While Hot Toys does still have a few DC projects in the works, it’s the Movie Masterpiece line that has held my interest as of late. Their recent Neo from The Matrix was amazing, having a mini Johnny Depp in Jack Sparrow gear was piratastic and if I had more cash I’d probably buy all the Star Wars figures. Their next figure though? A fantastic replica of a great character from a terrible movie.
From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the Multiverse, here's a look at the best comic book covers of the week!
At one point, Hot Toys actually made a 1:1 scale replica of the gauntlet, which could be worn if you happened to have a hand and forearm size of 68cm. The manufacturer of high end toys is back with another go at the fabled weapon of universal destruction, which has been shrunk down to a more manageable quarter-scale reproduction.
Is Batman really the hero that Gotham needs? That’s the question that Sean Gordon Murphy’s Batman: White Knight asked last year, as it examined the very real cost of devastation that the dark knight’s war on crime had billed Gotham City with. This year, the reborn Joker is striking back with a deadly secret that threatens to destroy the Wayne family legacy in Batman: Curse of the White Knight.
The Wild Storm is weird, it’s gripping and it dives headfirst into its adoption of the unpredictable, while remaining accessible and exciting at the same time. If The Wild Storm is just the first step forward in a much larger picture for the Wildstorm universe, then this one fantastic revival to keep your eyes on.
From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the Multiverse, here's a lok at the best comic book covers of the week!
Joker, the origin movie about Gotham’s `most infamous villain and Batman’s perpetual arch nemesis is an oddity. It’s a standalone film unconnected to anything else happening in the DC universe, and is a gritty look at how Arthur Fleck (played by Joaquin Phoenix), a “a man disregarded by society”, spirals into madness and becomes one of comic books’ most iconic villains.
Listen, I don’t mean to sound weird…but hot damn is the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Thanos an absolute unit. Here is a character who is meant to be the biggest bad possible, and he does so tremendously thanks to his acquisition of the Infinity Stones. It’s actually a monumental scene in the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War when Thanos …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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