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Caro reviewed S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 Jan 2, 2015
8.0

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First issues can be tricky. The pressure is on for the creative team to prove that they are worth another look. Mark Waid comes out of the gate full force with S.H.I.E.L.D #1. Making fan favorite Agent Coulson the main star of the issue is a smart move to draw in fans of the movies and tv series. Using a great balance of humor and action, Waid makes the battles seem relevant to these more

S.H.I.E.L.D. #1

By: Mark Waid, Carlos Pacheco
Released: Dec 31, 2014

• High-tech weapons. High-stakes missions. High-octane adventure! For the men and women of S.H.I.E.L.D., it's just another day in the field!
• Special Agent Phil Coulson brings together the best and the brightest, the gifted and the elite, normal people and superhumans from across the Marvel Universe on an as-needed basis to confront, co...

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Caro added Amazing Spider-Man (2014) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Amazing Spider-Man (2014)

The Greatest Super Hero of All Time RETURNS!
The world may have changed since Spidey's been gone, but so has Peter Parker. This is a man with a second chance at life, and he's not wasting a moment of it. Same Parker Luck, new Parker attitude. Putting the "friendly" back in the neighborhood, the "hero" back into "super hero," and the "amazing" b...

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Caro added Superior Iron Man to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Superior Iron Man

Be Superior! How much would you pay for perfection? Beauty? Immortality? Tony Stark knows, and he's ready to give it to you in SUPERIOR IRON MAN #1! But at a terrible price. Spinning out of Avengers & X-Men: AXIS, the old Tony Stark is back, only this time he's SUPERIOR! More stylish, more confident, and more cunning than ever before. And he's read...

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Caro added The Wicked + The Divine to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

The Wicked + The Divine

Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as teenagers. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critically thermonuclear floor-fillers Young Avengers and PHONOGRAM reunite to start a new ongoing superhero fantasy with a beautiful oversized issue. Welcome to THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, where gods are the ultimate po...

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Caro added New Avengers (2013) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

New Avengers (2013)

To prevent the collision of our universe with another, the Illuminati, led by the Black Panther, must assemble NOW! It’s the most powerful and brilliant team in the Marvel Universe--The Black Panther, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt, Mister Fantastic, Namor the Sub-Mariner and The Beast--against an infinite legion of parallel realities.

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Caro added Harley Quinn (2013) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Harley Quinn (2013)

Harley is set to begin her new life, but she needs a job first! Enter the Coney Island Roller Derby! It's game time as Harley sets out to destroy her competition - literally!

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Caro added Guardians of the Galaxy (2013) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)

There's a new rule in the galaxy: No one touches Earth! No one!! Why has Earth become the most important planet in the Galaxy? That's what the Guardians of the Galaxy are going to find out!! Join the brightest stars in the Marvel universe: Star Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot and--wait for it--Iron-Man, as they embark upon one of the most...

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Caro added Angela: Asgard's Assassin to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Angela: Asgard's Assassin

• All her life, Angela -- the finest warrior of Heven -- was raised to hate Asgard with every fiber of her being.
•  And now Angela knows the truth about her identity: She is Thor's sister. She is an Asgardian.
•  Cast out of her home and wanting nothing to do with Asgard, Angela must now strike out o...

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Caro added Thor (2014) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Thor (2014)

• The great hammer MJOLNIR lies on the moon, unable to be lifted by anyone in all the heavens! Even THOR!
•  Something dark has befallen the God of Thunder, leaving him weakened and for the first time in forever... UNWORTHY!
•  But when Frost Giants invade the Earth, the hammer will be lifted and an all-new Thor will arise! A Tho...

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Caro added Wytches to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Wytches

Across the globe, century after century, men and women were burned, drowned, hanged, tortured, imprisoned, persecuted, and murdered for witchcraft. None of them were witches. They died protecting a terrible and hidden truth: witches, real witches, are out there. They are ancient, elusive, and deadly creatures that are rarely seen and even more rare...

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Caro added Rocket Raccoon (2014) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Rocket Raccoon (2014)

ALL-NEW, IN-CONTINUITY SERIES!
As defenders of the cosmos go, Rocket Raccoon has faced his fair share of galactic battles. He's been a hero to the weak, a champion of good, a protector of the innocent, a heartthrob to the many intergalactic female species and now--a raccoon on the run?! ( I'm sorry, I'm sorry, a "formidable-and-expert-Guardian"...

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Caro added Justice League (2011) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Justice League (2011)

Comics superstars Geoff Johns and Jim Lee make history! In a universe where super heroes are strange and new, Batman has discovered a dark evil that requires him to unite the World Greatest Heroes!

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Caro added Hulk (2014) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Hulk (2014)

ALL-NEW DIRECTION! THE EPIC "BANNER D.O.A." BEGINS NOW!!!
Following the shocking events of last month's INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK finale, Bruce Banner lies at death's door! If he survives, it WON'T be as the Bruce Banner we've known! How will the Hulk wreak vengeance on Banner's assailant? How CAN he?

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Caro added Aquaman (2011) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Aquaman (2011)

The superstar creators from BLACKEST NIGHT and BRIGHTEST DAY reunite to take AQUAMAN to amazing new depths!Aquaman has renounced the throne of Atlantis but the sea will not release Arthur Curry so easily. Now, from a forgotten corner of the ocean emerges The Trench! A broken race of creatures that should not exist, an unspeakable need driving them...

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Caro added Avengers (2012) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Avengers (2012)

The greatest heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team! Now shipping twice a month, the Avengers “go large,” expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call - who will answer? Big threats, big ideas, big idealism - these are the Avengers NOW!

