Captain’s Log

My favourite kind of sci-fi is the type

Rants & Raves

Inside the SFX hive mind

Growing Your Hare

Daniel Kokotajlo talks about his ’70s-set folk horror film Starve Acre

Parallel Doomsday

Terminator Zero creator Mattson Tomlin explains where the anime series fits within canon

NEWS WARP

HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Who Says

The Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz return – we’re all ears

Battle Royal

The Yautja face off against the Wakandan King in Predator Vs Black Panther

Symbiotic Smackdown

Family feuds – and goo – are at the heart of Marvel’s latest crossover, Venom War

Wraith Of Khan

B meets the great Genghis in Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt and Ron Garney’s new BRZRKR comic

NEWS WARP

HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Back In Action

The ‘70s weekly goes back to its roots with “Kids Rule OK” and “Death Game”

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes

Flash Gordon, the Phantom, Mandrake the Magician and Lothar reunite in Mad Cave’s new Defenders Of The Earth

Fantastic Four

Dynamite Entertainment’s new Jonny Quest comic is a family affair

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO

SPACE AND TIME

DONALD SUTHERLAND 1935-2024

Remembering cinema’s most magnetic misfit

RILEY AUGUST

MEET THE WRITER BEHIND SCI-FI ROMP THE LAST GIFTS OF THE UNIVERSE

YOUNG GUNS

THE ALIEN FRANCHISE IS GETTING AN INJECTION OF YOUTHFUL VIM WITH ALIEN: ROMULUS . WE SPEAK TO FEDE ALVAREZ AND STARS CAILEE SPAENY AND DAVID JONSSON ABOUT A FILM THE DIRECTOR DESCRIBES AS “A PUNCH IN THE FACE THAT YOU CANNOT IGNORE”

HE AIN'T AI HE'S MY BROTHER

DAVID JONSSON PLAYS THE ALIEN FRANCHISE’S LATEST ANDROID – THE APPROPRIATELY NAMED ANDY

TERROR TALES

READ AN ALIEN NOVEL AND ONLY YOU CAN HEAR YOURSELF SCREAM!

JAWS IN SPACE

FORTY-FIVE YEARS ON FROM ITS ORIGINAL RELEASE, ALIEN CONTINUES TO TERRIFY. WE DISSECT WHAT ARGUABLY REMAINS THE MOST CHILLING INSTALMENT IN THE SAGA

AVENGING THE ALIEN

THE XENOMOR PHS MEET EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES IN ALIENS VS AVENGERS

IMMERSIVE INFESTATION

NEW VR GAME ALIEN: ROGUE INCURSION PLACES YOU INSIDE THE ALIEN UNIVERSE

POWER UP

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER SHOWRUNNERS JD PAYNE AND PATRICK MCK AY PROMISE PLENTY OF TOLKIEN TREATS IN SEASON TWO

KAOS THEORY

THE LIVES OF GODS AND MEN ARE ENTWINED IN KAOS. MEET THE TEAM BEHIND NETFLIX’S EPIC DARK COMEDY

BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES IN VINTAGE STYLE IN BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER

DAY OF THE JACKAL

TALKING TIME, TECH AND MYSTERIES IN PART TWO OF OUR INTERVIEW WITH DOCTOR WHO SHOWRUNNER RUSSELL T DAVIES

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY

TRIPS INTO TREK HISTORY PROVIDE SOMETHING OLD AND SOMETHING NEW FOR STAR TREK: DISCOVERY COSTUME DESIGNER ANTHONY TRAN

MOIRA BUFFINI

THE SFX AUTHOR INTERVIEW

THE X-FILES: PERIHELION

★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 352 pages Hardback/audiobook Author

SONGLIGHT

Torch Song Trilogy

ALSO OUT

As ever, there’s plenty more books we couldn’t

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

The Merc with a Mate

DESPICABLE ME 4

Despite the title, this is effectively the sixth

SLEEP

As the very best storytellers know, comedy and

TUESDAY

Death has taken many forms on-screen, from William

SKY PEALS

More of a slipstream-y character study than out-andout

CUCKOO

It’s clearly the moment for mood-over-movement horror thrillers,

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

Drawing a blank

I SAW THE TV GLOW

Hey, remember The Pink Opaque, that YA show

THE ACOLYTE Season One

Having a High old time

BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER Season One

Cape Fear

SUNNY Season One

Good grief

TIME BANDITS Season One

Magical History Tour

ME Season One

EPISODES 1.01-1.10 Twelve-year old Ben (Lucian-River Chauhan) is

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Season One

Teenage Kicks

THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON Season One

Paris Is Burning

SANTA SANGRE

The upper hand

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS

Snigger at the title all you like, but

BRUISER

Blank Regeneration

DIE, MONSTE R, DIE!

Drained of colour

SURVIVE

When an eco-disaster hurls the Earth’s poles into

PUMPKINHEAD 2: BLOOD WINGS

BLU-RAY DEBUT Not quite as awful as its

SCHLITTER: EVIL IN THE WOODS

Turns out going to a cabin in the

SKINNED ALIVE

BLU-RAY DEBUT This no-budget horror from the same

REVENGE OF THE BLOOD BEAST

Witch failure, generally

ROUND UP

The Strangers: just friends who haven’t killed you

THE MERCY OF GODS

Anjiin trouble

THE WATERMARK

If you’ve ever heard the phrase “lost in

THE FORMIDABLE MISS CASSIDY

Colonial Singapore, 1895. A new governess arrives from

LAKE OF DARKNESS

In the orbit of evil

THE BLACK ORB

Something is prowling the streets of Seoul, eating

LIFE THROUGH AN APERTURE

Lens flair

EXTREMOPHILE

Does cyberpunk make any sense in the age

THE PHOENIX KEEPER

If life is best lived by approaching things

LONG LIVE EVIL

If you could transport yourself into your favourite

THE SKY ON FIRE

It’s hard to resist a book with a

REISSUES

Our pick of the paperbacks this issue is

Lev Grossman

The author of The Magicians always ends up emptying the washing machine

THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN

Two-In-One

WHAT IF…? ALIENS

★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Marvel Comics Writers

MAN’S BEST

★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher BOOM! Studios Writer

THE BOY WONDER

Batman’s son takes centre stage

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN

RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Titan Comics Editors Phoebe

ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE

A ringing success

WARHAMMER: AGE OF SIGMAR Fourth Edition

★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! Players Two+ players Publisher

LIFE IN RETERRA

RELEASED OUT NOW! Players Two to four Ages

DOCTOR WHO: THE LOST STORIES

Tangent timeline TARDIS tales

D&D: QUESTS FROM THE INFINITE STAIRCASE

★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 224 pages | Hardback/digital

ALIEN

It’s been 158 issues since we last did a quiz on the Alien franchise, so it’s probably about time for another one, right?

Kitten Kong

Behind the scenes of Twinkle’s GPO Tower attack.