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Castimier rated Detective Comics #1092 Jan 12, 2025
7.5

Detective Comics #1092

By: Tom Taylor, Mikel Janin
Released: Dec 25, 2024

The streets of Gotham run red with blood--blood that the mysterious villain known only as Asema has taken quite an interest in. Who is this scalpel-fingered creature collecting the plasma of young men, and what is Asema's connection to Bruce Wayne? Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin continue their exploration of the darkest corners of Gotham City!

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Castimier rated Batman and Robin #17 Jan 12, 2025
7.0

Batman and Robin #17

By: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Javi Fernandez
Released: Jan 8, 2025

TERROR IN ARKHAM TOWER! Desperate to question Scarecrow about the recent plague of Memento killings, Batman must fight his way through a full-scale breakout at Arkham--but when Memento enters the fray and reveals his true form, Robin may be his father's only hope!

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Castimier rated Batman #156 Jan 12, 2025
8.0

Batman #156

By: Chip Zdarsky, Tony Daniel
Released: Jan 1, 2025

THE RIDDLER'S PLANS FINALLY REVEALED! The GCPD is closing in on their suspected killer--and on Batman! Wayne Enterprises is under attack as Nygma's plans come into focus. The Owls are not what they seem. Don't miss the thrilling penultimate issue of "The Dying City"!

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8.5

Justice League Vol. 1: Origin

By: Geoff Johns, Jim Lee

Now in trade paperback from comics superstars Geoff Johns and Jim Lee! 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! Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg unite for the first time to form the JUSTICE LEAGUE! Dont mi...

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Castimier rated Watchmen Collected Jan 12, 2025
10

Watchmen Collected

By: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin. One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has been studied o...

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8.5

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Vol. 1

By: Frank Miller, Klaus Janson

Celebrate 30 years of one of the most influential stories ever told in the comics medium with the anniversary edition of the undisputed graphic novel masterpiece BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS.

Writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in this saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, 10 years after th...

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Castimier rated Batman and Robin #16 Dec 12, 2024
8.0

Batman and Robin #16

By: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Miguel Mendonca
Released: Dec 11, 2024

As the Dynamic Duo attempts to solve the mysteries of Memento's recent attacks, Batman begins to fear that his bond with his son and partner is beginning to fracture. Is this simply teenage angst, or is Damian truly pulling away from his father? Meanwhile, Memento emerges from the shadows, and the stone-faced specter of atrocities past makes himsel...

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Castimier rated Batman #155 Dec 12, 2024
9.0

Batman #155

By: Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Fornes
Released: Dec 4, 2024

After the shocking events of the last issue, Batman is reeling! But the investigation isn't over just yet! The Court of Owls is intent on destroying Bruce Wayne's life, while Commander Star continues to stoke the flames of civil unrest in Gotham City! It all heats up in the unforgettable new chapter of "The Dying City"!

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Castimier rated Harley Quinn #45 Dec 8, 2024
8.0

Harley Quinn #45

By: Elliott Kalan, Mindy Lee
Released: Nov 27, 2024

ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF THROATCUTTER HILL! Art! Since the dawn of humanity, we have found emotional, spiritual, and even intellectual meaning through the visual arts. But sometimes...even art can suck real, real bad. Is a soulless and aesthetically meritless corporate statue ruining your view of a perfectly good park full of uncollected trash and de...

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Castimier rated Detective Comics #1091 Dec 8, 2024
8.5

Detective Comics #1091

By: Tom Taylor, Mikel Janin
Released: Nov 27, 2024

A BRAND-NEW VILLAIN STALKS THE STREETS OF GOTHAM CITY! When we last left Bruce Wayne he was offered a mysterious youth serum, known only as Sangraal, that promises to rejuvenate his body and mind--making him as strong and nimble as he once was. But can he possibly accept this strange gift? Meanwhile, the sinister, scalpel-fingered villain known as ...

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8.0

Absolute Wonder Woman #2

By: Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman
Released: Nov 27, 2024

THOMPSON & SHERMAN'S RED-HOT REIMAGINING OF WONDER WOMAN UNLEASHES MONSTER MAYHEM! Gateway City has never seen anything like the Harbinger-Prime, the enormous, ravenous monster that has just risen from the depths of the ocean to darken its shores...but the Harbinger has never seen anything like the unstoppable Diana, Princess of the Underworld!

