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August 8, 2019August 8, 2019

BERSERKER UNBOUND / FUTURE FOUNDATION [Reviews]: Days of Future Past.

Co—-errrr whoops. Wrong Barbarian. Dark Horse has unleashed on us Jeff (Black Hammer) Lemire & Mike (Avengers) Deodato Jr.’s stranger in a strange land series! It’s a bit light on story, and we’ve been here before: Barbarian king spewing purple prose about his life being filled with blood and steel. He’s a mongrel, a warrior, …

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August 4, 2019

POWERS OF X [Comic Review]: X-Cellent Epic Reading!

"Time, time, time - see what's become of me... " While Simon and Garfunkel may or may not have been fans of the X-Men, their lyrics are very appropriate for Powers of X. The premise set forth from the first few pages creates a cerebral conundrum, the kind best found in a Christopher Nolan film. …

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July 20, 2019

IMAGE COMICS [SDCC 2019]: Scott Snyder, Charles Soule & Giuseppe Camuncoli Unveil ‘Undiscovered Country’!

Yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, Image Comics announced that New York Times bestselling writers Scott Snyder (Wytches, AD: After Death) and Charles Soule (Curse Words, The Oracle Year, the forthcoming novel Anyone) will team up with artist Giuseppe Camuncoli (The Amazing Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Hellblazer) for a new comic book series titled Undiscovered Country. The …

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July 15, 2019July 15, 2019

SECOND COMING [Review]: JesusHatesSupes.

There’s a good chance you’ve already heard about this book. The premise is so charged, it made seismic reverberations throughout the zeitgeist just by being announced. Hard-right Conservatives protested and urged boycott. DC Comics, in the titanic tradition of The Boys, cancelled the book due to concerns over content, but they didn’t even give these …

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July 14, 2019

DOOM PATROL – WEIGHT OF THE WORLDS [Comic Review]: Worlds’ Strangest Super Team!

Happy Sunday, geeks and geekettes! It's been a long birthday weekend for yours truly, and what better way to celebrate another year here than to settle in for some Doom Patrol: Weight Of The Worlds, the strangest superhero team in existence? Here, Gerard Way and artist James Harvey expand upon the original Young Animal series …

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July 1, 2019July 1, 2019

SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL / REPTILIAN RAGE [Marvel Comic Reviews]: This Little Piggy/Lizzy…

This was a surprisingly fun and hilarious read, as the latest Spider-Man Annual stars the one and only “Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham.” First, a quick rant about what makes a great writer and great story to me: when a writer can take a character I never cared for and pens a story that fits …

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