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Last stand of the Final Girl: Ed Brisson on embracing pure horror with ‘Hammer Head’
The smashing good time begins in mid-October.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/09/17/hammer-head-brisson-qa/ -
Last stand of the Final Girl: Ed Brisson on embracing pure horror with ‘Hammer Head’
The smashing good time begins in mid-October.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/09/17/hammer-head-brisson-qa/ -
Last stand of the Final Girl: Ed Brisson on embracing pure horror with ‘Hammer Head’
The smashing good time begins in mid-October.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/09/17/hammer-head-brisson-qa/ -
The Dirt Beneath The Devil #1 Review
Words: Dan Panosian
Art: David Ferracci
Colors: Lee Loughridge
Letters: Pat Brosseau
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
For everyone who loves the Wild West, spooky folklore, or had dreams of being the one person on the ranch who could tame a wild stallion, The Dirt Beneath the Devil is here for you. Written by Dan Panosian and illustrated by David Ferracci, this first issue does an amazing job of gently placing the reader into a familiar setting, then slowly transforming that comfort into something darker.
It’s 1891. Our main character June has been called out to Missouri for the reading of her estranged father’s will. Easy, right? Unfortunately, her father’s last wish is for her to take the same trail through the wilderness that he did, which is a tough ask for a city girl who’s never been on a horse. The next twist? She’s not alone. June is accompanied by her half brother, her father’s widow, her father’s mistress and illegitimate child, as well as two of her father’s business associates. The set up is reminiscent of Knives Out or Clue within a Western setting, and has readers scared to trust anyone from the get-go.
The third twist? I bet you thought I was kidding with that wild stallion thing earlier, but no. Issue #1, Cloven, also introduces us to Hendido, June’s father’s stallion with a bad attitude. The art really shines with Hendido; even without facial expressions, there is never any doubt what this horse is thinking—or scheming. While he fights against anyone else who tries to ride him, he’s docile and obedient for June. He’s also, as we see by the end of the comic, loyal to her from his ears all the way down to his odd, cloven hooves.
The first issue takes us through the beginning of the group’s journey as they travel to the homestead for the reading of the will. Panosian does an incredible job building tension between the characters, lacing tons of friction into a few short interactions. Some, like the half brother and his mother, are outright hostile toward June. Others, such as the mistress and illegitimate child, seem timid and unassuming.
But you know what they say about assuming.
This installment really showcases all the important things needed in a first issue. We have a solid foundation with the spunky heroine and her animal companion. We have the mystery as we wonder what the deal was with June’s father, and how well all these people knew him. We have the conflict that layers mistrust, since everyone in the group is vying for a piece of the fortune. Then, there’s what makes this issue special, which is the thin undercurrent of something wrong. At first, a reader might be tempted to think it’s just the danger of June traveling alone with strangers. But as the story progresses, we see a glimpse of the coming horror and supernatural, a tiny taste of the wild things in store.
And the cliffhanger? Impeccable. Issue #1 ends in such a way that readers will immediately be reaching for issue #2, if only to see what exactly this demon horse is going to do.
Overall, The Dirt Beneath the Devil is a great choice for readers looking for something with Wild West vibes and a supernatural flare. I’m very excited—and nervous—to see how exactly this spooky adventure goes, and how many of these characters survive all the way to the end.
If the horse dies though, they’ll be hearing from my lawyers.
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The Phantom, Vol. 1 | Comic Review
It’s always interesting to learn about early superheroes that died out. I remember watching The Spirit when they released that movie 20 years ago and was underwhelmed. Still, I thought I should give The Phantom, Vol. 1 a shot.
Thank you Netgalley and Mad Cave Studios for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
I want to say right off the bat that, of course, a white guy being the savior for an African country was a bit on the nose. Sure, it’s the fictional country of Bangalla, but it’s still eyeroll-worthy at times.
The Phantom protects Bangalla from all types of invaders, and this time it’s a drug trafficking organization that crash lands in the jungle. He fights them off while protecting the villagers, and almost everyone goes home happy.
I learned in this book that Phantom doesn’t actually have any powers? He’s just good at fighting? That’s my biggest takeaway in all of this.
