8.5
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7174 | 1 issues |
8.5
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7174: Annual #1
Mar 1, 2022 |
Functioning more as a visual showcase than an effort at storytelling, the 7174 Annual nonetheless captures something exciting, unique, and powerful. |
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8.0
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7174AD (2024) | 1 issues |
8
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7174AD (2024) #1
Apr 16, 2024 |
Endlessly creative but narratively obtuse, 7174 AD continues the creative team's trend toward artistic exploration over 'comic book' function. |
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9.0
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Action Comics (2016) | 2 issues |
9
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Action Comics (2016) #1051
Jan 24, 2023 |
Without ignoring the ongoing Superman concerns, Action Comics #1051 provides three distinct places to join the party. |
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9
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Action Comics (2016) #1062
Feb 13, 2024 |
Lovingly embracing the zaniness of Bizarro, this issue of action also applies that zaniness to Jason Aaron's signature needle drops. |
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8.0
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All My Friends | 1 issues |
8
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All My Friends OGN
Jan 24, 2022 |
Inspirational and kind, All My Friends is a sort of go-getter handbook for kids, even if it's light on the action. |
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10
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Always Never (2022) | 1 issues |
10
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Always Never (2022) OGN
Aug 31, 2022 |
Overwhelming in its sweetness, Always Never tells an utterly unique love story that manages to feel eternal all the same. |
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8.0
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As a Cartoonist | 1 issues |
8
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As a Cartoonist OGN
Jul 26, 2022 |
As a Cartoonist manages to capture the artist's internal struggle toward something meaningful. |
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8.3
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Avengers (2018) | 2 issues |
8
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Avengers (2018) #55
Apr 20, 2022 |
Avengers #55 brings a character in from the cold even as it balances high-concept weirdness, but it does so to the neglect of its principal cast. |
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8.5
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Avengers (2018) #57
Jun 29, 2022 |
The Avengers #57 isn't an issue that provides a quick, clean representation of what an Avengers comic is. It does, however, perfectly present an issue emblematic of the current Avengers mega-story, which is weird and brilliant and every degree of "big deserving of Earth's Mightiest. |
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9.0
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Avengers Forever (2021) | 1 issues |
9
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Avengers Forever (2021) #13
Jan 18, 2023 |
With both restraint and excess, Avengers Forever #13 implies massive untold stories without quite drawing the dual Avengers Assemble narratives together. |
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9.0
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Barnstormers (2022) | 3 issues |
8.5
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Barnstormers (2022) #1
Jul 19, 2022 |
Bold, beautiful, and nesting an over-abundance of secrets, Barnstormers is packed with potential. |
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8.5
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Barnstormers (2022) #2
Aug 30, 2022 |
Subtly playing with the era's societal concerns, Barnstormers is enriching the larger mystery even without moving it forward too quickly. |
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10
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Barnstormers (2022) #5
Apr 4, 2023 |
Subtle, beautiful, and vague, Barnstormers #5 is worthy to sit along the greats of outlaws-on-the-run fiction. |
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7.8
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Basilisk | 3 issues |
8
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Basilisk #3
Aug 3, 2021 |
Carefully measured and full of vibrant concepts, Basilisk #3 refuses to fall into the general dark, solemn trappings of the genre. |
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7.5
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Basilisk #5
Dec 8, 2021 |
Despite its slow reveal of information, Basilisk never feels anything but jam-packed and full of momentum. |
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8
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Basilisk #12
Oct 5, 2022 |
Ever-compelling and beautifully dark, the final issue of Basilisk finds fitting ends for its surviving character arcs and leaves us with an ambiguous new beginning. |
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9.0
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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age (2024) | 1 issues |
9
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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age (2024) #3
Aug 14, 2024 |
Rather than committing to the originals stuffy urban claustrophobia, The Kryptonian Age explores other aspects of its time as it builds a potential Justice League. |
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9.5
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Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain (2023) | 2 issues |
10
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Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain (2023) #1
Feb 17, 2023 |
Filled with a deep understanding of its characters and its mythology, Betsy Braddock continues laying foundations for its own wonderful corner of the Marvel Universe. |
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9
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Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain (2023) #2
Mar 29, 2023 |
Rather than getting hung up on its big profile guest star, issue #2 sweeps all that aside to build a mythology all its own. |
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7.5
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Beyond the Breach | 1 issues |
7.5
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Beyond the Breach #2
Aug 17, 2021 |
Aftershock continues to crank out surprise after surprise by stellar talents, known and unknown, but Beyond the Breach is definitely one of the ones that has made its way to my monthly pull-list. |
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9.0
