‘Darth Vader’ #48 Reviewed: The Promise Of An Ending Bests Lackluster Storytelling
Between the release of the previous issue and this one, it was announced that both this series and the “main”
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Review: ‘Invincible Iron Man’ #20 Is A Modern Finale For Better Or Worse
Ending a series in the modern age can be a tricky thing. No series ever really ends — more often
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‘Star Wars’ #48 Review: A Strong Start To An Unfortunate Finish
It’s difficult to say that Leia has been entirely absent from the series of late. Even with the previous story
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Jean Grey’s New Beginning Needs More Jean: Reviewing ‘Phoenix’ #1
Wolverine and, occasionally, Cable, aside, the X-Men don’t have a great history of supporting solo series for their members. Many
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Advance Review: Crimson Guards and Burning Robots Liven Up ‘Destro’ #2
The first issue of Destro was a character study of its title character, introducing readers to a man so obsessed
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Review — ‘Star Wars: Inquisitors’ #1 Sidelines Its Title Characters
The Inquisitors occupy an interesting place in the Star Wars mythos. Seemingly born of the need to give the good
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Snap Into Marvel! — Will Gwenpool Break The Meta?
Real Name: Gwendolyn “Gwen” Poole First Comic Book Appearance: Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #2 variant cover (June 2015) First Full
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Review: ‘Bear Pirate Viking Queen’ #3 Delivers A Message
Writer Sean Lewis arguably creates a stronger script for Bear Pirate Viking Queen #3 than the one for the previous
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‘X-Men ’97’ #4 Review: What Are We Even Doing Here?
X-Men ’97 #4 is bright, colorful, and fun. It’s also incredibly slight, and coming over a month after the series
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Review: ‘The Sensational She-Hulk’ #9 Starts A Wrap-Up
Writer Rainbow Rowell creates a script that goes from scene to scene in a bit of a rush. This might
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Review: ‘Bear Pirate Viking Queen’ #2 Is Not Like #1
Writer Sean Lewis creates a relatively interesting and entertaining script for this issue of the series. Two things that makes
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Review: ‘Gargoyles: Quest’ #2 Goes Mid During A Journey
Writer Greg Weisman creates a relatively okay script. The main weaknesses are few, but rather evident. Flaw one is that
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Review: ‘Invincible Iron Man’ #18 Gets The Job Done, But It’s Hard To Care
Though the two haven’t interacted much directly through the years, Iron Man and Magneto are connected in some interesting ways.
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Review: ‘Bear Pirate Viking Queen’ #1 Has Majestic Visuals
Writer Sean Lewis creates a script that is mostly narration. Whether the narrator is reliable or not is constantly in
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Review: ‘Gargoyles Quest’ #1 Has An Odd View
Writer Greg Weisman creates a strong enough script. The only major problems from the script are the poor planning of
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A Visually Bland Mess — Reviewing ‘Darth Vader’ #45
Marvel’s Darth Vader ongoing is a series which tends to fall down some narrative rabbit holes. Remember when Vader was
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The Sinister Seven For The Win In ‘X-Men ’97’ #2 — Review
After dancing between the raindrops of continuity a bit inelegantly in its inaugural issue, X-Men ’97 #2 seemingly settles the
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Better, But Still Not Great: Reviewing ‘Weapon X-Men’ #2
Weapon X-Men#2 is not a great comic book, but it is a vast improvement over the series’ inaugural issue. Unfortunately,
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Press Start To Play: Reviewing ‘Cemetery Kids Don’t Die’ #2
Video games often provide an avenue for escape. What happens though when the games become just as rough as reality?
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Court Is In Session — Reviewing ‘Star Wars’ #45
Few go into a Star Wars story looking for tense legal drama. When a story is titled The Trial of
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Review: ‘The Sensational She-Hulk’ #7 Is Dynamic Without Action
Writer Rainbow Rowell puts some very necessary exposition in the recap summary. Unfortunately, this means some of the exposition is
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X-Men ’97 #1 Review: A Better Episode Zero Than First Issue
X-Men animated series and comic book adaptations thereof go hand-in-hand, with Marvel having published several comic book series in tandem
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Review — ‘Invincible Iron Man’ #16 Is Big On Action, Light On Content
After months of build-up, scheming, near-misses, and obfuscations, Invincible Iron Man #16 is a massive release of tension, the kickoff
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Review: ‘Gargoyles’ #12 Sets Up Future Events
Writer Greg Weisman provides a mostly strong script that successfully ties up most of this series. However, it is hurt
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‘Wolverine: Madripoor Knights’ #2 Review – What’s This All About Then?
Marvel is no stranger to nostalgia series these days, nor is writer Chris Claremont, the majority of whose work of
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Advance Review: ‘Mugshots’ #1 Turns Out Right
Writer Jordan Thomas is not clear in this first issue on the time period — which the solicitation says is
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Even Good Actions Have Consequences — Reviewing ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return’ #2
Defeating the most vile evils in existence is a victory that comes with great loss, as the Power Rangers discovered.
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‘Darth Vader’ #44 Review: More Of The Same — In Ways Both Good and Bad
Darth Vader #44 continues the “Schism Imperial” story in much the same way as the previous issue: a focus on
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Review: ‘Adventureman: Ghost Lights’ #2 Rushes Through To A Cliffhanger
Writer Matt Fraction creates a script that is a bit slapdash. This is due to how there are jumps in
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Review: ‘Gargoyles: Dark Ages’ #6 Sees No End
Writer Greg Weisman provides a mostly strong script with a good variation on the “just the beginning” type ending. The
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Review: ‘The Sensational She-Hulk’ #6 Gets Better
The main cover is by artist Jen Bartel. It does a nice job of suggesting a space adventure without giving
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