Russell Olson did a good job with the art. The characters were all pretty distinctive, and I was able to tell them a part.
Also, I just learned that there’s a The Phantom movie starring Billy Zane. I’ll probably never watch it, but that’s interesting. Maybe one day…
Book: The Phantom, Vol. 1
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Writer: Ray Fawkes
Artist: Russell Olson
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Cover Artists: Freddie Williams II (A) and Andrew Dalhouse (C)
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#MadCaveStudios Announces New ‘Rip Kirby’ Series http://dlvr.it/TVBVTl
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#MadCaveStudios Announces New ‘Rip Kirby’ Series http://dlvr.it/TVBVTl
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Victoria Jaguar’ By Mark London & Marco Rudy http://dlvr.it/TV9Yfk
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Victoria Jaguar’ By Mark London & Marco Rudy http://dlvr.it/TV9Yfk
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Fantasy’ By Yoann Kavege http://dlvr.it/TV8rq3
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Fantasy’ By Yoann Kavege http://dlvr.it/TV8rq3
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Egg Hunt’ Series By #BenjaminPercy & Raúl Fernández http://dlvr.it/TV5HhC
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Egg Hunt’ Series By #BenjaminPercy & Raúl Fernández http://dlvr.it/TV5HhC
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Today's epic pickup! 📦🦅
I just got Gatchaman: Red Impulse #4 from Hero's and Hitters in Rocky Hill, CT! This @MadCaveStudios run by Steve Orlando is pure sci-fi action. I uploaded red impulse 4.jpg so you can see the cover!
Check it out: https://madcavestudios.com/mad-cave-hub/gatchaman-red-impulse-4/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
More updates at https://comicbookaddicts.com/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#Gatchaman #MadCaveStudios #ComicBookAddicts #ComicCollector #NCBD
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Terrorbytes Halloween Annual’ http://dlvr.it/TTfzJR
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Terrorbytes Halloween Annual’ http://dlvr.it/TTfzJR
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Filthy Lambs’ http://dlvr.it/TTd9Vy
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Filthy Lambs’ http://dlvr.it/TTd9Vy
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The Last Starfighter #1 Launches a New Sci-Fi Legacy from Mad Cave Studios https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/07/the-last-starfighter-1-mad-cave-studios/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TheLastStarfighter #SciFiComics #MadCaveStudios #ComicBookAddicts #CultClassic
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Flash Gordon Defenders of the Earth with Ryan Estrada
In 1986, King Features looked at its stable of unrelated newspaper strip heroes and decided the responsible thing to do was throw them all in a blender. Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and the Phantom. A spaceman, a stage hypnotist, and a guy who lives in a skull-shaped cave and inherited his job from his dad got drafted into a single Saturday morning cartoon called Defenders of the Earth on the apparent theory that if the Avengers could do a team-up, so could three guys who had never met before that year and shared nothing except a syndicate contract.
Then, because nothing from the ’80s was allowed to stay just a cartoon, Defenders of the Earth became a video game in 1990, courtesy of Enigma Variations, for the exact kind of home computer that made you type a magic incantation and wait: Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, and, for the three people on Earth who owned one, the SAM Coupé. You play Flash, sneaking through Ming’s castle dodging security cameras, occasionally calling in Mandrake or the Phantom to open doors, because apparently that’s what magic and jungle-honed strength were for in these days.
Helping make sense of this glorious pile of licensed heroes is Ryan Estrada, who’s written comics for Star Trek, Popeye, Garfield, and, fittingly, Flash Gordon itself, having contributed to Papercutz’s newer Flash Gordon Adventures line. Ryan’s also built a reputation for tucking real hidden puzzles and messages directly into his comic pages, in plain sight, daring anyone paying close enough attention to find them. Which feels like exactly the right skillset for an episode about a security system that apparently only a few specific comic strip disciplines can defeat.
So track down a joystick you no longer own, adjust to a universe where Flash Gordon answers to a management structure that includes a professional hypnotist, and let’s find out whether the Defenders of the Earth earned their game, or whether Earth would’ve been just fine handling Ming on its own.
Learn such things as:
- Is it really a team game if you only get to play as one member?
- Why should you learn another language that uses a different alphabet?
- What are some of the special rules with making licenses comics?
