Kult Creations Shokwave Book 7

 Addendum:  THANKS to John Short for supplying images.

52pp

Colour

US size

£9.00 UK   £12.00 Europe

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This is going to be a tad boring. I currently am awaiting a scanner to be delivered and you might ask why I need to tell you this?  Well, looking over Kult Creations Shokwave page as well as the site in general I can find a cover image for issue 7 and that is it. Art styles have not changed and as usual all scripts are by John A. Short.

Nosperatu which is drawn by David Hitchcock just gets better. "Insane", "gory", "sinister" -all cover this one and it is still, in my opinion, a strip that one day needs to be made into a graphic novel. Hitchcock is obviously enjoying what he is drawing and that shows. Old Nosferatu never expected there to be radio in his time?  Sadly it all led to Heart FM which is a horror in itself but not as big a horror as Nosferatu!  Worth the cover price for just this strip alone.

Richard Pester draws Resistors in his own inimitable style. "Synthigeddon" indeed but some may ask why Mr Wallace is not more concerned about his hair?  Fella needs some good hair treatment.  The title splash page is really eye-catching and Pester's art seems to have gone up a notch I need to buy a red kimono. "It's plastic. About as sharp as a banana" is not a sentence I was expecting., WHAT is as sharp as a banana? Buy a copy to find out.

The Clock Strikes was okay but Adam Jakes' art style of photo reference is still jarring and I am wondering whether that might be down to lack of real backgrounds, with the exception of the splash page -see below. It's acceptable art but I just cannot get into it and I am still not sure why but at least that means I am looking at it and thinking!

Chris Askham's Anna Key was very enjoyable and his art style is improving and I like the way the borders had colour rather than just a white background. A question: would the sheriff hire someone to work as a janitor without running a security check?  Your choice is (A) No. Why bother?  or (B) Sorry, a what? I mean the person might have convictions or links to organised crime and.... oops.    On an inspection day, too.  But armed with a mop things should turn out fine.

D-Gruppe: Comics, Collection and Graphic Novel

  

A4
B&W
31pp
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Germanys first super team created in the 1970s when there were no German created super heroes. 

D-Gruppe first saw print in the 1980s in this story "The Revenge Of The Ice Queen" written and pencilled by Terry Hooper-Scharf and inked/lettered by Ben R. Dilworth. The back-up strip is Deutscher Michael in "Carnival of Death" by John Erasmus.

A4

B&W

22pp

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Following the events of issue 1, Kopfmann has strengthened D-Gruppe but when confronted by a series of unusual events and equally unusual abductors, can the team face the threat of the world destroying Zeit Geist?

Part 1 of the Zeit Geist story arc.

note:events in D Gruppe 1-6 take place BEFORE the Return Of The Gods story in BT Adventure.

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B&W
24pp
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Now gathered at The Place Of The Gods, D-Gruppe meet heroes from other worlds that have been attacked or face attack by the Zeit-Geist. 

Sent to seek out the enigmatic being, the group realises that something is wrong -and Zeit-Geist strikes from within!

A4
B&W
34pp
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This is it! The final showdown with Zeitgeist -but with heroes already dead can D-Gruppe and the other heroes stop the world destroyer?? 

Plus -Kopfmann's first appearance before D-Gruppe and the origin of The Mummy -and a new feature The D-Gruppe Fact File. 

You want more???? 

You ain't getting it!

A4
56pp
B&W
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For D-Gruppe, Germany's first and only super team, things seem to have gone quiet since the Cross-worlds Zeitgeist event. 

However, Tarot, the mystic, detects a great evil below D-Gruppe's very own HQ. 

The ultimate evil has returned and this time it isn't just a question of whether D-Gruppe can stop it but how many of them will die trying?

Part 2 of the Zeit Geist saga contained in that volume

A4

B&W

164pp

£12.00

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Germanys first super heroes have fumbled along since the “Externsteine Event” One day something crashes into forestry followed by a “white out” event and the appearance of the Pied Piper of Hameln and then the appearance Frederick Barbarossa seemingly out of history at D-Gruppe headquarters and his calling them into action. 

At the Place of the Gods, D-Gruppe meets heroes from other German parallels –all targeted and some destroyed by a seemingly all powerful being known as “Zeitgeist” and the race is on to find and stop “It” But there is a traitor amongst the heroes. 

They were Germanys first. Germanys best heroes. But will they live long enough to succeed in their task? 

This book collects together the first adventure of D-Gruppe –Revenge Of The Ice Queen– along with the three part Zeitgeist saga and the 2012 annual that concluded the German super hero epic— plus other features! Art by Ben R. Dilworth and Art/Stories by Terry Hooper-Scharf

Black Tower Super Heroes: Werewolves

 

86pp

A4

Black and white

£10.00 UK 

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The Prof, investigator of the paranormal, encounters two werewolves in Castle Park...and Devilina who has a "sort of" message for him. Kotar, Sabuta, Lady Silana, Tarot and others deal with new werewolf activity and Dr Lycaon is granted access to the labs at the HQ of the explorer/adventurer group The Questors. Lycaon believes he is close to a serum that will cure the curse of lycanthropy but someone or something is trying to stop him. Meanwhile in space Freelancer delivers justice to the Central Galactic Council after its betrayal (see The Green Skies) and on Earth the equally treacherous Council of Light meets its fate. Will Lycaon succeed with his cure or does the increased werewolf activity even in the halls of one of the UKs most secret buildings indicate that the cure is too late?

