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The Immortal Iron Fist #17
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Artists: Travel Foreman, Russ Heath
Publisher: Marvel

Despite the different writer, this is very similar in tone to what has come before and given all the work done to establish the Iron Fist legacy, the notion that Danny Rand might die at 33 is fairly believable. I didn’t care for much of the artwork though. The historical Iron Fist scenes were good, not so much the…

Comic-Con is turning into a media phenomenon and I’m not foolhardy enough to try and do hourly updates on everything that happened. But for those of you who have the odd other thing to do in your lives, here’s a roundup of some of the news that came out of this years convention.

• Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon return to Punisher
  In a six issue weekly Punisher: War Zone mini-series to…

I am very pleased to welcome on board N.E. Lilly as a regular contributor to Solar Flare. He will be providing us with regular news coverage on video games and the internet as it relates to science fiction. In addition you may see a few individual reviews cropping up.

N.E. Lilly is the editor of SpaceWesterns.com. One of the things I love about science fiction is the breadth of material that…

I don’t normally post at the weekend, but I received an amusing little puzzle in the mail and thought i’d share.

I got two padded envelopes each containing a small card. When I placed one card on top of the other, I got a message directing me to the website Seek The Six. Which turns out to be a promotional site for the new version of The Prisoner.

I’m a huge fan…

I think it’s safe to assume that anyone reading this will recognize the name Jim Henson. The Muppets is usually the first thing that most people think of. SciFi fans (those of you reading this most likely) are likely to point to The Dark Crystal or Labyrinth.

But how many of you have heard of The Cube? I hadn’t until recently. The Cube was an hour long episode of an NBC…

The latest Dimension Extreme title Rogue follows a group of tourists on a wildlife cruise through the Outback. When their boat is stranded on a muddy island, a wild and monstrous crocodile begins his hunt. Writer-director Greg McLean (Wolf Creek) returns with a suspenseful and chilling ride through Australia’s waters, set against the glorious backdrop of the rugged Northern Territory. ROGUE stars a talented cast, including Michael Vartan (“Alias,” Monster-in-Law),…

This was a decade dominated by war. The First World War erupted in 1914 and ended in 1918. In the midst of this and other conflicts the Russian Revolution occurred. Inevitably all of this turmoil affected the works produced during this period.

Scientific advances continued however with an increased interest in electronics. One significant breakthrough was Albert…

The following science fiction and fantasy DVDs will be released during the month of August 2008:

Star Trek The Original Series: Season Two

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

Tru Calling: The Complete Series

The Legend of the Shadowless Sword

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season One

Transformers: Animated Season One

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior

Heroes: Season Two

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector’s Edition

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Last week we had the Donna light episode, this week it’s the Doctor light episode. I’ve actually really enjoyed the different atmosphere that Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) has brought to the TARDIS, but I wasn’t sure how well she would do as the center point of an entire episode.

The conceit is quite simple. What would Donna Noble’s life have been like if she had never bumped into the Doctor? The…

In recent weeks the Dragon Page’s Cover to Cover podcast has discussed the issue of authors writing books in another author’s world, specifically
“zombie novels” where the original author is dead. The specific case that started the discussion was the news that there would be a new Null-A novel by John C. Wright. The World of Null-A is a novel by A E van Vogt which was published in 1948. That…