Comicon’s Holiday Gifts For Gamers 2022- Part 1
Welcome to the table! Welcome back! I have been away for a little bit but I have a
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Reviews
A Vicious Gotham Cycle: Reviewing ‘Detective Comics 2022 Annual’ #1
Gotham City is a place that has a varied and rich, often dark, history that has only grown over time
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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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Christmas Book Club: ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ – Chapter 4
Daredevil #230. This issue’s cover is one of my favourites. It highlights Ben Urich’s struggle to stand up with dignity
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Franchise Expansion (Or Implosion) — ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning’
Franchise Expansion (or Implosion) is a column that looks at franchises that have new installments or releases forthcoming. In looking
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An Origin Most Tragic: Reviewing ‘Stillwater’ #16
An end is on the horizon for the story of Stillwater, with only two more issues remaining. Sometimes before one
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The Enemy Among Us: Reviewing ‘Strange’ #8
A deal has been struck, as the sorcerers supreme of life and death team up to take down the Blasphemy
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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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Christmas Book Club – ‘Daredevil: Born Again: Interregnum’
While discussing Daredevil: Born Again, it might be worth thinking about what might have been. Born Again isn’t the first
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Old Partners, New Problems: Reviewing ‘Captain America: Symbol Of Truth’ #7
Captain America and Falcon are having a pretty rough go of things thanks to the machinations of the White Wolf.
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Bonding A Crew The Starfleet Way: Reviewing ‘Star Trek’ #2
A powerful force is annihilating other god-like beings and one Starfleet crew is all that stands in their way. IDW’s
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Christmas Book Club: ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Chapter 3
Daredevil #229. I read in an interview somewhere a long time ago that someone gave Frank Miller a copy of
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The Heart Of The Matter: Reviewing ‘Nightwing 2022 Annual’ #1
Heroes and villains tend to travel in similar directions in many cases, with some of the best villains being mirrors
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It’s Better Down Where It’s Wetter: Reviewing ‘Aquamen’
For many years, the Bat-family and to an extent the Super-family have dominated attention at DC Comics and gotten most
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The Mystery Gets Weirder: ‘Tim Drake: Robin’ #3 Reviewed
Tim Drake is the best Robin. Sorry but that’s just facts. The third issue of his titular solo series shows
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Family Trees So Twisted: Reviewing ‘Batgirls 2022 Annual’ #1
Within the realm of superhero comic books, the general saying about walking a mile in another person’s shoes is something
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A Slayer Forgotten, A Slayer Lost: Reviewing ‘The Vampire Slayer’ #8
Life is an overwhelming experience, where we made choices every moment that might benefit ourselves at the moment but hurt
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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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Christmas Book Club: ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Chapter 2
Daredevil #228. David Mazzucchelli’s partner Richmond Lewis colours this issue though Mazzucchelli is credited in the original printing. I’m not
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Noir Double Feature: ‘Kiss The Blood Off My Hands’ And ‘Larceny’
From Key Largo to The Big Clock, 1948 was a great year for film noir. That statement holds true in
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Hello Darkness My Old Friend: Reviewing ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ #102
The enemy of my enemy is my friend or in this case, my enemy is my friend because my old
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Review: ‘X-Men’ #17 Asks Tough Questions
Forge has crossed lines and done some horrible things in the name of protecting Krakoa. In X-Men #17, we see
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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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Review: ‘Mega Centurions: Mega No More’ #5 Twists The End
Writer Jon Parrish creates a very strong script. It has several twists to keep readers’ interest. These twists also work
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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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A Chill Falls Upon The Gotham Nocturne: Reviewing ‘Detective Comics’ #1066
When it comes to characters featured in decades-long ongoing comic book stories, various elements surrounding them have and will continue
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Hunger During Wartime: ‘Le Soldatesse’ Reviewed
There have been many films about WWII. Valerio Zurlini’s Le Soldatesse (also known as The Camp Followers) is a film about hunger and what
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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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It’s M’Baku’s World: Reviewing ‘Wakanda’ #2
While Black Panther is dealing with a variety of trials and tribulations outside of Wakanda, the nation’s rich history and
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