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Birds of Prey (2023) | 1 issues |
9
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Birds of Prey (2023) #8
Apr 2, 2024 |
Beautifully colored, hilariously action-packed, Birds of Prey #8 continues to prove how fantastic the series is. |
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9.5
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Blab! (2023) | 1 issues |
9.5
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Blab! (2023) #1
Apr 26, 2023 |
Educational, impactful, and accessible, Blab! brings deep consideration to extremely niche media studies. |
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8.5
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Braba: A Brazilian Comics Anthology (2024) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Braba: A Brazilian Comics Anthology (2024) OGN
Jul 12, 2024 |
Packed with gorgeous artwork and incredible talent, Braba is a guidebook toward discovery, promoting artists otherwise neglected in North America. |
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10
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Bubble | 1 issues |
10
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Bubble OGN
Jul 8, 2021 |
Painfully witty and almost frustratingly well-illustrated, Bubble is a masterclass in comic timing for the medium. |
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6.5
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Bunny Mask | 1 issues |
6.5
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Bunny Mask #2
Jul 13, 2021 |
Looking to dig a trifle deeper than your average horror book, Bunny Mask #2 promises an emotionally rewarding future for the story. |
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7.0
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Cable (2020) | 2 issues |
7
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Cable (2020) #8
Feb 17, 2021 |
While it's incredibly fun to spend time with our two heroes, a lack of tension makes the book feel lackluster. |
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7
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Cable (2020) #12
Jul 28, 2021 |
Despite being one of the best-looking books -- and having an incredible, fan-service cast -- Cable #12 fails to deliver anything world-shaking or emotionally resonant. |
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8.5
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Cable (2024) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Cable (2024) #2
Feb 28, 2024 |
With a defining writer on board, Cable #2 applies a deep understanding of the character to contemporary developments in his story. |
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8.0
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Cats Cradle (2022) | 1 issues |
8
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Cats Cradle (2022): The Golden Twine #1
Jun 22, 2022 |
With an instantly loveable protagonist and a richly compelling world, Cat's Cradle is an incredible new entry to YA fantasy. |
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8.5
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Celestia (2021) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Celestia (2021) OGN
Jul 23, 2021 |
A striking, early 20th-century art aesthetic lends Celestia a quiet authority, rich in tone for the discerning reader. |
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10
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Clementine (2022) | 2 issues |
10
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Clementine (2022) #1
Jun 22, 2022 |
With an indelible soul and careful understanding of the human heart, Clementine brings something altogether new not only to the Walking Dead franchise but to the zombie genre as a whole. |
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10
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Clementine (2022) #2
Oct 4, 2023 |
Unlike anything else in the genre, Clementine continues to be an emotionally powerful examination of an incredible character undergoing incredible odds. |
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7.0
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Creepshow (2022) One Shot | 1 issues |
7
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Creepshow (2022): Holiday Special 2023
Dec 7, 2023 |
While a good time, the Creepshow Holiday Special wouldn't be something to return to without the potential for tradition. |
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3.0
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Curse of the Man-Thing (2021) | 1 issues |
3
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Curse of the Man-Thing (2021): Spider-Man #1
Apr 26, 2021 |
Curse of the Man-Thing: Spider-Man manages to begrudgingly move the story along while managing to capture none of the fun inherent to either character. |
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8.5
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Cyclopedia Exotica | 1 issues |
8.5
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Cyclopedia Exotica OGN
May 11, 2021 |
Cyclopedia Exotica is a delightful mirror world poking fun at some very real frustrations. |
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7.5
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Daisy (2021) | 1 issues |
7.5
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Daisy (2021) #1
Dec 7, 2021 |
With an instant hook and an emotional mystery, Daisy #1 balances the fantastic and the human without toppling, and begs for further reading. |
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7.0
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Darkhawk (2021) | 1 issues |
7
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Darkhawk (2021) #2
Sep 29, 2021 |
Dawkhark #2 deals with a real-world drama excellently, but it does so while tending to neglect the superheroics. |
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6.5
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Darkhold (2021) | 1 issues |
6.5
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Darkhold (2021): Alpha #1
Sep 27, 2021 |
Doing the heavy lifting to establish the narrative, The Darkhold Alpha #1 doesn't have a lot of action or intrigue; it only supplies the coming books their grounding. |
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7.5
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Darkwing Duck (2023) | 1 issues |
7.5
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Darkwing Duck (2023) #1
Jan 24, 2023 |
Capturing the world of St. Canard beautifully, Darkwing Duck sticks to the classics without overthinking it. |
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6.5
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DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun (2023) | 1 issues |
6.5
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DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun (2023) #1
Oct 3, 2023 |
Delightful spotlights, often on underutilized characters, by no means marks Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun as a must-have release. |
