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JBL Reviews rated Ultimate X-Men #36 Apr 21, 2024
7.0

Ultimate X-Men #36

By: Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch

BLOCKBUSTER PART 3 Scarred and bloodied after a surprise attack in Hell's Kitchen, Wolverine comes to and finds himself confronted by a new face -- Daredevil, the Man Without Fear!

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JBL Reviews rated Ultimate X-Men #35 Apr 20, 2024
7.5

Ultimate X-Men #35

By: Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch

BLOCKBUSTER PART 2 The Ultimates' Black Widow guest-stars as Spider-Man tries to work closely with Wolverine to discover who was behind the near-fatal attack on the X-Man last issue!

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #12 Apr 20, 2024
8.0

Young Avengers #12

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: Jun 28, 2006

FAMILY MATTERS PART 4
As Earth once again becomes embroiled in the Kree-Skrull War, one Young Avenger is mortally wounded - while another must sacrifice his future to keep the planet from being consumed in the conflict.

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #11 Apr 20, 2024
8.0

Young Avengers #11

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: Apr 5, 2006

FAMILY MATTERS PART 3
It's the Young Avenger versus the Kree versus the Skrulls versus the New Avengers in a four-way battle for supremacy! Plus, the secret origins of Wiccan and Hulkling!

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #10 Apr 20, 2024
8.5

Young Avengers #10

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: Feb 8, 2006

FAMILY MATTERS PART 2
As Wiccan and Hulkling continue their quest to discover their ties to the Young Avengers, the rest of the team comes face to face with one of the most powerful alien races in the Marvel Universe!

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JBL Reviews rated Ultimate X-Men #34 Apr 20, 2024
8.0

Ultimate X-Men #34

By: Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch

BLOCKBUSTER PART 1 Why is Wolverine running from the X-Men? That's for Bendis to know and you to find out!

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8.0

Fall of the House of X #4

By: Gerry Duggan, Lucas Werneck
Released: Apr 17, 2024

MY ALLY, MY ENEMY!
They say a wounded animal can be the most dangerous kind of animal to face. As the fight between the mutants and Orchis reaches a deadly pitch, a startling revelation rocks the X-Men to their core. The two series that are one come together in one horrible betrayal as the Krakoan Age nears its conclusion!
Rated T+

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JBL Reviews reviewed Ultimate Black Panther #3 Apr 17, 2024
7.5

Another good issue, but the story is slight. Everything we read could’ve been three pages and given us more.

Ultimate Black Panther #3

By: Bryan Hill, Stefano Caselli
Released: Apr 17, 2024

ENTER...STORM AND KILLMONGER!
Black Panther takes matters into his own hands and embarks on a covert solo mission to deal with Ra and Khonshu directly! Wakanda's conflict with Moon Knight has escalated. Even with spies all across the continent feeding information, Wakanda is overwhelmed. Everything changes, though, when a pair of freedom fight...

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JBL Reviews reviewed Invincible Iron Man #17 Apr 15, 2024
5.0

Pretty disappointing issue. Not a lot happened, so skipping this issue wouldn’t have made a difference.

Invincible Iron Man #17

By: Gerry Duggan, Patch Zircher
Released: Apr 10, 2024

Tony Stark's greatest accomplishment may have just become the world's most advanced coffin. Trapped within a deactivated armor, Tony must face down his demons and his legacy. Can Iron Man escape. or will mutantkind's hopes die along with him?
Rated T+

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JBL Reviews rated Wolverine #47 Apr 14, 2024
7.5

Wolverine #47

By: Victor LaValle, Geoff Shaw
Released: Apr 10, 2024

SAVAGE ESCAPE! - SABRETOOTH WAR - PART 7!
LAURA KINNEY must escape the clutches of the SAVAGE SABRETOOTH! Will VICTOR CREED'S WEAPON spell the end for LOGAN? A can't-miss issue!
Rated T+

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #9 Apr 7, 2024
9.0

Young Avengers #9

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: Nov 23, 2005

FAMILY MATTERS PART 1
The Young Avengers have disbanded. But when the Super Skrull comes looking for one of the Young Avengers to return him to the empire, the team must come together to fight yet again!

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JBL Reviews rated Geiger #1 Apr 6, 2024
8.0

Geiger #1

By: Geoff Johns, Gary Frank
Released: Apr 3, 2024

SERIES PREMIERE
IT ALL STARTS HERE!
The critically acclaimed team of storytellers GEOFF JOHNS and GARY FRANK return to the nuclear wasteland of GEIGER for an ALL-NEW ONGOING series starring the violent and unpredictable GLOWING MAN! Leaving his home behind, Tariq Geiger now walks the radioactive roads of the former United States with his ...

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JBL Reviews rated Avengers #12 Apr 5, 2024
7.0

Avengers #12

By: Jed MacKay, Francesco Mortarino
Released: Apr 3, 2024

The FALL OF X comes for Earth's Mightiest heroes! The Avengers have hung in space over the Earth, a sword of Damocles over Orchis, for too long. But knowing they had only one chance to strike, they waited while Iron Man prepared. Now, on his signal, it is time, and the Avengers only know one way to strike: hard!

Rated T+

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JBL Reviews rated X-Men #33 Apr 5, 2024
7.5

X-Men #33

By: Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara
Released: Apr 3, 2024

X-MEN X-SSEMBLE! If there were ever a time to rally the troops and take the fight to the enemy, it's NOW! Stand side by side with the X-Men as they head for their final stand! They can't stop ALL of us!