Black Tower Super Heroes The Ultimate Game

 

Story Terry Hooper-Scharf

Art Terry Hooper-Scharf, Thorroe Prey, P. Beard, Tomas Scharf

Pages

188

Binding Type

Paperback Perfect Bound

Interior Color

Black & White

Dimensions

A4 (8.27 x 11.69 in / 210 x 297 mm)

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 The mystical traveller of the realms, The Thinker, meets a stranger while travelling along the Path of Counter Actuality. But this stranger is a different type of traveller: he is Illuyanka and he has been charged with on sworn duty –to destroy specific Earths in the multiverse.

Finding that Illuyanka is partial to gambling the Thinker risks all by challenging him to a cosmic game pitting heroes against various challenges: they lose then their Earth dies. The Thinker has no doubt that with all of his knowledge he can win. But Illuyanka is not what he seems.

A story that throws in as many super heroes and villains as you could ever want plus an Earths parallel crossing storyline that will have you wondering who the real bad guy is!

The Cross Earths Caper

 

The Cross-Earths Caper: Part II of the Invasion Earth Trilogy

Preview

Paperback, 

A4

Black & White

107 Pages

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Following the events on Neo Olympus and the Boarman invasion of Earth, many heroes and crime-fighters have withdrawn from activity. Some are trying to recover from injuries while others are fighting the mental scars left by the events.

But things have to go on.  As heroes from other parallels who helped during the recent events return home, members of the Special Globe Guard are shocked at the sudden appearance of Zom of the Zodiac. Never a sign of good things a-coming!

Very soon, a group of heroes mount a rescue mission and find that a quick rescue mission can turn sour equally quickly. As they overcome one challenge the the heroes become lost between parallel Earths and face new threats.

 Sometimes one Earth just is not enough. The complete story published in issues 7-10 of Black Tower Adventure now in...one handy dandy book!

Kult CreationsL Shokwave Book 6 -The Vampire Has It!

 

52pp

US size

full colour

£9.00 UK  £12.00 Europe

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Firstly, that raging colour god of a cover is far more muted in print. Pity really as it is great but, sadly, as I have found too often, what looks vibrant in its original form can be quite toned down in printing. Still, Hal Laren'[s cover is very eye-catching and in the publishing business he who catches eyes first wind... no, that didn't sound right, did it? No real eyes are involved it's just a figure of spoeech.

All scripts are by John A. Short who can handle the serious and comedic -or twist both together if needed.  Published in May, 2025 I would not normally review a year old book but Shokwave is fun and the sign over the door does say "If It's Receive It's Reviewed!".

NOSFERATU II with art by David Hitchcock. What can I say? It stays creepy and gory and and is just like watching a horror movie as the plot develops.  Dr Gruber is not having a very good time and to be honest his next trip may be to the real actual Hell. Goes from strength to strength and one day may make a fine collected edition.

 

RESISTORS has art by Richard Pester and it leads you to ask whether a Standard Sexbot can outfight a trained Global Head of Security/ex-marine war veteran? It is a question demanding deep analytical analysis and the question of whether a Sexbot should be fighting at all. Do we get the answer? There's lots of fighting so buy a copy to find out!

Honestly, I never thought I would get to an age where as a reviewer I have to question a Sexbot and its fighting capabilities. In my day it were all one eyed tyrannosaurus Rex's and cowboys.

 ANNA KEY  with art by Chris Askham has nice clean art and good colouring along with everything you expect from a Short script and, oddly, the style is growing on me. Anyway, there is a chase because... but have no fear the sign painter does make it out alive

THE CLOCK STRIKES! with art by Adam Jakes and Brian Donlevy is back. Yep old Quatermass himself. There is nothing wrong here but it just leaves me cold. I think it may be the fact that each panel looks to be a photo reference and I'm sure Jakes puts a lot of work in and despite the story being okay ...nope. I just cannot get past the photo reference images and it is annoying because I cannot put my finger on WHY.

Kult Creations: Shokwave 5

 

52pp

Colour

US size

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Previous reviews can be found here and I actually thought I was seeing things as Book 4 was 2023. I was absolutely positive I had reviewed Book 5....Terry is getting very old. 

Book 1 https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2023/01/kult-creations-shokwave-book-1.html

Book 2 https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2023/05/kult-creations-shokwave-book-2.html

Book 3 https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2023/10/kult-creations-shokwave-3.html

Book 4 https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2024/05/kult-creations-shokwave-4.html

Anyway, here is 2024s offering.

Firstly, as usual, John Short writes everything from the comedic to deadly serious. The issue leads off with Nosperatu which is drawn by David Hitchcock. The art style is still creepy and stylised so that it fits the story perfectly and is in greyscale which also adds a lot. With the gory scenes it works which is good because the amount of red ink needed would have been even scarier.  That final page... 😱

Resistors – "Our rebel robots are on a mission in this episode... Get ready for heist-style hi-jinks with Jez and Daisy behind enemy lines! Sexbot versus war-droids!" Reading that for some reason gave me a flash back to 1980s sci fi horror films (probably starring Tim Thomerson, Tom Atkins or Treat Williams -it was a thing).  the last two pages in a vibrant red really wakes your eyes up after grey scale!!

Now, The Clock Strikes was okay but Adam Jakes' use of movie photo references made this jar a bit for me. Brian Donlevy as Prof Bernard Quatermass in scenes from  The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)  - in the US renamed The Creeping Unknown was hard to take. Of course if you are not into sci fi horror or a huge fan of the Quatermass films none of this will mean a thing!

Anna Key goes on a fake date which isn't surprising since she tricked her was into becoming sheriff. What can go wrong? A restaurant, a little eaves-dropping. Oh, Zinks Karos - who is, apparently, a notorious "hits-being"  so, yeah, should be memorable. Chris Askham's style is still growing on me so that's a plus.

Luckily each strip has a "Previously" to remind old folk like me what happened in the previous issue... probably be why it is called "Previously" -a service to the old croakies.

All fun and recommended!