Advance Review: Engaging With ‘Star Trek – Picard’s Academy’ #4
Who knew that young Jean-Luc Picard had such a difficult time coming up with one of his signature commands? The
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Advance Review: Tom King Goes To The Dogs In ‘Animal Pound’ #1
It takes a lot of chutzpah to believe you can update a 20th century classic novel like George Orwell’s Animal
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Advance Review: Losing (The) Count In ‘Universal Monsters – Dracula’ #3
One of the curiosities of Dracula across his many iterations is how little he appears in many of this works
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Advance Review: ‘The Deviant’ #2 Takes A Slower Storytelling Approach
After a fascinating and shocking first issue, The Deviant’s sophomore outing takes a more reserved approach to telling the story
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Review: The Truth Is Revealed In ‘The Enfield Gang Massacre’ #5
The truth, it is said, will set you free. While we finally learn the truth behind Bill Barley’s murder in
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In Space No One Can Hear You Yawn — Reviewing ‘Star Trek: Picard’s Academy’ #3
Character studies typically offer valuable insights into why a person in a story behaves or thinks the way they do.
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Advance Review: ‘Junior Baker The Righteous Faker’ #4 Turns Inward
From the outset, Junior Baker The Righteous Faker has been a big question mark. Some of the issues have been
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Advance Review: Lots Of Actions Though Few Answers In ‘Phantom Road’ #7
No one reading Phantom Road #7 is going to complain about a lack of action. The book is packed with
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Advance Review: Ghosts Aren’t The Only Thing Plaguing ‘A Haunted Girl’ #3
Pacing in any story is delicate balance. Give too much of the story away too soon, and readers may not
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Advance Review: Exploring Life’s Whys In ‘The Six Fingers’ #1
Why do we do the things we do? Why are certain shapes familiar to us, regardless of our culture or
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Advance Review: ‘The One Hand’ #1 Breathes Life Into Police Procedurals
Just when Detective Ari Nassar is out, he gets pulled back in. Nassar is literally celebrating his retirement from the
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Advance Review: ‘The Devil That Wears My Face’ #3 Cruises Like A Speed Demon
The pope has been killed by a demon in a priest’s body. Oh, and that monster is still running around
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Advance Review: Wanted – A Replacement for The Antichrist In ‘The Infernals’ #1
In business, it’s said that anyone is replaceable. But when that someone is literally the son of Satan, the search
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Advance Review: Muddling Through ‘Midlife (Or How To Hero At Fifty!)’ #3
There are midlife crises, and then there’s what 50-year-old Ruben Kwan is facing. The middle-aged husband and father in Midlife
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Advance Review: The Predator Becomes The Prey In ‘Blood Commandment’ #2
The tables have turned on Erza. As revealed at the end of the first issue of Blood Commandment, Ezra moved
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Rock And Roll Can Save The World: Reviewing ‘The Prism’ #1-3
It may sound like something out of This is Spinal Tap, but this is The Prism – where rock and
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Review: Masterful Illustrations Evoke Great Pleasure In ‘Swan Songs’ #5
Imagine not being able to enjoy the smell of freshly baked bread. What if being in the company of friends
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Advance Review: The Tribulation Is Over – Almost – In ‘Something Is Killing The Children’ #35
At last, our Tribulation is over! After 15 issues and nearly two years, Something is Killing the Children finally –
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Advance Review: ‘Cornmother’ Is A Chilling Folk Horror Tale
It’s only natural for children to play with dolls. Whether it’s Barbie or GI Joe, these toys help kids to
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Advance Review: Some Hope Amid The Despair In ‘Edenfrost’ #1
From the original incarnation of Adam to the Golem of Prague, Jewish folklore is filled with references about golems. The
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Advance Review — ‘Universal Monsters: Dracula’ #2 Sustains A Bloody Good Track Record
It really isn’t fair that a comic book is this consistently good. Yes, readers have only been treated to two
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Advance Review — It’s Nightmare After Nightmare In ‘Bone Orchard: Tenement’ #6
Have you ever had a nightmare so frightening and so vivid you have trouble understanding where the dream stopped and
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Advance Review: Heroes Fall By The Dozens In ‘Black Hammer – The End’ #4
At the rate heroes fall in Black Hammer: The End #4, there won’t be enough of them around to get
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Advance Review: Cloonan And Lotay Explore Dark Desires In ‘Somna’ #1
Spinning out of their short story in The Devil’s Cut, Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay have again teamed up for
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Advance Review: Interconnected Stories Drive ‘Where The Body Was’
Seeing the names Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips on a new graphic novel cover is enough to get most crime
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Advance Review: Aliens Are Among Us In ‘The Ministry Of Compliance’ #1
For a series about a decades-long alien conspiracy to subjugate Earth, The Ministry of Compliance certainly starts off with a
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Advance Review — The Hero Dominates ‘The Rocketeer: In The Den Of Thieves’ #4
For a series that initially didn’t feature much of its titular hero in the first two issues, the conclusion of
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Advance Review: ‘Fishflies’ #3 Makes The Familiar Feel Fresh
At first blush, Jeff Lemire’s Fishflies #3 contains few original story elements. There’s a young boy who is clinging to
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Advance Review: ‘A Haunted Girl’ #2 Needs To Work On Its Pacing
For kids who are battling mental disorders such as depression, just getting out of bed and dragging themselves to school
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Advance Review — ‘Junior Baker: The Righteous Faker’ #3 Remains A Visual Feast
While readers – and reviewers – may have trouble understanding the story in Junior Baker: The Righteous Faker, Ryan Quackenbush’s
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Advance Review — ‘TerrorWar’ #7 Gets Preachy While Finally Revealing Background
It’s taken TerrorWar nearly all of its run before explaining why the inhabitants of Blue City are facing their worst
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