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  • X-Men

Lots of BA-THROOOOM Humor in X-Terminators #4

Stephanie Burt3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

Laura Kinney (the best Wolverine!), Alison Blaire (the no-longer-so-disco Dazzler!), Jubilation Lee (surprisingly practical!) and Boom-Boom (boom, there it is!) have fought their way out of a vampire monster arena only to end up trapped between star systems, stuck in a quasi-harem on the Collector’s spacefaring retreat. What’s a girl to do? Find out in…

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  • She-Hulk

Jen Wants a Different Ending to She-Hulk #9

Armaan Babu and Stephanie Burt3 years ago3 years ago012 mins

Jennifer Walters is trapped. The bad guys have played their hand and shown us their origins. Things are at their worst, and everyone knows what that means: it’s showdown time. Can Jen defeat her villains, look great while doing so, and return to find a happy ending? Erm. Two out of three ain’t bad, right?…

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  • New Mutants

Who Survives The Wrath Of Sublime In New Mutants #33?

Stephanie Burt and Liz Large3 years ago3 years ago010 mins

John Sublime’s U-Men have captured our squad of mostly trans and mostly teenage mutants in his mostly creepy building, and point-of-view character Escapade has had a vision of her best friend Morgan falling to his death from Sublime’s creepy roof! Time to find out who lives and who dies in New Mutants #33, written by…

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  • Batman

Batman v. Robin, Montoya v. Two-Face and Urban v. Legends in BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago011 mins

It all comes down to this: Father fights son while the Devil Nezha and Mother Soul look on. Batman vs. Robin #4 is written by Mark Waid, drawn by Mahmud Asrar and Scott Godlewski, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Steve Wands. While our three rookies face the effects of their actions or inactions,…

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  • X-Men

It’s Dark Web Time in X-Chat #5!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley3 years ago3 years ago010 mins

Welcome to Inferno! As our friends at Jay & Miles Xplain the X-Men like to say, Inferno never ends! And with that, we’re in the thick of “Dark Web”, AKA Inferno II: Electric Boogaloo! In Dark Web: #1, Christmas in New York gets interrupted by a familiar demon problem from Zeb Wells, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin,…

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  • Sabretooth

Everyone, But The Reader, Has A Bad Day In Sabretooth And The Exiles #2

Anna Peppard and Jude Jones3 years ago3 years ago013 mins

Will Victor Creed survive getting saved by the Exiles? It’s tough to lead when your team hates you, and even harder when your powers are on the fritz, courtesy of a new invention that threatens the survival of all mutantkind! Come for the mutiny, stay for the medical malpractice in Sabretooth and the Exiles #2,…

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  • Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman #794 Starts Putting the Pieces in Place

Cat Purcell3 years ago3 years ago04 mins

Hera’s plans for Wonder Woman finally start to become clear in Wonder Woman #794 written by Michael Conrad and Becky Cloonan, penciled by Emanuela Lupacchino, inked by Wade Von Grawbadger, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Pat Brosseau.  Will this be the start of all of the threads of this arc weaving together to…

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  • Marvel
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Things Get Batty in Midnight Suns #3!

Latonya Pennington3 years ago3 years ago08 mins

The Midnight Suns brave the darkest and most horrifying journey imaginable to secure aid from one of the most ancient and dangerous beings in all of existence. What terrible secret from the past is Agatha Harkness hiding? And what does the truth mean for Zoe Laveau’s future?! Written by Ethan Sacks, with art by Luigi…

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  • Marvel

Monica Rambeau Needs Space To Grow in Photon #1

Latonya Pennington3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

Universal powerhouse Monica Rambeau stars in her very own all-new adventure! The hero known as Photon has been charged with making a very special, very cosmic delivery – should be light work (get it?) for Monica…if family drama doesn’t hold her back! Monica Rambeau: Photon #1 is written by Eve L. Ewing, art by Luca…

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  • Batman

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo Was Actually Entertained by Batman/Spawn? (and More BatChat)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago09 mins

It’s party night in the Owl Court Hotel, as the Scooby Gang and Bruce Wayne wind up attending a birthday soiree and running from a Talon in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3, written by Matthew Cody, drawn and colored by Erich Owen, and lettered by Saida Temofonte. Lucius Fox comes to New York as…

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  • Issue Overviews

Let’s Get AfterShook in Fear of a Red Planet

Will Nevin and Ian Gregory3 years ago3 years ago012 mins

By Ian Gregory and Will Nevin No one can hear you scream about labor rights in space. Fear of a Red Planet #1 is written by Mark Sable, drawn and colored by Andrea Olimpieri, lettered by Dave Sharpe and published by AfterShock. Ted Walsh wants one more run on top. And he’ll get it by…

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  • Batman

Batman Goes Space Surfing, and More Joker Stuff, in BatChat (Text Edition)

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin3 years ago3 years ago010 mins

It’s the final showdown between Batman and Failsafe in Batman #130, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Batman must confront the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh for the life of the Joker in a story written by Zdarsky, drawn by Leonardo Romero, colored…

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  • X-Treme X-Men

X-Treme X-Men #1 Is Driven by Nostalgia and Promise.

Stephanie Burt3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

Want more tales of Kate (back then, Kitty) Pryde’s time at the University of Chicago? Hoping for more interstitial comics in which Chris Claremont himself tells stories that fill in the gaps in one of the Claremont runs? You’re in luck with X-Treme X-Men (volume three) #1, written by Claremont, art by Salvador Larroca, colors…

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  • Star Wars

Darth Vader #29 is a Good Example of Vader Without Vader

Austin Gorton3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

Ochi helps Dormé investigate Sabé while Sabé makes a fateful decision. Darth Vader is also there, in Star Wars: Darth Vader #29 written by Greg Pak, art by Luke Ross, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Who is the main character of this series? Darth Vader is the title character, of course,…

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  • Marauders

Marauders #9 Brings the 90s to Prehistory!

Stephanie Burt and Ian Gregory3 years ago3 years ago012 mins

Inconceivably long ago in the history of the Earth, the mutants (Enriched) and the non-mutant humans (Enshrined) of the community called Threshhold battle the anaerobes of the Unbreathing and the genocidal megabacteria Arkaea and Sublime. Our Marauders have come, in sealed suits, from the future to save their kin. Some will die, some will live,…

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