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Review: Avenging Spider-Man #7 – KITTY CATS!!!
Avenging Spider-Man #7 Writer: Kathryn Immonen Pencils: Stuart Immonen [Pencils], Wade Von Grawbadger [Ink], Matt Hollingsworth [Colors] Continuing on in the mighty Marvel Team-Up style, Avenging Spider-Man #7 sees Spider-Man teaming up with She-Hulk (the green one) to fight the ever-menacing threat of kitty cats. No, really. The issue opens with Spider-Man and She-Hulk taking
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Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #10 – Cyclops Comes Calling
Wolverine and the X-Men #10 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Chris Bachalo [Penciler/Colorist]; Tim Townsend, Jaime Mendoza, Al Vey, and Victor Olazaba [Inkers] The events of Avengers Vs. X-Men had to hit home at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning sooner or later, and when Cyclops comes calling, boy do they ever. Taking place between
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Review: Wolverine #306 – The Doctor Is In
Wolverine #306 Writer: Cullen Bunn Art: Paul Pelletier [Penciler], David Meikis with Cam Smith [Inkers], Rain Beredo [Colorist] Wolverine tracks down Dr. Rot as a federal manhunt, believing Logan responsible for a nationwide killing spree, closes in on him. The Feds search for answers at the Jean Grey School For Higher Learning, where Kitty Pryde
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Review: Uncanny X-Force #25 – Final Execution Begins!
Uncanny X-Force #25 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Mike McKone, Dean White [Color Art] The latest Uncanny X-Men story arc, “Final Execution,” kicks off with the team in a state of upheaval. Psylocke, having processed the toll being on a mutant kill squad is taking on her psyche, is leaving the team after “satisfying her curiosity”
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Review: Deadpool #54 – Deadpool is Dead, Long Live Deadpool
Deadpool #54 Writer: Daniel Way Art: Ale Garza [Penciler], Sean Parsons [Inker], Dommo Sanchez Amara [Colorist] Deadpool finally gets what he wanted, but does he still want it and is it too late to go back? After setting off a massive goose chase for a serum that could allegedly negate mutant powers, Deadpool is finally
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The Avengers: Whedon and Company Deliver One Hell of a Fun Ride
Review By Mike DeVivo After more than 5 years of world Building Marvel’s The Avengers comes out today. Before watching the film I spent the last few days re watching Iron Man , Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2 , Thor , and Captain America . Iron Man aside I felt at some point each of
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Review: Venom #17 – ‘Savage Six’ Begins!
Venom #17 Writers: Rick Remender and Cullen Bunn Art: Kev Walker [Pencils], Terry Pallot [Inks], Chris Sotomayor [Colors] You’d think that after joining an Avengers team, things would be looking up for Flash Thompson. Unfortunately, he’s about to get the ride of his life thanks to team of six villains (sound familiar?). If you’ve been
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #685 – Versus the World
Amazing Spider-Man #685 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba [Inks], Edgar Delgado [Colors] With the promise of a permanent solution to global warming, Doctor Octopus has swayed the world and its peace-keeping forces against Spider-Man, who knows better than to trust Octavius’ word. Meanwhile, Spidey, Silver Sable, and Black Widow are making runs
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Review: Daredevil #11 – Omega Effect conclusion!
Daredevil #11 Writer: Mark Waid Art: Marco Checchetto, Matt Hollingsworth [Colorist] Mark Waid wraps up his Avenging Spider-Man/Punisher/Daredevil ”Omega Effect” crossover with Greg Rucka in Daredevil #11 with all of the elements that made the first two parts of the story so damn good intact. Daredevil, having the Omega Drive (a nigh-indestructible drive made from unstable
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Review: Wolverine #305 – Something’s Rotten in Dunwich
Wolverine #305 Writer: Cullen Bunn Art: Paul Pelletier [Pencils], David Meikis [Inker], Rain Beredo [Colorist] The first issue under new writer Cullen Bunn, Wolverine #306 sees the return of an antagonist from previous scribe Jason Aaron’s Wolverine: Weapon X run. Feds are investigating a cross-country killing spree, when a child who witnessed a New York
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The Punisher #10 – Frank Castle Has Jokes
The Punisher #10 Writer: Greg Rucka Art: Marco Checchetto, Matt Hollingsworth [Color Artist] Continuing the “Omega Effect” crossover story, The Punisher #10 picks up where last weeks Avenging Spider-Man #6 left off. Having agreed that the destruction of the Omega Drive–which contains intel on every major super-criminal organization under the sun–is the best course of action,
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Venom #16 – Return of the Fly
Venom #16 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Kev Walker, Chris Sotomayor [Colors] A while back, Venom captured the D-list villain Human Fly. This issue, he’s in charge of protecting a train transporting Human Fly to the Raft, a maximum security prison designed for super villains. It all starts out simple enough, with Human Fly giving a
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Uncanny X-Force #24 – Meltdown!
