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Author: Tony Thornley

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The Flash #74 Prepares Barry Allen For The Fight Of His Life

Barry Allen has always been known for doing the right thing. Though it’s probably not the first thing that comes

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July 17, 2019 Tony Thornley 2611 Views 0 Comment
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The Flash #74 Prepares Barry Allen For The Fight Of His Life

Barry Allen has always been known for doing the right thing. Though it’s probably not the first thing that comes

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July 17, 2019 Tony Thornley 2694 Views 0 Comment
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Batman & The Outsiders #3 Takes An Unexpected Turn

Outside of big franchises like Avengers and Justice League, ensemble series work best with a certain degree of soap opera

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July 17, 2019 Tony Thornley 2622 Views 0 Comment Batman, Batman & The Outsiders, Bryan Hill, Clayton Cowles, DC Comics, dexter soy, Veronica Gandini
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Batman #74 Sends The Dark Knight Into A Pit Of Despair

For the last few issues of Batman, Thomas Wayne has dragged Bruce Wayne through the desert, determined to accomplish a

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July 16, 2019 Tony Thornley 2989 Views 0 Comment Batman, Clayton Cowles, DC Comics, Jordie Bellaire, Mikel Janin, Tom King
Comics 

Young Justice #7 Dives Into The Multiverse

At the end of Young Justice’s first arc, the newly reformed team was sent away from Gemworld. In Young Justice

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July 15, 2019 Tony Thornley 2552 Views 0 Comment Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Hipp, David Lafuente, DC Comics, Gabe Eltaeb, John Timms, Robin, Superboy, Wes Abbott, Young Justice
Comics 

Flash Back To Krypton’s Fall In Superman #13

There are few events in comics that have been retconned as much as Krypton’s final days. At this point we’ve

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July 15, 2019 Tony Thornley 3267 Views 0 Comment Brandon Peterson, Brian Michael Bendis, Dave Sharpe, DC Comics, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Superman
Comics 

Cruelty Leads In Star Wars: Age Of Resistance – Captain Phasma #1

The Star Wars saga has numerous fan favorite characters who have gained notoriety based on their appearance alone. Captain Phasma

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July 15, 2019 Tony Thornley 3206 Views 0 Comment Age Of Resistance, cory hamscher, guru-efx, Leonard Kirk, Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Star Wars: Age of Resistance- Captain Phasma, Tom Taylor, Travis Lanham
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Valiant’s Roku Stars In Her First Series By Bunn And Bachs This October

Ever since he debut in Matt Kindt’s Ninjak several years ago, Roku has been an exciting addition to the Valiant

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July 15, 2019 Tony Thornley 2045 Views 0 Comment Cullen Bunn, Dave Sharpe, Ninjak, Ramon Bachs, Roku, Stephane Paitreau, Valiant Entertainment
Comics Events 

Red Hood Or Red Herring In Event Leviathan #2

A red herring is a plot device used to mislead or distract from the actual important questions or solutions. It’s

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July 12, 2019 Tony Thornley 3517 Views 0 Comment Alex Maleev, Batman, Brian Michael Bendis, DC Comics, Event Leviathan, Josh Reed
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer #6 Plays Tomb Raider

Taking protagonists out of their element is one of the best tropes in serialized fiction. It keeps things fresh and

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July 10, 2019 Tony Thornley 2630 Views 0 Comment Boom! Studios, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, David Lopez, Ed Dukeshire, Jordie Bellaire, Joss Whedon, Raul Angulo
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Prisoner X #5 Brings War To Legion And Beyond

As the Age of X-Man winds down, things are falling apart all over. However, one major piece of the final

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July 10, 2019 Tony Thornley 2516 Views 0 Comment German Peralta, Joe Sabino, Marvel Comics, Matt Horak, Mike Spicer, Prisoner X, Vita Ayala, X-Men
Comics 

Star Wars: Age Of Resistance- Finn #1 Builds The Foundations Of A Hero

Finn is unlike any hero in Star Wars canon- a hero whose journey started in villainy and grows more and

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July 9, 2019 Tony Thornley 2719 Views 0 Comment Age Of Resistance, guru-efx, Marvel Comics, Ramon Rosanas, Star Wars, Star Wars: Age of Resistance- Finn, Tom Taylor, Travis Lanham
Comics 

Uncanny X-Men #21 Chronicles The Fall Of The Mutants

The breakneck pace of this Uncanny X-Men run has been one of the most refreshing things about it. This story

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July 8, 2019 Tony Thornley 2755 Views 0 Comment guru-efx, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Matthew Rosenberg, Salvador Larocca, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men
Comics 

Doom Patrol: Weight Of The Worlds #1 Brings Back The Ultimate Weird Heroes

In the nine months since the last volume of Doom Patrol, everyone’s favorite weird heroes burst into the public consciousness

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July 6, 2019 Tony Thornley 2787 Views 0 Comment DC Comics, Doom Patrol, Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds, Gerard Way, James Harvey, Jeremy Lambert, Sajan Rai, Young Animal
Comics 

Star Wars: Target Vader #1 Is A Wild And Terrifying Ride

If the second era of Marvel’s Star Wars comics can be credited for only one thing, it’s what they’ve done

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July 5, 2019 Tony Thornley 2706 Views 0 Comment Andres Mossa, Clayton Cowles, Cris Bolson, Darth Vader, Erick Arciniega, Federico Blee, Jordan Boyd, Marc Laming, Marvel Comics, neeraj menon, Robbie Thompson, Star Wars
Comics 

The Past Is Prologue In Ascender #3

As the saying goes, the past is prologue. However, in a series like Ascender, which follows the events of Descender

