SFX #343, September 2021

SFX is the world's leading sci-fi, horror and fantasy magazine. Covering all areas of the genre across TV, movies, books, games, collectables and comics, every month SFX delivers news, features, exclusive Q&As, behind-the-scenes stories, star profiles and TV episode guides. Recently redesigned to reflect the growing mainstream popularity of sci-fi, now you can read our Hollywood news, TV celebrity interviews and top columnists on your computer or mobile device, thanks to Zinio.

In this issue:

Rants & Raves • Inside the SFX hive mind
Captain’s Log
Family Ties • Stephen King’s story gets adapted as gothic creeper Chapelwaite, starring Adrian Brody
Sleeper Hit • Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio heads for the stars with a new graphic novel
NEWS WARP • HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION
Memory Bliss • Writer/director Lisa Joy blends sci-fi, film noir and gallons of water in Reminiscence
The Really Wild Show • Neverland and Peter Pan get a modern makeover in Wendy
NEWS WARP • HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION
New Beginnings • Brit Henry Golding on taking on the role of iconic GI Joe action hero Snake Eyes
New Kids In The Block • Cutaway Comics’ new series Paradise Found is seriously zarjaz!
Brand New Retro • Binge Books’ new Heroes Union blasts from the past to the present
ANGHARAD WALKER • MEET THE COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT BEHIND INTRIGUING CHILDREN’S BOOK THE ASH HOUSE
Goatee Guy • Scott and David Tipton chart the Mirror Picard’s path to glory in new comic series The Mirror War
Richard Donner 1930-2021 • The director who gave Superman the gift of flight
Roll Out • IDW explores the Transformers’ own Mirror Universe
CAPE FEAR • THERE’S A NEW EVILIN GOTHAM CITY – THE SCARECROW! FORTUNATELY THE TITANS ARE IN TOWN…
SIDEKICK NO MORE • Brenton Thwaites is Nightwing
RAGE HARD • Curran Walters is Red Hood
THIRD TIME᾿S THE CHARM • Jay Lycurgo is the new Robin
THE PATH NOT TAKEN • THE ANTHOLOGY COMIC SERIES WHAT IF…? COMES ALIVE, AND IS APPLIED TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE, IN A NEW ANIMATED SERIES
THE KING’S SPEECH • What If…? features Chadwick Boseman’s final MCU appearance
THE IF FACTOR • INFINITE POSSIBILITIES! BEHOLD THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF WHAT IF…?
PUT A RING ON IT • THE MCU GETS ITS FIRST ASIAN SUPERHERO, EXPANDING THE UNIVERSE IN MORE WAYS THAN EXPECTED
BOLDLY GOING AGAIN • THE CREW OF THE USS CERRITOS ARE BACK! MIKE MCMAHAN TALKS ABOUT GOING WHERE NO ANIMATION HAS GONE BEFORE
SCARED OF THE DARK • WHEN DAVID BRUCKNER TAKES YOU DOWN TO THE WOODS, YOU’RE SURE OF A BIG SURPRISE IN THE NIGHT HOUSE
THE WOMAN IN BLACK • Rebecca Hall on ghosts, grief and the MCU
SAY HIS NAME • IN RESURRECTING THE CANDYMAN FRANCHISE, DIRECTOR NIA DACOSTA AIMS TO GET A NEW GENERATION HOOKED ON A CLASSIC HORROR VILLAIN
MAN IN THE MIRROR • TONY TODD TALKS ABOUT THE ROLE THAT MADE HIM A HORROR ICON
THE REAL MCCOY • YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II IS ARTIST ANTHONY
DAVID DASTMALCHIAN • The character actor racking up blockbuster roles in movies like Dune
FRONTIERS GAMES WITHOUT • PLAYING WITH A SELF-AWARE RYAN REYNOLDS, SHAWN LEVY TAKES VIDEO GAME MOVIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN FREE GUY
“THIS MOVIE IS A FASTBALL OF JOY!” • Ryan Reynolds is Guy
“IT WAS CUCKOO WE HAD TO WEAR THE SAME OUTFIT EVERY DAY!” • Lil Rel Howery is Buddy
“MY WIG HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN!” • Jodie Comer is Milly
PAT CADIGAN • The first dame of cyberpunk looks back over her life and career
THE SUICIDE SQUAD...