Captain’s Log

“You’re obsessed with her, and you’re obsessed with

Rants & Raves

Inside the SFX hive mind

Ctrl+Alt+Defeat!

Chris and Paul Weitz reunite to adapt Martha Wells’s much-loved The Murderbot Diaries into sci-fi series Murderbot for Apple TV+

Back To Slay

Gwenpool goes to the dark side in a new miniseries

Big Game

The Predator Versus series moves to NYC as the Yautja meet Spider-Man

Mars Attacks!

The new Scarlet Traces prequel Empire Of Blood examines the aftermath of The War Of The Worlds

Three’s Company

Luke, Leia and Han are at the heart of Marvel’s new Star Wars series

Galactic Gladiator

Robert Kirkman on expanding the Invincible Universe with a new Battle Beast comic

Arachnid Adversaries

Webspinners and parasites duke it out in Spider-Verse Vs Venomverse

RED ALERT

The cover of Finn Wolfhard’s album Happy Birthday

BRUCE GLOVER 1932-2025

“A glowing tribute, Mr Kidd…”

DARIA LAVELLE

MEET THE KYIV-BORN WRITER BEHIND CULINARY GHOST STORY/ROMANCE AFTERTASTE

THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY

SCOTT M GIMPLE DISCUSSES MAGGIE AND NEGAN’S NEXT ADVENTURE IN THE BIG APPLE FOR THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY

NO FRENDO MINE

SFX MEETS THE DIRECTOR BRINGING CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD ’S VILLAIN TO LIFE

DESTINATION DEATH

spoiler alert!

TAKING THE MICKEY

ALL ABOARD FOR A TOON RIDE OF TERROR IN COPYRIGHT-DODGING DISNEY SPOOF SCREAMBOAT

DEATH LOOP

UNTIL DAWN FRIGHTENED GAMERS EVERYWHERE IN 2015 – NOW, IT’S COMING TO THE BIG SCREEN. SFX MEETS THE TEAM BEHIND THE MOVIE ADAPTATION

THE FINAL GIRLS

DIRECTOR MATT PALMER GETS TO HACK AND SLASH THE “IT GIRLS” OF SHADYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN

DESIGNING WOLF MAN

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS DESIGNER ARJEN TUITEN DISCUSSES HOW HE COLLABORATED WITH DIRECTOR LEIGH WHANNELL TO CREATE A VERY DIFFERENT TAKE ON LYCANTHROPY

FEAR THE DEER

BAMBI BITES BACK IN A NEW HORROR REIMAGINING

GROUP THERAPY

OUTCASTS ASSEMBLE! MARVEL’S MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL HEROES ARE HERE TO SAVE THE WORLD – AND MAYBE THEMSELVES – IN THUNDERBOLTS*.

THE GREA TEST SONG CONTEST IN THE GALAXY

FOR AUTHOR JUNO DAWSON, WRITING DOCTOR WHO WAS AN “ABSOLUTE DREAM”

DESIGNING DOCTOR WHO

Production designer Phil Sims discusses the challenges involved in realising “The Interstellar Song Contest”’s Harmony Arena

BOLT FROM THE BLUE

HE’S BACK – AND HE’S READY TO CONQUER THE WORLD AGAIN. DIRECTOR DEAN FLEISCHER CAMP TELLS SFX WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING AN INTERGALACTIC MENACE TO LIVE ACTION IN LILO & STITCH

ASTERIX & OBELIX: THE BIG FIGHT

SWIG THAT MAGIC POTION AND STEP INTO THE RING FOR

EMMA NEWMAN

Ahoy there! The British writer talks pirates, genre and optimism

OUT OF THIS WORLD

TRAVEL TO GALAXIES BEYOND AND BACK AGAIN WITHOUT EVEN LEAVING THE SOFA THANKS TO EPIC MOVIES ON 4K

Chuck Wendig

THE SFX AUTHOR QUESTIONNAIRE

DINOSAURS

Step back in time to the Mesozoic Era, as we test your knowledge of big extinct reptiles in SF and fantasy

The TARDIS Playhouse

Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi and fantasy

SINNERS

Blood brothers

THE UGLY STEPSISTER

★ ★★★☆ ► RELEASED 25 APRIL 18

A MINECRAFT MOVIE

★★★☆☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! PG

DEATH OF A UNICORN

★★☆☆☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 15

THE WOMAN IN THE YARD

► RELEASED OUT NOW! 15 |

BLACK MIRROR Season Seven

Into Infinity and beyond

DEVIL MAY CRY Season One

This time, tears of joy

THE BONDSMAN Season One

The job from Hell

THE STUDIO Season One

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

TEACUP

Don’t cross the line!

ANDOR Season Two

Going Rogue

DAVID CRONENBERG

Killer kids and exploding heads

NINE GUESTS FOR A CRIME

RELEASED 12 MAY 1977 |

I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE

RELEASED 5 MAY 2024 |

TRANCERS

Jumping Jack Deth

PETER PAN’S NEVERLAND NIGHTMARE

RELEASED 28 APRIL 2025 |

FREAKY TALES

To Live And Die In Oakland

RUMPELSTILTSKIN

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2025 |

SHRUNKEN HEADS

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1994 |

A KNIGHT’S WAR

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2025 |

WACKO

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1982 |

FRÉWAKA

The doors of perception

THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL

Satanic Panic

NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS

Horror Express

FOUR SIDED TRIANGLE

Double trouble

A SAMURAI IN TIME

RELEASED 28 APRIL 2024 |

THE INCUBUS

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1982 |

CREEPOZOIDS

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1987 |

ROUND UP

Released digitally last year, THE COFFEE TABLE

THE DEVILS

The Trojan Princess Diaries

MADE FOR YOU

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED 29 APRIL 352 pages

LOVE AND OTHER PARADOXES

★★★☆☆ ► RELEASED 24 APRIL 320 pages

THE CURE

★★★☆☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 300 pages

THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS

★★★☆☆ ► RELEASED 29 APRIL 400 pages

DEATH AND OTHER OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS

★★★★☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 384 pages

SUNRISE ON THE REAPING

★★★★★ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 416 pages

ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD

Green around the gills

SILVER ELITE

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED 6 MAY 528 pages

SOME BODY LIKE ME

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 400 pages

ACTS OF CUPIDITY

★★☆☆☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 400 pages

VANISHING WORLD

★★★☆☆ ► RELEASED 24 APRIL 240 pages

REISSUES

Our pick of the paperbacks is Sarah Brooks’s

LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE OF CREATIVITY

A BOOK IN BULLET POINTS

THE UNWORTHY

★★★☆☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 188 pages

THE VENGEANCE

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED 8 MAY 384 pages

ALSO OUT

As ever, there are plenty more books we

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE

From Russia With Claws

METAMORPHO: THE ELEMENT MAN

★★★★★ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! ►

THE SEASONS

★★★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Image

AQUAMAN

The Strife Aquatic

MYTEK THE MIGHTY Volumes One To Four

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED Volumes One And Two

ASSASSIN’S CREED SHADOWS

Throne Of Blood

OCAS

★★★☆☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! ►

PLANET KRYNOID: NIGHTFALL

Planting the seeds

ATOMFALL

The Leak District