Highschool of the Dead and Lollipop Chainsaw are both published by Kadokawa Shoten so it's no wonder that there was an official crossover in the video game via unlockable costumes: Rei Miyamoto and Saeko Busujima. Artist Ito Eight took it to the next level with a hentai doujinshi (adult fan comic). Lollipop of the Dead: Saeko and Takashi are overwhelmed by zombies and he gets bit. ... [Read More]

If the History Channel program Ancient Aliens has taught us anything it's that all of man's greatest achievements are the work of aliens... even Iron Man's achievements. Iron Man #11 reveals that Tony Stark AKA Iron Man is the product genetic manipulation by aliens! In fact, he wouldn't have been born at all without the help of an alien robot named 451. It repaired a fatal genetic defect ... [Read More]

As part of a Walmart exclusive, advance screening tickets for Man of Steel included a prequel comic that hints at a possible cameo by Superman's cousin. Long before she became Supergirl, Kara Zor-El enlisted to colonize the universe in what was known as "The Great Expansion of Krypton." But while Kara implores her teammates to work together, Dev-Em eliminates his competition in order to ... [Read More]

Doctor Octopus finally manages to beat Spider-Man by becoming him. The supervillain performs a mind swap and takes over as Superior Spider-Man. However, Peter Parker uses an Ock bot to partially transfer his brain waves back. He slowly begins to exert control until they haven an epic battle of wills in Superior Spider-Man #9. At first, they fight through surrogates such as the memory of ... [Read More]

DC Comics recently saw a backlash from the LGBT community for hiring Orson Scott Card, who has been called homophobic. The company issued a statement supporting his personal freedom of speech but they clearly don't share his views. In Batgirl #19 Barbara Gordon AKA Batgirl comes clean to roommate, Alysia Yeoh who reciprocates by revealing she's a transgender woman (bisexual). Alysia ... [Read More]

Kodomo No Jikan, the controversial manga about a teacher that gets romantically involved with his precocious 3rd grade student, has reached its inevitable conclusion. Daisuke Aoki and Rin Kokonoe finally hook up in chapter 93. Kokonoe agrees to wait 3 years for a kiss if Aoki sensei agrees to be the one to initiate it. Despite being almost 16-years-old, her body hasn't matured at all but she ... [Read More]

Highschool of the Dead Chapter 30 is finally out! Despite a two year hiatus, the rotting corpses are as perky as ever in this zombie comic filled with fanservice. The motley crew of high school students continues to make their way to the evacuation point. A policeman, who is presumably Rei's father, mistakes the group's gunfire for Japan's Self Defense Force. He's corrected by a girl with ... [Read More]

David Haller AKA Legion, a mutant with god-like powers, and Blindfold, his clairvoyant girlfriend, teleport to the Moon in X-Men Legacy #9. She compares him to the similarly detached character Doctor Manhattan from the Watchmen comic book. "It's about a guy with so much power he forgets how to be human," she explains. He clearly misses the point of the story. David tries to convince her ... [Read More]

The DC Comics reboot covered up Power Girl's "Boob Window" but it clearly wasn't going away without a fight. Her new costume was constantly being torn to shreds. They even recreated the boob window albeit temporarily. The wonder twins return for good in Supergirl #19. Power Girl's clothes are once again shredded and she retreats to Supergirl's sanctuary. PG comments that she feels undressed ... [Read More]

Following the success of last year's zombie variant cover, Archie comics will see the return of the living dead in a new ongoing series: Afterlife with Archie. “Afterlife with Archie combines two of my great passions: Archie comics and horror comics," says writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the brains behind the Carrie remake. "This series came out of conversations with Jon Goldwater, asking ... [Read More]

Coinciding with Lichtenstein: A Retrospective at the Tate Modern, The Culture Show is featuring Roy Lichtenstein, the American pop artist best known for recreating, or plagiarizing according to some, comic book panels. Host Alastair Sooke examines his seminal work, Look Mickey (1961): Here, as if from nowhere, were the hallmarks of his pop style, signature look: flat colors, restrained ... [Read More]

Dark Horse comics has released a free preview for the upcoming prequel to The Last of Us, a survival horror game for PlayStation 3. It includes artwork and 6 pages featuring Ellie, the young girl you are tasked with protecting in the game. The story takes place 20 years after the outbreak of a fungal infection that turns people into zombie-like creatures. Ellie is bused to a quarantine zone ... [Read More]

Zombies are people too and killing them could have serious legal ramifications says James Daily, an attorney at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and co-author of The Law of Superheroes. "If a zombie presents an immediate danger and lethal force is necessary, then the zombie could be killed," Daily explains in the April issue of Playboy. "In some jurisdictions -- particularly those ... [Read More]

One of the Avenger's greatest enemies is of their own making: Ultron, a robot built to serve humanity but that wants to rule them instead. He succeeds in Age of Ultron, a 10-issue series by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artists Bryan Hitch, Brandon Peterson and Carlos Pacheco. "This is not the future. This is not an alternate reality. This is happening," the trailer declares. The story ... [Read More]

Vampirella NuBlood is a one-shot comic based on the HBO series True Blood. All the characters are there but they've been renamed, most notably the show's protagonist Snookie, now Spooky. However, the town and its residents are always on the periphery. They serve solely to examine the addiction to blood from which Vampirella suffers. NuBlood, a synthetic blood, seems to be the answer to her ... [Read More]

Coming from a broken home can be tough especially when your parents are a superhero and supervillain. Damian Wayne is torn between two worlds. He is the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul, the daughter of the detective's archenemy Ra's al Ghul. “It’s all about the family and the family going to hell,” writer Grant Morrison told the New York Post. “The two adults in the story are both ... [Read More]