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7.5
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Dead Dog's Bite | 1 issues |
7.5
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Dead Dog's Bite #3
May 4, 2021 |
Seemingly more tone-poem than exposition, Dead Dog's Bite maintains its looming, disconcerting mystery. |
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7.5
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Die | 1 issues |
7.5
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Die #18
Jul 13, 2021 |
With the epic approaching its conclusion, Die #18 pulls us into a tighter focus on character, and the personal stakes in the coming conflict. |
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4.5
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Dungeons & Dragons: Fells Five | 1 issues |
4.5
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Dungeons & Dragons: Fells Five #1
Jun 30, 2021 |
While competently made, Fell's Five never manages to fully embrace either its medium or its source material. |
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5.0
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Eat The Rich | 1 issues |
5
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Eat The Rich #1
Aug 17, 2021 |
Nearly a carbon copy of a much better piece of art, Eat the Rich #1 only strips away any relevance it might have so that it might apply to anyone. |
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9.0
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Echolands | 1 issues |
9
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Echolands #1
Aug 24, 2021 |
With a format and style all its own, Echolands is nearly a brochure for its own potential to be the Next Big Important Comic. |
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9.0
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Ephemera: A Memoir | 1 issues |
9
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Ephemera: A Memoir OGN
Mar 21, 2023 |
With little as little context or exposition as possible, Ephemera delivers a powerfully concentrated sense of emotion and understanding. |
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8.0
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Eternals (2021) One Shot | 1 issues |
8
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Eternals (2021): Celestia #1
Oct 6, 2021 |
Introducing a huge spiritual struggle, Eternals: Celestial eschews the primary narrative to provide deep, rich context. |
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8.5
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Excalibur (2019) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Excalibur (2019) #18
Feb 10, 2021 |
Tini Howard is building the Magical Mythology of the Mutants very adeptly, giving us small snippets of history too big for us to see, as well as slowly sniffing around the basics of how Krakoa even works as it does. Excalibur is a vital book of this new era of X-Men, and issue #18 moves us, very mysteriously, forward. |
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8.5
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Exceptional X-Men (2024) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Exceptional X-Men (2024) #1
Sep 4, 2024 |
Spending its time on establishing grounded characters and a delightful tone, Exceptional X-Men #1 promises a great addition to the long line of Young X-Men series. |
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6.0
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Far Cry | 1 issues |
6
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Far Cry: Rite of Passage #1
May 18, 2021 |
Droning and inconsequential, Far Cry: Rite of Passage #1 does little to hook readers outside hardcore of franchise fans. |
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5.8
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Fear Case | 1 issues |
5.8
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Fear Case #2
Mar 2, 2021 |
With all action happening off-panel and a lot of implied drama, Fear Case 2 is the perfect example of 'concept over content'. |
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6.5
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Fictional Father | 1 issues |
6.5
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Fictional Father OGN
May 17, 2021 |
Deep but clunky, Fiction Father successfully establishes but never fully resolves its exploration of familial tension. |
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8.5
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Fishflies (2023) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Fishflies (2023) #1
Jul 11, 2023 |
Equal parts 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Stand By Me', Fishflies #1 layers young tragedy and gruesome body horror to incredible effect. |
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7.5
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Frontiersman | 1 issues |
7.5
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Frontiersman #1
Sep 21, 2021 |
Grounded, energetic, and ambitious, Frontiersman is an easy recommendation to make. The character seems unique in his concept and is, with only an issue under his belt, an endearing old curmudgeon I'd like to get to know; the implied politics of the book seem pointed in the right direction. And while there's a sort of unsavory swagger to the aforementioned letter from Kindlon at the back, it's a swagger that hasn't proven itself unfounded. I'd like to see how this universe works, I want to know if Frontiersman's new crusade comes to fruition. |
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7.8
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Ghost Rider (2022) | 2 issues |
9
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Ghost Rider (2022) #3
Jun 1, 2022 |
Though obviously Johnny and the Rider's story, Ghost Rider's most incredible star is the corrupted America through which they move. |
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6.5
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Ghost Rider (2022) #14
May 10, 2023 |
Despite engaging concepts and crazy action, Ghost Rider #14 continues the series' larger lack of direction. |
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7.5
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Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch | 1 issues |
7.5
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Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch #2
Jun 21, 2023 |
In gathering up all the right old toys and putting them all together again, Danny Ketch feels both delightful and pandering. |
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8.0
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Ghostlore (2023) | 1 issues |
8
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Ghostlore (2023) #4
Aug 8, 2023 |
Concluding its first act, Ghostlore sets characters off on journeys of discovery while spotlighting amazing art and unique stories-within-the-story. |
