‘Andor’ Is Back And Better — Or At Least As Good As — Ever In Season Two’s First Three Episodes
By the time the first season of Andor wrapped, it had established itself as a critical success. Moments like the
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Previously On X-Men: ‘X-Force’ #10 Concludes With A Whimper Then Celebrates 300
In this week’s batch of X-Books, the latest iteration of X-Force concludes at the same time it celebrates reaching 300
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‘G.I. Joe: Roadblock’ #1 Is A Successful Silent Superhero Story – Review
Continuing Skybound’s month-long celebration of G.I. Joe #21’s groundbreaking silent story, G.I. Joe: Roadblock #1 is another character-focused one shot
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Celebrating Image Comics Birthday – ‘Age of Bronze’ Brings The Trojan War To Comics Life
To say that superhero comics are akin to modern mythology is, at this point, so cliché it’s become more laughable
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‘Transformers’ #19 Review — Too Much Lore, Not Enough Character
Like the last “between arcs” Starscream-focused story in issues #13-14, Transformers #19 is another between arc issue. This installment focuses
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Wolverine’ hits #400, Cable Makes Paradoxes And Sinister Rocks Out
In this week’s X-books, the Adamantine story wraps in Wolverine #8, Cable does his time-travel thing in Cable: Love and
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‘G.I. Joe: Beach Head’ #1 and ‘Jinx’ #1 Showcase The Strengths of Silence – Review
Though born of experimentation and a deadline crunch, G.I Joe #21 — the famous silent issue — stands as one
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Advance Review — All-Star Creative Team Nails ‘News From The Fallout’ #1
Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming miniseries News From the Fallout: It’s written by Chris Condon
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‘Lucky Devils’ #3 Levels Up The Plot And Art — Review
A number of significant plot elements occur over the course of Lucky Devils #3. Both on Earth and in Hell,
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #13 Successfully Explores The Dark Past of Mutants And More
A trio of X-Titles this week, as the Dark Artery emerges in Uncanny X-Men #13, Phoenix #10 wraps up the
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Previously on X-Men: Something Akin to Business As Usual in ‘X-Men’ #14, ‘Psylocke’ #6 & ‘Hellverine’ #5
In the wake of “X-Manhunt”, a pair of series kick off new stories, while in Hellverine the first arc comes
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Review — Great Colors Help ‘Plague House’ #1 To Pop Off The Page
When he was a child, Michael W. Conrad saw a ghost bobbing up and down in his living room pleading
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‘X-Force: Fractures’ Starts Strong, Looks Great, Ends Poorly — Review
Since its creation in 1991 out of the ashes of the former New Mutants book, X-Force has become one of the bedrock X-titles. Nearly
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Review — ‘Star Wars: Inquisitors’ Succeeds Despite Its Title Characters
The Inquisitors occupy an interesting place in the Star Wars mythos. Seemingly born of the need to give the good guys somebody with a
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Retro-Review: Batman #450 The Joker Misses The Funny
After looking at a surprise Joker story earlier today, the Comicon team continues April Fool’s Day and takes a look
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Intriguing New Status Quo, Mixed Execution — Reviewing ‘Phoenix: Orbital Resonance’
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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Review: ‘The Patchwork Girl Of Oz’ #3 Brings Trouble
The cover features a variety of hues with most of them being dark in order to highlight the lighter coloring
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Previously On X-Men: ‘X-Manhunt Omega’ #1 Leads This Week’s X-Books…Somewhere!
In this week’s “Previously On X-Men“, the hunt for Charles Xavier ends in X-Manhunt Omega #1 as the rest of
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Review: ‘The Seasons’ #3 Slows Down
Writer Rick Remender creates very little plot progression, and this problem combines with some arguably repetitive characterization to make the
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Making The Most Of A Crossover Tie-In — Reviewing ‘Iron Man’ #6
Usually, when a major crossover plunges its narrative tendrils into a series that doesn’t otherwise have a direct connection to
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Troping Its Way To Success — Reviewing ‘Space Ghost’ #10 And #11
One of the defining elements of Space Ghost has been the way it riffs on different tropes, both character-specific ones
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Previously On X-Men: “X-Manhunt” Makes The Best Issue Yet of X-Force
This week, “X-Manhunt” marches on, but turns in maybe it’s best showing yet in the process, in X-Force #9 and
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Kylo Ren Is A Sadboy In Another Strong Issue — Reviewing ‘Star Wars: Legacy of Vader’ #2
Thanks to the way it’s come to symbolize the divided reaction to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Kylo Ren’s repeated
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An Abrupt But Satisfying Conclusion — Reviewing ‘Transformers’ #18
It was a little stunning, reaching the end of this issue and reading the letters page, to see it referred
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‘Rogue: Savage Land’ #2 Mostly Picks A Lane And Is Better For It — Review
After trying to be too many things at once — pulpy jungle adventure, cheesecake spectacle, and continuity insert — in
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Fighting The Past With A Big Honking Sword — Reviewing ‘Iron Man’ #5
After starting with a series of issues involving magic armor, demonic pacts, and big swords, Iron Man #5 is the
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Another Befuddling Mess In Service of Easy Satire — Reviewing ‘X-Factor’ #7
The cover is the best thing about X-Factor #7. Though, in true comic book cover fashion, it is more a
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Review: ‘Star Wars: Jedi Knights’ #1 Is Another Win For ‘Star Wars’ Comics
The Prequel Era of Star Wars storytelling in an interesting place. Once the butt of jokes amongst fans, the aging
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Review: ‘The Tin Can Society’ #6 Continues Off The Premise
The premise that co-plotter Rick Remender and co-plotter/writer Peter Warren are using continues to have interesting developments occur because of
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Review: ‘Gunsmith Cats Omnibus’ Book 1 Is Kind Of Creepy
This is the first in a multi-volume series of omnibuses and it collects a lot of Gunsmith Cats. However, this
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Advance Review: ‘The Seasons’ #2 Continue To Build Their World
Writer Rick Remender continues what might be one of the best homages to cartoonist Winsor McCay’s style of storytelling. There
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