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This month's Comic Reviews have been posted. But it will be the last one for a while. This time, we look at New Mutants #11, a tie-in to Seige.
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This month's Comic Reviews have been posted. As it shall be for the forseeable future, there's only one book. New Mutants, this issue being #10, a stand-alone issue.
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This month's Comic Reviews have been posted. As it shall be for the forseeable future, there's only one book. New Mutants, this issue being #9
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This month's Comic Reviews have been posted. As it shall be for the forseeable future, there's only one book. New Mutants, this issue being #8, the last issue of Necrosha.
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This month's Comic Reviews have been posted. As it shall be for the forseeable future, there's only one book. New Mutants, this issue being #7. 300th Review.
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This month's Comic Reviews have been posted. As it shall be for the forseeable future, there's only one book. New Mutants, this issue being #6.
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This month's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's New Mutants #5 and Runaways #14. The last two monthly books I buy, and after this review, down to one for the forseeable future.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. The last two books I buy, which means perhaps this has become a monthly review. Anyway, there's New Mutants #4 and Runaways #13.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's the final issue ever of Captain Britain and MI13, and Runaways #12, the second issue with the new creative team.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single books. That's New Mutants #3, continuing the "Return of Legion" storyline.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single books. That's Runaways #11, the debut of the new creative team of writer Kathyrm Immonen and artist Sara Pichelli.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single books. There's Captain Britain and MI-13 #14, the fourth part of "Vampire State".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's Captain Britain and MI-13 Annual #1, and New Mutants #2.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book, but with two stories within. It's Runaways #10 afill in arc between creative teams.
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We're back, after some slight technical difficulties that rendered the Unreachable Star, well, Unreachable. This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at one book. That's Captain Britain and MI-13 #13.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books, one a holdover from last week, where some website issues prevented it from being posted. There's New Mutants #1 and Runaways #9.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book, Captain Britain and MI13 #12, the second part of "Vampire State".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book, Runaways #8, part two of "Rock Zombies" and the second last issue of Terry Moore's run.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book, Captain Britain and MI13 #11, the first official part of "Vampire State".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at the conclusion to NYX: No Way Home, and Runaways #7, the start of the final arc by writer Terry Moore.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book, Captain Britain and MI-13 #10, which begins a new arc.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book, the last issue of Terry Moore's first arc, on Runaways, "Dead Wrong".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at Captain Britain and MI:13 #9, and, a holdover from last week, NYX: No Way Home #5 (of 6).
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, a special X-Mas Eve edition! This week we look at Runaways (vol 3) #5.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at Captain Britain and MI13 #8, and from last week, X-Infernus #1 (of 4)
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. A short one this week, as we only look at a single book, NYX: No Way Home #4 (of 6)
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. A short one this week, as we only look at a single book, Runaways (Vol 3) #4, the fourth issue of creative team Terry Moore and Humberto Ramos.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. A short one this week, as we only look at a single book, Captain Britain and MI:13 #7, the second issue of "Hell Goes to Birmingham"
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. A short one this week, as we only look at a single book, Runaways (Vol 3) #3, the third issue of new creative team Terry Moore and Humberto Ramos.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, the first after a two week gap. We look at three books this week. There's Captain Britain and MI13 #6, NYX: No Way Home #3, and Uncanny X-Men #503. And One Shall Fall from my pull list.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. A short one this week, as we only look at a single book, Runaways (Vol 3) #2, the second issue of new creative team Terry Moore and Humberto Ramos.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's NYX: No Way Home #2 (of 6), and Captain Britain and MI13 #5, and Uncanny X-Men #502.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's NYX: No Way Home #2 (of 6), and Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #3 (of 3)
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book. That's the new relaunch of a favorite series, Runaways (vol 3) #1.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at 2 books, both X-Books. There's Uncanny X-Men #501, and Young X-Men #5.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at 2 books, both Secret Invasion tie-ins. There's Captain Britain and MI13 #4, and Secret Invasion: Young Avengers/Runaways #2 (of 3)
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at 2 books, one a holdover from last week. There's newuniversal: 1959 one-shot, and NYX: No Way Home #1 (of 6).
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at 2 books, one a holdover from last week. There's Batgirl #1, and a big anniversary issue of Uncanny X-Men #500.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at 2 books, a day earlier than most due to Canada being awesome. We've got Captain Britain and MI13 #3, and Young X-Men #4.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at 3 books. In addition to New Warriors #13, there's a double dose of Runaways, with Runaways #30, and Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1 (of 3).
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. Just a single book this week, that's X-Factor #32, my last issue for a little while, the appropriately titled "X-It Strategy".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. Two books this week, and both issue 2. We have Captain Britain and MI13 #2, and newuniversal: shockfront #2 (of 6)
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. Just one book this week, and that's Young X-Men #3, continuing the trend of Classic X-Men themed story titles with "LifeDeath".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. Most stores in the US get their comics on Thursday this week, but I'm in Canada and got them on time. This week we look at two books. Joss Whedon's run concludes with Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1, and there's also New Warriors #12.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books, and they're all X-books. There's Ultimate X-Men #94, X-Factor #31, and X-Men: Divided We Stand #2 (of 2).