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7.5
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Good Night, Hem | 1 issues |
7.5
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Good Night, Hem OGN
Sep 21, 2021 |
While the book expects a particularly niche academic understanding of the Lost Generation -- a high price for entry -- it's also a mini masterclass in design and cartooning; an inspiration for artistic hopefuls. |
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8.5
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Gotham City Sirens (2024) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Gotham City Sirens (2024) #2
Aug 14, 2024 |
Playing with hilarious familiarity and self-aware influencer gags, Gotham City Sirens is one of the most fun books on the stands. |
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8.5
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Grrl Scouts | 1 issues |
8.5
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Grrl Scouts: Stone Ghost #1
Nov 24, 2021 |
'Stone Ghost' moves on from the last miniseries into new, tonally different and aesthetic-twisting spaces, and continues to showcase Mahfood's ever-evolving style. |
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8.0
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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. | 1 issues |
8
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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Old Man Whittier #1
Jun 28, 2022 |
Snappy and self-contained, Old Man Whittier doesn't do any heavy lifting world-building, but it provides a perfect example of the joys of Hellboy. |
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9.0
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Hypericum (2024) | 1 issues |
9
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Hypericum (2024) OGN
Feb 6, 2024 |
Capturing the wonderful feeling of youth and confusion, Hypericum establishes a solid entry into the coming-of-age novel. |
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4.0
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I Breathed a Body | 1 issues |
4
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I Breathed a Body #4
Apr 27, 2021 |
When all the dramatic action remains level " with not a lot of rising action to climax tension " the narrative holds no real stakes, no matter how many times it explains to me that it does. |
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8.0
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It's Only Teenage Wasteland | 1 issues |
8
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It's Only Teenage Wasteland #1
Dec 6, 2022 |
Refusing to dive into the apocalypse until the characters are in place, Teenage Wasteland promises an end of the world with a heart on its sleeve. |
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5.0
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Jimmy Eat World: 555 | 1 issues |
5
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Jimmy Eat World: 555 OGN
Jun 15, 2021 |
Presenting nothing novel or visionary, '555' also provides nothing for comic fans or fans of the band beyond a sense of novelty. |
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9.0
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Joe Hill's Rain (2021) | 1 issues |
9
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Joe Hill's Rain (2021) #1
Jan 11, 2022 |
With clever sweetness, Rain #1 pulls us into a loving relationship that should, by all rights, be safe, before tearing that safety away. |
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9.5
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John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America (2024) | 1 issues |
9.5
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John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America (2024) #4
Apr 16, 2024 |
Atmospherically on point and socially aware, Dead in America understands that it is capable of telling important stories; it also understands that our hero can do nothing about them. |
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8.5
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Karmen | 1 issues |
8.5
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Karmen #3
May 11, 2021 |
Karmen #3 continues its delectable tale, but finally comes to a violent head. |
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9.0
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Knights of X (2022) | 1 issues |
9
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Knights of X (2022) #3
Jun 22, 2022 |
Even with dozens of things happening all at once, Knights of X #3 still manages to give its characters depth and care. |
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9.5
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Kommix (2024) | 1 issues |
9.5
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Kommix (2024) OGN
Jul 30, 2024 |
For the right type of reader, Kommix presents a comic collection they dream of exploring. |
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8.5
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Love Everlasting | 1 issues |
8.5
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Love Everlasting #8
Jun 6, 2023 |
Loose from the most metaphysical aspects of the series, Love Everlasting #8 presents an earnest mid-century malady. |
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7.5
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Lure (2021) | 1 issues |
7.5
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Lure (2021) OGN
Nov 2, 2021 |
Lure is an emotionally honest book set in a sci-fi world, but lacks the conviction to be outspoken in its concerns. |
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7.0
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Marauders (2019) | 1 issues |
7
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Marauders (2019) #23
Aug 18, 2021 |
After being more focused on acquisitions and political maneuvering, Marauders #23 takes the book back to some face-punching crime-fighting. |
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6.5
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Marvel Knights (2000) | 1 issues |
6.5
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Marvel Knights (2000): Make the World Go Away doesnt do its own story justice #1
Feb 1, 2023 |
Despite understanding the feel of old Marvel Knights stories, Make the World Go Away doesn't quite capture their emotional impact. |
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9.0
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Marvels Snapshot (2020) | 1 issues |
9
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Marvels Snapshot (2020): Captain Marvel #1
Feb 22, 2021 |
A single issue of pure inspiration, Marvels Snapshots: Captain Marvel is the perfect one-shot. |
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8.0
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Masterpiece (2023) | 1 issues |
8
