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The Real Unbelievable Unteens Is the Friends We Made Along the Way

Mark Turetsky4 years ago4 years ago03 mins

Unbelievable Unteens comic book artist Jane Ito finds her world turned upside down after discovering her comic book creations were real and she was one of them. As she and the Unteens reunite and put the pieces together, they take on the forces that disbanded them for one final fight. In reality, Unbelievable Unteens #4…

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  • Black Hammer

Family Fridging and Troubled Teens in a Black Hammer Roundup

Mark Turetsky and Vishal Gullapalli4 years ago4 years ago019 mins

In Black Hammer: Reborn #4, Colonel Weird brings Lucy on a trip through the Para-Zone, and the sins of her past; written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Caitlin Yarsky, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Nate Piekos.  Meanwhile, in Unbelievable Unteens #3, the newly reunited no-longer-teens remember the White Wraith Saga that tore the…

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  • Black Hammer

Pastiche vs. Narrative in Dark Horse’s The Unbelievable Unteens #2

Mark Turetsky and Ritesh Babu4 years ago4 years ago016 mins

Unbelievable Unteens comic book artist Jane Ito finds her world flipped upside down after discovering that the heroes from her comics were not so fictional and she herself was one of them and had powers. As she and the team of underdog heroes once known as the Unteens begin to come back together, they slowly…

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Art, Commerce and a Teen Titans Pastiche in The Unbelievable Unteens

Vishal Gullapalli and Mark Turetsky4 years ago4 years ago024 mins

After signing at a comic book convention, Unbelievable Unteens artist Jane Ito finds herself visited by one of the characters from her own creation — but was it her own creation? Were the Unteens an actual school of teenaged misfit superheroes who battled supervillains under the lead of the mysterious Dr. Miles Moniker? And if…

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