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|summary=One of the most common subjects at primary school, getting on for three generations since it happened, is of course World War Two. It has the impact that sixty million dead people deserve – but only if it's taught correctly. One of the ways to present it is this book, which comes from a slightly surprising place – an Indian publisher completely new to me – but succeeds in being remarkably competent, complete and really quite readable.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9381182140</amazonuk>
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|author=Al Ewing and Rob Williams et al
|title=Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor, Volume 3: Conversion
|rating=2
|genre=Graphic Novels
|summary=It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you want to judge the worth of a ''Star Trek'' TV series, you judge the theme tune. It's incontrovertible that they went downhill in unison, after all. It is also a truth universally acknowledged that the same applies to ''Doctor Who'', for the opening credits have definitely had their ups and downs over recent years. But you can also define the entertainment value of a series through the companions. Or at least you can with the 11th Doctor comic versions, which decided to pick up a Token Smart, Ballsy, Ethnic one, a bizarre, mercurially disembodied robot-type-with-limited-vocab one, and, er, a cod David Bowie one who relives the entire Ziggy Stardust lyric sheet through his witterings. I know, right? No hope. But can you give up hope with the genius, energetic, effervescent and witty Doctor around?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782763031</amazonuk>
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|author=Serge le Tendre, Regis Loisel and Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator)
|title=The Quest for the Time Bird
|rating=2.5
|genre=Graphic Novels
|summary=In order to defeat a vengeful god, who is within days of getting out of his prison – a sacred conch shell – several things must happen. First, the conch must be united with the witch powerful enough to sustain the incantation keeping him locked up. Then she must use her helpers to endure great danger and find the information she seeks in the most perilous of places for knowledge of the ultimate part of the puzzle – the Time Bird. All this calls for heroes, but in the world of fantasy anyone can call themselves a hero – from the witch's own buxom daughter, Pelisse, to an old warrior called Bragon that the girl is forced to unite with and fight alongside.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782763627</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Alejandro Jodorowsky, Nicolas Fructus and Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator)
|title=Showman Killer: Heartless Hero
|rating=4
|genre=Graphic Novels
|summary=A long way away, in terms of both time and space, the most perfect assassin is formed – genetically bred, adept at magical transformations, with the most athletic and deadly abilities, and with the complete lack of emotion needed. All he will ever seek is the highest price for the best job – a job that will, now and again, force him to meet with the most unusual people…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178276139X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jamie Hewlett, Alan Martin and others
|title=21st Century Tank Girl
|rating=3.5
|genre=Graphic Novels
|summary=I sometimes wonder, when keying in book reviews, if ISBNs are not constructed by design instead of the formal accident that is supposed to create them. Surely it's intentional that this book has 666 in its code – it's the most devilishly brash, ugly and foul-mouthed comic around, and people who like that kind of thing will like this. Especially as this book is a return to waaay distant form, and waaay distant creative partnerships, with the original artist Jamie Hewlett back on board. It's time to cuss and roll once more…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782766618</amazonuk>
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