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Too Much Going On 0
My head is still reeling from reading this issue of The Amazing Spider-Man. Part of the "Spider Island" event, this issue found Peter Parker dealing with a whole city being mutated by a spider virus. Not only that, but there's Venom, Anti-Venom, The X-Men, Mr. Fantastic, and a whole other slew of characters doing way too much in this issue.It was written by Dan Slott, who has been writing the bulk of this series for some time, and it really wasn't his best. I can understand the difficulty of doi...
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Good for a Setup, Bad for a Story 0
The newest series featuring the DC Universe's greatest cosmic adventurers has arrived. Green Lantern: The New Guardians is a series that will star Kyle Rayner, the graphic artist who became a Green Lantern after Hal Jordan went rogue. If you never saw Rayner's origin story you can experience it here in the first few pages of this issue. There's also something strange happening to the emotional spectrum of rings, and it's something that is costing various Lanterns their lives. The only question n...
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Another D-Lister Turned Gold by New 52 0
It's happened again. Another writer and artist combo has made a D-list DC Universe character someone I actually like in the New 52, and it's Carter Hall AKA The Savage Hawkman.Written by Tony S. Daniel and drawn by Philip Tan, The Savage Hawkman #1 opens with Hall trying to destroy his alien nth metal armor in the woods. His career as Hawkman had cost him his life once and he wasn't going to let it happen again. But what starts as a funeral pyre for his old way of life soon turns into a new tran...
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It Ain't Easy Bein' Sinestro 0
In Geoff John's Green Lantern #1 we find Sinestro dealing with the fact that a green power ring has once again chosen him to join the Green Lantern Corps. He doesn't think that he should have it, but the Guardians are insisting that he keep it. Meanwhile on Earth, Hal Jordan is trying to adjust to being a normal person again. He's got no car, bills due, and no one to turn to. But what does an old adversary have in store for the former Green Lantern?This definitely wasn't what I was expecting fro...
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The Flash Leads the New Era AGAIN! 1
I wasn't expecting this to be as good as it was but . . . DAMN. It's really good. Written by Francis Manapul and drawn by Brian Buccellato, The Flash#1 delivers on all fronts. The writing is superb, the artwork is fantastic, and it paves the way for what a relaunch title should be.The story revolves around a classic Flash and armed intruders story but then takes a very personal turn for Barry Allen. Not only is The Flash accused of killing one of the assailants, the perp in question is one of Al...
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A New League 0
The future is being torn asunder right in front of Madame Xanadu's eyes as she gazes from the present. Only a group of men and women led by Shade, the changing man, can stop the oncoming threat. The Justice League has already failed. Superman, Cyborg, and Wonder Woman have fallen at the hands of The Enchantress. Who can champion justice when it faces the dark?I loved this book.Written by Petter Milligan and drawn by Mikel Janin, Justice League: Dark is the book that I've been waiting for to reig...
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Gardner and Stewart VS. The Economy!!! 0
For some strange reason I haven't gotten my new first issue of Green Lantern in the mail but I did get Green Lantern Corps. I don't know if my subscription is over or if it's just taking it's sweet time to get here, but I'm just glad at least one GL comic showed up this week. In this new issue written by Peter J. Tomasi and drawn by Fernando Pasarin, Guy Gardner and John Stewart have returned to Earth to try and find steady and normal work to fill the extra time in their lives. Gardner tries to ...
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A New Era for Batman 0
I can't tell you how excited I was to pick up this issue. Scott Snyder has been my favorite Batman writer for the past year and I've made that pretty vocal. I got used to his storytelling and style in Detective Comics and was pleased to hear that he'd be taking on the main titled Batman series during the relaunch. I loved his new take on Swamp Thing, so I was hoping he'd bring the same to the table with the new first issue of everyone's favorite Dark Knight.I'm pleased to say that it exceeded my...
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Wood's War Continues 0
Brian Wood's DMZ is a title that I always recommend to people looking to get into comics that aren't about superheroes, monsters, or science fiction. He writes the characters so deeply and the plot so emotionally that I always feel changed after reading a few issues or a trade paperback. In this newest issue, continuing The Five Nations of New York storyline, Wood alludes to Matty's inability to grieve for those that he's lost during the war, and gives us a bit of foreshadowing as to what is com...
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It's Not For Me. 2
IT'S NOT FOR ME -- AND I'M A HUGE RED HOOD FAN!When it was annoucned that there was going to be a new ongoing series starring The Red Hood in DC's New 52 I was really hopeful that I was going to like it. I had enjoyed Grant Morrison's take on Jason Todd in his Batman and Robin run and I wanted to see more of the character in the DC Universe.I guess I should have been careful about what I asked for.I'm sure that some people are going to love Scott Lobdell's Red Hood and The Outlaws, but I for one...
