The All-New Booster Gold #3 (DC – Johns / Katz / Jurgens / Rapmund) – I truly have no choice but to continue ThePullbox.com’s Geoff Johns love-fest.  Booster Gold has caught me completely off guard.  If you had told me even a year ago that I would pumped about this book and that it would [...]

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Countdown: Arena is coming… given the recent slowdown in the quality of the Countdown book, I surprise myself with how much much I am anticipating this four part series coming December. Monarch is building his army from the 52… who will he pick? You get to help! Get a sneak peak at some of the [...]

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Howard the Duck #1 (Marvel – Templeton / Bobillo / Sosa / Pereyra) – Howard has always been one of my guilty pleasures.  The classic Marvel series attacked issue  of the day and the absurdities of pop culture, and all the while not taking itself too series… sort of the John Stewart of his day.  [...]

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Green Lantern #24: The Sinestro Corps. War pt. 8 (DC – Johns / Reis) Oh Hell Yeah!!! There is just a great feeling when you see your hero(es) get ready to make their final stand. We’ve seen it at Helm’s Deep, we’ve seen it at the Battle of Endor, and now we see it in [...]

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Another Country Heard From… Here’s the Lowdown The Challengers end up on Earth 8 – owned and ran by Lord Havok and the Extremists (anyone want to scream yet?) History Lesson: Lord Havok and the Extremists were villains that popped their heads us in the 90′s as a Justice League Europe nemesis, mocking the major [...]

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Witch Hunter #1 (Monarch – Ferrante / Scott / Dominicis) – “Witch-Hunts aren’t about hunting witches, they never were”, these are the words that open up the book, offering a foreshadowing theme into the Witch-Hunter world. As far as story goes, Witch Hunter has two levels of plot, and Vincent Ferrante is able to adequately [...]

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Marvel Unveils New Captain America Costume By Alex Ross!  Six months after the death of Steve Rogers captured national attention, Marvel is proud to unveil the new Captain America as designed by renowned, award winning artist Alex Ross!  This bold new look, seen here for the first time, also serves as the variant cover to [...]

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Super Villain Team-Up / M.O.D.O.K.’s 11 #4 (Marvel – Van Lente / Portela / Pallot) – Going into this series, I didn’t really expect much. To be honest, I didn’t read the previous issues until I sat down to review #4. Reading the run of issues 1 through 4 was vastly engaging… good writing and [...]

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Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Syndicate (DC – McKeever / Igle / Hunter) – This is one of the one-shots dealing with the New Challengers of the Unknown traveling throughout the 52 Earths in the DC Multiverse in search of Ray Palmer, who is apparently the answer to the Great Disaster that [...]

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Family Feud! Here’s this week’s lowdown! Karate Kid finally meets Brother Eye Brother Eye states that Karate Kid’s disease is a harbinger to the Great disaster Piper and Trickster are almost trapped in the aftermath of the Injustice League attacking Green Arrow and Black Canary’s Wedding They escape only to be threatened by Double-Down, a [...]

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Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Cyborg Superman (DC – Burnett / Blaine / Leisten / Van Sciver) – Here is what DC has to say about this book: “Who is Hank Henshaw? What made him the Cyborg Superman, and what does he hope the Sinestro Corp can give him? Alan Burnett (SUPERMAN/BATMAN, Batman: The [...]

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  The Green Lantern Corps #16 (The Sinestro War pt. 7) (DC – Johns / Reis) – The chains are off and the Green Lanterns (GL) have gone from a peace keeping intergalactic peace force to an army of ticked off soldiers wielding the galaxies best weapons. Last month in Green Lantern #23, the Guardians [...]

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