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PROOF 1
By: Alexander Grecian and Riley Rossmo
Colored by: Tyler Jenkins
Company: Image
So, you’re a cop. (Actually, FBI – but work with me here, people.) You get put on a new assignment in Washington. (No, the state – rain, grunge, bad sports team, you get the idea.) You think you’ve seen a lot in your time, but [...]

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WORLD WAR HULK: FRONT LINE 5
Writer: Paul Jenkins
Art: Ramon Bachs & Shawn Martinbrough
Color Artist: Matt Milla
Company: Marvel
It strikes me that alcoholism should really be more rampant in the Marvel Universe than it is. Oh, sure, everybody knows about Tony Stark – but think about all of the truly horrible events that have happened to characters [...]

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X-MEN: DIE BY THE SWORD 1
Writer: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Juan Santacruz
Inker: Raul Fernandez
Colorist: Rob Ro
Company: Marvel
The surest way to give me a headache while reading a comic book? Without a doubt: time travel. The only time it was done really well and explained clearly was in The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect, in the capable hands of [...]

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NEW WARRIORS 5
Writer: Kevin Grevioux
Artist: Paco Medina
Inker: Juan Vlasco
Company: Marvel
So, I’m been out of the comics world for about 10 years. Anything interesting happen to the New Warriors recently? I’m sorry, Civil what? Oh. Well, certainly somebody level-headed like Captain America could fix– hmm? He did? Oh. Oh my. Well, that’s not good.
Quick recap: the [...]

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FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN 24
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Penciler: Joe Quesada
Inker: Danny Miki
Company: Marvel
Dealing with the passing of a loved one is never an easy experience. My paternal grandmother, the family matriarch, passed away recently, and the aftereffects could be visibly seen on my relatives for weeks. Now, imagine that A) you feel personally responsible for this [...]

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MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER MAN 32
Writer: Peter David
Pencils: Pop Mhan
Inks: Norman Lee
Company: Marvel
The more things change, the more they stay the same. How is it that not a single master plan from a single super villian is ever truly successful (if they were, the Marvel Universe wouldn’t be a fun place), but only Hydro-Man gets known [...]

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WOLVERINE ANNUAL 1
Writer: Gregg Hurwitz
Artist: Marcel Frusin
Letters: Todd Klein
Company: Marvel
Confession up front: I simply love when any medium of pop culture decides to focus on a background character, even if for just a little while. Joss Whedon did this recently in Buffy Season Eight, and my favorite Shakespeare movie of all time is Rosencrantz and [...]

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ULTIMATE SPIDER MAN 114
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler: Stuart Immomen
Inker: Wade von Grawbadger
Company: Marvel
It’s pretty tough being a kid nowadays. However, you might take some solice in the fact that, even in alternate universes, it doesn’t get a lot easier. Especially when you get bitten by a genetically altered spider that was created by a complete [...]

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AVENGERS THE INITIATIVE 6
Writer: Dan Slott
Artist: Steve Uy
Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Company: Marvel
So, you’ve got a character that is pretty much hated by every single comic reader in your little universe. And, as a bonus, the reason he is hated is because he continuously harps on a singularly defined moment in this comics universe that is [...]

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CABLE AND DEADPOOL 45
Writer: Fabian Nicieza
Penciler: Relly Brown
Inker: Jeremy Freeman
Company: Marvel
I will admit up front: I have a big, huge weak spot for comics that don’t take themselves very seriously, and for humorous, sarcastic characters. When they’re done well, they’re just a lot of fun: the re-launch of JLA and Peter David’s run on The [...]

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ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR 46
Writer: Mike Carey
Art: Pasqual Ferry
Color: Justin Ponsor
Company: Marvel
Our story so far: Norrin Radd, the Silver Surfer, is drawn to Earth by Reed Richard’s search for the cosmic cube. Radd turns out to be the herald for a powerful alien named Revka Temerlune Edifex Scyros III, “The king with no enemies”. Revka shows [...]

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NEW X-MEN 42
Story: Christopher Yost & Craig Kyle
Script: Christopher Yost
Pencil & Inks: Skottie Young
Company: Marvel
It’s been a bad couple of years for mutants. The Decimation started us all off, and it’s pretty much gone downhill from there. The Xavier Institute changed from a mutant training academy, into a holding fortress for the couple of hundred [...]

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POTTER’S FIELD #1
Writer/Creator: Mark Waid
Artist: Paul Azaceta
Colorist: Nick Filardi
Company: Boom Studios
From wikipedia.com:
The term [potter's field] comes from the story Matthew 27:7 in the New Testament of the Bible, in which Jewish priests take 30 pieces of silver returned by a repentant Judas. “The chief priests picked up the coins and said, ‘It is against [...]

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #6
Script: Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils:: Georges Jeanty
Inks: Andy Owens
Company: Dark Horse Comics
The termination of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer after its seventh season was, for many people, a sad and tragic event. The fact that Buffy creator Joss Whedon’s other show set in the Buffyverse, Angel, was canceled just [...]

ADVANCE REVIEW
IRON MAN: ENTER THE MANDARIN #1
Writer: Joe Casey
Artist: Eric Canete
Inker: Dave Stewart
Company: Marvel
The Mandarin has, believe it or not, been around in the Marvel Universe since 1964. So, to see a comic in 2007 where someone asks Tony Stark if he’s ever heard of The Mandarin, and his response is, “The who?” is, [...]