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Castimier rated Uncanny X-Men #6 Nov 28, 2024
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #6

By: Gail Simone, Garron
Released: Nov 27, 2024

It's BACK TO SCHOOL for four young mutants... ...But is a rural school in Louisiana READY for this crew? Bullies, terrible lunches and classroom flirting abound...but IS one of the student body the prophesied ENDLING, who will be the last member of mutantkind? Plus - Jubilee undertakes a fateful solo mission!

Rated T+

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Castimier rated Nightwing #120 Nov 28, 2024
8.5

Nightwing #120

By: Dan Watters, Dexter Soy
Released: Nov 27, 2024

BLUDHAVEN ON THE BRINK! With deadly experimental weapons in the hands of the city's oh-so-corrupt police force, Nightwing must prevent a bloody war breaking out with the gangs of Bludhaven--which would be easier if someone didn't keep trying to blow him up!

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Castimier rated Uncanny X-Men #5 Nov 14, 2024
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #5

By: Gail Simone, Garron
Released: Nov 13, 2024

The brutal conclusion to the RED WAVE storyline is here! The Uncanny X-MEN face an unstoppable force of evil and death who reveals a shocking secret...but they may not survive long enough to face it! Will the next generation of young mutants stand by Rogue and her team or join the other side?

Rated T+

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Castimier rated Batman and Robin #15 Nov 14, 2024
7.5

Batman and Robin #15

By: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Javi Fernandez
Released: Nov 13, 2024

NO COSTUMES, NO GADGETS. CAN BATMAN AND ROBIN STILL SAVE THE DAY? What should have been a run-of-the-mill charity banquet for Bruce and Damian has, quite literally, gone up in flames--and now, without access to their costumes and gadgets, father and son find themselves fighting for their lives at the hands of the mysterious specter known only as Me...

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Castimier rated Absolute Batman #2 Nov 14, 2024
8.0

Absolute Batman #2

By: Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta
Released: Nov 13, 2024

SNYDER AND DRAGOTTA'S BRAND-NEW TAKE ON THE DARK KNIGHT RAMPAGES ON! Batman was born out of violence - a horrible tragedy that shaped the trajectory of his future. But when a vigilant MI6 agent starts tracking the lonely life of Bruce Wayne, he discovers the interconnectivity between a hero's shell life and the many layers of the Black Mask Gang. I...

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Castimier rated X-Factor #4 Nov 11, 2024
8.0

X-Factor #4

By: Mark Russell, Bob Quinn
Released: Nov 6, 2024

BENEATH THE SURFACE!

Havok and the team race to recover the crew of a subterranean expedition beneath Death Valley! But who or what is waiting beneath the desert sands? And what does all of this have to do with Cecilia Reyes?!

Rated T+

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Castimier rated X-Factor #3 Nov 11, 2024
7.5

X-Factor #3

By: Mark Russell, Bob Quinn
Released: Oct 23, 2024

X-FACTOR GOES TO THE MOON!

A computer-controlled lunar base has gone out of control! How can Havok and Frenzy stop a foe that can predict the team's every move? And does the key to victory lie with the team's most mysterious new member: Granny Smite?!

Rated T+

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Castimier rated JSA #1 Nov 11, 2024
7.5

JSA #1

By: Jeff Lemire, Diego Olortegui
Released: Nov 6, 2024

THE NEW ERA OF THE JSA BEGINS HERE! Long-time fan favorite characters Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Jade, Obsidian, Jesse Quick, Hourman, Ted Grant, and Sandman are all back on the roster as DC's first super team faces their greatest and most personal challenge yet. Will golden age ideals hold true in a world recovering from the events of Absolute Power? Or d...

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Castimier rated Uncanny X-Men #4 Nov 8, 2024
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #4

By: Gail Simone, David Marquez
Released: Oct 16, 2024

With one X-Man down and hell coming for the rest, ROGUE finds herself alone against a power of darkness she is completely unprepared for. No backup, no lifeline and NO WAY OUT. And as she fights alone, a secret of the new recruits is revealed - is one of them the ENDLING that will destroy all mutantkind?

Rated T+

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Castimier rated Uncanny X-Men #3 Nov 8, 2024
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #3

By: Gail Simone, David Marquez
Released: Sep 25, 2024

CATCH THE ELF!