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July 3, 2019 Tony Thornley 2262 Views 0 Comment Ascender, Dustin Nguyen, Image Comics, Jeff Lemire, Steve Wands
Comics Events 

Life In Wartime In War Of The Realms: Uncanny X-Men #3

One thing I’ve really enjoyed about War of the Realms as an event is how much it actually feels like

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July 2, 2019 Tony Thornley 2357 Views 0 Comment Marvel Comics, Matthew Rosenberg, Pere Perez, Rachelle Rosenberg, Travis Lanham, War of the Realms, War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men, X-Men
Comics 

The Flash #73 Gets Obsessed

One of the biggest traits we’ve seen on The CW’s The Flash is Barry’s Allen’s obsessive tendency in solving a

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July 2, 2019 Tony Thornley 2748 Views 0 Comment DC Comics, Hi-Fi Color, Howard Porter, Joshua Williamson, Steve Wands, The Flash
Comics 

Dial H For Hero #4 Reveals Mister Thunderbolt’s Master Plan

One of the biggest question marks about Dial H For Hero so far is exactly who Mister Thunderbolt is and

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July 1, 2019 Tony Thornley 2643 Views 0 Comment Dave Sharpe, DC Comics, Dial H for Hero, Joe Quinones, Jordan Gibson, Sam Humphries, Tom Fowler
Comics 

Conan The Barbarian #7 Explores Lost Love

The relaunched Conan The Barbarian has used each issue to explore the legendary warrior’s life and different character traits. This

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July 1, 2019 Tony Thornley 3058 Views 0 Comment Conan the Barbarian, Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Marvel Comics, Matthew Wilson, Travis Lanham
Comics 

X-Tremists #5 Drops An A-Bomb Into The Age Of X-Man

Jubilee is one of the X-Men franchise’s most popular but underestimated characters. For years she’s been seen as a fun,

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June 28, 2019 Tony Thornley 2479 Views 0 Comment Age of X-Man, Clayton Cowles, Georges Jeanty, Jim Charalampidis, Leah Williams, roberto poggi, X-Men, X-Tremists
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Savage Sword Of Conan #6 Masters The Art Of The One-Shot (And Murder)

Savage Sword of Conan was announced as an anthology style series telling stories from all over the Barbarian’s life. With

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June 26, 2019 Tony Thornley 3655 Views 0 Comment Conan the Barbarian, luke ross, Marvel Comics, Meredith Finch, Nolan Woodard, Savage Sword of Conan, Travis Lanham
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Tony Stark: Iron Man #13 Turns An Avenger Into A Dragonslayer

To paraphrase a common saying, sufficiently advanced science is no different than magic. Tony Stark: Iron Man #13 puts that

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June 26, 2019 Tony Thornley 4108 Views 0 Comment Edgar Delgado, Gail Simone, Iron Man, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Paolo Vilanelli, Tony Stark: Iron Man, War of the Realms
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Tony Stark: Iron Man #13 Turns An Avenger Into A Dragonslayer

To paraphrase a common saying, sufficiently advanced science is no different than magic. Tony Stark: Iron Man #13 puts that

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June 26, 2019 Tony Thornley 3190 Views 0 Comment Edgar Delgado, Gail Simone, Iron Man, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Paolo Vilanelli, Tony Stark: Iron Man, War of the Realms
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Middlewest #8 Starts Taking A Darker Turn

Middlewest has had a streak of darkness the entirety of its run so far. However, with this new arc that

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June 25, 2019 Tony Thornley 2439 Views 0 Comment Image Comics, Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Jorge Corona, Middlewest, Nate Piekos, Skottie Young
Comics 

Fairlady #3 Shows That Sometimes Solutions Aren’t Satisfying

Fairlady was promoted on the fact that every issue would tell a complete self-contained story. It’s interesting then to consider

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June 25, 2019 Tony Thornley 2295 Views 0 Comment Brian Schirmer, Claudia Balboni, David Bowman, Fairlady, Image Comics, Shari Chankhamma
Comics 

Psi-Lords #1 Launches An Intergalactic Adventure

Four amnesiac strangers wake up in an alien prison. That’s either a set up for a weird joke or a

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June 25, 2019 Tony Thornley 2332 Views 0 Comment Dave Sharpe, Fred Van Lente, Psi-Lords, Renato Guedes, Valiant Entertainment
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Batman #73 Faces The Darkest Knight

Two Batmen are travelling through the desert with a coffin. It’s not a set-up for a joke, it’s the opening

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June 25, 2019 Tony Thornley 2755 Views 0 Comment Batman, Clayton Cowles, DC Comics, Jordie Bellaire, Mikel Janin, Tom King
Comics 

Mutants Become The Most Dangerous Game In Uncanny X-Men #20

In the last ten issues, the X-Men have been through a lot. Things started hopeful despite their desperate situation, then

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June 24, 2019 Tony Thornley 2610 Views 0 Comment guru-efx, Joe Caramagna, Marvel Comics, Matthew Rosenberg, Salvador Larocca, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men
Comics 

It’s Humanity’s Last Chance In Infinite Dark #7

Nihilism is present everywhere in our world. However, in order to get through that, we need to have a sense

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June 20, 2019 Tony Thornley 2462 Views 0 Comment Andrea Mutti, Image Comics, Infinite Dark, K. Michael Russell, Ryan Cady, Top Cow Productions, Troy Peteri
Comics 

Star Trek: The Q Conflict #5 Is A Dangerous Escalation

So far Star Trek: The Q Conflict has been a series of greatest hits of Star Trek mythology. The fifth

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June 19, 2019 Tony Thornley 2440 Views 0 Comment Alexandra Alexakis, David Messina, Elisabetta D'Amico, Neil Uyetake, Scott & David Tipton, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Q Conflict
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