Advance Review: Decapitations, Animations And Mutilations (Oh My!) In `Dark Ride’ #2
It didn’t take long for Dark Ride to get really…well…dark. Sure, we expected some of the darkness after a strong
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Review: ‘Antioch’ #2 Does Okay
Writer Patrick Kindlon provides more exposition in this issue than in the first issue (Antioch #1 [2022]). This is both
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Advance Review: `Minor Threats’ #3 Takes Its D-Listers Very Seriously
They might be D-list villains, but they take their job pretty seriously. The would-be bad guys in Minor Threats –
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Falling Two Steps Behind: Reviewing ‘Detective Comics’ #1065
Finding ways to tell Batman-related stories that haven’t been done, or been done to death, becomes increasingly harder to do
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Advance Review: Saving the World Comes At A Price In `Astronaut Down’ #4
It’s taken a few issues, but Astronaut Down is getting good. Really good. The series had a promising but uneven
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Advance Review: The Bluntman Returns In `Quick Stops’ #1
In his latest comic book series Quick Stops, Kevin Smith artfully blends his love of comic books, New Jersey, his
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Advance Review: `Star Trek– Picard – Stargazer’ #3 Sticks The Landing
Talk about sticking the landing – and not a minute too soon. Star Trek: Picard – Stargazer has been an
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Advance Review: Love and Betrayal in `Time Before Time’ #18
With any relationship comes the risk of betrayal. Kareena Jemisin learns that the hard way in Time After Time #18.
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Advance Review: Face To Face With A Killer In `That Texas Blood’ #19
That Texas Blood wraps up its third – and best – story arc with a bang. Literally. The last issue
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Advance Review: No One is Safe in `Survival Street’ #4
How does a limited series that started with such great promise pivot quickly and end with a thud? Frankly, it’s
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Advance Review: Sisko Returns To Save the Galaxy – Again – In `Star Trek’ #1
It’s Captain Benjamin Sisko the rescue. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had one of the most epic – and controversial
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Advance Review: ‘Mega Centurions: Mega No More’ #4 Astounds
Writer Jon Parrish does a fantastic job with a plot twist that keeps this narrative from being predictable. Though it
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Advance Review: Breaking Into `Dead Mall’ #1 Has Its Perils
Ahhh ye olde shopping mall! That archetype of mid-to-late 20th century capitalism and hangout for teenagers desperately seeking to escape
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Advance Review: A Welcome Shift In Storytelling In `The Roadie’ #2
Shelby Petroski is having a bad day. She was nearly fired for performing profane, sacrilegious sounds during at talent show
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Advance Review: An Ending Of Sorts In `The Silver Coin’ #15
Recurring characters in horror anthologies are difficult to come by. Of course, this series has its eponymous spare change that
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Advance Review: `Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to be Kin’ #6 Starts with a Bang
If the goal of an opening splash page is to set the tone for the rest of an issues, then
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Review: Dracula’s On The Loose In `Star Trek: Lower Decks’ #2
Space vampires have been a staple of science fiction since the genre began. From Plan 9 from Outer Space to
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Advance Review: Ugly Religious Stereotypes Doom `Seven Sons’ #5
From its start, Seven Sons has had an intriguing premise, an interesting storyline and some amazing art. But the book
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Review: ‘Ordinary Gods’ #9 Answers Questions While Leaving Mysteries
Writers Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark handle the main story. While writer Jana Tropper provides the back-up story. Higgins and
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Review: ‘Savage Avengers’ #6 Goes Back To The Future
Marvel 2099 is one of the most popular spin-offs of the main Marvel Universe. Now that the Savage Avengers are
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The Deadliest Of Dances: Reviewing ‘Detective Comics’ #1064
Over the decades, there have been so many takes on who and what Batman should be that one would tire
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The Truth Will Set You Free? Reviewing ‘Stillwater’ #15
With only a handful of issues left within the realm of small town meets eternal horror, Stillwater continues to pull
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It’s All About The Ideas, Man: Reviewing ‘Eight Billion Genies’ #5
Things have to get worse before they can get better is a sentiment that a lot of people seem to
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Advance Review: Fighting The Good Fight In ‘August: Purgatory Underground’ #3
Fistfights are not always the easiest battles to follow in comic books. Depicting the precise actions and reactions takes quite
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Advance Review: ‘Mega Centurions: Mega No More’ #3 Regains Quality
Writer Jon Parrish does a great job at making the characters seem realistic in their conversations. It is arguable that
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Review: ‘Savage Avengers’ #5 Ends An Age Of Sword & Sorcery
Since his return to the pages of Marvel Comics, Conan the Barbarian has been a massive part of the Marvel
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Building A Better Clan: Reviewing ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ #132
Comic books of the superhero sort of variety are rife with big action pieces, as we the audience want to
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Review: ‘Antioch’ #1 Is Uneven With The Leads
This first issue is rather reliant on reading The Frontiersman Volume 1 trade paperback (2022) and The Frontiersman Lock-Up Special
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Review: Marvel Takes Another Crack At The Xenoverse With Mixed Results In ‘Alien’ #1
In Alien #1, United System soldiers track down a colony of synths living on a backwater moon. These biomechanical humanoids
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The Masks That We Wear: Reviewing ‘Detective Comics’ #1063
Sometimes in life there comes a moment where someone might try a recipe, they got from a friend that combines
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Review: ‘Savage Avengers’ #4 Reveals A New Destiny For A Familiar Hero
Deathlok burst into the pages of Savage Avengers with a strange demeanor for the frequent anti-hero. In Savage Avengers #4,
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