When new, lethally powerful and completely untrained young mutants show up on Rogue's doorstep with no knowledge of how they got there, a grieving Rogue seeks to take Xavier's place in guiding them to the light... ...while darkness from the past returns to destroy the X-Men, one at a time!

Rated T+

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Castimier added Uncanny X-Men (2024) to their pull list Nov 7, 2024

Uncanny X-Men (2024)

PROFESSOR X...IS GONE!
A core group of essential X-Men rise FROM THE ASHES to face a world without a home - and without Professor X! All bonds among the mutant community seem to be slipping away, and ROGUE reluctantly finds herself as the hero designated to bring them back together...but a fearless, malignant power is out there hunting mutants...

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Castimier rated Uncanny X-Men #2 Nov 7, 2024
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #2

By: Gail Simone, David Marquez
Released: Sep 11, 2024

WHO ARE THE OUTLIERS?

FROM THE ASHES continues as ROGUE, GAMBIT and WOLVERINE welcome a friend back, just in time to face four UNCONTROLLABLE and WILD mutants in the swamps of Louisiana! But with the mutant community disheartened and fractured, will even the UNCANNY X-MEN be enough to stop them? Something HUGE is starting, and it begins R...

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Castimier rated Uncanny X-Men #1 Nov 7, 2024
8.5

Uncanny X-Men #1

By: Gail Simone, David Marquez
Released: Aug 7, 2024

PROFESSOR X...IS GONE!
A core group of essential X-Men rise FROM THE ASHES to face a world without a home - and without Professor X! All bonds among the mutant community seem to be slipping away, and ROGUE reluctantly finds herself as the hero designated to bring them back together...but a fearless, malignant power is out there hunting mutants...

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Castimier rated Absolute Superman #1 Nov 6, 2024
8.5

Absolute Superman #1

By: Jason Aaron, Rafa Sandoval
Released: Nov 6, 2024

SUPERSTARS JASON AARON AND RAFA SANDOVAL UNLEASH A SHOCKING NEW TAKE ON THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON! Without the fortress...without the family...without a home...what's left is the Absolute Man of Steel!

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Castimier added Catwoman (2018) to their pull list Nov 6, 2024

Catwoman (2018)

The wedding night's barely over, but Catwoman's back on the streets, this time to expose a copycat who's pulling heists around Gotham City. As Selina cracks the whip on her former criminal cohorts, she's attracting unwanted attention from one of Gotham's most dangerous groups. The mob? Nope. Try the GCPD. And as if the Bat-Bride didn't have enough ...

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Castimier added Harley Quinn (2021) to their pull list Nov 6, 2024

Harley Quinn (2021)

Ahem! You better read this closely, ’cause we’ve got a red-hot relaunch on our hands here-and I should know! Harley Quinn here to let everyone know that I got a brand-new monthly series here with a brand-new status quo. I’m coming back to Gotham City to make up for the sins of my past, and help the city recover from “The Joker War”!
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Castimier added Batgirl (2024) to their pull list Nov 6, 2024

Batgirl (2024)

Hold on to your seats, clutch your pearls, and rejoice in celebration because Cassandra Cain is taking center stage in her first solo Batgirl series in nearly two decades! When a deadly group of assassins shows up to kill Cassandra, Lady Shiva comes to the rescue, and they must put their complicated past aside and work together as mother and daught...

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Castimier rated Batgirl #1 Nov 6, 2024
7.0

Batgirl #1

By: Tate Brombal, Takeshi Miyazawa
Released: Nov 6, 2024

Hold on to your seats, clutch your pearls, and rejoice in celebration because Cassandra Cain is taking center stage in her first solo Batgirl series in nearly two decades! When a deadly group of assassins shows up to kill Cassandra, Lady Shiva comes to the rescue, and they must put their complicated past aside and work together as mother and daught...

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Castimier rated Batman #154 Nov 6, 2024
8.0

Batman #154

By: Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez
Released: Nov 6, 2024

Murder has rocked the heart of Gotham! Batman and Jim Gordon will have to piece together the clues and discover the truth, no matter how dark. Has the Riddler really gone legit? Is the Court of Owls involved? Meanwhile, public sentiment is turning against Wayne Enterprises' public initiatives, with new hero Commander Star sowing the seeds of discon...

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