their former allies. Their ship becomes a lone wolf in outer space. Zak Webber also manages to give a bit more spotlight to one of the antagonists. I can't wait to see this lethal character come face-to-face with McAlmatov or anyone from his crew.     Oliver Francisco  Infinity Dragonfly: Renegade Souls # 4  

  I spoke to Raudric Curtis for his podcast and we talked about science fiction comics, finding and promoting new talent, how to reach our readership, how the sci-fi genre and the comics medium work together so well... LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Royal House Comics Royal House Comics Podcast   Royal House Comics Podcast discusses Indie Comics and book publishing as well as a diverse range of topics in creative content creation. royalhousecomics.com       

    “You know the truth. The universe is unutterably vast and it is made almost completely of darkness. Everything else is just an aberration, an illusion we spin ourselves to try and ignore the reality.” An unexpected attack renders the future of the main protagonists grim, and one of the traitors surfaces, upping the stakes even further. Zak Webber seamlessly injects the conspiracy element in the storyline, making the reading experience doubly exciting and suspenseful. Can't wait to see what happens next.   Oliver Francisco  Infinity Dragonfly: Renegade Souls #3              

  “You’ve been given the most terrifying gift in the universe: freedom.” I’ve read numerous weird robot/android stories, but the android in this story is something new to me. At the end, she literally becomes a renegade soul, which makes the comic title very appropriate. We are also given a back story of Kang, and the awesome skirmish that he engages in brings to mind some of the more exciting Star Trek space battles in the past where captain Kirk defeats a more powerful enemy by thinking outside the box. Will definitely read issue 3 to find out what happens next.   Oliver Francisco      Infinity Dragonfly: Renegade Souls #2      

Star Trek Voyager was my introduction to space operas. From there I went back and watched the original series, TNG and DS9. Then I fell in love with Firefly and, lately, The Orville. All of the foregoing shows have two things in common: space battles and great stories. I’ve always wished though that they’d produce an edgier version of Star Trek. While I yet have to see that come to pass on the small screen, my wish has already been granted via the comic book format by the indie comic called Infinity Dragonfly by Zak Webber. In the first issue, we are introduced to the crew of an old, retrofitted colony ship that’s been modified for interstellar war. What makes this different from the aforementioned shows is that this comic is not afraid to go where others have not gone before. And this being an indie book, it has the potential to be as graphic as it wants to be. The art style is something like if Moebius relied more on computer programs to illustrate his stories. After a few pages,...