- And so much more!
You can find everything you could ever want to know about Ryan on RyanEstrada.com. Let’s see if anyone can pick out my favorite part. I’ll give you a hint, it’s on the home page.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
The next episode is going to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 Mutant Nightmare, so get your thoughts ready and over to me if you want to hear them in the show.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to Xandar Radio and Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who exclusively wears red jackets with embedded speakers so there’s always a soundtrack.
#CharltonComics #Computers #DarkHorse #DC #DellComics #DynamiteComics #EnigmaVariations #FlashGordon #GoldKeyComics #HarveyComics #HiTecSoftware #KingComics #MadCaveStudios #Marvel #newspaper #RyanEstrada -
#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Tiger Girls’ http://dlvr.it/TTGmtp
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Tiger Girls’ http://dlvr.it/TTGmtp
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘The Three Beasts’ By Grovey Pascasio http://dlvr.it/TTBbrS
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘The Three Beasts’ By Grovey Pascasio http://dlvr.it/TTBbrS
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Sunder’ By Pierre-Alexandre Comtois http://dlvr.it/TT7nwK
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Sunder’ By Pierre-Alexandre Comtois http://dlvr.it/TT7nwK
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Escape From New York: Escape From Chicago’ http://dlvr.it/TT4Psj
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#MadCaveStudios Announces ‘Escape From New York: Escape From Chicago’ http://dlvr.it/TT4Psj
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Danger in the Dark - original comic adventure coming July
#DangerintheDark #Papercutz #TheMandalorianandGrogu #StarWars #FanthaTracks #themandalorianandgrogu #papercutz #madcavestudios #dangerinthedark
Make space on your shelves for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Danger in the Dark.
Read the whole story a...
https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/literature-art/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-danger-in-the-dark-original-comic-adventure-coming-july/ -
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Danger in the Dark - original comic adventure coming July
#DangerintheDark #Papercutz #TheMandalorianandGrogu #StarWars #FanthaTracks #themandalorianandgrogu #papercutz #madcavestudios #dangerinthedark
Make space on your shelves for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Danger in the Dark.
Read the whole story a...
https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/literature-art/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-danger-in-the-dark-original-comic-adventure-coming-july/ -
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Danger in the Dark - original comic adventure coming July
#DangerintheDark #Papercutz #TheMandalorianandGrogu #StarWars #FanthaTracks #themandalorianandgrogu #papercutz #madcavestudios #dangerinthedark
Make space on your shelves for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Danger in the Dark.
Read the whole story a...
https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/literature-art/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-danger-in-the-dark-original-comic-adventure-coming-july/ -
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Danger in the Dark - original comic adventure coming July
#DangerintheDark #Papercutz #TheMandalorianandGrogu #StarWars #FanthaTracks #themandalorianandgrogu #papercutz #madcavestudios #dangerinthedark
Make space on your shelves for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Danger in the Dark.
Read the whole story a...
https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/literature-art/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-danger-in-the-dark-original-comic-adventure-coming-july/ -
Il delirante fumetto con gli ippopotami strafatti diventato un cult negli USA
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://fumettologica.it/2026/05/florida-hippopotamus-cocaine-massacre/
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A new beginning from Mad Cave Studios with Flash Gordon #0 kicking off new adventures.
https://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/p/advance-review-flash-gordon-0
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A new beginning from Mad Cave Studios with Flash Gordon #0 kicking off new adventures.
https://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/p/advance-review-flash-gordon-0
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A new beginning from Mad Cave Studios with Flash Gordon #0 kicking off new adventures.
https://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/p/advance-review-flash-gordon-0
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After the explosive ending of the last issue, the story continues in Speed Racer #7 from Mad Cave Studios.
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After the explosive ending of the last issue, the story continues in Speed Racer #7 from Mad Cave Studios.
