Fantasy Archive

  • Dark Horse Reviews: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Riley

    Dark Horse Reviews: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Riley

    Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Riley Writer: Jane Espenson Penciller: Karl Moline Inker: Andy Owens Color: Michelle Madsen Letter: Richard Starkings & Jimmy Betancourt (ComiCraft) Cover: (Cover A) Jo Chen & (Cover B) Karl Moline with Andy Owens and Michelle Madsen Issue: One-shot Publisher: Dark...

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  • Dark Horse Reviews: Buffy the Vampire Slayer-Season 8 #35

    Dark Horse Reviews: Buffy the Vampire Slayer-Season 8 #35

    Minor spoilers ahead! In a previous review, I discussed the events of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #33.  The followers of Twilight, season 8’s Big Bad, temporarily joins the Scooby Gang as they try to find their missing comrades.  After Twilight reveals his identity...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: 9th Sleep

    Bento Bako Weekly: 9th Sleep

    Title: 9th Sleep Author: Makoto Tateno Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing, on their Juné imprint Volume: It’s a oneshot; $12.95 Vintage: 2008 in Japan, December 2009 by DMP Genre: 16+; it’s classified as a yaoi title but…it’s not at all.  I’m not sure why they chose...

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  • Dark Horse Reviews: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #33

    Dark Horse Reviews: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #33

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 took place a year after the events of season 7.  Buffy and her friends resided in Scotland, where they trained newly called Slayers.  Things became complicated for them when the US Army and a slew of villains targeted Buffy....

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  • Princess Powerful Attacks: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #25

    Princess Powerful Attacks: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #25

    In Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Dawn returned from college with a big problem: Dawn was a normal 50 foot young woman. She proved to be useful during battles by picking up enemies and crushing any of their arsenals. Buffy was led to believe that Dawn’s...

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  • Princess Powerful Attacks: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #32

    Princess Powerful Attacks: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #32

    During Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7, The First Evil waged war against Buffy and her friends.  At the height of the battle, Buffy recovered an ancient weapon for Slayers called the Scythe.  Willow unlocked the power of the Scythe and activated the basic powers...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Berserk

    Bento Bako Weekly: Berserk

    Title: Berserk Author/Director: Kentaro Miura (mangaka), Naohito Takahashi (series director) Studio/Licensor: OLM (anime production), Dark Horse (manga), Anime Works/Media Blasters (anime) Episodes/Volumes: 25 anime episodes, 35 manga volumes and still going (the anime covers the first 13 volumes) Vintage: The manga began in 1990 in...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Angelic Runes vol. 1

    Bento Bako Weekly: Angelic Runes vol. 1

    Title: Angelic Runes Author: Makoto Tateno Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Volumes: This is the first in a series of three books.  $12.95 Vintage: 2007 in Japan, summer of 2009 from Digital Manga Genre: Fantasy shojo.  Magic, angels, demons, mythology. In Angelic Runes, traveler and rune...

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  • Princess Powerful Attacks: Marvel Super Special #40: Labyrinth

    Princess Powerful Attacks: Marvel Super Special #40: Labyrinth

    The Labyrinth was a 1986 movie directed by Jim Henson and produced by George Lucas.  The film starred David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King, and Jennifer Connelly as Sarah. The story revolved around Sarah, who loves reading and acting out fairy tales.  Sarah misses...

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  • Princess Powerful Attacks: Marvel Super Special: Santa Claus: The Movie

    Princess Powerful Attacks: Marvel Super Special: Santa Claus: The Movie

    In 1985, Santa Claus: The Movie was created.  The film was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and chronicled Santa Claus’ origins. In the 14th century, creatures called the Vendequm (also known as ‘elves’) approached Santa with the opportunity to help deliver presents to children.  Santa accepted...

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  • Princess Powerful Attacks: Marvel Super Special: Red Sonja: The Movie

    Princess Powerful Attacks: Marvel Super Special: Red Sonja: The Movie

    Red Sonja is a character from the Conan the Barbarian series, which was created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith.  She was adapted from the character Red Sonya of Rogatino created by Robert E. Howard.  Red Sonja has appeared in novels, Conan the Barbarian comic...

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  • Bento Bako Weekly: Tsubasa: Those with Wings

    Bento Bako Weekly: Tsubasa: Those with Wings

    Title: Tsubasa: Those with Wings Author: Natsuki Takaya (Fruits Basket) Publisher: Tokyopop Volumes: Originally released in 6 volumes in Japan, then re-released in 3 volumes; Tokyopop published the 3 volume version.  $14.99 each. Vintage: Serialized in Japan from 1995-1998, republished in Japan in 2007, published...

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  • Princess Powerful Attacks: Not Fade Away

    Princess Powerful Attacks: Not Fade Away

    Although I will be discussing the events of the Not Fade Away adaptation, I will also have to discuss the events that lead up to it.  It is considered spoilers to the Angel saga Seasons 1-5. In Season 3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel...

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