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Star Wars: A New Legacy celebrates 10 years of new obscure characters to be precious about

Holly Raymond11 months ago11 months ago017 mins

The really bad news first: it has somehow, implausibly, gruesomely, been 10 years since 2015. I know. This means it has been just shy of 10 years since The Force Awakens inaugurated a whole new era of things for Star Wars fans to be apoplectically upset about, and 10 years since Marvel began publishing Star…

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Sabretooth #5
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Hell Breaks Loose in Sabretooth #5!

Anna Peppard and Jude Jones3 years ago3 years ago019 mins

Plans come together and then promptly fall apart and then become new plans, and you know what? Just read the comic, you’ll thank us later. Sabretooth #5 written by Victor LaValle, drawn by Leonard Kirk, colored by Rain Beredo, and lettered by Cory Petit.  Jude Jones: We know her name was Nanny of the Maroons….

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Punishments Do Not Fit The Crimes In Sabretooth #4

Jude Jones and Anna Peppard4 years ago4 years ago018 mins

Feral Councils are quiet, Quiet Councils are feral, and Victor Creed hosts a fireside chat in our latest journey through the carceral state of Krakoa. Sabretooth #4 was written by Victor LaValle, penciled by Leonard Kirk, inked by Craig Yeung, colored by Rain Beredo, and lettered by VC’s Cory Petit.  Jude Jones: Abortion is now…

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Victor Creed Plans An Escape in Sabretooth #3

Anna Peppard and Jude Jones4 years ago4 years ago018 mins

Sabretooth was sent to the Pit. Then he made it a hell. Now it’s a prison, and Victor Creed is leading a daring escape. Will the exiled mutants be able to work together long enough to find their way out of the Pit? Or are they digging a deeper hole? And who’s their jailer anyway?…

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Sabretooth #2 Is an Exploration of Injustice In “Utopia”

Jude Jones and Anna Peppard4 years ago4 years ago015 mins

Professor X promised there would be no prisons on Krakoa. He lied. Sabretooth was the first mutant sent to the Pit. Now he welcomes five more mutants into his own private hell. What laws did they break? Are they ready for what they’ll find? Sabretooth #2 continues digging into Krakoan justice. Written by Victor LaValle,…

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We Reckon With The Meaning of Justice in Sabretooth #1

Jude Jones and Anna Peppard4 years ago4 years ago018 mins

For breaking the laws of Krakoa, Sabretooth was dragged into the Pit, sentenced to an eternity of torment. But no prison can hold him – or can it? A sentient island staffed by mutants has many kinds of walls. Sabretooth #1 is a gory journey into the carceral state of Krakoa written by Victor LaValle,…

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  • Captain America

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Run Concludes in Captain America #30

Jude Jones4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

Steve Rogers tries to confront the evils being seeded within American society once more as Ta-Nehisi Coates’ run comes to a close in Captain America #30. Art by Leonard Kirk, color art by Matt Milla, and letters by Joe Caramagna. “You slept through some things, didn’t you?” It’s just past Independence Day, and as our…

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  • Marvel

Sin Is Empowered and Steve Struggles With Morals in Captain America #29

Jude Jones5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

Alliances are brokered and strange bedfellows are made as Coates’s run on Captain America screams towards its conclusion. Will our hero let his pride dictate his actions? Will our hero’s friends take those actions for him? After these actions, are they even heroes? Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, illustrated by Leonard Kirk, and colored by Matt Milla….

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Can Red Skull Kill the Idea of Captain America in Captain America #28?

Jude Jones5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

Fear reigns and a country is fractured in Captain America #28. The reincarnated Red Skull continues to plan, plot, and execute his plan to kill the idea of Captain America – and Cap and friends can’t seem to stop him. Will headway be made, or will cynicism succeed? Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, illustrated by Leonard…

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  • Wolverine

We Say The Final Word On Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #4

Jason Large and Jude Jones5 years ago5 years ago09 mins

Jude Jones: So I’ve been pretty hard on this series and…I’m not ashamed. It wasn’t necessarily bad but I found myself repeatedly unsatisfied. But I realized that maybe, just maybe, I was looking at this all wrong. Instead of approaching every story like it should be this encapsulated, logical, coherent, fulfilling vignette, I should just…

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Doomed Planet. Desperate Parents. Last Hope. And Hey, Jesus, in AHOY’s Second Coming: Only Begotten Son #1

Dan Grote and Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago07 mins

The infant Sunstar will grow up to fulfill his destiny as Earth’s most powerful superhero and roommate to Jesus Christ — but first, he and his parents must endure the mundane and the tedious on the last night of the doomed planet Zirconia. Seek a friend for the end of the world in AHOY Comics’…

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