Mind MGMT #16
Written by: Matt Kindt
Artwork by: Matt Kindt
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Cover Price: $3.99

In many ways, Matt Kindt‘s Mind MGMT is a rather haunting look at memory, and the damaging manipulations and gaslighting characters have to contend with from external powers. The first six issues alone stand as one of the more compelling mind-fucks in recent memory (along with being a statement on desperation).

In issue sixteen we get a more thorough telling of Julinae, the woman who killed her family, purportedly, and was the subject of Meru’s first book. Her story has been hinted at on the margins (quite literally, and sorry) and discussed some through the proxy Meru’s own tale, but here she finally gets the spotlight, and like many of the threads introduced, her revelations have a vital importance to the primary story.

We’ve got just over two weeks to wait until Thor: The Dark World, Marvel’s sequel to 2011’s Thor, is released in theaters.

In the meanwhile, filmmaker Kaipo Jones put together a video called Thor Kid to tide us over. In the video, a tiny God Of Thunder shows up at a park and pulls his mighty hammer Mjolnir from a stone, then steps into action against giant robots.

Watch the video here below, along with a behind-the-scenes look at the short.

Doctor Who Omnibus, Vol. 2
Written by Tony Lee, Jonathan L. Davis, Matthew Dow Smith, Al Davison, Matt Sturges
Illustrated by Al Davison, Matthew Dow Smith, Blair Shedd, Kelly Yates, Brian Shearer
Colored by Lovern Kindzierski, Charlie Kirchoff, Phil Elliot, Al Davison, Rachelle Rosenberg
Lettered by Chris Mowry, Robbie Robbins, Neil Uyetake, Al Davison, Shawn Lee
Cover by Tony Lee Edwards
IDW Publishing
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Cover Price: $29.99

Doctor Who Omnibus, Vol. 2 is a massive collection featuring the tenth Doctor, as portrayed by David Tennant. It collects issues #1-16, as well as the 2010 annual comic, and an eleventh doctor story, “A Fairytale Life.”

Now, I’m a pretty big Doctor Who fan, and the tenth doctor is my favorite, but this collection largely fails to capture that Whovian magic I was looking for. I would have expected to have larger, more explosive stories in a comic because the special effects budget has no limits, but I found the majority of the stories were contained to a handful of “sets” and sometimes felt claustrophobic.

With the game set to be released tomorrow, WB Games Montreal has released the launch trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins.

We’ve seen trailers for the game, TV spots, and we’ve seen gameplay demos. Now all that’s left to do after watching this latest trailer is to decide whether or not you want to buy the game or not. If you’ve not already made that decision, of course.

You can check out the launch trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins below now.

A sneak peek of the upcoming full trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past, the upcoming sequel to 2011’s X-Men: First Class, has been released online.

Watch the sneak peek video here below.

The full trailer for director Bryan Singer‘s new film, which stars the huge ensemble cast of Michael Fassbender, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Omar Sy, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin, Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, and Hugh Jackman, will premiere online on October 29, 2013.