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, two debuts and one end. This week we look at three books. There's Captain Britain and MI-13 #1, newuniversal: shockfront #1, and Serenity; Better Days #3.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book, Young X-Men #2.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at four books. Avengers: The Initiative #12, DC Universe Zero, New Warriors #11, and Ultimate X-Men #93. One shall fall from the reviewer's purchase list.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's Avengers: The Initiative #11, X-Factor #30, and X-Men: Divided We Stand #1 (of 2)
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book. That's Serenity: Better Days #2 (of 3)
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book. That's Young X-Men #1, the newest iteration of the "Up and coming teen mutants" book. Will "Final Genesis" live up to all the other geneses? We'll see.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's New Warriors #10, which continues "Thrashed", and Ultimate X-Men #92, which continues "Apocalypse".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's Avengers: The Initiative #10, X-Factor #29, and Serenity: Better Days #1 (of 3)
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we just look at a single book. That's New Warriors #9, Part One of "Thrashed"
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we have three books. There's Runaways #29, Ultimate X-Men #91, and, a holdover from last week, X-Factor #28.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we have two books, each with arcs involving killer superhumans. There's Avengers: The Initiative #9, which continues the "KIA" storyline, and Ultimate X-Men #90, Part 1 of "Apocalypse".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, and once again there's only one book on the list. Astonishing X-Men #24 gives us Unstoppable Part 6.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, the first of 2008, since we were off for two weeks. Still, coming back there's only one book on the list, and that's New Warriors #8.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, a bit late due to the holiday season. This week we look at two books, one on each side of Registration, and both starting new Storyarcs. That's Avengers: The Initiative #8, and New Warriors #7.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book. That's Ultimate X-Men #89, a single issue story called "The Shadow King". Three guesses which character is ultimatized, and the first two don't count.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book. That's New Warriors #6, part six of "Defiant"
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book. That's Ultimate X-Men #88, The Epilogue to "Sentinels"
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's Loners #6 (of 6), and New X-Men #44, Chapter Three of Messiah Complex.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's Avengers: The Initiative #7, and X-Factor #25, Chapter Three of Messiah Complex.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's Astonishing X-Men #23, the penultimate chapter of Unstoppable, and Mystic Arcana: Sister Grimm.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we just look at a single book. That's New X-Men #43, "Children of X-Men", Part 2 of 2
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we just look at a single book. That's Ultimate X-Men #87, Part 3 (of 4) of "Sentinels"
Read the full reviews here (warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, delayed one day due to Canadian Thanksgiving. This week we look at three books. There's New Warriors #5, Runaways #28, and X-Factor #24.
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A bit of a rarity, we present a review of a book, Joe Hill's short story collection "20th Century Ghosts".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just a single book. That's Avengers: The Initiative #6.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just a single book. That's New X-Men #42.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's The Loners #5 (of 6), Ultimate X-Men #86, and X-Factor #23.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, a day late due to Labour Day. This week we look at just one book. That's New Warriors #4, part four of "Defiant"
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book. That's Avengers: The Initiative #5, which introduces The Shadow Initiative.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book. That's Astonishing X-Men #22, the long delayed continuation to "Unstoppable".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book. That's New X-Men #41, the conclusion to "The Quest for Magik". Was the quest a success, in terms of pleasing old school fans?
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's Ultimate X-Men #85, Part 2 of "Sentinels", and X-Factor #22, Part 2 of "The Isolationist".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. Last week was a skip week, and this week's a small one, as we just look at a single book. That's New Warriors #3, part 3 of "Defiant".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's Avengers: The Initiative #4 (a World War Hulk tie-in), Birds of Prey #108 (Gail Simone's last issue), and New X-Men #40 (continuing the Quest for Magik).
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, a little late due to an unavoidable delay. This week we look at just two books. There's Ultimate X-Men #84, and X-Factor #21.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted, a day late due to Canada Day. This week we look at three books. There's Loners #4 (of 6), New Warriors #2, and Runaways #27.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. Last week was a skip week, but this week we look at three books. There's Ultimate X-Men #83, World War Hulk X-Men #1 (of 3), and X-Factor #20.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just two books, both involving the same character. There's Mystic Arcana: Magik #1, and New X-Men #39 (which is part of the Quest for Magik arc)
Read the full reviews here (warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at five books. There's Avengers: The Initiative #3, Birds of Prey #107, Loners #3, New Warriors #1, and last week's Teen Titans #47.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted (a day late due to a Canadian holiday). This week we look at three books. There's Birds of Prey #106, newuniversal #6, and Wisdom #6 (of 6).
Read the full reviews here (warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at four books. There's Cable & Deadpool #40, Ultimates 2 #13, Ultimate X-Men #82, and X-Factor #19
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just a single book. That's New X-Men #38, "The Quest for Magik, Part One of Four"
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at five books. There's Astonishing X-Men #21, Avengers: The Initiative #2, Loners #2 (of 6), Runaways #26, and Teen Titans #46.