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Caro added Uncanny X-Men (2013) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Uncanny X-Men (2013)

The true flagship book of the X-Men returns. In the wake of the Phoenix, the world has changed and is torn on exactly what Cyclops and his team of X-Men are - visionary revolutionaries or dangerous terrorists? Whatever the truth, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik are out in the world gathering up new mutants and redefining the name UNCANNY X-...

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Caro added Lumberjanes to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Lumberjanes

WHY WE LOVE IT: Five best friends spending the summer at Lumberjane scout camp...defeating yetis, thre-eeyed wolves, and giant falcons...what's not to love?!

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: It's Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gravity Falls and features five buttkicking, rad teenager girls wailing on monsters and solving a mystery with the whole world ...

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Caro added Secret Avengers (2014) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Secret Avengers (2014)

SAVE THE EMPIRE, Part One
The all-new Secret Avengers are ready to get started. Are they going to be the world's most effective secret squad? Or will their personal issues tear them apart? U-DECIDE! Three missions kick off at the same time: one in the space, one on the ground...and one in the air. And no one's ready. Except for the attackers....

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Caro added Superman (2011) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Superman (2011)

The new adventures of Superman begin here! What is The Man of Steel's startling new status quo? How does it affect Lois Lane and The Daily Planet? There's no time for answers now, because Superman must stop a monstrous threat to Metropolis one that he somehow is the cause of!

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Caro added Legendary Star-Lord to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Legendary Star-Lord

From the pages of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY!
A brand new series from SAM HUMPHRIES and PACO MEDINA! In this exciting first issue, Peter Quill battles the Badoon, fights to save an orphanage, and still finds time for some flirting with Kitty Pryde--but it's all in a day's work for the STAR-LORD!

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Caro added Batgirl (2011) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Batgirl (2011)

Yes, it's really happening!Barbara Gordon is back as Batgirl and she's going to have to face the city's most horrifying new villains as well as the dark secrets from her past. You won't want to miss this stunning debut issue from fan-favorite BIRDS OF PREY writer Gail Simone!

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Caro added Black Widow (2014) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Black Widow (2014)

"The Finely Woven Thread"
You've seen Black Widow as an Avenger and even an Agent of Shield. But on her own time she searches for atonement for her past as a KGB assassin-in ways of which those teams just wouldn't approve. From the darkest corners of the Marvel Universe, Nathan Edmonson (Who is Jake Ellis?) and Phil Noto (Thunderbolts, X-23) ...

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Caro added X-Men (2013) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

X-Men (2013)

Because you demanded it! The X-Women finally get their own book, from critically acclaimed superstars Brian Wood (X-MEN, ULTIMATE X-MEN, DMZ, The Massive) and Olivier Coipel (AVX, HOUSE OF M, THOR)! An old enemy shows up at the X-Men’s door, seeking asylum from an ancient evil come back to earth. Meanwhile, Jubilee has come home, and she’s brou...

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Caro added All-New Captain America to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

All-New Captain America

• This is it! The all-new, Spy-Fi, highflying adventures of Sam Wilson Captain America and Nomad begin here!
•  Hydra is growing, the terrorist band have has infiltrated the Marvel Universe completely! But what is their ultimate goal?
•  United by Hydra, Cap's rogue's gallery gathers to take down the new untested Captain America ...

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Caro added S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014)

• High-tech weapons. High-stakes missions. High-octane adventure! For the men and women of S.H.I.E.L.D., it's just another day in the field!
• Special Agent Phil Coulson brings together the best and the brightest, the gifted and the elite, normal people and superhumans from across the Marvel Universe on an as-needed basis to confront, co...

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Caro added Wonder Woman (2011) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Wonder Woman (2011)

The Gods walk among us. To them, our lives are playthings. Only one woman would dare to protect humanity from the wrath of such strange and powerful forces. But is she one of us or one of them?

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Caro added Loki: Agent of Asgard to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Loki: Agent of Asgard

Old God - New Trickster!
Kid Loki's all grown up - and the God of Mischief is stronger, smarter, sexier and just plain sneakier than ever before. As Asgardia's one-man secret service, he's ready to lie, cheat, steal, bluff and snog his way through the twistiest, turniest and most treacherous missions the All-Mother can throw at him... startin...

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Caro added Batman (2011) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Batman (2011)

Be here for the start of a new era for The Dark Knight from writer Scott Snyder (AMERICAN VAMPIRE, BATMAN: GATES OF GOTHAM) and artist Greg Capullo (Spawn)! A series of brutal killings hints at an ancient conspiracy, and Batman learns that Gotham City is deadlier than he knew.

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Caro added Daredevil (2014) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Daredevil (2014)

BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Join Marvel's fearless hero as he begins his most awe-inspiring adventure yet in the sunny city of San Francisco! Gifted with an imperceptible radar sense and a passion for justice, blind lawyer Matt Murdock—a.k.a. DAREDEVIL—protects the Golden City's streets from all manner of evil. But big changes are in store for Mat...

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Caro added Red Sonja (2013) to their pull list Jan 2, 2015

Red Sonja (2013)

THIS IS IT. Red Sonja gets a fresh new attitude by the dream team of writer GAIL SIMONE (Batgirl, Birds of Prey) and artist WALTER GEOVANI (Prophecy, Witchblade), on the book they were born to create. Sonja pays back a blood debt owed to the one man who has gained her respect, even if it means leading a doomed army to their certain deaths!
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