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March 18, 2018

ETERNITY GIRL / DRY COUNTY / INFIDEL [Reviews]: Good Reading for Spring Cleaning!

Happy Sunday, geeks and geekettes! We've got that familiar warmth in the air to signal the coming of spring, and enough green puke stains on the streets outside our favorite bars to keep us from anticipating St. Patrick's Day for another. But what else does spring mean? A slate of new titles for us to peruse! …

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March 11, 2018

OBLIVION SONG / SHADE the CHANGING WOMAN / DOCTOR STAR / INFINITY COUNTDOWN [Reviews]: Easy Like Sunday Morning.

Happy Sunday, fellow geeks and geekettes. Winter's thawing into spring, and with this change to warmer weather comes some new titles from some familiar names. This week's peek spans space, time, and sanity itself, as our great writers tell you which upcoming titles are worth the use of your eye muscles. Let's dive right in... …

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March 9, 2018

GIDEON FALLS #1 [Review]: Blessed Are Those.

Fans of Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino, rejoice! If you were into their solid Green Arrow run that hit about halfway through The New 52 or their really quite excellent two years on Old Man Logan, the wonderful news is that they’ve been basically biding their time for the past three years quietly getting this creator-owned …

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March 4, 2018

MERA / THE BEEF / LOCKJAW / BLACK PANTHER [Reviews]: Throne-ish.

With regrets I have not been reading the current Aquaman run--and despite this miniseries being more subsidiary story to the current arc than it is a full feature title--I wasn't lost in this issue. Writer Dan Abnett meshes in slight recaps as the narrative unfolds with Mera wounded and unable to breath underwater thus leaving …

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February 24, 2018February 24, 2018

HIT-GIRL / DOCTOR STRANGE / THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD / TALES OF SUSPENSE [Reviews]: Infinity Countdown Prime.

So the Marvel Universe is kinda-sorta-not-really-but-is restarting again, and one can only assume that it will be kicked off (or re-re-re-rebooted) with Infinity Countdown Prime, done up by writer Gerry Duggan and, one of the very best artists out there today, Mike Deodato Jr. His crisp drawings make this story better than what it is. …

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February 18, 2018

SIDEWAYS / DARK NIGHTS RISING / KICK-ASS [Reviews]: The Chase is On!

Greetings from the East Coast, fellow geeks and geekettes. We've got snow, wind, cold, and plenty of comics to go over. Introductions are done, so it's time to move on to... Sideways #1??? Really??? Yeah…I got yer fukkn Sideways…‘til Tuesday. What is it with DC (and Marvel) continually regurgitating the same, tired, bullshit comic book tropes …

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