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Coming soon from Mad Cave Studios is a new horror series, and I had a chance for an advance look at Pretty Hate Machine #1.
https://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/p/advance-review-pretty-hate-machine
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Coming soon from Mad Cave Studios is a new horror series, and I had a chance for an advance look at Pretty Hate Machine #1.
https://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/p/advance-review-pretty-hate-machine
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From Mad Cave Studios this week is Dick Tracy: St Patrick’s Day Special - check out some of my thoughts!
https://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/i/188837655/dick-tracy-st-patricks-day-special
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From Mad Cave Studios this week is Dick Tracy: St Patrick’s Day Special - check out some of my thoughts!
https://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/i/188837655/dick-tracy-st-patricks-day-special
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A new series out now from Mad Cave Studios - see a screw-up save the world (maybe) in 51 #1
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A new series out now from Mad Cave Studios - see a screw-up save the world (maybe) in 51 #1
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Reviews - 51 #1 & Dick Tracy: St Patrick’s Day Special
From Mad Cave Studioshttps://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/p/reviews-51-1-and-dick-tracy-st-patricks
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Reviews - 51 #1 & Dick Tracy: St Patrick’s Day Special
From Mad Cave Studioshttps://comics.3millionyears.co.uk/p/reviews-51-1-and-dick-tracy-st-patricks
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’51’ #1 is a solid blend of comedy and sci-fi hijinks
’51’ walks the line between sci-fi epic and satirical workplace comedy with ease.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/03/10/51-1-review/#51 #MadCaveStudios
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’51’ #1 is a solid blend of comedy and sci-fi hijinks
’51’ walks the line between sci-fi epic and satirical workplace comedy with ease.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/03/10/51-1-review/#51 #MadCaveStudios
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’51’ #1 is a solid blend of comedy and sci-fi hijinks
’51’ walks the line between sci-fi epic and satirical workplace comedy with ease.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/03/10/51-1-review/#51 #MadCaveStudios
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Speed Racer #6 from Mad Cave Studios launches a new arc exploring Pops’ past and rising tension with Speed. Fast races, shady tech, and a dangerous new rival drive the story toward a thrilling cliffhanger.
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Speed Racer #6 from Mad Cave Studios launches a new arc exploring Pops’ past and rising tension with Speed. Fast races, shady tech, and a dangerous new rival drive the story toward a thrilling cliffhanger.
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GROUPIES: Helen Mullane and Tula Lotay Spotlight – Mad Cave Studios https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/02/groupies-creator-spotlight/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Groupies #HelenMullane #TulaLotay #MadCaveStudios #ComicBooks
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‘Is Ted OK?’ Dave Chisholm answers (and counters) your Qs about 2026’s best near-future dystopian saga
Let’s just say Ted is really going through it, folks.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/01/08/is-ted-ok-dave-chisholm-feature/ -
‘Is Ted OK?’ Dave Chisholm answers (and counters) your Qs about 2026’s best near-future dystopian saga
Let’s just say Ted is really going through it, folks.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/01/08/is-ted-ok-dave-chisholm-feature/ -
‘Is Ted OK?’ Dave Chisholm answers (and counters) your Qs about 2026’s best near-future dystopian saga
Let’s just say Ted is really going through it, folks.
https://aiptcomics.com/2026/01/08/is-ted-ok-dave-chisholm-feature/ -
Tradewatch: exciting bookshelf editions for the week of 12/24/25
Green Lantern, Madman, Pale Knight, ROM Spaceknight, and Warlord .
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/12/19/tradewatch-exciting-bookshelf-editions-for-the-week-of-12-24-25/ -
Tradewatch: exciting bookshelf editions for the week of 12/24/25
Green Lantern, Madman, Pale Knight, ROM Spaceknight, and Warlord .
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/12/19/tradewatch-exciting-bookshelf-editions-for-the-week-of-12-24-25/ -
Tradewatch: exciting bookshelf editions for the week of 12/24/25
Green Lantern, Madman, Pale Knight, ROM Spaceknight, and Warlord .
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/12/19/tradewatch-exciting-bookshelf-editions-for-the-week-of-12-24-25/ -
Kenny Porter and Mike Becker launch ‘The New Space Age’ (AIPT Exclusive)
It’s basically “‘Flight of the Navigator’ for a new era,”
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/16/he-new-space-age-announcement/ -
Kenny Porter and Mike Becker launch ‘The New Space Age’ (AIPT Exclusive)
It’s basically “‘Flight of the Navigator’ for a new era,”
https://aiptcomics.com/2025/09/16/he-new-space-age-announcement/