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We’re back once again and ready to reveal the upcoming digital debuts for November 2021 that include fantasy action/adventures, a couple of Cells at Work! spinoffs, as well as romance and slice-of-life stories!   As a reminder, these new digital debuts as well as returning favorites will be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors including  Bookwalker ,  comiXology ,  Kindle , Apple Books,  Google Play ,  Kindle ,  Nook ,  Kobo ,  izneo , and more! To see what other new releases will be available in November 2021, and other months take a look at our  Manga  Release Calendar ! The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World  Art by Norihito Sasaki, Story by Nana Mikoshiba, Original Character Design by Riko Korie  Release Date:  November 30, 2021  The Arnold Academy of Magic is a school for the elite...and Ray White is just your ordinary guy. In fact, he doesn't seem particularly sk...

Article by Adam Ray As regular readers here on the gaming section of Fantastic Universes knows, I am a consummate card gamer, with their efforts on competitive play. The world of gaming is far bigger than that, and the past few months have been sunk into the same fantasy-action RPG that has encapsulated our friends at No Ordinary Heroes. Genshin Impact . There is a lot to be annoyed by but deeply love about this game. As someone who deeply loves Dungeons and Dragons, the intense fantasy flavor of swords and sorcery, with a deeply entrenched lore, and marvelous callbacks to Asian history and myth, there's little for me to dislike about the game. I choose to put the balance of endless grinding through dungeons and other fights with the wholesome revelation of real characters struggling through magical oppression. Y'know. The usual. As of the time of publishing this article, Tartaglia is about to leave the Event Banner, and Hu Tao is about to come in. In a shocking turn of events,...

Batman: The Long Halloween - "Nightmares" Writer: Jeph Loeb Artist: Tim Sale Color Artist: Brennan Wagner Letterer: Richard Starkings Review by Eric Lee   Batman: The Long Halloween Special offers fans of the original mini-series a fun, if ambiguous bookend to the Two-Face saga. One thing that the one-shot course-corrects: giving the Calendar Man a more active role. In the original Long Halloween series, he's more of an amusing aside, but ultimately inconsequential to the plot. In the follow-up series Dark Victory , Calendar Man has a more active role, but it's still not relevant to the main narrative. Now we finally see the Calendar Man in his full-on criminal role. It's pretty great to see him actually propel the plot and how that intertwines with Two-Face and Gilda Dent. To be fair, the Calendar Man's actual crimes aren't that compelling, as it's a fairly standard kidnapping/extortion scheme. However, what's fun is how writer Jeph Loeb picks up ...

Article by Steve J. Ray As Wonder Woman's 80th Anniversary year draws to a close, after all the amazing releases we've already seen it would be easy to believe that DC Comics couldn't possibly have any more surprises up their sleeves. Thankfully, particularly if you're as huge a fan of the Warrior For Peace as we are, it seems like this year is a gift that will keep on giving... and 2022 will be as well. When DC announced its adult-targeted Black Label imprint, back in 2018 , one of the first titles announced was  Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons . It's taken three and a half years but in November 2021 the wait will be over. Looking at some of Phil Jimenez's preview, it will also have been well worth it, too! In the mid-late 80s, two men revitalized Wonder Woman and took her to all new heights; those men were George Perez and Phil Jimenez. Seeing Mr. Jimenez working on the character he helped return to greatness for issue #1 fills my heart with joy, and when y...

Review by Steve J. Ray It came... it finally came! It's hard to believe that it's been three years since the wonderful "School Of Whimsy", and while we've had the wonderful albums " Professor Elemental And His Amazing Friends: Part 2 ", and " The Good Dad Club " since then, but the cliffhanger at the end of "Whimsy" left me, and countless other Professor Elemental fans on tenterhooks. Now, at last, the wait is over! With " Nemesis " we finally find out what happened to the Prof and Jeffers after being captured by Mr. Swan, Gideon, and an unnamed, though utterly terrifying, new enemy. The best part? The wait has proven to be well worth it! The album begins with a pumping intro that shows the terrific atmosphere of one of the Prof's live shows, but by the second track, we start to realize that something's not right, thanks to the way the song ends. These tracks lull the listener into a false sense of security, before t...

Article by Steve J. Ray After the huge success of FanDome 2021 , DC has shown they're at the top when it comes to making these virtual gatherings happen, and now alongside the Comic-Con Museum, they're honoring one of its greatest heroes, Wonder Woman. In celebration of Wonder Woman Day and the character's 80th anniversary, the Amazon heroine will be inducted into the Comic-Con Museum Character Hall of Fame. Here's the full press release, courtesy of DC Entertainment and BHImpact: Celebrate Wonder Woman 80 with DC and the Comic-Con Museum Join DC and the Comic-Con Museum for Wonder Woman’s induction into the Comic-Con Museum Character Hall of Fame. The global, virtual ceremony will include Lynda Carter, who played the iconic superhero in the Wonder Woman TV series, Patty Jenkins, director of Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984, who just announced at DC FanDome that she will return to direct a third Wonder Woman movie, Marie Javins, DC’s Editor-in-Chief, as well as comic ...

