gusresm reviewed Bug Wars #1 Feb 19, 2025
Such a cool concept and flawless execution.
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Mini-Series Premiere. Slade Slaymaker is a kid from Alabama suddenly lost in a vicious world beyond his imagining, a world of marauding ant armies, spellcasting spider witches, and beetle-riding barbarians. A kingdom of tiny but deadly warriors hidden in his own backyard. The same world that saw his father eaten alive by insects now plunges ...
gusresm reviewed Aquaman #2 Feb 19, 2025
Solid issue. Timms is excellent: the colorful art is very dynamic and stylish. The script is good but I’m think Adams has to tie everything together soon. I think the series will suffer if he drags the whole darkseid mystery.
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ATLANTIS...OBLITERATED! After the shocking events of Aquaman #1, Arthur Curry is now a king without a home! But is hope truly lost? The answer lies in Aquaman's mysterious new water-morphing abilities, and a portal into the unknown. Earth's uncanny undersea hero must train like never before to stand a chance of recovering Atlantis from its untimely...
gusresm reviewed Absolute Batman #5 Feb 19, 2025
AB is my least favorite absolute comic so far. Even so, Dragotta’s art alone would be enough to justify the purchase. Snyder’s script is intriguing but I not sold on black mask. Absolute Alfred is good but I don’t love his dynamic with AB. That being said, I am nitpicking, the comic is excellent and highly recommended
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WILL THE PARTY END HERE FOR ABSOLUTE BATMAN? With his friends lives at stake, will a broken, beaten, and ultimately defeated Bruce Wayne finally compromise and give up both himself and his morals to Black Mask? Or does he have something even BIGGER than himself to help? And what does this have to do with Mayor James Gordon and his relationship with...
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motorik reviewed Absolute Batman #5 Feb 12, 2025
This Batman run is the best we've had since Scott was writing the main series.
Longterm, I'd love this Batman to visit the mainline Batman.
Their difference in method and morality would make for an interesting quandary to explore.
How do we take out the bad guys? With intellect or force? They are both Batman. Which Batman philosophy saves most lives?
WILL THE PARTY END HERE FOR ABSOLUTE BATMAN? With his friends lives at stake, will a broken, beaten, and ultimately defeated Bruce Wayne finally compromise and give up both himself and his morals to Black Mask? Or does he have something even BIGGER than himself to help? And what does this have to do with Mayor James Gordon and his relationship with...
gusresm reviewed Absolute Superman #4 Feb 5, 2025
I still think that Absolute Superman is the best of the bunch. The new issue is engaging. I like the approach Superman-book-with-little-superman-on-it for now. The art is still excellent.
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SUPERMAN MEETS THE MYSTERIOUS OMEGA MEN! Superman is on the run, pursued across the globe by armed Peacemakers and Lazarus Corp's top field agent, Lois Lane. Now a new force joins the chase, but are the mysterious Omega Men friends or foes for Kal-El?
gusresm reviewed Absolute Superman #1 Nov 15, 2024
The best of the first batch of absolute comics. The new take on krypton is fresh and intriguing. The art is superb. I can’t wait to learn more about the sol armor and the lazarous corps.
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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!
gusresm reviewed Detective Comics #1090 Oct 25, 2024
Excellent first issue. The new villain sounds intriguing. The pacing is excellent. There isn't a lot I can say about the art because Janin is a master, and everybody already knows it. I am not sold on the plot twist... but I have confidence Taylor will stick the landing
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Long ago, the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne changed Gotham forever. But there is something you never knew about the Dark Knight's tragic origin, which has been lying in wait to strike at Batman ever since that fateful night in Crime Alley. And now, all these years later, this ghost of Gotham's past begins to reveal itself. Superstars Tom Taylo...
gusresm reviewed Absolute Wonder Woman #1 Oct 23, 2024
Very fun issue. I am intrigued by the concepts and the world building. The art is very cool and interesting as well. I’m excited to see how this develops.