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Masterpiece (2023) #1
Dec 12, 2023 |
There isn't any downtime in the first issue of Masterpiece, visually or narratively; each panel sweeps the reader along, pulling them toward the next issue. It's a book that shouldn't slip you by. It deserves to be in the limelight. |
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8.0
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Maw (2021) | 1 issues |
8
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Maw (2021) #1
Sep 14, 2021 |
Dealing with some very real horror, Maw #1 imparts the unflinching truth about sexual assault before it even gets close to addressing supernatural horror. |
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8.0
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Mickey and Donald: For Whom the Doorbell Tolls | 1 issues |
8
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Mickey and Donald: For Whom the Doorbell Tolls OGN
Mar 21, 2023 |
Strangely inspirational, For Whom the Doorbell Tolls celebrates the flexibility of Disney more than it does American Letters. |
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7.0
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Moon Knight (2021) | 1 issues |
7
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Moon Knight (2021) #2
Aug 18, 2021 |
Shifting tone to focus more closely on a specific aspect of Marc Spector, Moon Knight #2 loses a lot of the action from the first issue -- but builds some serious atmosphere. |
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7.5
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New Fantastic Four (2022) | 1 issues |
7.5
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New Fantastic Four (2022) #1
Jun 22, 2022 |
New Fantastic Four #1 makes no promises beyond its elevator pitch: Ghost Rider, Hulk, Spider-Man, and Wolverine walk into Las Vegas. Luckily, it exceeds its own simplicity and delivers something playful and self-aware. |
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7.0
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New Masters | 1 issues |
7
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New Masters #1
Feb 1, 2022 |
Aiming for something sprawling and epic, New Masters #1 gives us just a small taste. |
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9.0
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New Mutants (2019) | 1 issues |
9
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New Mutants (2019) #26
Jun 22, 2022 |
Exploring new possibilities with a somewhat forgotten corner of classic X-Men mythology, New Mutants carves out one of the most unique spaces in the franchise. |
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8.5
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Night Terror (2023) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Night Terror (2023) OGN
Apr 11, 2023 |
Filled with invitingly uneasy snapshots, Night Terror reminds the viewer of the power of childhood imagination. |
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9.5
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No One Else | 1 issues |
9.5
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No One Else OGN
Nov 9, 2021 |
Precise, insightful, and painfully honest, No One Else best illustrates its emotions by not discussing them. |
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9.0
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Ocultos (2024) | 1 issues |
9
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Ocultos (2024) OGN
Sep 20, 2024 |
Quiet and reflective, Ocultos offers up flash fictions hauntings and tone poem visitations that seem to carry a great and emotional weight. |
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8.5
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Olympia (2022) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Olympia (2022) OGN
Mar 1, 2022 |
Using monumental action as a backdrop, Olympia pays deep reverence for art and friendship. |
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9.0
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Our Bones Dust (2023) | 1 issues |
9
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Our Bones Dust (2023) #1
Dec 5, 2023 |
With a violent world and a whimsical alien protagonist, Our Bones Dust hooks the reader with both gore and delight. |
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7.0
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Out of Body | 1 issues |
7
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Out of Body #1
Jun 2, 2021 |
With a bit of a low-energy beginning, Out of Body nonetheless presents enough seeds to promise an intriguing bloom. |
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9.0
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Paranoid Gardens (2024) | 1 issues |
9
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Paranoid Gardens (2024) #1
Jul 16, 2024 |
An extraterrestrial retirement home grounds and upends a wide spread of comic book tropes, promising a shining example of deconstructionist comics. |
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5.0
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Parasomnia | 1 issues |
5
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Parasomnia #1
Jun 29, 2021 |
With nothing but pure aesthetic propping it up, Parasomnia expects more of the reader's patience than it supplies actual mystery. |
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9.0
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Parenthesis | 1 issues |
9
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Parenthesis OGN
Feb 9, 2021 |
Parenthesis is a book that will stay with you, however imperfect your memory of it will become. And, like Durand's lost time, perhaps it will inspire you to be a little more aware of the tenuous nature of living, of self, and of memory. Perhaps it will inspire you, as the experience inspired her, to be hungry for life. |
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6.5
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Phantom Road (2023) | 1 issues |
6.5
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Phantom Road (2023) #4
Jun 6, 2023 |
Without a central theme to ponder, Phantom Road's slow and ponderous nature feels empty and dissatisfying. |
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5.5
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Post York | 1 issues |
5.5
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Post York OGN
Feb 23, 2021 |
Initially a compelling, apocalyptic portrait, Post York collapses under disconnected action and violence. |
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7.3
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Primordial | 3 issues |
6.5
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Primordial #1
Sep 14, 2021 |
Striking if quiet, Primordial #1 is a book that presents a huge scale and a self-assured atmosphere of importance. |
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7
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Primordial #2
