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Green Lantern #20 Review

Green Lantern #20 brings to a close the bombastically epic run of Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern, comprising over 100 issues of will-powered science fiction. It has been just short of a decade since Johns made a name for himself as the man who put the green ring back on Hal Jordan’s finger in Green Lantern: Rebirth.
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #699.1 – ‘Morbius The Living Vampire’ Preview

Amazing Spider-Man #699.1 Writer: Joe Keatinge with Dan Slott Art: Valentine Delandro with Marco Checchetto, Antonio Fabela [Color Art] Amazing Spider-Man #699.1 isn’t so much a Spider-Man comic as it is a preview for the upcoming Morbius The Living Vampire solo series. Morbius has been a long-running sometimes-villain, sometimes-ally of Spider-Man since his debut in
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #699 – Maybe it’s not so bad after all…

Amazing Spider-Man #699 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Penciler], Victor Olazaba [Inker], Edgar Delgado [Color Art] [HEY! LOOK! THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS, AND YOU MIGHT FEEL CHEATED IF YOU READ IT BEFORE YOU SEE THE ACTUAL BOOK!] While I’ve calmed down about the big reveal last issue, it’s still a touchy subject. If you
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #698 – WHY, DAN?! WHYYYYYYYYYY?!

Amazing Spider-Man #698 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Richard Elson and Antonio Fabela [Color Art] WARNING: THIS REVIEW HAS MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS FOR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #698 AND BEYOND. DO NOT READ IT IF YOU PLAN ON READING THE ISSUE. Dan Slott, you broke my heart. Ever since your run on Amazing Spider-Man began last year,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #697 – War of the Goblins Concludes!

Amazing Spider-Man #697 Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Dan Green [Inks], and Antonio Fabela [Colors] Opening where the last issue left off, Amazing Spider-Man #697 has Peter Parker and Horizon Labs owner Max Modell on the run from both the original Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) and his would-be replacement, Phil Urich–who
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #696 – Battle of the Hobgoblins!

Amazing Spider-Man #696 Writers: Dan Slott & Christos Gage Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Dan Green [Inks], and Antonio Fabela [Colors] When the original Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, was shown alive and well in South America, it was inevitable that he would eventually return to the scene to take on his successor/impostor Phil Urich–especially once Kingsley was
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #695 – Sick Sense

Amazing Spider-Man #700 Writers: Dan Slott & Christos Gage Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Dan Green [Inks], Antonio Fabela [Colors] After spending the better part of nearly two years believing Dan Slott had killed him off, fans can rest assured knowing that the original Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, is back in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man. And
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #694 – The 50th Anniversary story arc concludes!

Amazing Spider-Man #694 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], and Edgar Delgado [Colors] If Amazing Spider-Man #692 and 693 were about introducing Alpha, then this week’s #694 is all about setting the character up for his next chapter–whenever that may be. Deciding to take a break from his research at Horizon
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #693 – The Jackal returns!

Amazing Spider-Man #693 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], Edgar Delgado [Colors] Last issue, Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos gave Spider-Man a new sidekick for his 50th anniversary. This issue, he deals with the direct aftermath of that. Created by an accident during one of Peter Parker’s demonstrations at Horizon Labs,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #692 – 50th Anniversary Spectacular!

Amazing Spider-Man #692 Writer: Dan Slott, with back-up stories by Dean Kaspiel and Joshua Hale Fialkov Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencils], Victor Olazaba [Inks], Edgar Delgado [Colors], plus Dean Kaspiel [Art] & Giulia Brusco [Colors] and Nuno Plati [Art] on back-up stories Spider-Man’s first appearance was 50 years ago this month in Amazing Fantasy #15. Sure,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #691 – Return of the Reptile!

Amazing Spider-Man #691 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli & Mario Del Pennino [Pencils], Klaus Janson & Daniel Green [Inks], and Frank D’Armata [Colors] Concluding Dan Slott’s Lizard epic, “No Turning Back,” Amazing Spider-Man #691 finds Spider-Man face-to-face with the Lizard-in-human-form Curt Connors back at Horizon Labs. If you’ve missed an issue or two, Spider-Man seemingly turned the Lizard
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Amazing Spider-Man #700 Predictions, Speculation, and Crackpot Theories

With the 700th issue of Amazing Spider-Man coming up this December, it’s only right that I, the Comic Vault’s resident diehard Spider-Man fan, weigh in on what may or may not happen in this momentous issue. There are a lot of crazy theories floating around right now, but we’ll get to that in a minute.
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Hangout with the Comic Vault!

The Comic Vault is using the technology of Google+ and their Hangout feature to create a weekly hangout for the Comic Vault and its fans. If you like comic books hangout with us. We will also use this feature for round table discussions with the writers of the Comic Vault and one-on-one interviews. Follow us
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #690 – Dr. Connors gives Horizon a hand

Amazing Spider-Man #690 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils]; Klaus Janson, Daniel Green, and Giuseppe Camuncoli [Inks]; Frank D’Armata [Colors] Curt Connors, seemingly been cured of the Lizard thanks to a formula developed by Morbius, is actually just the Lizard in Curt Connors’ body. To top it all off, in an attempt to transform himself back
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Review: Debris #1 – Great concept!

Issue: Debris #1 Writer: Kurtis J. Wiebe Pencils: Riley Rossmo Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: 7/25/2012 Mature Readers In the far future, humanity has doomed planet earth to rot and decay, covering her surface with garbage. Now, ancient spirits called the Colossals rise from the debris and attack the remaining survivors, forcing the human race
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #689 – The Lizard Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

Amazing Spider-Man #689 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Klaus Janson [Inks], Frank D’Armata [Colors] [HEY, READ THIS FIRST! If you haven't read Amazing Spider-Man #688, this review will spoil some key plot points, and that's no fun for anyone.] In the first part of “No Turning Back,” Spider-Man and Morbius, along with a team of
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #688 – No Turning Back!

Amazing Spider-Man #688 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Giuseppe Camuncoli [Pencils], Klaus Janson [Inks], Frank D’Armata [Colors] Coming off of the devastating loss of Silver Sable in the final chapter of “Ends of the Earth,” Spider-Man is desperately needing a check in the “win” column. It doesn’t matter that he just saved the entire world and that
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #687 – As the World Burns

Amazing Spider-Man #687 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Frank Martin Jr. [Color Art] HEY! WAIT A MINUTE! If you haven’t read the rest of this story arc, this review will spoil a few plot developments, and we wouldn’t want that, would we? The end of this issue isn’t spoiled, though, so you’re safe there.
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #686 – Something You Expected, and Something You Didn’t

Amazing Spider-Man #686 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Frank Martin Jr. [Color Art] [SIMPERIN' SPOILER ALERT: Reading this rollicking review might spoil certain exciting elements of this book's pulse-pounding plot for you, oh consummate Comic Vault reader! You've been warned!] An entire hemisphere of Earth, including Silver Sable’s native Symkaria, has been destroyed at
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Marvel’s 30-seconds on ABC’s The View = Gay Batman & Robin – Really?!

Whoopi Goldberg made the announcement about Norhstar’s proposal to Kyle from Marvel Comics Astonishing X-Men #50 on the View Tuesday morning. Here is the 30-second video and bad Batman and Robin humor by Joy Behar. On one hand Goldberg is defending gay marriage and comic books and then Behar makes a cheap gay Batman &
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