Article by Steve J. Ray Did you miss this year's DC FanDome, the spectacular online Comic-Con? Worry not, dear readers, because Fantastic Universes, DC Comics News, and Fandom have your backs! Fandom - the source for everything fan-related, in conjunction with BHImpact, has revealed the top 8 most viewed and searched for panels and pages from the event. On top of all that, DC Comics News' Editor in chief Josh Raynor, and I, hosted a live stream after the 4-hour extravaganza covering the whole event. We were also joined by Fantastic Universes and DC Comics News' Brad Filicky for the beginning of the coverage. FanDome 2021 The Big Winners:  Young Justice Season 4 (Young Justice: Phantoms +652%, received the highest single-day pageviews of October 2021.  Other top pages include "Inhospitable" & "Needful", the two episodes that debuted on October 16th) The upcoming Injustice Movie (lives on dcmovies.fandom.com ) Ava Duvernay’s Naomi Show on CW (Naomi...

Article by Adam Ray Greeterlings card gamers. The news I heard just a few short days ago is among some of the best news I've heard in a good time. My online presence is largely built on card gaming. Magic the Gathering has been a driving force in my life for well over seven years, and I've tried my hand at a majority of card games under the sun. I actively play Magic Arena, Legends of Runeterra, Skyweaver, and Keyforge in paper. I've dabbled with such titles as Flesh and Blood, Kards, Glimpse of Luna, Gods Unchained, and Mythgard. It was a sad state of affairs when the developers of Mythgard, Rhino Games, announced that the unlikely digital card game went into "Maintenance Mode" in July. It was recently announced that the game will be making a come back, as Monumental Games have picked it up. This independent, Texas based developer have brought a real mixture of tone to mobile gaming, handling gritty fantasy in Storm Wars, pixel art in Looty Dungeon, and cutesy ar...

Article by John Hammond The highly demanded sequel to the critically acclaimed In Search of Darkness documentary invites fans to decide the fate of films featured in the final installment. In Search of Darkness: Part III , the closing chapter in the worldwide ‘80s horror documentary In Search of Darkness saga from CREATORVC, IS NOW available to the public for a limited-time membership until midnight on October 31st (Halloween) at 80shorrordoc.com. Building on the momentum of two celebrated super docs and high demand from fans for more,  In Search of Darkness: Part III promises to offer another 4+ hours of deeper cuts and to highlight the “underbelly” of ‘80s horror movies. This final chapter in the saga moves beyond the focus of  In Search of Darkness: Part 1 & 2, paying special attention to the straight-to-VHS era and championing the titles historically found at the very bottom of the video rental shelf. Thanks to the fine people involved with the wonderful 80’s Horror...

By Fay Clark. My goodness, I absolutely sped through the September DO IT, BUY THE BOOK CHALLENGES. What a great time I've been having, you can catch it all on our Instagram @FanUniverses . Let's see what I read shall we?! Challenge 1 - READ A BOOK ON YOUR COMMUTE, OR JUST OUTSIDE. - Unearthed: A Jessica Cruz Story by Lilliam Rivera. This is a stunning Ya graphic novel. It has hard themes to talk about, but need to be represented more in everything. The artwork was just spectacular the subtle colour change that matched Jessica's emotions was inspired. I recommend this to everyone. ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5. Challenge 2 - READ A BOOK WITH FOOD IN THE COVER OR IN THE TITLE. - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo. I have read some of Elizabeth Acevedo's work before and she has always been a delight to read. Her books come off like reading small poems every couple of pages, that arc into a bigger story. It's so well written and has amazing themes about young motherhood and dreams. ...

  By Fay Clark I had the best September! My reading was awesome! There were so many books I finished and loved. What a fantastic time. I can not wait to jump into the SpooooOoOoky season with this month's challenges.  Challenge 1 - Read a book that came out during your birthday month. Challenge 2 - Read a Halloween/Spooky book. Challenge 3 - Read a book set in Autumn.  Challenge 4 - Read a book that has been recommended by someone else. Challenge 5 - Pick of the month is sort of a group pick! "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson. I'm sure you have noticed the theme in the October challenges. Even here at Fantastic Universes we bow to the Spooky season. Come check me out on our insta page for more updates throughout the month!  @FanUniverses B o o k   Q u e e n   O u t !