Nov 5, 2021 |
All but dropping its human narrative, Primordial uses its second issue to let us hang out with a space dog and be awed by the implications of the infinite. |
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8.5
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Primordial #6
Feb 15, 2022 |
Relying heavily on Sorrentino's incredible flexibility, Primordial #6 uses the smallest change in detail to tell the biggest truth. |
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8.0
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Radio Apocalypse | 1 issues |
8
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Radio Apocalypse #2
Feb 22, 2022 |
Even in an industry over-burdened by end-of-the-world tales, Radio Apocalypse #2 demands its own unique place. |
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8.0
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Radio Spaceman | 1 issues |
8
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Radio Spaceman #1
Mar 1, 2022 |
Chock full of Mignola staples, Radio Spaceman #1 still manages to feel like a separate, lighter, brighter thing. |
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6.5
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Refrigerator Full of Heads (2021) | 1 issues |
6.5
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Refrigerator Full of Heads (2021) #3
Dec 21, 2021 |
While looking to expand on concepts and themes, Refrigerator Full of Heads as a whole strays dangerously close to over-explaining them. |
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7.5
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Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body | 1 issues |
7.5
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Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body #2
Dec 14, 2021 |
Avoiding the tropes of JFK stories, while never losing the gravity of the moment, 'Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body' tells us a story not about how the event happened, but about people it swept up as it did. |
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8.0
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Rockstar and Softboy (2022) | 1 issues |
8
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Rockstar and Softboy (2022) #1
Feb 23, 2022 |
With all its good-times energy, Rockstar and Softboy is a very accurate analog for BFFs living in a party culture. |
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7.5
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Rogues (2022) | 1 issues |
7.5
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Rogues (2022) #1
Mar 22, 2022 |
Illustrating the struggle of life-after-super-crime, Rogues #1 sets up a compelling 'one last score' narrative. |
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7.5
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Sabretooth (2022) | 1 issues |
7.5
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Sabretooth (2022) #4
Jun 29, 2022 |
Though it doesn't provide a lot of momentum or action, Sabretooth #4 nonetheless provides some introspection. |
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8.0
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Sandman | 1 issues |
8
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Sandman #19
Apr 2, 2024 |
Already a medium-defining classic, The Sandman #19 can finally be seen as the historically groundbreaking visual artwork it was intended to be. |
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6.0
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Second Chances | 1 issues |
6
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Second Chances #1
Aug 18, 2021 |
While it delivers a lot of style, the substance of Second Chances is more promised than delivered. |
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6.5
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Silver Surfer: Rebirth (2022) | 1 issues |
6.5
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Silver Surfer: Rebirth (2022) #1
Jan 18, 2022 |
Though exciting to see this particular team return to the character, Rebirth #1 does little to whet the appetite, meaning that future issues will define how strong of a book it is. |
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3.5
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Skull & Bones (2023) | 1 issues |
3.5
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Skull & Bones (2023): Savage Storm #1
Feb 28, 2023 |
Flat and unexciting, Skull and Bones: Savage Storm #1 suffers from the missteps made an entire industry away. It fails to achieve either of its potential goals: to be a great comic or to be a great promotion. |
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9.5
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Slash Them All | 1 issues |
9.5
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Slash Them All OGN
Sep 22, 2022 |
Wrapped in a violent veneer, Slash Them All tells a story as much coming-of-age as it is full-on horror. |
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7.0
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Stillwater (2020) | 2 issues |
7
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Stillwater (2020) #6
Feb 16, 2021 |
A shift in perspective begins to shed some light on the larger mystery, and the introduction of some new characters promises to double down upcoming action. |
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7
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Stillwater (2020) #7
May 18, 2021 |
In a book where violence and action have little lasting impact, Stillwater #7 doesn't provide much meaningful momentum. |
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7.5
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Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants (2023) | 1 issues |
7.5
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Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants (2023) #1
Feb 8, 2023 |
With dynamic establishing moments and direct action, Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants maximizes the breakneck pace that the narrative of Sins of Sinister demands. |
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7.5
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Strange Academy (2020) | 1 issues |
7.5
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Strange Academy (2020) #10
May 5, 2021 |
After a prolonged period of world-building, Strange Academy is poised to dive deep into the teen drama. |
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8.5
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Superman (2023) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Superman (2023) #8
Nov 21, 2023 |
Aping classic Superman aesthetics and a bright tone, issue 8 nonetheless develops a tragic villain by rooting him to the mythology. |
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8.0
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Superman (2023) One Shot | 1 issues |
8
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Superman (2023): House of Brainiac Special #1
