Irredeemable #4 (Boom! – Waid / Krause) What if the world’s greatest hero decided to become the world’s greatest villain? The Plutonian’s deadly rampage continues. His former comrades-turned-victims are beaten, tired, and searching for hope. A “twilight of the superheroes”-style story that examines super-villains from the writer of KINGDOM COME and EMPIRE! After an issue [...]

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Dark Avengers #6 (Marvel – Bendis / Deodato / Beredo) DARK REIGN Big, bold choices! That’s what Norman Osborn’s H.A.M.M.E.R. and Avengers have been all about! And with every bold choice comes more and more risk! And with risk comes pressure! And with pressure…come the voices. How long can Norman Osborn hold it together? And [...]

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Killapalooza #2 (DC/WIldstorm – Beechen / Hairsine) You’ve never seen anything like a rock band that moonlights as a super-powered assassination squad! Superstar noisemakers The Clap thought they were the only ones, but apparently there’s at least one more – and they’ve both marked the honoree of a benefit concert as their next target! If [...]

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Green Lantern #42 ( DC – Johns / Tan / Barrows / Glapion / Jose ) We all love this book as well we should, but in a string of great issues in an awesome storyline, this issue sticks out! The best part is how Hal finally gets his blue ring to work!  And then [...]

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The Unwritten #1 and #2 ( DC Vertigo / Carey / Gross ) I’m a big fan of different.  I don’t like all Vertigo titles.  Some are great some are well, not.  But what makes Vertigo great is they are willing to try. Unwritten is falling into one of those not so great books.  The [...]

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THOR #602 (Marvel – Straycnski / Djurdjevic ) Greg and I were talking about this book, and comparing notes of what were gonna say.  I for one don’t miss the big ol’ battles.  For me, the tension in this book comes from the political intrigue and gamesmenship.  And I like the subtle interplay of gods [...]

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Justice Society of America #28 (DC – Ordway / Wiacek) A Japanese spirit has appeared to exact revenge on the living symbols of America’s atomic warfare while the rest of the JSA reaches out to another founding member for assistance: The Spectre! Continuing the haunting new arc You know, this two-issue arc wasn’t bad, it [...]

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Thor #602 ( Marvel – Stracynski / Djurdjevic / Miki / Mounts ) “The cataclysmic, catastrophic events of THOR #600 have rocked Asgard. What unexpected way do his true friends figure out to help him? And what could possibly be the next step in the devious Loki’s sinister schemes and machinations? “. First and for [...]

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Predator #1 ( Dark Horse – Arcudi / Saltares / Dzioba / Elder ) “The world’s attention is focused painfully on a brutal third world Civil War, a merciless sectarian conflict sparing neither soldier nor civilian, grandmother nor child. But amidst the terror and carnage, where great nations and powerful interests jockey for position and [...]

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Action Comics Annual #12 ( DC – Rucka / Perez / Mazi ) “Discover the origin of Nightwing and Flamebird! The new dynamic duo is busy rooting out General Zod’s sleeper agents in the present, but how did they find out about the sleepers in the first place? What exactly is their history with Zod? [...]

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Green Lantern #42 ( DC – Johns / Tan / Barrows / Glapion / Jose ) “The conclusion to “Agent Orange”! Hal battles the leader of the Orange Lanterns in a bizarre confrontation between will and avarice! But what is the true secret behind the power of the Orange Light? And what value does it [...]

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I recently got to the shop and got my hands on two Doctor Who one-shots that came out in the last month: The Time Machination (IDW – Lee / Grist) London, 1889 and a time-stranded Doctor needs the help of an old friend to fix the TARDIS… but is beset by pursuers sent by Queen [...]

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