Uncanny X-Force #24 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Phil Noto, Dean White [Colors] During last year’s “Dark Angel Saga,” the Age of Apocalypse’s evil version of Iceman escaped into Earth-616 (i.e. the mainstream Marvel Universe). This was the primary reason for that reality’s Nightcrawler joining X-Force. In Uncanny X-Force #24, he finally gets his revenge on
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Wolverine and the X-Men #9 – Cap Comes Calling
Wolverine and the X-Men #9 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Chris Bachalo [Penciler/Colorist]; Tim Townsend, Jaime Mendoza, and Al Vey [Inkers] As you’re probably aware (based on the banner on this issue’s cover), Wolverine and the X-Men #9 is an Avengers Vs. X-Men tie-in issue. As such, it provides a micro-level look at the macro-level events
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #684 – Saharan Sandman!
Amazing Spider-Man #684 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba [Inks], Edgar Delgado [Colors] Certain that he had thought of everything possible while preparing to fight the latest incarnation of the Sinister Six (Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Electro, Mysterio, Rhino, and Chameleon), there was one thing Spider-Man didn’t account for–Doc Ock doing the same thing
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Review: Avenging Spider-Man #6 – “Omega Effect” Begins!
Avenging Spider-Man #6 Writers: Greg Rucka and Mark Waid Art: Marco Checchetto, Matt Hollingsworth [Color Art] Recently, Daredevil acquired an item called the “Omega Drive” that is full of intel on “mega-crime cartels” like AIM, Hydra, Black Spectre, Agence Byzantine, and the Secret Empire. All of these organizations, and others, want the drive. The issue
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Review: Wolverine #304 – Jason Aaron’s Final Issue
Wolverine #304 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Steve Dillon, Ron Garney, Paul Pelletier with Dave Meikis, Mike Perkins, Jefte Palo, Daniel Acuña, Steven Sanders, and Renato Guedes Color Art: Matthew Wilson, Matt Milla, Rain Beredo, Andy Troy, and Chris Sotomayor Jason Aaron goes out with a bang on his final Wolverine solo issue, finding a way to
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Review: Deadpool #53 – Marked For Death
Deadpool #53 Writer: Daniel Way Art: Ale Garza [Penciler], Sean Parsons [Inker], Dommo Sanchez Amara [Colorist] After setting in motion a plan that involved his X-Force teammates, HYDRA Bob, Kingpin, Daken, and Tombstone before quickly spiraling out of control, Deadpool has finally been injected with a serum that can make him killable. Having been seemingly
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Review: Carnage U.S.A. #5 – Double-Amputees Battle to the Death!
Carnage U.S.A. #5 (of 5) Writer: Zeb Wells Art: Clayton Crain So here’s the recap: Carnage takes over a small town in Colorado. Spider-Man and a group of Avengers (Captain America, Hawkeye, Wolverine, and Thing) go there to stop him. Unbeknownst to them, the Carnage symbiote ate a ton of cows at a meat-packing plant and
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Review: Venom #15 – Flash Thompson, Secret Avenger
Venom #15 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Lan Medina [Pencils], Nelson Decastro with Terry Pallot [Inks], Andres Mossa [Colors] After saving Las Vegas from Blackheart, Venom is pardoned and made a member of the Secret Avengers by Captain America. Of course, this doesn’t mean that Flash Thompson gets to keep the symbiote 24/7. Hank Pym and
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