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REVIEW: Overwatch - Tracer - London Calling #1

December 02, 2020 by Jacob Cordas in Reviews

Overwatch: Tracer - London Calling #1 is one of the most surprisingly successful tie-in comics. It works far better than it should imbuing the world of Overwatch with a whimsy on every page.

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December 02, 2020 /Jacob Cordas
Overwatch, Babs Tarr, Mariko Tamaki
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REVIEW: The Union #1 does a solid job of launching as an event tie-in

December 02, 2020 by Jacob Cordas in Reviews

The Union #1, which is out this week from Marvel after a pandemic delay, is a promising start to a miniseries that struggles under the weight of being an event tie-in.

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December 02, 2020 /Jacob Cordas
The Union, Paul Grist, Andrea Di Vito, King in Black
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REVIEW: King in Black #1 is a wailing, heavy metal riff

December 02, 2020 by T.W. Worn in Reviews

King In Black #1 is the wailing, heavy metal riff we have been building up to. Like a stack of SUNN0))) amplifiers, it blows me a way into reverberating bliss.

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December 02, 2020 /T.W. Worn
King in Black, Donny Cates, Venom
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REVIEW: Thompson Heller - Detective Interstellar #2

November 25, 2020 by Jacob Cordas in Reviews

Thompson Heller: Interstellar Detective #2 is a great addition to the modern noir finding new corners to explore all the topics the genre is built to discuss.

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November 25, 2020 /Jacob Cordas
Thompson Heller Detective Interstellar, Source Point Press, Milton Lawson, Dave Chisholm
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REVIEW: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Best of Donatello

November 25, 2020 by Benjamin Morin in Reviews

TMNT Best of Donatello celebrates the studious and industrious turtle in a fitting collection. Sci-fi wackiness abounds in these fun stories that rewards both current and previous fans.

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November 25, 2020 /Benjamin Morin
TMNT, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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REVIEW: A Monstress newbie reads Monstress - Talk Stories #1

November 25, 2020 by T.W. Worn in Reviews

As the fantasy epic Monstress takes a brief two-issue deviation into Monstress: Talk Stories, our reviewer T.W. Worn decides to try the book for the first time — and loves what he finds.

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November 25, 2020 /T.W. Worn
Monstress, Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda
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REVIEW: Kaiju Score #1, check it out if you like heist stories or being happy

November 24, 2020 by Keigen Rea in Reviews

Coming out of nowhere, The Kaiju Score #1 is one of the most fun and delightful first issues this year. Check it out if you like heist stories or being happy.

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November 24, 2020 /Keigen Rea
kaiju, kaiju score, AfterShock Comics
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REVIEW: I Walk With Monsters #1 is 'a perfect first issue'

November 24, 2020 by Jacob Cordas in Reviews

An interesting and well-executed horror story that delves into cycles of abuse, I Walk With Monsters #1 is basically the perfect debut comic.

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November 24, 2020 /Jacob Cordas
I Walk With Monsters, Vault, Vault Comics, Sally Cantirino, Paul Cornell
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ADVANCED REVIEW: Post Americana #1 is a gritty dystopian blast

November 23, 2020 by Zack Quaintance in Reviews

Post Americana #1, which is due out December 16, is the new tour de force project from superstar writer/artist Steve Skroce, and today we have an advanced review.

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November 23, 2020 /Zack Quaintance
Post Americana, Image, Image Comics, Steve Skroce
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REVIEW: Marvel's Voices - Indigenous Voices #1

November 19, 2020 by Ariel Baska in Reviews

Marvel's Voices - Indigenous Voices #1 features a delightful trio of indigenous superhero stories designed to continue and extend the Marvel lore through artfully crafted storytelling.

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November 19, 2020 /Ariel Baska
Marvel Voices
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REVIEW: Frank At Home On The Farm #1

November 18, 2020 by Gabe Gonzalez in Reviews

Frank At Home On The Farm #1 aspires to land at the intersection of horror comics and PTSD, but it still has a ways to go in order to portray that mental illness accurately.

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November 18, 2020 /Gabe Gonzalez
Frank At Home On The Farm #1, Scout Comics
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REVIEW: Stillwater #3, maintains pace, fleshes out the mysterious town

November 18, 2020 by Keigen Rea in Reviews

Stillwater #3 maintains the pace of the previous one, opting to spend its time fleshing out the town. Not the strongest issue so far, but still worth checking out.

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November 18, 2020 /Keigen Rea
Stillwater, Stillwater #3, Chip Zdarsky, Ramon K. Perez
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REVIEW: Die #15 concludes 'an absolute monster of an arc'

November 18, 2020 by Keigen Rea in Reviews

Die #15 marks the conclusion of my favorite arc of the series so far. There’s some violence. Revelations. Death. Hints. Very pretty art.

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November 18, 2020 /Keigen Rea
Die #15, Die, Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans
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REVIEW: The Recount #1, '...by the second page you are in over your head'

November 18, 2020 by T.W. Worn in Reviews

The Recount #1 has the potential to be our generation's exploration of Authority and Extremism, but we will have to wait for future issues to find out.

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November 18, 2020 /T.W. Worn
The Recount, Scout Comics, Jonathon Hedrick
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REVIEW: Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood #2 is fun, surprisingly complex

November 18, 2020 by Jacob Cordas in Reviews

Edgar Allan Poe Snifter of Blood #2 hits this week, delivering a second issue for an anthology series that is as fun as it is surprisingly complex.

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November 18, 2020 /Jacob Cordas
AHOY, AHOY Comics, Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Blood, Mark Russell
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REVIEW: Commanders in Crisis #2, a worthy follow to a spectacular debut issue

November 17, 2020 by Benjamin Morin in Reviews

Commanders in Crisis #2 is a solid, worthy followup to a spectacular first issue that built a new superhero universe in the space of 22 pages.

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November 17, 2020 /Benjamin Morin
Commanders in Crisis, Steve Orlando, Davide Tinto
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REVIEW: Sea of Sorrows #1, 'read it while wearing a life preserver'

November 17, 2020 by Jacob Cordas in Reviews

Sea of Sorrows #1 is an excellent and horrifying start to a new four-part series that plumbs the depths of the ocean and comes back up with big scares.

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November 17, 2020 /Jacob Cordas
Sea of Sorrows #1, IDW Publishing, Rich Douek, Alex Cormack
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GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Redbone - The True Story of a Native American Rock Band

November 13, 2020 by Ariel Baska in Reviews

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band is a new documentary-heavy graphic novel that speaks to an untold chapter in rock history.

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November 13, 2020 /Ariel Baska
Redbone, Redbone The True Story of a Native American Rock Band, Christian Staebler, Thibault Balahy
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REVIEW: Terminal Punks #1, a great music-driven story with a killer cast

November 11, 2020 by Gabe Gonzalez in Reviews

Terminal Punks #1 is a fantastic start, and it’ll be exciting to see where this punk rock-driven story goes with an amazing cast, both in terms of the characters on the pages and the creators working on the book.

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November 11, 2020 /Gabe Gonzalez
Terminal Punks, Matthew Erman, Shelby Criswell, Mad Cave, Mad Cave Studios
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REVIEW: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D - The Seven Wives Club

November 11, 2020 by Zack Quaintance in Reviews

Another great contained Hellboy one-shot story that plays into the franchise’s strengths — deep mythos, great artwork, and fun juxtapositions of gruff Hellboy with bonkers ghost/monsters action.

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November 11, 2020 /Zack Quaintance
Hellboy, Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes, BPRD
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