Category Archives: Marvel

Review: Avengers Assemble #16: Deconnick and Buffagni

Avengers Assemble #16 is the second in the ‘Enemy Within’ crossover with Captain Marvel, a five issue arc over the two titles, and written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, queen of the clever dialogue and character driven storyline. While this event … Continue reading

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My Pull List: Kimberley Griffiths

My Pull List is a regular look at the comics we regularly read. Each time we’ll get one comics lover to detail the books they can’t do without month to month. If you’d like to be a participant,drop us a … Continue reading

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Review: Iron Man #11 – Gillen and Eaglesham

Kieron Gillen is re-building Iron Man and he is using alien technology to do so. Well that’s not entirely true, but he is re-tooling the origin story as told to Stark by the alien robot 451. And what a story … Continue reading

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Marvel NOW! – Why It’s A Huge Step Forward for Superheroines

‘I Have An Issue’ is a regular opinion column from Kimberley Griffiths, with no fear or favour shown. If you’d like to suggest something for a future column, drop us a line. Also, check out Kimberley’s blog! You’ve all probably already … Continue reading

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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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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: 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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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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Marvel is Building Bridges I Don’t Need

‘I Have An Issue’ is a regular opinion column from Kimberley Griffiths, with no fear or favour shown. If you’d like to suggest something for a future column, drop us a line. Also, check out Kimberley’s blog! There’s this strange … Continue reading

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