Read the full reviews here (warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just a single book. That's Wisdom #5 (of 6), "The Rudiments of Wisdom, Part 5: Bows and Arrows Against the Lightning".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at four books. There's Birds of Prey #105, Cable & Deadpool #39, Ultimate X-Men #81, and X-Factor #18.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at four books. There's Loners #1, New X-Men #37, newuniversal #5, and Teen Titans #45.
Read the full reviews here (warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two highly anticipated debuts. There's Avengers: The Initiative #1, and Joss Whedon's debut on Runaways #25.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just a single book. That's Ultimate X-Men #80, part 2 of "Aftermath".
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at five books. There's Birds of Prey #104, Cable & Deadpool #38, Runaways Saga #1, Wisdom #4 (of 6), and X-Factor #17.
Read the full reviews here (warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book. That's Teen Titans #44, Part two of Titans East.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at a single book. That's Ellis' continued reimagining of the New Universe in newuniversal #4.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's Runaways #24, Wisdom #3 (of 6), and X-Factor #16.
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This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's Birds of Prey #103, Cable & Deadpool #37, and Civil War #7 (of 7).
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(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's Astonishing X-Men #20, and Ultimate X-Men #79.
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(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's newuniversal #3, and X-Men: Phoenix Warsong #5 (of 5).
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(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just a single book. That's Teen Titans #43.
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(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just a single book. That's X-Factor #15.
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(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's Birds of Prey #102, Cable & Deadpool #36, Ultimate X-Men #78, and Wisdom #2.
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(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book, Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona's penultimate issue on the title, Runaways #23.
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(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at two books. There's Civil War #6 (of 7), and newuniversal #2.
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(warning, some spoilers).
It's almost a new year, so once again, I look back and choose some of my favorites and biggest disappointments of the past year, in comics and SF TV, DVDs, and Movies.
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at just one book, and that's Astonishing X-Men #19, the first part of Whedon's final arc, Unstoppable.
Read the full reviews here
(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's Birds of Prey #101, Cable & Deadpool #35, and Teen Titans #42.
Read the full reviews here
(warning, some spoilers).
This week's Comic Reviews have been posted. This week we look at three books. There's Ultimate X-Men #77, X-Factor #14, and X-Men: Phoenix Warsong #4 (of 5).
Read the full reviews here
(warning, some spoilers).
This weekend was the Toronto Comic-Con, and we have full panel coverage of Marvel's Civil War: Confidential Panel, with Brian Michael Bendis, C.B. Cebulski, Olivier Coipel, Humberto Ramos, and Yanick Paquette. A new post Civil War title is revealed, with a lot of Canadian Content!
Read the full panel report here
(warning, some potential spoilers).
It's a new year, so once again, I look back and choose some of my favorites and biggest disappointments of the past year, in comics and SF TV, DVDs, and Movies.
Back in June, I got a chance to see a special advance preview screening of Joss Whedon's film Serenity, based on the TV show Firefly. Because the official release date is upon us, I thought I'd bring the link back to the top of the list. In short: Go see this movie.
Read the full, spoiler-free review here.
Yesterday at Worldcon, the 2005 Hugo Awards for Science Fiction, and the Sidewise Awards for Alternate
History were awarded. We've got the full list of winners for you right here.
Well, Summer's just about here, and that means two things... the summer TV season is starting, and most of the US Networks have finalized their fall schedules. Now, that's all well and good for the TV junkies, but The Unreachable Star is devoted to Speculative Fiction (that is, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and related categories), so I've gone through the lists to give you a rundown of your SF TV options in the coming few months. (Dates, shows, and channels are for the US only as it's easiest to research, but most shows should make it elsewhere in the world too).
Read them here (warning, some spoilers within
for shows ending in the US prior to June 2005).
Gail Simone answers a few questions about Birds of Prey and talks about her
upcoming episode of Justice League Unlimited.
Read the whole interview here.
The Armchair Editor is back after a long hiatus. In this fourth edition,
he looks at how combining characters and concepts from struggling titles
might lead to some fun stories and a bigger audience.
(An interview with Fabian Nicieza)
Fabian Nicieza answers questions about Cable & Deadpool, New Thunderbolts,
continuity, and more! Read the whole interview here.
As the end of the year approaches, I look back and choose some of my favorites and biggest disappointments of the past year, in comics and SF TV, DVDs, and Movies.
In time for Halloween, we have the exclusive first ever interview with Tod Wills, creator of the webcomic Dracula, a graphic novel adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel.
Enter freely and of your own will, and read the interview here
In the third edition of the Armchair Editor, we look at Xorn, his true identity, and the immediate retcons that followed Morrison's run, and propose a new, better explanation for the whole shebang.
(Warning, significant spoilers for Planet X and the end of
Morrison's run on New X-Men, as well as more recent developments in
Excalibur and X-Men)
This week was the Canadian National Expo in Toronto! We've got full coverage of the 'Cup of Joe' panel, featuring Joe Quesada and C.B. Cebulski.
Read about all the questions asked and answers given here
(warning, spoilers, especially for major events in Astonishing
X-Men).