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Cosmic Wars, Ancient Aliens, and Universe‑Shaking Battles — 8 Space‑Based Comics Every Fan Must Experience

The space opera is one of the most reverential comic book genres. Comic books set in space can feel claustrophobic on a ship. They can be sprawling space epics when it comes to war between civilizations. The best space operas make readers question the meaning of humanity when aliens and…

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85 Years Ago, An Immortal Superhero Was Rebooted And No One Noticed

In 1941, 'The Green Hornet Strikes Again!" made superhero history. Here's why this serial oddly holds up.

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11 Sci-Fi Comics That Predicted Today’s Technology With Scary Accuracy

A lot of the technology that we take for granted as mass consumers made their debut in sci-fi comics decades ago. The 3-D printer, AirTag, smart devices, video calls, A.I. virtual assistants, and more made their inspirational debuts in sci-fi comics a long time ago. The story idea for the…

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45 Years Ago, An Iconic Space Opera Wasted Its Potential With A Fatal Mistake

Is the 1980 'Flash Gordon' a cult classic? Let's take an honest look and see how this film stacks up against its golden age origins.

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Renato Casaro's Amazing Sci-Fi Movie Poster Artwork Will Live Forever

The painter Renato Casaro' was 89 when he passed away. Here's a selection of his best sci-fi movie poster artwork from 'Solaris' to 'Dune' and beyond.

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75 Years Ago, One History-Making Sci-Fi Show Set The Stage For Star Trek

It's hard to imagine the Final Frontier and all sorts of sci-fi TV without 'Tom Corbett.' Here's why the earliest 'Space Cadet' show changed everything.

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In the English football zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Eagle

In today’s Football Daily: Several reasons to love Oliver Glasner’s high flyers

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Mark Hamill thought Star Wars was a Flash Gordon parody after reading script

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill initially thought George Lucas' 1977 space opera was a spoof of Flash Gordon when he first read the script and the director nor his co-star Harrison Ford gave him any advice on how to approach his character Luke Skywalker.

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PFA Review: Tom King’s Strange Adventures

In the early 20th century, the white colonizer superhero trope was a big thing. Tarzan, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Doc Savage, and similar Golden and Silver Age heroes are good examples. Another such hero is the space-faring DC hero Adam Strange. Controversial writer Tom King explores themes of heroism, propaganda,…

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David Ellis reviews Noisy Oyster: Like a particularly crap episode of Doctor Who

This was time-limit dining, says David Ellis, as though they’d double booked the table and the other party had turned up with baseball bats

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10 Hottest Independent Comic Books Out Right Now

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75 Years Later, A Forgotten Sci-Fi Reboot Is Almost Impossible To Watch

Here's why the 1950s 'Buck Rogers' isn't as retro cool as you might think.

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70 Years Later, the First Sci-Fi TV Series Is Now Lost to Time

What was the first sci-fi TV show? Here's why 'Captain Video' was important, but also impossible to watch.

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"It's a little over-heroic. But it's fun. It's colourful. And there is also a little undercurrent of something deeper in the lyrics”: Brian May reveals the inspiration for one of Queen’s greatest hits

It was the movie theme that almost got rejected

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10 Years Ago, The Wachowskis Made A Sci-Fi Flop That Was Wildly Misunderstood

Let's talk about the best worst sci-fi movie of all time. Here's why 2015's 'Jupiter Ascending' shouldn't be viewed in a 21st century context. This is basically a throwback to a time before Star Wars.

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Lamer than a speeding bullet: why the Superman trailer is cinematic Kryptonite

The first glimpse of James Gunn’s new DC Universe has arrived but this Superman film just looks a bit rubbish...

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70 Years Ago, a Forgotten Sci-Fi Show Predicted the Future by Rebooting an Iconic Character

The 1954 'Flash Gordon' was a major reboot for one of the most popular sci-fi franchises of all time. Why don't we remember it?

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45 Years Ago, an Influential Sci-Fi Hero was Saved From Oblivion

The 25th century never looked so groovy. Here's how a character who was big in the 1930s earned a brief but fascinating second life.

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The 32 greatest '80s sci-fi movies

Transforming robots, cyborg cops, and desert planets defined pop culture's coolest decade

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TV tonight: a moreish new gameshow to have fun with on Saturday nights

Stephen Mangan hosts Password, with team captains Daisy May Cooper and Alan Carr. Plus: a gripping new French drama. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Kinds of Kindness to RoboCop: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Yorgos Lanthimos’s anthology comedy is as wonderfully weird as you’d hope, and Peter Weller’s shiny sheriff dishes out justice in dystopian Detroit

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32 sci-fi movies that deserve a sequel

From space travel to time travel, these are the sci-fi movies begging to tell more stories

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"It's like being forced by Mary Beard, wielding a vicious riding crop, to watch never-ending episodes of The Time Tunnel": Saxon's Hell, Fire And Damnation

Biff Byford lines up the history lessons on Saxon's 24th studio album Hell, Fire And Damnation

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The 19 most problematic movies ever made, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to Forrest Gump

Louis Chilton selects some of the most controversial movies ever released

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'Quantumania' Director Unpacks Janet van Dyne's "Personal Connection" to Kang

With 'Ant-Man: and the Wasp: Quantumania,' director Peyton Reed is charting new territory.

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