A Mixed Black & White Bag and an Underwhelming Issue of Detective in This Week’s Bat Chat

Will Nevin: One week, I think weā€™ll hit on a book that we both like, that we can both praise and feel good about. This ainā€™t that week.   Matt Lazorwitz: This is a very ā€¦ meh week. ā€œDetectiveā€ was inoffensive water treading, and ā€œBlack and Whiteā€ was hit or miss, as most anthologies are. Detective…

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Merfolk, Spiders, and More Spiders! This Week in Marvel Files We Check Out King in Black: Namor #1, Amazing Spider-Man #54, and Spider-Man #5!

Hello friends and readers! Weā€™re back with another week of Marvel Minutiae, as Zoe Tunnell dives under the sea to give her thoughts on King in Black: Namor #1, while Spider-Correspondent Tony Thornley continues his trudge down the long road that is Last Remains in Amazing Spider-Man #54, and I (editor of this piece Chris…

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Blood for the Blood Gods in Warhammer #3

More on the sowing of Chaos and its dark reflections on Man in Warhammer 40K: Marneus Calgar #3 by Kieron Gillen, Jacen Burrows, Java Tartaglia, and Clayton Cowles. Justin Partridge: Battle! Glorious and wise, and more hidden histories revealed in Marneus Calgar #3. Welcome back to Letters from the Front Line. Iā€™m Justin ā€œSuper Juniorā€…

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Cain Marko Snorts The Crystal Gem Of Cyttorak Like He’s Snowflame Or Something In Juggernaut #4

Cain Marko stands as his own man in Juggernaut #4, the penultimate issue of his latest solo miniseries. Written by Fabian Nicieza, drawn by Ron Garney, colored by Matt Milla, and lettered by Joe Sabino, Juggernaut #4 finds Cain and his new superhuman ward D-Cel facing down the infamous Armin Zola, known robot and despised…

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Look, We Really Like the Art, but Everything Else Is Just … Dammit, Donny, in Image’s Crossover #2

The event continues to unravel as Ellie, Otto and Ava rise from the ashes of their comic shop to begin their four-color odyssey to find the truth beyond the dome. Meanwhile: Super-prisons! Magic guns! Mysterious government agents! And other stuff! Zachary Jenkins and Dan McMahon break down Imageā€™s Crossover #2 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw,…

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Who, Where, And Why is Star-Lord? Find out in Guardians of the Galaxy #9!

Itā€™s time for the cosmic soooooul odyssey of Star-Lord, baby. Things get weird in the Twelve Houses for Peter Quill in this out of this world tale written by Al Ewing, art by Juann Cabal, colors by Federico Blee, and letterā€™s by Cory Petit. Charlie Davis: Allison I think itā€™s so so fitting that youā€™re…

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We Have Studied The Blade And Are Ready To Tell You Everything About Al Ewing & Valerio Schiti’s S.W.O.R.D. #1

Get in losers, the X-Men are going to space. Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and Ariana Maher give us S.W.O.R.D. #1. Nola Pfau: Well, Zach, my docking clamps have engaged, and Iā€™m ready to board. Zach Rabiroff: Likewise, Nola. And with that big crossover out of the way, let me tell you, I’m just…

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’90s Punk Culture Meets Haunted House Sentai Fiction in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #1

In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band who’s been missing for weeks. How did she get there, and what do these ghosts want? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action that’s Power Rangers meets The Shining. Itā€™s Home Sick Pilots…

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