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Villains Assemble! 0
Suicide Squad #1VILLAINS ASSEMBLE!Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and King Shark have been taken captive with a number of other criminals and are being tortured, asked to divulge their employer. After an idiot named Savant gives up their information, they’re revealed to be voluntary members of a group called Task Force X — death row inmates that are given the chance to fight for their country to gain their freedom. But the members of Task Force X have a different name for the group . . . The Suicide Squ...
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Ultimate Spider-Man #1MILES’ LUCKY NUMBERBrian Michael Bendis kicks off Ultimate Spider-Man #1 with the return of Norman Osborn to his lab, where he explains to a new scientist that he created Spider-Man accidentally and that he wants to learn how to re-create the process. Through a series of strange events involving the number forty-two, which some of us know as the answer to life, the universe, and everything, Miles Morales comes into contact with one of the test spiders and things start to ge...
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The Terminator Returns 1
Deathstroke #1THE TERMINATOR RETURNSDeathstroke is introduced guns blazing and sword swinging into the New 52 in the DC Universe. Written by Kyle Higgins and drawn by Joe Bennettt, this first issue finds Deathstroke doing mostly body guard work with the occasional assassination. When his agent, Christoph, sets up a high profile job with a group of young professional killers, he gets more than he bargained for. After a job that turned out to be a trap, Slade Wilson realizes that his reputation as...
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He is the night . . . Apparently 1
Detective Comics #1HE IS THE NIGHT . . . APPARENTLYI received the first issue of the new Detective Comics from the DC Universe Reboot yesterday and I read it twice. The first time I read it strictly to enjoy the story and get a feel for when it takes place. If there’s one thing about this new DC Universe, it’s really complicated. What was supposed to make the continuity easier to understand has made it harder to grasp, even for long time comic fans. It seems that this series is another one that ...
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Skinner Gets Sweeter! 0
American Vampire: Volume Two SKINNER GETS SWEETER The second hardcover trade of Scott Snyder’s American Vampire picks up in Las Vegas just as the famous dam is being installed. The dam has brought with it plenty of money and economic growth, but also crime and sin. Sheriff Cashel McCogan has been charged with keeping the town in order since his adoptive father’s retirement, and a string of strange murders has him on edge. Throw in a couple of unwanted federal agents and a pregnant wife at home...
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Who's The Real Threat? 0
Irredeemable #29 WHO'S THE REAL THREAT? The Plutonian has returned to Earth with his band of escaped mental inmates and plans to get revenge on the person who humiliated him in front of the entire world — Scylla. A superhero who had been hiding his powers from the world with his twin brother, who perished by The Plutonian’s hands. But there’s a secret the super twins have been hiding, and the answer lies in the logo on their chests. Mark Waid’s Irredeemable made me realize that we can still ...
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Lemire Makes Animal Man Roar! 0
Buddy Baker has had a full life. He's been a Hollywood stuntman, a superhero, an animal activist, and now is starring in a movie about washed up superheroes. Though he tries to juggle his family life and whatever it is he has his hands tied up in at the moment, Buddy has always made sure to be true to himself no matter what he's done. But something strange is going on with Buddy, and a horrible nightmare about his family being killed brings actual horror in his life. What darkness does "The Red"...
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Cap Vs. CAP?! 0
*This is a review of the WHOLE series in hardcover* This hardcover from Marvel Comics collects the Ultimate Captain America mini-series from the Ultimate Marvel Comics Universe. It's written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Ron Garney, and it isn't your average Captain America story.When Steve Rogers encounters a super soldier by the name of Frank Simpson he discovers that Simpson was the Captain America from the Vietnam War that was kept under wraps by the U.S. Government. During the war Simpson w...
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Clint Vs. The World 0
Writer Jonathan Hickman tackles the Ultimate Marvel Comics version of Clint Barton AKA Hawkeye as he works for S.H.I.E.L.D. and tries to thwart an invasion of super-powered soldiers turned into artificial mutants in Bangkok. A pair of scientists have developed a virus that kills the X gene that creates mutants and unleashed it on the world. Apparently the entire world has been infected and now the chances of mutants being born have been dramatically lowered. They've also reverse engineered it to...
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Old and New 0
The story starts five years ago in Gotham City as Batman encounters a strange creature on the rooftops. It's not long before the police label them both a threat, because in this new DC Universe super-heroes are just showing up, and they're not welcomed. After a tangle with the robotic creature, Batman is saved by Green Lantern Hal Jordan, who encounters Batman for the first time. The two of them investigate the incident further by traveling to Metropolis to question Superman, but find themselves...
