Deck the halls with comiXology! Fa la la, la la la, la la la (I know that was corny but I was trying to make a point.)! I bring you good tidings of great joy since comiXology has just announced that they are making egift cards available for purchase just in time for the holidays!…
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With all the hype surrounding Infinity and its tie-ins, features, preludes, origins, add-ons, expansion packs, upgrades, turbo charger kits, etc. The Mighty Avengers slipped under my radar. Al Ewing and Greg Land have put together Marvel’s, and I believe comics’, first all-black superhero team. Okay, all-brown. Okay, plus Spiderman and some weird fanboy of his…
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Release Date: November 13th, 2013 Rating: 5/5 Stars Publisher: Valiant Entertainment Written By: Matt Kindt Art By: Dough Braithwaite Price: 3.99 Colors By: Brian Reber Review: The entire Valiant universe has been full of win since their relaunch/rebirth/resurrection. The underlying threads have been masterfully woven into the background, and sometimes foreground, of all their titles….
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Thanks to the most recent installment of Thor, I have the Marvel films on the brain. Since I know we’ll all be waiting anxiously now for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I am sharing the excellent Steve Rogers’ American Captain to help scratch that itch. Steve Rogers’ American Captain takes place between the end of The Avengers and the…
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In honor of legendary writer Alan Moore’s 60th birthday, the free comics storefront app SEQUENTIAL released a free Alan Moore comic biography to celebrate this milestone. Titled “Alan Moore: An Extraordinary Gentlemen,” the biography was originally created in 2003 by Gary Spencer Millidge who has revised an expanded the story that is a mostly non-fiction account of…
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Release Date: Oct. 2 and Nov 6, Respectively Rating: 4/5 Stars Publisher: DC Comics Written By: Geoff Johns Art By: David Finch Price: 3.99 Review: Forever Evil is turning into an awesome event at DC. It’s the first time I’m excited about a New 52 story in a long time. I caught up on the…
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Over the last few years Netflix has been making headlines with many of their original series becoming quite popular amongst tv-goers. The company has shown that their model can work well so it comes with no shock that today the company announced more titles joining their line up. This time Netflix is partnering with Marvel…
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Last week, DC announced that it was packing up and heading west after being one of New York’s mainstays for 75 years. So why the huge move? In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson explains why: “Literally everything is more difficult.” As an example, Nelson talks about this year’s…
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The best thing I read last week was Pretty Deadly #1 by Image comics. Very simply as good a first issue as American Vampire if not better. This first issue of Pretty Deadly presents you with an introduction to a world like dipping a toe in a pond. It entices. It creates ripples, and then…
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Release Date: October 30th, 2013 Rating: 3/5 Stars Publisher: DC Comics Written By: Andy Kubert Art By: Andy Kubert Price: 3.99 Review: Damian: Son of Batman is a strange ride. Much like most of the New 52, this book confuses me. The plot makes sense and is pretty straightforward but the book feels detached from…
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