By Mark Rodriguez Lara Croft has rocked the world in 1996 as a thrill-seeking world-traveling adventurer when Tomb Raider hit the SEGA Saturn and Sony Playstation. Garnering a huge fanbase due to the action-packed gameplay as well as Lara's looks and overall bad-assness, it's no surprise she'd eventually branch out into other forms of media or merchandising. In 1999 she got herself a comic book series from Top Cow and Image comics. Thanks to Hipcomics I was able to grab a copy, so let's check it out. 'The Medusa Mask' opens in Iran as the narrator explains how dangerous the place can be, especially towards thieves. Several Iranian soldiers are looking for 'the westerner' and start taking off the hijabs of any woman they see. One of them takes the hijab off a particular woman who turns out to be Lara Croft. One of the men sets her gun to her head and she tells him if he shoots, he'll mess up the 2200-year old necklace he's been told to recover. ...
By Mark Rodriguez We decided to swing by Third Eye before the pull box got too piled up. I lost track of when Hush 2 ended, but just like I heard a few months back, this would lead to Batman getting a brand new number one issue. Also the comic based on the classic Spider-Man 90's series is here!! Psylocke # 10- I'll have to catch up to this one Batman # 1 (2025) - Another jumping on point as we get a fresh new number one. Hush 2 might have ended but Batman and Bruce Wayne are going to be challenged like never before! All-New Venom # 10- Emotions rise as Mary Jane and Venom finally hash it out. Spider-Man 94 # 1- Spider-Man The Animated Series is back, in comic book form at least. After getting Mary Jane back, what new adventures await them after 5 seasons of villains and adventures? IDW TMNT # 11- The Turtles might be reunited by the city is after them. This is the semi-last issue to wrap up the Jason Aron run. What will happen now as the Turtles are taken ...