This week, we get back to business with Batman Incorporated #1, forget ourselves in Mind MGMT #1, get viral with Youngblood #71, reload with Clint Volume 2, #1, saddle up for Dark Horse Presents #12, savour the taste with Chew #26, and stake our claim with I,Vampire #9.

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Before we get to the interviews, we have a condensed version of our regular reviews: we decipher the signals in The Secret History of DB Cooper #3, tool up with Glory #26, cross red and green to get blue in Incredible Hulk #7.1, get back on track with Justice League #9, become our own worst enemies with Dancer #1, and sign up for membership at Danger Club #2.

Next week, we’ll have a proper recap of Kapow, but for now, we present the multitude of interviews we were fortunate to carry out: we catch up with Becky Cloonan (Conan The Barbarian, Demo, Wolves), Joel Meadows (Tripwire), Mike Carey (The Unwritten), Angelo Tirotto and Richard Jordan (No Place Like Home), Andy Belanger (Kill Shakespeare, Black Church), Bob Wayne (DC’s VP of Sales), Great Beast (Marc Ellerby and Adam Cadwell), Montynero (Death Sentence), Simon Hacking (former host, Nobrow) and finally Kate Brown and Ema Vieceli (Fish and Chocolate and Vampire Academy).

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This week, we show some sympathy for the devil in Frankenstein Alive Alive #1, go dotty over Hell Yeah #3, chillout with Dan the Unharmable #1 and open the airlock for Mystery In Space #1.

We also have a hoot with a Court of the Owls catch up, take on the undead hordes in The Walking Dead game review, and we have a bit of banter about the Bard with Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery, creators of Kill Shakespeare.

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This week, we get out the yellow pages and Dial H for Hero #1, take a different route with Earth 2 #1, close the window on Worlds Finest #1, we open the door, get on the floor and walk the dinosaur with Gi Combat #1, play noughts and crosses with X-O Manowar #1, and stand clear of the closing doors as we Mind the Gap #1.

We also present two interviews recorded in store. First, we catch up with Roger Langridge after his signing to discuss the newly announced as ongoing Popeye, his creator owned Snarked and his future comics plans. Second, we chat to colourists John-Paul Bove and Jason Cardy of the new Transformers: Regeneration One series, following their signing in store for Free Comic Book Day.

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We also have a look at this years Free Comic Book Day offerings, spotlighting those which we think are the most likely to entice new readers.

We complete this weeks episode with an interview with Ellie and Lily, the lovely young girls behind First Class Comic Review.

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We also present 3 interviews recorded at the It’s Dark In London private viewing, with contributors Woodrow Phoenix, Chris Webster and DaveMcKean.

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This week, We discover whether or not America’s Got Powers (#1), go on the prowl with Alabaster: Wolves #1, use our illusion with Smoke & Mirrors #2, stay out of the sun with Shade #7, and get a history lesson with the Mighty Thor #12.1.

We also got to chat with the creators behind Mega City Undercover Vol. 2, (Rob Williams, Rufus Dayglo, D’Israeli and Simon Coleby at the signing we recently held in store.

Last, but not least, we present our review of the much anticipated new Marvel movie, Avengers Assemble!

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This week, Crossed Badlands #2 takes the biscuit, the hammer falls in New Avengers #23, we take up the call with Avengers vs X-men #0, dig deep with Daredevil #10, meet the dapper deceased in New Deadwardians #1, and much more.

Dan Abnett also dropped by the store to talk about his new Vertigo title, how it came about, and the difference between writing prose and scripts.

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This week, we start things over with The Darkness #101, get delirious with Rebel Blood #1, click our heels together with No Place Like Home #2, get beckoned to Barsoom with John Carter: The Gods of Mars #1, and get jazzed up with Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child #1.

Tying in nicely with our picks this week, we caught up with David Hine at the launch/signing for his run on the Darkness, and chatted to Selwyn Hinds about how we came to write at Vertigo.

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