Advance Review: Partying Their Youth Away In `It’s Only Teenage Wasteland’ #1
Javi and his friends are typical high schoolers. They aren’t the most popular kids in school, but they aren’t the
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Advance Review: Not All Funerals Suck In `Quick Stops’ #2
Leave it to Kevin Smith to turn a solemn occasion like a funeral into an occasion for irreverent humor. Also,
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Advance Review: The Made-Up Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In `Bob Phantom’
Pity the life of a serious print reporter in 2022. As writer James III says in the opening pages of
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New To You Comics #120: Checking Into `Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth’
We’ve taken several weeks off because of some other commitments (my fault entirely!), but we’re back now with one of
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Advance Review: Starfleet Officer Dracula Reporting In `Star Trek: Lower Decks’ #3
It isn’t often that Dracula is portrayed as a good guy. But leave it to the Star Trek: Lower Decks
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Advance Review: A New Villain Rises In `Rogue Sun’ #8
New story arcs can be a challenge to pull off correctly. Course correct too much, and longstanding readers may be
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Advance Review: Divided They Fall In `Dead Mall’ #2
The first rule in any horror story is: don’t split up. Nothing good ever happens when the hunted split up.
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Advance Review: Not All Bad Guys Are From Hell In `The Roadie’ #3
It always helps to know your enemy. During a fierce battle In The Roadie #3, Joe D. tries to banish
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Advance Review: Mixing Sci-Fi And Western Tropes In `Fear Of A Red Planet’ #1
From the Mad Max movie series to TV’s Firefly, setting Westerns in a science fiction setting is a familiar tactic
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Review: Searching For Something Heroic In `Rogue State’ #1
“There’s no heroes, Marlo. There’s just you and me and a bazillion not-super villains.” That’s what a wall-scaling Clara Cruz tells
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Advance Review: Love Rules In `Once Upon A Time At The End Of The World’ #1
This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a love story. In Once Upon a Time
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Advance Review: Dialing Up The Horror In `The Silver Coin’ Vol. 3
Like a bad penny, a mysterious coin keeps showing up in every horror story in The Silver Coin. This currency,
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Review: The Whole Hog In `Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel To Be Kin’ #7
Geof Darrow doesn’t really do subtle. Whether it’s his unique, over-the-top visual style or his witty, pull-no-punches scripts, Darrow is
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Creatively Killing People: Discussing `Killchella’ With Writer Mario Candelaria And Editor James Ferguson
True music lovers will find something to love – or at least to die for – in Killchella, out last
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Advance Review: Something Is Missing In `Something Is Killing The Children’ #26
Erica Slaughter is finally back. Well sort of. After nearly four months, Something is Killing the Children is back on
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A Concert To Die For: Reviewing Scout Comics’ `Killchella’ #1
If you were ever willing to die to see your favorite band in concert, Killchella may be the series for
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Neon Lights And Chrome: Discussing `Wiper’ With John Harris Dunning And Ricardo Cabral
In their new graphic novel, Wiper, writer John Harris Dunning and artist Ricardo Cabral have depicted the world of 2223,
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Advance Review: Exploring The Mysteries Of A Joined Species In `Star Trek: Trill’
With hundreds of hours of television in its 50-plus year history, Star Trek has the luxury of exploring other species
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Advance Review: When The New Seems All Too Familiar In `Wiper’
While the future may not be all it’s cracked up to be, in the world of Wiper, neither it seems
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Advance Review: Jae Lee is the Real Savior in `Seven Sons’ #6
If there’s one thing that Seven Sons has taught us, it’s that being one of the chosen few isn’t all
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Advance Review: Stepping Away From A Game’s Glow In `Star Trek: Resurgence’#1
Comic books based on videos games have a mixed history. And it’s not usually a good sign when the sole
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Advance Review: Decapitations, Animations And Mutilations (Oh My!) In `Dark Ride’ #2
It didn’t take long for Dark Ride to get really…well…dark. Sure, we expected some of the darkness after a strong
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Advance Review: `Minor Threats’ #3 Takes Its D-Listers Very Seriously
They might be D-list villains, but they take their job pretty seriously. The would-be bad guys in Minor Threats –
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Advance Review: Saving the World Comes At A Price In `Astronaut Down’ #4
It’s taken a few issues, but Astronaut Down is getting good. Really good. The series had a promising but uneven
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Advance Review: The Bluntman Returns In `Quick Stops’ #1
In his latest comic book series Quick Stops, Kevin Smith artfully blends his love of comic books, New Jersey, his
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Advance Review: `Star Trek– Picard – Stargazer’ #3 Sticks The Landing
Talk about sticking the landing – and not a minute too soon. Star Trek: Picard – Stargazer has been an
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Advance Review: Launching A New Story Arc In `Blood Stained Teeth’ #6
Beverly Phelps is a desperate woman. And desperate people do desperate things – even making deals with vampires. With a
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Advance Review: Love and Betrayal in `Time Before Time’ #18
With any relationship comes the risk of betrayal. Kareena Jemisin learns that the hard way in Time After Time #18.
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Advance Review: Face To Face With A Killer In `That Texas Blood’ #19
That Texas Blood wraps up its third – and best – story arc with a bang. Literally. The last issue
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Advance Review: No One is Safe in `Survival Street’ #4
How does a limited series that started with such great promise pivot quickly and end with a thud? Frankly, it’s
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Do Or Die: Discussing `Red Sonja/Hell Sonja’ With Writer Jordan Clark
It’s been nearly 50 years since Red Sonja first burst onto the pages of Kull and the Barbarians #2. Since
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