Apr 30, 2024 |
Jumping away from the Superman/Lobo action, the House of Brainiac Special provides deep background and deeper stakes for the event. |
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9.0
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Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor (2023) | 1 issues |
9
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Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor (2023) #1
Jul 25, 2023 |
Despite its alternate reality, The Last Days of Lex Luthor explores the very hearts of its characters and their relationship. |
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9.0
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Swamp Thing: Green Hell | 1 issues |
9
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Swamp Thing: Green Hell #2
Feb 14, 2023 |
Tapping into the weird mythology of its source material and injecting beautiful extremes and cutting-edge eco-anxiety, Green Hell doesn't skip a beat from that long-ago first issue. |
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9.3
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The Bone Orchard Mythos | 4 issues |
9
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The Bone Orchard Mythos: Tenement #1
Jun 20, 2023 |
Instantly engaging and beautifully composed, Tenement #1 shows the growing potential to a much larger whole. |
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9.5
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The Bone Orchard Mythos: Tenement #2
Jul 26, 2023 |
With a meditative pace, Tenement continues to flesh out its protagonists even as they slide into the uncanny and horrible. |
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10
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The Bone Orchard Mythos: Ten Thousand Black Feathers #3
Nov 15, 2022 |
Steeping in its emotional grounding and flirting with a deeper terror, Ten Thousand Black Feathers continues to set an impeccably curated tone for the Bone Orchard Mythos. |
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8.5
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The Bone Orchard Mythos: Tenement #5
Oct 18, 2023 |
After a deceivingly restful pitstop, Tenement #5 stomps on the gas and breaks through into dazzling abstraction. |
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9.0
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The Closet | 1 issues |
9
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The Closet #2
Jul 5, 2022 |
Packaged as a horror story, The Closet is really about something a lot more mundane and human: a failing marriage. |
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8.0
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The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski | 1 issues |
8
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The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski #1
Mar 15, 2022 |
In total, The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski is less the condemnation of the type of writer for whom Fante is a caricature and more a manifesto of artistic anxieties filtered through long-form gag strips. It's a book that successfully uses an Idiot Hero to poke fun at"and low-key sing the praises of"the truly foolish artistic pursuits. |
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9.5
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The Extraordinary Part | 1 issues |
9.5
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The Extraordinary Part: Orsay's Hands #1
Feb 6, 2023 |
With a healthy distrust of authority and police threading through this story of ecological anxiety, The Extraordinary Part subtly speaks to the very distinct concerns of contemporary youth. |
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9.0
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The Great British Bump Off (2023) | 1 issues |
9
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The Great British Bump Off (2023) #2
May 9, 2023 |
Filled with striking characters and endless charm, The Great British Bump-Off #2 dives into the suspect list. |
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9.0
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The Great Gatsby: The Essential Graphic Novel | 1 issues |
9
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The Great Gatsby: The Essential Graphic Novel OGN
Apr 7, 2023 |
Up against frankly overwhelming odds, Gatsby: The Essential Graphic Novel may very well have the aesthetic chops to stand against a flood of Gatsby pretenders. |
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9.5
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The Lonesome Hunters | 1 issues |
9.5
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The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child #1
Jul 12, 2023 |
Uncovering the magic in the mundane world, Tyler Crook continues crafting a great American fable with The Lonesome Hunters. |
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8.3
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The Nice House on the Lake | 2 issues |
8.5
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The Nice House on the Lake #3
Aug 3, 2021 |
Rich and deep characters, alongside incredibly atmospheric artwork and compelling abstract concepts, keeps the reader fully invested in The Nice House on the Lake #3. |
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8
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The Nice House on the Lake #7
Mar 1, 2022 |
Smoke screening the reader with a peaceful, communal life with our survivors, Nice House #7 inserts a horror at the heart of identity and exploits a common fear within it. |
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9.0
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The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives | 1 issues |
9
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The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #2
Jan 24, 2023 |
Committing to a childlike frankness and a proliferation of Southeast Asian-styled specters, Dead Boy Detectives expands the already prolific mythology of the Universe. |
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9.1
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The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country | 4 issues |
10
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The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country: The Glass House #1
Apr 11, 2023 |
Expanding on classic Sandman themes and effortlessly enriching mythology, The Glass House #1 promises another meaningful entry in a comics masterpiece. |
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9
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The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #4
Jul 26, 2022 |
Nightmare Country continues to be both a loving homage and a compelling and clever story all its own. |
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9
