Advance Review: ‘Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library: The Graphic Novel’ Is Delightful
Illustrator Douglas Holgate creates a great sense of visual pacing. While the visual characterization matches the tone of the dialogue
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Review: ‘Gargoyles: Dark Ages’ #4 Reveals More
Writer Greg Weisman creates a new, if minor, character that speaks a bit of Catalan and apparently Spanish. However, those
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Review — ‘Fullmetal Alchemist: 20th Anniversary Book’
Fullmetal Alchemist has been consistently rated as one of the best manga and anime series in history, and rightly so. It’s
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The Beasts Lurking Within: Reviewing ‘Tales Of The Titans’ #4
Garfield Logan, the Beast Boy, is about to be a pretty big center of attention for the entire DC Universe.
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Review: ‘Gargoyles’ #10 Hurt On Landing
Writer Greg Weisman does well with the characterization in his scripting. His dialogue feels very believable, and sees great enhancement
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Review: Tricks And Treats With ‘Gargoyles Halloween Special’ #1
Covers A and F are by artist Matteo Lolli. They both suggest a fun adventure featuring the Gargoyles. Part of
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Advance Review: It’s A Mad Libs World In ‘Swan Songs’ #4
Ahh Mad Libs, those fill-in-the-blank games that help to pass the time on long car rides. The quasi choose your
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Review — ‘Gargoyles: Dark Ages’ #3 Comes To The Rescue
Writer Greg Weisman creates a solid script for the main story. However, Weisman seems to use an anachronistic word to
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Review: ‘Fishflies’ #2 Explores Childlike Innocence
A child’s innocence is ripe with potential for storytellers. Jeff Lemire, in particular, uses kids to help introduce the reader
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Advance Review — ‘Bone Orchard: Tenement’ #4 Is A Mystery Wrapped Inside A Conundrum
Every once in a while, a comic book comes along that is so intentionally confusing yet fascinating that you walk
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Review: ‘Gargoyles’ #9 Begins The Court Hearing Of Goliath
Writer Greg Weisman creates a realistic feeling court hearing. However, Weisman does so at the cost of continuing most of
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Advance Review: ‘Junior Baker The Righteous Faker’ #1 Is A Visual Extravaganza
Artist Ryan Quackenbush’s name doesn’t appear on today’s lists of top talent in the comic book industry. But after his
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Advance Review – Soma’s Colors Shine Brightly In ‘Murder Inc.: Jagger Rose’ #5
Like letterers, comic book colorists are often overlooked by readers (and reviewers) unless they make a questionable creative decision that
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Review: ‘Once Upon A Time At The End Of The World’ #9 Channels The Pandemic
We’ve seen the rise of Golgonooza. Now it’s time for the fall. The once-alluring paradise at the center of the
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Advance Review: A High-Flying Conclusion In ‘Barnstormers’ #3
From its outset, Barnstormers has been about three characters. While the initial focus has been on the two high-flying criminals
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Advance Review: Face To Face With The Devil In ‘Dark Ride’ #8
They don’t call him Danny D. Evil for nothing. The mascot of the amusement park Devil Land takes center stage
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Advance Review: ‘Torrent’ Vol. 1 TPB Tells A Familiar, But Enjoyable, Revenge Story
Michelle Metcalf starts off Torrent at the top of the world. She’s a superhero named Crackerjack who seems to be
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Advance Review: ‘The Enfield Gang Massacre’ #2 Is Not Your Typical Western
No one is going to complain that there isn’t enough action in the latest chapter of The Enfield Gang Massacre.
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Advance Review: The End Becomes The Beginning In ‘Swan Songs’ #3
What happens when the end becomes the beginning? Do Adam and Even get to live in Eden for a time?
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Advance Review: Great Artwork Saves `Exorcists Never Die’ #6
Sebastian Piriz has literally been through hell and back during Exorcists Never Die – and he has taken his readers
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Advance Review: Struggling For Answers In ‘Hexagon Bridge’ #1
If the point of the first chapter in a limited series is to get you curious enough to buy the
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Advance Review: ‘Black Hammer The End’ #1 Enters The Multiverse … Unfortunately
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Superheroes are facing an interdimensional villain who threatens to destroy all creation.
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Advance Review: It’s Bombshell After Bombshell In ‘W0rldtr33’ #5
What a way to conclude an initial storytelling arc! W0rldtr33 #5 kicks off with a time jump to 2049 featuring
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Advance Review: The Stars Come Out For DSTLRY’s ‘The Devil’s Cut’
Talk about a who’s who of comic book talent. New creator-owned publisher DSTLRY has assembled an Avengers-like roster of founding
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Advance Review — The Enterprise Races In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Scorpius Run’
Call it a different kind of space race in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Scorpius Run #1. Lost
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A Whale Of A Tale: Reviewing ‘Ice Cream Man’ #36
From the Bible’s Jonah to Moby Dick to Pinocchio, whales have served as a storytelling focal point for millennia. With
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Artist Dave Acosta Pulls Out All The Stops: Reviewing ‘TerrorWar’ #5
TerrorWar #5 must have been a labor of love for artist Dave Acosta. Acosta, more than ably assisted by inker
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Advance Review– In Search Of ‘The Rocketeer: In The Den Of Thieves’
The good news is that this issue of The Rocketeer: In the Den of Thieves starts off with something that’s
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Advance Review — Robin Directs The Action In ‘Stranger Things: Tales From Hawkins’ #3
The Stranger Things universe has grown to the point where it can be difficult to remember certain characters, particularly though
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Advance Review — ‘Bone Orchard: Tenement’ #3 Demonstrates How To Transition A Series
Transitional issues can be difficult to pull off. They require the right mix of exposition and action. Answer too many
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Advance Review: A Single Panel In ‘No/One’ #5 Shatters The Illusion
Sometimes all it takes to jar you out of enjoying a terrific comic book is a single panel that is
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