Monthly Archives: May 2013

Review: X-Men #1 – Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel

The story of X-Men #1 begins with twins separated at birth, one male, one female – both begin life as a strange form of intelligent, evolving bacteria. John Sublime has evolved from the bacterial stage to become the preliminary adversary … Continue reading

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Justice League Dark #20 – Lemire / Fawkes / Janin /Cifuentes

The House of Mystery has been seized and Swamp Thing imprisoned – the work of the sinister Doctor Destiny. He has sent his nightmare creations to battle the Justice League Dark, who have recruited The Flash to aid them in … Continue reading

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Webcomic Wednesday – Cthulhu Calls

Hello and welcome to Webcomic Wednesday! Each week I take a look at a webcomic and let you know what I think about it. This week I’m having a look at a comic that takes you behind the curtain to … Continue reading

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Review: A+X #8 – Duggan/Larroca & Hastings/Brown

So first off, I’m going to be completely honest and say I’ll take or leave A+X.  While it’s basically fun, quickfire stories, I tend to only pick up issues that feature my favourite characters.  So it’s pretty obvious that I … Continue reading

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Review: The Bounce #1 – Joe Casey, David Messina

I’ll admit, I was kind of looking forward to the first issue of The Bounce.  Despite the vague description of issue 1, and the costume looking like some kind of cross between Ronin and Spider-Man, I was intrigued by the … Continue reading

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Review: Wolves of Summer #2 – Tony Keaton & Andrew Herbst

Wolves of Summer is quickly becoming something I look forward to (that makes two of us – Ed). The two months between issues seems like a long time, but after the second issue, it’s going to feel a lot longer. … Continue reading

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Review: Captain Marvel 1-12 – DeConnick / Soy / Rios / Andrade / Barrionuevo

In a Marvel catalogue filled with multiple Avengers, Spider-Man, and X-Men titles, it’s easy for Captain Marvel to get lost in the melee.  As one of only three female hero focus books at the moment (the other two being Red … Continue reading

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Webcomic Wednesday: Loading Artist

Hello and welcome to Webcomic Wednesday! Each week I take a look at a webcomic and let you know what I think about it. During my brief break I came across many new webcomics, so this week I’m taking a … Continue reading

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Review: Thunderbolts #9 – Daniel Way and Phil Noto

Thunderbolts is far from being the shining jewel in the crown of the Marvel Now Universe. At its best it is a fun read peppered with an ample amount of violence, intrigue and witty jabs dealt out between team mates. … Continue reading

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Review: The Enemy Within #1 – Kelly Sue DeConnick & Scott Hepburn

The Enemy Within is a five part crossover miniseries event that kicks off with this book, which is essentially a new issue of Captain Marvel that’s outside the normal distribution calendar.  While it’s not imperative that you read Captain Marvel before this, to fully … Continue reading

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