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The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country: The Glass House #5
Oct 17, 2023 |
Playing with huge concepts and utilizing classic characters, Nightmare Country continues incredible work building in a sacred mythology. |
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8.5
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The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country #5
Aug 30, 2022 |
With major character introductions and huge conceptual bomb drops, Nightmare Country continues to be a constantly shifting ride. |
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7.5
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The Seasons Have Teeth (2023) | 1 issues |
7.5
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The Seasons Have Teeth (2023) #1
Apr 11, 2023 |
Presenting an emotional drive alongside its fantastic novelty, The Seasons Have Teeth elevates its unequal halves. |
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8.0
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The Silver Coin | 2 issues |
8
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The Silver Coin #3
Jun 15, 2021 |
The Silver Coin is the real deal, a horror comic that is cozy in its influences and unique in its vision. |
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8
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The Silver Coin #7
Dec 7, 2021 |
The Silver Coin #7 continues to use the book's unique model to deepen and give context to its multitudinous world. |
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8.5
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The Variants (2022) | 1 issues |
8.5
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The Variants (2022) #1
Jun 27, 2022 |
Arriving at a charged political moment, The Variants sees a meaningful character being handled by importantly insightful people. |
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9.0
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The Ward (2022) | 1 issues |
9
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The Ward (2022) #1
Jun 7, 2022 |
Contrasting medicine and magic, The Ward effortlessly marries two powerful traditions. |
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8.5
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Thunderbolts (2023) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Thunderbolts (2023) #2
Jan 10, 2024 |
Without attempting to provide answers for real-world concerns, Thunderbolts provides constant, wish fulfillment action against them. |
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7.8
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Two Moons | 2 issues |
8
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Two Moons #1
Feb 23, 2021 |
Filled with hooks and compelling characters, Two Moons #1 is an incredibly promising beginning. |
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7.5
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Two Moons #3
Apr 27, 2021 |
Lovingly built and illustrated, Two Moons #3 nonetheless takes its time as the whole series moves at its own pace. |
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8.0
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Underheist (2023) | 1 issues |
8
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Underheist (2023) #1
Dec 12, 2023 |
Crafted by masters in their field and filled with interesting characters, Underheist #1 promises a stellar series to come. |
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8.0
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Void Rivals (2023) | 1 issues |
8
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Void Rivals (2023) #3
Aug 15, 2023 |
Developing both its own unique niche and hinting at the larger Transformers aspects of the Energon Universe, Void Rivals is something impossibly unique: a compellingly self-reliant narrative working within licensed-comic territory. |
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8.0
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Wesley Dodds: The Sandman (2023) | 1 issues |
8
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Wesley Dodds: The Sandman (2023) #2
Nov 14, 2023 |
Without expressly spoon-feeding the reader the cultural context, Wesley Dodds: The Sandman still implies the gravity of weaponized gas -- and of Wesley's culpability in using them. |
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8.3
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What's The Furthest Place From Here? | 2 issues |
9
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What's The Furthest Place From Here? #1
Nov 9, 2021 |
A creepy, seedy world full of cool kids doing violent stuff, 'Furthest Place' is a book that doesn't just want to present a good story but also the contagious joy of music. |
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7.5
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What's The Furthest Place From Here? #5
Mar 15, 2022 |
Even as the innumerable characters are becoming harder and harder to keep track of, Furthest Place #5 is a book filled with care and catchy, catchy mystery. |
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8.5
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Where Monsters Lie (2023) | 1 issues |
8.5
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Where Monsters Lie (2023) #2
Feb 28, 2023 |
With a deepening mystery and implications of larger horror, Where Monsters Lie continues to joyfully play with horror tropes. |
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7.0
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X Deaths Of Wolverine (2022) | 1 issues |
7
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X Deaths Of Wolverine (2022) #1
Jan 26, 2022 |
Non-stop but conspicuously without much Wolverine, X Deaths of Wolverine seems intent on telling a parallel story to its sister series. |
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10
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X-Cellent (2022) | 1 issues |
10
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X-Cellent (2022) #1
Jan 31, 2022 |
Bombastic, playful, and filled with care, X-Cellent #1 also houses a not-so-coded commentary about the state of media at large. |
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7.5
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X-Force (2024) | 1 issues |
7.5
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X-Force (2024) #2
Aug 28, 2024 |
Refreshingly tidy and self-contained, X-Force #2 struggles with the necessary limitations of a single-use conflict and a one-character focus. |
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7.0
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X-Men: Onslaught Revelation (2021) | 1 issues |
7
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X-Men: Onslaught Revelation (2021) #1
Sep 22, 2021 |
Hardly a one-shot, The Onslaught Revelation really caps off Way of X in a very satisfying, quick-hit event package. |
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