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Who's The Juggernaut, BITCH?! 0
The Serpent has powered the Juggernaut with the magic of Asgard and he's even more unstoppable than he was before! As Cyclops uses various combinations of X-Men in an attempt to bring down the Juggernaut, Colossus, Kitty Pryde, and Colossus' sister visit the demon Cyttorak to inform him that his avatar, the Juggernaut, has betrayed him. In an attempt to give himself a new avatar, a new candidate is chosen, and it's going to spell trouble for the one wreaking havoc on San Francisco.Written by Kie...
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The Republic Burns 0
Jonathan Hickman pens the first issue of The Ultimates new ongoing series, which is part of the Ultimate Marvel Universe. As Nick Fury tries to control the various situations developing around the globe, an unseen number of threats throw The Ultimates into a frenzy. Fury can only watch in a state of helplessness as the world looks to him for answers and Hawkeye, Thor, and Iron Man do their best to survive.I've only recently gotten back into Marvel Comics, and I'm even more unfamiliar with the Ul...
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Collateral Damage 0
Mark Waid's fantastic series about a supervillain turned hero has kept me on the edge of my seat since I started reading it back in March. The story has always gripped my eyes with wonderful art, dialogue, and character development. This issue still had many of those aspects, but wasn't anything to really write home about.Max Damage is building some sort of project in Coalville while the villains that were terrorizing the city are now held up in a church somewhere in town. Safeword has become a ...
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Hellfire Rises 0
The Schism event continues in the third part of five as the Hellfire Club attacks the gala event that the X-Men are attending. When they quickly dispatch of Emma Frost, Iceman, Magneto, Namor, and Colossus, Wolverine and Cyclops race to try and make it in time. Idie, the young girl that Wolverine has been looking after, is the only one left in a position to do something about it, but wants an order. Wolverine and Cyclops argue over the telepathic wavelengths over what she should do, and her acti...
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Devil Vs. Cap! 1
Daredevil is just getting into being back on patrol when Captain America's shield comes flying out of nowhere. Cap tells Daredevil that he's a wanted criminal and that he's been given ample time to turn himself in. Daredevil pleads with Cap to give him a chance to prove his innocence, treating it more like a case in the courtroom than a rooftop superhero battle. Cap reluctantly agrees, but remembers that Daredevil is someone he's trusted in the past. Meanwhile, Daredevil must find out who it is ...
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End of an Era 0
In the last issue of Detective Comics in this run, Batman (Dick Grayson) races to try and save Barbara Gordon from her sociopathic brother James, who has put her in a surefire death trap. As Batman struggles to locate her, James reveals his twisted plan to turn Gotham's next generation of children into sadistic sociopaths just like himself and The Joker. His plan -- spike the city's supply of popular baby formula with a reverse engineered medication that will actually encourage mental illness. I...
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War Tastes Sweet 1
Skinner Sweet and a handful of soldiers have fought their way through the Japanese and a mess of vampires when they find themselves in an even bigger dung heap -- a huge dirty bomb of infected blood ready to be dropped on America. The soldiers call in an air strike and the group tries to fight their way out in time. But can they make it out of the blast range before they're killed by the enemy? Or each other?Written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Rafael Albuquerque, issue #17 of American Vampire w...
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Manufacturing Princes 0
General Mirant has chosen his city and new empire, but is at a loss when it comes to ruling it. Due to Briar Rose's spell, the city is now locked with Sleeping Beauty, who slumbers on a slab in the middle of town. By crowning hordes of young men as newly appointed princes, Mirant hopes to have one of them kiss her and wake the city and its inhabitants. Just as he starts to devise a new plan in order to wake her, a group of goblins sneak in and wreck his entire plan. But it's a whole different ba...
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THOR TAKES ON THE SILVER SURFER & GALACTUS 0
Thor has gone to battle in space against The Silver Surfer and Galactus, who is trying to eat the Seed of the 9 Realms. Odin and his warriors stand tall, but it's going to take more than regular combat to best two beings of such power. As the two of them face off using their influences in the natural and unnatural worlds, Thor and The Silver Surfer enter a slug fest over the fate of Asgard. But young Loki has other plans on winning the battle against Galactus, and has made a trade of Sif's hair ...
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DAMAGE IS ON THE ROPES 0
Max Damage has been taken hostage and literally strung up for target practice. As his former employer, Belamy, keeps putting Max to sleep and then waking him up in order to shoot at his knee caps and arms, Max tries to fight the mental warfare that's being waged on him. Belamy tries to use Max's logic against him, forcing him to confront his silly ideas of becoming a hero in a world that is eating itself. Meanwhile, Alana and Safeword try and get Armadale's help, but discover that he's fallen of...
