Previously On X-Men: A Tale of Two Fight Scenes In This Week’s X-Books
Spider-Man & Wolverine #2 and Wolverine and Kitty Pryde #3 offer different ways to do “issue long fight scene” stories,
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Review: ‘The Season’ #5 Goes Back Up In Quality
The two covers are by artists Paul Azaceta and Bengal, respectively. Azaceta’s cover in contrast to Bengal’s cover has more
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‘Wolverine: In the Bones’ Review — A Familiar But Incomplete Story
Wolves run through a snowy tableau. A man runs along with them. They are being hunted, man and beast alike.
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Review: ‘Star Wars’ #2 Dives Deep With Mixed Results
The first issue of this new, post-Return of the Jedi-set, volume was relatively expansive in its focus, dropping each of
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Previously On X-Men: An Offer Beast Can’t (?) Refuse in ‘X-Men’ #18 And More New X-Books
A pair of Jed MacKay-penned series bookend this week’s X-books, as Avengers joins the “Previously On X-Men” chat! Plus another
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An Arc-Closing Showdown Dropped Into The Middle Of The Story – Reviewing ‘Transformers’ #21
As of Transformers #21, we’re only two issues into the series’ latest story arc, after its kickoff last issue and
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TV Review: The ‘Revival’ Series Premiere Has Teeth
If SyFy Channel is going to do one thing, it’s deliver a supernatural procedural. The series premiere of Revival is
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Previously On X-Men: Dark Phoenix Redux And More In This Week’s X-Books
Lots of exposition, some continuity conundrums and, thankfully, at least a few nice character moments as we dig into the
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Previously On X-Men: This Week’s X-Books Are All About The Deep Cuts
In what I have to assume is pure coincidence, all three of this week’s X-books feature appearances in key roles
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Review: ‘The Patchwork Girl Of Oz’ #5 Is Uninteresting
This issue of The Patchwork Girl of OZ has a message from adaptor/illustrator/colorist/letterer Otis Frampton at the end thanking readers.
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A Rushed But Satisfying Conclusion — Reviewing ‘Space Ghost’ #12
As much as its a comic book truism that a hero’s Rogues Gallery will eventually organize itself into some kind
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Previously On X-Men: Goth Makeovers, Wonky Time Travel And More In This Week’s X-books
There’s a lot of X-books out this week, y’all. Let’s get right to it. Uncanny X-Men #15 by Gail Simone
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‘Legacy of Vader’ #4 Is Weighed Down By Exposition — Review
Naboo as a planet holds a curious place in the Star Wars narrative. As the central locale of The Phantom
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Doctor Who Week Retro-Review: ‘Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious: Defender Of The Daleks’ Is Good
The Comicon.com team continues our look at the world of the last of the Time Lords, diving deep on a
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‘Andor’ Season 2 Episode 10-12 Are A Powerful And Bittersweet End
As the events of the first episode in Andor‘s three episode finale, “Make It Stop”, began to unfold, I initially
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Previously On X-Men: The Exceptional X-Men Get In a Fight
A light week of X-books with just three titles, including a fight with Mister Sinister in Exceptional X-Men #9, a
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In ‘Star Wars: Jedi Knights’ #3, Bigger Is Better — Review
Following on the heels of last issue’s “Yoda vs. Aliens”, Star Wars: Jedi Knights #3 is another genre mashup. This
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‘Transformers’ #20: It’s Megatron’s World, We’re Just Living In It – Review
The next arc of the series kicks off in Transformers #20. Befitting the big moment to which the previous arc
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Previously On X-Men: New Beginnings In ‘Phoenix’ #11 And ‘Wolverine’ #9, An End in ‘X-Factor’ #10 (Plus Godzilla & Hellverine!)
There be dragons here. And rock people. And time travel, and Marauders and Godzillas and Hellverines and the merciful end
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‘Star Wars’ #1 Looks To The Past To Launch A New Era – Review
Marvel’s current Star Wars line has flirted with stories set after Return of the Jedi before. There was the Shattered
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‘Andor’ Episodes 7-9 Are A Masterclass in Tension As The Season Gets Its Big Set Piece
Compared to its first season, Andor Season 2 has struggled a bit in terms of big set pieces. Outside of
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Previously On X-Men: A Free Giant-Size X-Men Story Leads The Week in X-Books
Free comic book day sets up this summer’s anniversary event, X-Men does X-Men things, Storm does Storm things, everything Laura
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‘Captain Planet’ #1 Succeeds By Following A Familiar Path – Review
With Captain Planet #1, writer David Pepose applies the same formula to the world of Captain Planet that has made
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Review: ‘Planet Death’ #0 Looks Great As It Sets The Stage
Equal parts Starship Troopers and Edge of Tomorrow, Planet Death #0 is a gorgeous amuse bouche of the upcoming series
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‘Andor’ Episodes 4-6 Center Its Title Character And Are The Better For It – Review
One of the (very few)(mild) criticisms I could level at the first three episodes of Andor Season 2 is the
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Pain From The Depths — Reviewing ‘Power Rangers Prime’ #6
Fear is one of the most powerful emotions. It can hold us back while filling our minds with dread. Part
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Previously On X-Men: NYX #10 Concludes The Series As Another X-Book Bites The Dust
It’s a relatively light week for the X-Books, with just one regular series, along with three mini-series installments: NYX #10,
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Review: ‘The Patchwork Girl Of Oz’ #4 Truly Begins
Writer/illustrator/letterer/colorist Otis Frampton arguably does much better with drawing the characters emoting in this issue. Yet, it is unclear to
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Advance Review: ‘The Seasons’ #4 Sees Trouble For One
Writer Rick Remender is still doing some set-up at the beginning, and arguably some of the remainder, of this issue.
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Review – ‘Frankenstein New World: The Sea of Forever’ #3
Welcome to the table, There may, at some point in some far flung future, come a time where I am
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‘Star Wars: Jedi Knights’ #2 Suggests A Fun Template For The Series — Review
There is a lightness to the first two issues of this young series. That’s not to say this is a
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