Harsh Bloody Love — Reviewing ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’ #6
Oroku Saki is a kind of force of nature, determined and focused enough to always finish whatever mission he begins.
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Force Matters: ‘Pathfinders’ #1 An Intriguing Start To New High Republic Adventures
The slow trickle of new Star Wars comics continues with a new High Repulic series from Dark Horse. Star Wars:
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Hidden Pasts Of The Caped — Reviewing ‘Detective Comics’ #1107
Connections between many superheroes run far deeper than a shared affinity for costumes, theatricality, and punching villains in the face.
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Previously On X-Men: Boom-Boom Shines In The Spotlight Of ‘Inglorious X-Force’ #3
It’s a rough week for the continuity-minded, as both the current retro miniseries make some notable flubs. Thankfully, Inglorious X-Force
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Advance Review — A Killer Is On The Loose In ‘Dead By Daylight: The Hillbilly’ #1
A comic book based on a video game franchise is nothing new. But when that franchise is the hugely successful
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Regnad Is Danger Spelled-Backward — Reviewing ‘Absolute Wonder Woman’ #18
Magic is a powerful force in the universe. With but a word or gesture even great warriors can be humbled.
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TV Review: ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 And The Problem Of Verisimilitude
The first season of Daredevil: Born Again is a mess. Originally envisioned as clean-ish break from the earlier Daredevil series
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That’s One Dangerous Selfie — Reviewing ‘The Flash’ #31
Dangerous trends have existed for as long as human beings have been trying to prove something to themselves or others.
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In The Beginning — Reviewing ‘Miss Truesdale And The Rise Of Man’ #4
Welcome to the table, “In the beginning” is a powerful turn of phrase. It speaks to an understanding of what
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Let’s Do The Time Warp Again — Reviewing ‘Dead Teenagers’ #1
Sometimes it seems like most of society is really stuck in the past, reliving those “glory days” on a loop.
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Dream A Little Dream Of Titans Tower — Reviewing ‘New Titans’ #33
A new era begins and poses what seems to be a simple question. When does a dream become a nightmare?
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Not Quite That Next Level — Reviewing ‘Batwoman’ #1
DC Comics is ready to take themselves to the Next Level and with that change comes a pretty big return.
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Review — Kirk Again Takes Command Of ‘Star Trek: The Last Starship’ #6
After two issues of staying disappearing into the background, James T. Kirk finally reemerges from the shadows in the latest
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Advance Review — ‘White Sky’ #2 Tells A Compelling Story, But Doesn’t Reveal Many Secrets
Two issues into Image Comics’ new series White Sky, and questions are still piling up for readers? What happened that
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Advance Review: ‘Universal Monsters: Phantom Of The Opera’’#2 Continues To Wow
Character development is difficult to pull off in a four-issue miniseries. Seeing growth in a character after just the first
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Cyclops’ #2 Makes The Grade
It’s a relatively quiet week, at least in terms of annotations, though Cyclops continues to be a pleasant success, and
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Advance Review: ‘Skinbreaker’ #7 Features An Epic Battle With Jaw Dropping Art
If you’re going to dedicate nearly an entire issue to an epic battle, you’d better have a fantastic artist drawing
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One Road Out Of Blüdhaven — Reviewing ‘Nightwing’ #136
Roads provide the means to take us from one spot to another, but they often carry their own dark secrets.
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Advance Review: ‘Exquisite Corpses’ #11 Nears Its Endgame, And Not A Moment Too Soon
Eleven issues into the first “season” of Exquisite Corpses and we’re finally down to the last two killers battling it
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Previously On X-Men: ‘X-Men United’ #1 Poorly Executes A Strong Premise
The big launch this week is X-Men United, which has been positioned as a flagship book for the line. It’s…not
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Advance Review – Not Enough Battle Or Beast In ‘Invincible Universe: Battle Beast’ #7
Battle Beast is back. More or less. After a hiatus of several months, one of the best-drawn series
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Review: ‘Transformers’ #30 Ends The Latest Arc With A Pleasant Zag
Where the previous issue was a rock ’em sock ’em all-out action issue, Transformers #30 closes out the book’s current
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Force Matters: ‘Star Wars: Shadows Of Maul’ #1 Is A Strong — If Maul-less — Start
No word yet on a relaunched Star Wars title or any kind of general direction for the Marvel line, but
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The Call Is Coming From Within — Reviewing ‘Batgirl’ #17
“Blood is thicker than water,” is the saying. But family — as a concept — goes far beyond blood-related connections,
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The Not So Honorable Pamela Isley — Reviewing ‘Poison Ivy’ #42
Controlling all of plant life is pretty cool. Even cooler: controlling plant life and your local city government legally. A
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Original Horror Folklore The World Needs Right Now — Reviewing ‘Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man’ #1
Welcome to the table, The Skinless Man has warlocks, a skinless man, a magic baby, and a witch telling stories.
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Advance Review: Storytelling Takes Center Stage In ‘Blood & Thunder’ #11
There is a Hopi proverb that says: “Those who tell stories rule the world.” While science and engineering
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Previously On X-Men: The X-Men Battle Lazy Creators And It Looks Great In ‘X-Men Annual’ #1
Avengers end! Moonstar begins! X-Men gets an annual but its X-Men aren’t in it! All that and more in this
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Review — ‘Iron Man’ #2 Is A Stronger Launch For The Series
Having exorcised my angst about Marvel’s perpetual reboot-itis (or at least received brief relief by venting my frustrations), I feel
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Time For A Bro-down Showdown — Reviewing ‘Nova: Centurion’ #5
Sometimes meeting old friends means hugs and other times it means landing a punch (or more) right on their face.
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Big Time Smash Em’ Up — Reviewing ‘Absolute Wonder Woman’ #17
For months, Wonder Woman has been dealing with threats connected to a mysterious group led by the malicious Veronica Cale.
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