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If you don't know about Dexter's Half Dozen by now then you clearly haven't been paying attention, I am a super-fan of this independent comic book. Don't believe me? Well you can hear me loving issue #4 here and interviewing the creators Jamie Lambert and David Clifford here. So now you know, you'd be foolish to miss an opportunity to meet the guys in person at the Comic Guru on Saturday 24th October where from 12 pm they'll be signing copies of all the released issues so far #1-6.

From the Guru himself:

'Set in the mist of the Second World War, the story follows a crack team of soldiers who have been tasked with preventing the Nazi’s manipulation of the occult for their own nefarious purposes. The series already has a loyal following and with a trade paperback in the works this is an ideal time to get in with the series.'

This week’s column presented a challenge. When I decided to write the next three columns on the Avengers Big Three (Iron Man, Thor and Captain America), I hadn’t really factored in that they haven’t actually been played by as many actors as, say, Batman or Spider-Man. Until their recent movie adventures, the characters didn’t have the same level of popularity as their slightly more famous friends, and they just haven’t clocked up as many screen appearances.

Of course, all that changed with the release of the first Iron Man movie, but it’s only really been in the last few years that the general, non-comic reading public (or Flatscans. Maybe Muggles) have become aware of the Armoured Avenger, et al. This means fewer (though by no means a total shortage) animated or computer game outings in which actors can portray them, and a distinct lack of great Iron Man performances.

In fact, and I’m aware that this is a controversial statement that may well generate some backlash, for my money, while there have been several good Iron Men, there are only two performances who stand out as great. But let’s visit some of the good ones first...

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Torchwood magazine has announced that issue #14 will contain a comic story written by John Barrowman and his sister Carole E. Barrowman with beautiful art from the one and only Tommy Lee Edwards. The story concerns disappearing people on a rermote Scottish island. The issue goes on sale 19th February and will be the first 100 page issue of the magazine. I absolutely loved Tommy Lee Edwards' art on his Marvel Comics 1985 collaboration with Mark Millar (My top comic choice of 2008!), so I'll be picking this up for the art alone but I'm sure any story written by John Barrowman is going to be all kinds of crazy so everyones a winner.