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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: Amazing Spider-Man #683 – Spider-Man punches Al Gore!

Amazing Spider-Man #683 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli, Frank Martin Jr. [Colors] [SPOILER ALERT: Reading this review might spoil certain plot points for you, oh noble Chicago Comic Vault reader.] Close to death, Doctor Octopus has–with the help of the latest incarnation of the Sinister Six–set his final master plan in motion, developing technology
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Review: Deadpool #52 – Still trying to die…

Deadpool #52 Writer: Daniel Way Art: Ale Garza [Penciler], Sean Parsons [Inker], Dommo Sanchez Amara [Colorist] In his ongoing efforts to die permanently by flushing out the holder of a serum that can negate his healing factor, Deadpool staged a fake turf war between the Kingpin and Tombstone. In the process, he’s brought Hydra Bob,
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #679 – Oh, look…New York doesn’t get destroyed after all!

Amazing Spider-Man #679 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Humberto Ramos [Pencil], Victor Olazaba [Inks], and Edgar Delgado [Color] Surprise! New York didn’t get destroyed after all! The conclusion to Dan Slott’s time-hopping, hero-overcoming-seemingly-insurmountable-odds story might not be all that surprising–unless you really thought Spider-Man would fail 21 issues away from #700, and just a few issues
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Review: Venom #12, Venom in Vegas!

Venom #8 Writer: Rick Remender Art: Lan Medina [Pencils], Nelson Decastro [Inks] and Marte Gracia with John Rauch [Colors] The road trip that Rick Remender has had Flash Thompson on with his arch-nemesis Jack O’Lantern for the past few months has come to an end as the two reach Las Vegas. Thompson (aka Venom) is
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #673

Amazing Spider-Man #673 Writer: Dan Slott Art: Stefano Caselli & Frank Martin What happens when an entire city of New-Yorkers-turned-spider-monsters are suddenly cured? A whole city of New Yorkers wake up naked on the street. Few writers could pull off such a scene tastefully (think Austin Powers), but Dan Slott manages to do so by
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Review: Wolverine #17

Wolverine #17 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Ron Garney & Jason Keith Jason Aaron’s run thus far on the relaunched Wolverine has been nothing short of what fans of the Marvel Universe’s favorite clawed berserker want. It gives them all the claw popping ultra-violence the character’s solo series have become known for without sacrificing a more fleshed-out
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