Rated T+

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JBL Reviews rated Captain America #4 Apr 4, 2024
7.0

Captain America #4

By: Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting
Released: Mar 16, 2005

Home from his European excursion with S.H.I.E.L.D., Cap finds a new assault on his honor and the things he holds dear. Were the days of chasing down the Red Skull's minions simply a diversion? And why are his own memories suddenly playing tricks on him? The ground-breaking new team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting, with additional art from Harvey an...

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JBL Reviews rated Captain America #3 Apr 3, 2024
7.0

Captain America #3

By: Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting
Released: Feb 9, 2005

The dynamic new creative team of Brubaker and Epting keeps the intensity high! Pursuing the Red Skull's mysterious trail brings Cap and S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Sharon Carter into a brutal crossfire between warring factions of A.I.M. What does one of these groups have to do with the Skull's evil plans? And, is it just their imagination, or are Sharon and...

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #8 Apr 1, 2024
7.5

Young Avengers #8

By: Allan Heinberg, Andrea DiVito
Released: Oct 26, 2005

SECRET IDENTITIES PART 2
The secret is out about the Young Avengers' double lives. Now fighting two wars, one against crime and the other against their parents, the Young Avengers face their greatest challenge yet!

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #7 Mar 31, 2024
7.5

Young Avengers #7

By: Allan Heinberg, Andrea DiVito
Released: Sep 28, 2005

SECRET IDENTITIES PART 1
The Young Avengers have fought the world's most dangerous villains from Kang the Conqueror to the Masters of Evil, but never have they faced an enemy such as this! It's the Young Avengers versus their parents!

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #6 Mar 31, 2024
7.5

Young Avengers #6

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: Jul 20, 2005

The final showdown between Kang the Conqueror and the Young Avengers!

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #5 Mar 31, 2024
9.0

Young Avengers #5

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: Jun 29, 2005

The battle against Kang the Conqueror produces its first fatality! Plus, the Young Avengers are finally forced to reveal the true nature of their powers!

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JBL Reviews rated Captain America #2 Mar 31, 2024
7.0

Captain America #2

By: Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting
Released: Feb 9, 2005

Cap is awakened in the dead of the night by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who need the kind of help only he can provide. But the corpse he finds on the Heli-carrier brings him face-to-face with the unthinkable, and opens doors to terror and manipulation that he never dreamed possible. Award-winning writer Ed Brubaker and phenomenal artist Steve Epting kic...

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #4 Mar 31, 2024
8.0

Young Avengers #4

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: May 11, 2005

Captain America and Iron Man must join forces with their greatest foe so that they may defeat the Young Avengers!

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JBL Reviews rated Ultimate Spider-Man #3 Mar 30, 2024
8.0

Ultimate Spider-Man #3

By: Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto
Released: Mar 27, 2024

PETER PARKER'S NEW LIFE GETS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED...
Spider-Man sizes up the new hero Green Goblin! As they team up to fight a new super villain, secrets about the corporations running North America are revealed...
And you'll never guess who discovers Spider-Man's secret identity!
Rated T

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9.0

Rise of the Powers of X #3

By: Kieron Gillen, R. B. Silva
Released: Mar 27, 2024

THE REAL END IS NEVER BEGINNING! The past, present and future of Krakoa all rests in a trigger finger. The scenario you prayed would never happen plays out as two series that are one move toward a crash that will reverberate outside the universe...
Rated T+

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JBL Reviews rated Captain America #1 Mar 28, 2024
8.0

Captain America #1

By: Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting
Released: Nov 17, 2004

It's a new beginning as four time Eisner-nominated Best Writer Ed Brubaker makes his Marvel debut, joined by white-hot artist Steve Epting! As the new regular creative team, they will take Cap's life in directions fans will never see coming! In just this first issue, the Red Skull lays the groundwork for his most devastating attack ever on Captain ...

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JBL Reviews reviewed X-Force #50 Mar 28, 2024
7.0

The ideas were fine, but poorly paced and written. I dislike the way older Beast was concluded. I would’ve preferred more definitive answers.

X-Force #50

By: Ben Percy, Robert Gill
Released: Mar 27, 2024

THE FINAL BATTLE AGAINST BEAST IN THE LANDMARK 50th ISSUE! X-FORCE confronts BEAST with their secret weapon. A final reckoning. Not a dry eye in the house. TARGET: BEAST finale!
Rated T+

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JBL Reviews rated G.O.D.S. #6 Mar 28, 2024
6.0

G.O.D.S. #6

By: Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti
Released: Mar 27, 2024

Aiko has done a bad thing, and the only way she can set it right is to tell the truth and stop lying. But who doesn't love lying? Certainly not the Lion of Wolves.
Rated T+

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JBL Reviews reviewed Wolverine #46 Mar 28, 2024
8.0

Definitely a silly “event”, but there were good parts, like the ending.

Wolverine #46

By: Ben Percy, Smith
Released: Mar 27, 2024

BRAIN CHANGER/GAME CHANGER! - SABRETOOTH WAR PART 6! WOLVERINE's memory has been altered, erased, restored, forgotten and destroyed. This time, if he can't get his head on straight, SABRETOOTH will do far worse than that! The most diabolical chapter of SABRETOOTH WAR yet...and you thought those early issues were violent?!
Rated T+

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JBL Reviews rated Young Avengers #3 Mar 26, 2024
8.5

Young Avengers #3

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: Apr 20, 2005

It's the Young Avengers versus the Avengers when Captain America and Iron Man force Patriot, Asgardian, and Hulkling to reveal their secret identities!

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Tamère reviewed Young Avengers #2 Jul 9, 2014
7.5

A much better issue than the first one.

Young Avengers #2

By: Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung
Released: Mar 16, 2005

The secret origin of Iron Lad is finally revealed! Patriot goes solo! And a face from the past returns to demand a place among the Young Avengers!

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