ONE AND DONE: The Trouble With First Issues [The Life After #1]

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Sometimes, it’s just not fair to judge a book by its first issue. They’re just so different from what you’ll end up getting on...

SIX-GUN GORILLA REVIEW: All That And More

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Let's start with that title, shall we? Calling a story "Six-Gun Gorilla" is a bold and audacious decision, one that's guaranteed to attract a specific...

Review: Legendary Star Lord #1 – A Good Start

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Falling in line with the upcoming theatrical release of Guardians of the Galaxy, a couple of the team's more likable (and perhaps a touch more scandalous) characters will also be seeing some center-stage comic debuts. The token human of the group happens to be one of those lucky two; Star Lord! Perhaps better known in the comic itself by his human name, the character Peter Quill will be appearing in his own reoccurring comic entitled Legendary Star Lord.

Review: Skottie Young’s Rocket Raccoon #1 — is it a ‘must have’?

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  By Nicholas Eskey ROCKET RACCOON #1 Writer, artist and cover: Skottie Young Colorist: Jean-Francois Beaulieu When thinking of furry-anthropomorphic characters in comics, my mind for some twisted reason...

Review: ‘Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present’ paints a worldly picture

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by Alexa Dickman Funny story: A few weeks ago, I got a message on Facebook from an old friend from college. He asked me if...

Review: It’s time for Marvel ocarinas

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Ocarinas aren't just for Zelda fans any more. St. Louis Ocarinas has released an officially licensed line of Marvel ocarinas in a variety of...

Vertigo Gets Back To Its Roots: A Look At Coffin Hill: Forest of the...

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There was a time, early on, when Vertigo was considered more of a horror and dark fantasy line.  Swamp Thing, Hellblazer and Sandman all being...

Batman Eternal Vs. Futures End, DC’s Two Very Different Weekly Comics

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You probably already know that DC has made weekly comics a big part of their strategy as they wind down their time in NYC...

The Best Flash Gordon Comic In Quite Some Time

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Flash Gordon has been around for quite awhile.  You've got the newspaper strip going back to the 1930s.  Switching over to non-reprint comics, King...

Review: Some Picks from the Spring Oily Bundle

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It's hard to convince me to not contribute to the growing number of small press comic subscriptions--every season there seems to be even more...

The Genre-Bending World of Hinterkind (Reviewing the V. 1 TPB, “The Waking World”)

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Vertigo's new fantasy-ish title Hinterkind recently released its first trade paperback collection, The Waking World.  If you only glanced at the covers, it's probably not...

Advance Review: Inhuman #1 bears an Uncanny resemblance – updated

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From the creative team of Charles Soule, Joe Madureira, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles, Inhuman #1 finally sees release this week, and Marvel have...

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