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A Sticky Situation 0
Spider-Man has been insanely busy recently, what with being on multiple superhero teams, patrolling on his own, working at Horizon Labs, and trying to have a relationship with his girlfriend. But the Jackal has something more troublesome up his furry sleeve for Peter Parker than a conflicting schedule. An outbreak of bedbugs have been biting citizens of New York City and giving them spider powers, and Jackal plans to use them to web the city into his control. After training in the Way of the Spi...
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Sentinels Run Amok 0
In the next installment of Jason Aaaron's X-Men: Schism the sentinels are being deployed all across the world to hunt down the mutant menace and save humanity. The only problem that their creators didn't count on was saving humanity from the sentinels. Many of the giant robots have been in storage for a decade and are crashing left and right or attacking humans as soon as they're activated. The X-Men, Avengers, and any other Marvel hero are on the case as they try and stop any collateral damage ...
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Tim Drake Is About To "Lose It" 0
Tim Drake has been chained to the wall by the villainous Promise, but he's in for more than he bargained for. Instead of the usual banter and threat to be killed, Promise instead turns Drake over to a Daughter of Acheron -- a half sister of Ra's al Ghul. She has something completely different than killing in mind, and it's procreating. She plans to rape Tim Drake and raise his child as one of the worthy to take over Ghul's legacy. Luckily for Drake, Black Bat (Cassandra Cain) had been following ...
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The Joker and Hell Break Loose 0
The Joker has broken out of Arkham and Batman (Dick Grayson) is hot on his trail. However, tragedy has already struck Commsissoner Gordon, who finds his ex-wife with a face full of Joker Toxin in the bathtub of her hotel room. As Barbara and Red Robin try to piece together the crime scene, Batman goes after the Joker in the city's sewers. There the Joker asks for the real Batman to come back, knowing that it's one of the former Robins behind the cowl. After a short battle, the Joker reveals some...
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The Juggernaut is even MORE Unstoppable 1
This issue of Uncanny X-Men is the "Fear Itself" tie-in that pits the X-Men against the Juggernaut who has been picked as one of the Worthy to carry a Hammer from The Serpent. Scott Summers is trying to take the most tactical route to deal with the Juggernaut, and hopes to use the age-old method of removing his helmet in order to stop him with a psychic attack. With a whole legion of X-Men waiting to stand in his way, the Juggernaut is determined to level San Francisco and spread his war against...
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FLASH VERSUS THE PAST 0
Flash Thompson tangles with the Human Fly as Venom, facing the disgusting things he's done to innocent people in the name of "consuming calories." But Flash's real battle lies at home when he finds out that his father, Harrison, is missing and presumably drunk. Flash takes a tough stroll down memory lane, reliving the events that caused him to be a bully and then turn his life around in the military. In this issue it's Flash Thompson against his inner demons instead of the onslaught of external ...
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Evolution - Whether You Want it or Not 0
In Christopher Yost's "First to Last" conclusion the X-Men finally make their move in the past and the present to take on the Evolutionaries and save mankind. While the Evolutionaries want mutantkind to take its rightful place as the dominant species on Earth, Cyclops and the X-Men don't want all of the normal humans to pay the price for it. In a last ditch effort by the Cyclops of the past and the Cyclops of the future, a machine that can separate the cosmic power from the Evolutionaries. But i...
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Here Comes Daredevil! 0
Matt Murdock is back in a brand new #1 issue written by comic book scribe Mark Waid and drawn by Paolo Manuel Rivera. In this newly launched title, Murdock is trying to get his life back together after being outed as Daredevil, then concocting a scheme to keep people guessing. It's been a hard few years for the man without fear, but his new attitude is to take it one day at a time and do the best he can. Even if that means dealing with other lawyers using his dual life against him and a highly s...
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It All Comes to This! 0
The "War of the Green Lanterns" is over and so is the run of this Green Lantern title. After 67 issues it's been quite a journey. Geoff Johns has really taken Hal, Kyle, Guy, and John to whole new heights, as well as the entire Green Lantern mythology. Luckily he'll be back on the creative team when the new #1 launches in September.Until then, onto this issue!Hal Jordan and the others have been freed from the powers of the other rings and have reclaimed their abilities as Green Lanterns. As the ...
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Starborn and Soldier Zero Team Up! 0
While Ben Warner battles a large group of The Pride in the stars, Soldier Zero tries to fend off a scouting party on Earth. Ben tries to convince Talon that the humans of his civilization weren't as noble as they had seemed, and that he has proof that the humans were enslaving other alien races. He'd love to explain this to the members of the alien councils, but they won't let Ben get within ten feet of them without trying to tear his head off. It's not easy being the heir to an empire that did ...
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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