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EISNER WINNER KELLY THOMPSON AND BREAKOUT ARTIST HAYDEN SHERMAN REINVENT WONDER WOMAN FROM THE GROUND UP! Without the island paradise...without the sisterhood that shaped her...without a mission of peace...what's left is the Absolute Amazon!
gusresm added Absolute Wonder Woman (2024) to their pull list Oct 23, 2024
EISNER WINNER KELLY THOMPSON AND BREAKOUT ARTIST HAYDEN SHERMAN REINVENT WONDER WOMAN FROM THE GROUND UP! Without the island paradise...without the sisterhood that shaped her...without a mission of peace...what's left is the Absolute Amazon!
gusresm reviewed Batman: City of Madness Collected Sep 6, 2024
The art is, as usual, unique. But the story is intriguing, with horror vibes. Ultimately, it is a very different take on Batman, which is rare.
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Buried deep beneath Gotham City, there exists another Gotham. This Gotham Below is a living nightmare, populated by twisted mirrors of our Gotham's denizens, fueled by the fear and hatred flowing down from above. For decades, the doorway between the cities has been sealed and heavily guarded by the Court of Owls. But now the door swings wide, and t...
gusresm added Batman: Off-World (2023) to their pull list Aug 28, 2024
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A routine night in Gotham City for a young Batman proves to be anything but routine when the crime-fighter is confronted with a sort of foe he's never faced before--one from beyond the stars! A universe of possible alien threats leads Batman to make a daring decision--to venture alone into the far reaches of the cosmos for the very first time, wher...
gusresm added Absolute Power: Origins (2024) to their pull list Aug 28, 2024
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Discover the untold story of what led Amanda Waller to form the TRINITY OF EVIL and take down Earth’s Super Heroes! It’s the Suicide Squad’s founder as you’ve never seen her before, in an all-new companion miniseries to the Absolute Power event.The definitive history of one of the DCU’s deadliest villains is at last revealed! Amanda Walle...
gusresm added Destro (2024) to their pull list Aug 28, 2024
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Mini-Series Premiere. The next chapter of The Cobra Threat threat begins here! James McCullen Destro XXIV is the man behind M.A.R.S. Industries, the undisputed leader in providing high-tech weapons to world powers... for the right price. But the emergence of Energon has changed everything. As Destro's ambitions grow, the "Crimson Twin...
gusresm added Absolute Power: Task Force VII (2024) to their pull list Aug 28, 2024
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SUPER NO MORE! With the assault on Metropolis's heroes complete, Amanda Waller's latest living weapon, the Last Son, sets his sights on the other most powerful supers in the DCU...the Marvel Family! Will their combined powers be enough to survive this terrifying threat? In this biweekly series we'll see the ABSOLUTE POWER event through the eyes of ...
gusresm added Phoenix (2024) to their pull list Aug 28, 2024
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LIFE! FIRE! POWER! POSSIBILITY! PHOENIX!
She is JEAN GREY. She is PHOENIX. She saves the world. She brings death. One woman, alone in space, who not only must do what no one else can: she yearns to. A desperate S.O.S. from NOVA brings the Phoenix to the edge of a black hole, where hundreds of lives hang in the balance...and whatever Jean does ...
gusresm added Void Rivals (2023) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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SERIES PREMIERE
The blockbuster OBLIVION SONG team of ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI debut the biggest new comic book series of 2023 with the launch of AN ALL-NEW SHARED UNIVERSE and a SURPRISE you won't see coming!
War rages around the Sacred Ring, where the last remnants of two worlds have collapsed ar...
gusresm added Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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THE NEW ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN FOR A NEW ULTIMATE UNIVERSE!
Visionary writer Jonathan Hickman (HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X) and acclaimed artist Marco Checchetto (DAREDEVIL) bring you a bold new take on Spider-Man, with this, the debut title of the new line of Ultimate Comics! After the events of ULTIMATE INVASION, the world needs a hero...who will ri...
gusresm added Rook Exodus (2024) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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SERIES PREMIERE
GEOFF JOHNS and JASON FABOK, the celebrated team behind the smash hit Batman: Three Jokers, reunite for an all-new science fiction series! Hundreds of years from now, the man known as Rook was once a simple farmer who fled the crumbling Earth for a new life on the planet Exodus; a terraformed planet where all of nature, includin...
gusresm added Transformers (2023) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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SERIES PREMIERE
THE ALL NEW TRANSFORMERS ERA STARTS HERE!
Superstar creator DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (DO A POWERBOMB, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth), alongside ENERGON UNIVERSE showrunner ROBERT KIRKMAN (VOID RIVALS, INVINCIBLE), reimagines Hasbro's robots in disguise for a brand-new generation.
Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobo...
gusresm added Outsiders (2023) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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Never the End. A universe of secrets is about to come to light. Batman protects Gotham City from evil. Batman Inc. protects the rest of the known world. But what of the unknown world? What of the ancient evils in hidden tombs and forgotten tragedies from a magic-and-mad-sciencefueled super-heroic century? Using his fortune, Luke Fox launches a new ...
gusresm added Nightwing (2016) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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"BETTER THAN BATMAN" Chapter One: Batman taught Nightwing everything he knows-but what if everything he taught him is wrong? When Dick is stuck with a new mentor who challenges everything Batman taught him, Nightwing has to shatter his concept of justice in order to fight for what he knows is right. Writer Tim Seeley (GRAYSON, BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNA...
gusresm added Wonder Woman (2023) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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THE AMAZON WARRIOR IS NOW A WANTED OUTLAW! A NEW ERA FOR THE AMAZON WARRIOR BEGINS, FROM THE SUPERSTAR TEAM OF TOM KING AND DANIEL SAMPERE! After a mysterious Amazonian is accused of mass murder, Congress passes the Amazon Safety Act, barring all Amazons from U.S. soil. To carry out their plans, the government starts a task force, the Amazon Extrad...
gusresm added Superman (2023) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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IT’S THE DAWN OF DC! Superman has returned to Metropolis and his greatest enemy Lex Luthor is finally behind bars. The future of the Superman family has never been brighter! As Clark Kent settles back into his life, iconic and new enemies erupt from the shadows to strike down the Man of Steel! But waiting in the wings to back up Big Blue is…Sup...
gusresm added Dark Knights of Steel (2021) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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An entire medieval world will be forever changed when a spaceship crash-lands from a doomed planet. Monarchs will die, kingdoms will rise, and what seemed the end of the world for many…was only the beginning! An epic high-fantasy story set in a DC Universe where nothing is what it seems… From worldwide bestselling writer Tom Taylor (DCeased, S...
gusresm added Batman / Superman: World's Finest (2022) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. They are the two finest superheroes that the world has ever known...and they're together again in an epic new series from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Dan Mora! In the not-too-distant past, Superman's powers are super-charged from a devastating chemical attack by the villain Metallo...and the only ally t...
gusresm added Batman: Dark Age (2024) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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Meet Bruce Wayne, Gotham's favorite delinquent son. In an origin story like no other, witness the boy become a dark knight shaped by a city in turmoil as it marches towards its prophesied doom. Set against the backdrop of actual historical events, Gotham comes alive, filled with the iconic characters who've loved and hated Batman over the years lik...
gusresm added The Power Fantasy (2024) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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Series Premiere. "Superpowered." You have certain preconceptions. They're incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, "any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the USA." There are six such people on Earth. The planet's survival relies on them never coming into conflict. Come dance to ...
gusresm added Absolute Power (2024) to their pull list Aug 13, 2024
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THE TRINITY OF EVIL HAS WON. DC's epic summer event kicks off with a bang, as the combined might of FAILSAFE and the BRAINIAC QUEEN has at last given Amanda Waller the ability to steal the metahuman abilities of every hero and villain on planet Earth. As chaos erupts in the streets and a massive misinformation campaign sways public opinion to her s...
gusresm reviewed Absolute Power #2 Aug 8, 2024
Very fun issue. The art is amazing, as usual. The pacing is good. The stakes are high.
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In the aftermath of Amanda Waller’s total victory, the metahumans of the DC universe have been depowered, scattered to the wind, and are reeling from critical defeat across the planet. But the resistance lives on. Any heroes not rounded up by the TRINITY OF EVIL have rendezvoused at Superman’s Fortress of Solitude…but even this sanctuary of p...
gusresm reviewed Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #1 Jul 31, 2024
Nice plot. I think the DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL is one of the funnest elseworld in recent history. The art is incredible.
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The snow falls thick, blood runs black, and color itself is only a distant memory. The legendary assassin Deathstroke stalks a frozen wasteland, killing for coin among a nation of ever-warring jarls. But when our murderer for hire finds himself cast in the role of reluctant guardian, will he fight to end the icy curse destroying his land or be cons...
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