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Dead Men Tell Many Tales in Venom #32

Forrest Hollingsworth and Justin Partridge5 years ago5 years ago010 mins

Eddie Brock has a lot of friends for a dead guy in Venom #32 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Iban Coello, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Death, despair, and daddies. Justin, it’s another excerpt from King in Black with high highs and low lows. Can I get a…

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Everything is GOOEY in King in Black #2

Justin Partridge and Forrest Hollingsworth5 years ago5 years ago011 mins

Earth’s mightiest heroes prepare a plan to fell the Godking Knull with more than a few surprises along the way in King in Black #2 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Equally good plotting and artistic beats, a funny and yet earnest…

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Eddie Brock is Nobody in Venom #31

Forrest Hollingsworth and Justin Partridge5 years ago5 years ago011 mins

Pride comes before the fall, and Eddie Brock’s moment of bravery in last week’s King in Black is met with quite the fall indeed in Venom #31 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Iban Coello, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  Justin, after our lukewarm reception to King in Black…

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Everything is KNULL in King in Black #1

Justin Partridge and Forrest Hollingsworth5 years ago5 years ago016 mins

God has finally come in the introductory issue of Venom’s biggest event yet: King in Black #1. Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth:  After nearly two years the time of ascendancy for us Goop Troopers, us Slime Scholars, us Venom Fu– aha…

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Gooey bonds are formed and Venom Beyond wraps up in Venom #30

Forrest Hollingsworth and Justin Partridge5 years ago5 years ago09 mins

Venom Beyond goops toward it’s finale in Venom #30. Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Luke Ross, colored by Jesus Aburtov, and lettered by Clayton Cowles Venom #30 details the final battle between Eddie Brock, Anne Weying, and Dylan Brock and the forces of Codex on an alternate Earth. We open on our goopy proceedings…

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Swords, Satan and ‘Stillwater’ in our Staff Picks for Oct. 21

Dan Grote5 years ago5 years ago03 mins

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick Excalibur #13: Get ready for some hot Braddock-on-Braddock action (Wait …), all written by “X of Swords” co-mastermind Tini Howard and drawn by guest artist R. “Powers” B. “Of” Silva “X.” ($3.99)…

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The ‘Undone by Blood’ Finale, a Funeral for Kate Pryde & More 8/12 Staff Picks

Dan Grote5 years ago5 years ago03 mins

Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. DAN’S PICK: Undone by Blood #5: Will Ethel Grady Lane get revenge for the murder of her family? Find out in the conclusion to this AfterShock series by co-writers Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler,…

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