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Joined: Jun 27, 2016

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Whateverman added Wild Storm to their pull list Feb 26, 2017

Wild Storm

A troubled woman, barred by her employer from continuing her research, walks miserably through New York City. It takes her a moment to notice that everybody else is looking up. A man has been thrown from the upper floor of the Halo skyscraper.
And that woman-Angela Spica, sick from the transhuman implants she's buried in her own body-is the on...

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Whateverman added Super Sons (2017) to their pull list Feb 25, 2017

Super Sons (2017)

"When I grow up" part one! The sons of Batman and Superman have graduated to their own monthly comic-but if they want to survive, they're going to have to share it! Writer Peter J. Tomasi (BATMAN & ROBIN, SUPERMAN) teams with rising-star artist Jorge Jimenez (EARTH 2) to bring you the adventures of the World's Smallest. This debut issue looks at th...

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Whateverman added Old Guard to their pull list Feb 25, 2017

Old Guard

Eisner-winning writer GREG RUCKA (LAZARUS, BLACK MAGICK, Wonder Woman) and critically acclaimed artist LEANDRO FERNANDEZ (THE DISCIPLINE, Deadpool, Punisher: MAX) team up together to introduce THE OLD GUARD, the story of old soldiers who never die...and yet cannot seem to fade away. Trapped in an immortality without explanation, Andromache of Scyth...

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Whateverman dropped Animosity from their pull list Feb 21, 2017

Animosity

One day, the Animals woke up.
They started thinking. They started talking.
They started taking revenge.

Now, a dog and his girl are trying to get away--out of New York City, and all the way to San Francisco, to the only person who might be able to protect and save her.

From the writer of INSEXTS  A-FORCE, and...

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Whateverman dropped Bloodshot U.S.A. from their pull list Feb 21, 2017

Bloodshot U.S.A.

In Bloodshot we trust!

Project Rising Spirit - America's greatest exporter of classified weapons technology - has achieved a breakthrough: a contagious, airborne nanite dispersion prototype that can turn the population of any city into an army of indestructible soldiers. A doomsday virus capable of destroying an enemy nation from the insid...

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Whateverman dropped IvX from their pull list Feb 21, 2017

IvX

THIS IS IT!
The X-Men and Inhumans have been on a collision course since the link was proven between the Inhumans' precious Terrigen Mist and the sickness and death of many mutants. When Beast discovers that the mutants have only two weeks before the planet is uninhabitable for them, an Inhuman/mutant war is unavoidable. Co-written by Charles ...

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Whateverman dropped Joyride from their pull list Feb 21, 2017

Joyride

What's to Love: After working together on Hacktivist and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials original graphic novel, the writing duo of Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Batman and Robin Eternal) join forces once again with artist Marcus To (New Warriors, The Flash: Season Zero) for their first creator-owned series that takes readers to the stars in thi...

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Whateverman dropped Bloodshot: Reborn from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Bloodshot: Reborn

From New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (THE VALIANT, Green Arrow) and red-hot rising star Mico Suayan (HARBINGER, Moon Knight), VALIANT NEXT delivers an all-new ongoing series for Valiant's most unrelenting hero!

Bloodshot's nanites made him a nearly unstoppable killing machine. His enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and hea...

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Whateverman added Thanos (2016) to their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Thanos (2016)

EVIL HAS BEEN UNLEASHED ON THE UNIVERSE.
Thanos, possibly the most evil individual in the Marvel Universe, is back...and he's out for vengeance on all who would oppose him. Unfortunately for the Mad Titan, he's also heading for an unexpected reckoning...with his family. Take an ongoing walk on the dark side of the galaxy, following the deadly t...

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Whateverman dropped No Angel from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

No Angel

Religious texts from The Bible to the Sumerian tablets speak of strange creatures descending from the heavens and mating with humans, their children the superhuman heroes of myth. None of this ever meant anything to Iraq War veteran Hannah Gregory, until she found herself in the crosshairs of a dangerous cult convinced that she's a descendant of th...

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Whateverman dropped 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

4 Kids Walk Into A Bank

A fun(ish) crime caper about children! Eleven-year-old Paige and her weirdo friends have a problem: a gang of ex-cons need her dad's help on a heist... the problem is those ex-cons are morons. If Paige wants to keep her dad out of trouble, she's going to have to pull off the heist herself. Like Wes Anderson remaking Reservoir Dogs, 4KWIAB...

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Whateverman dropped A.D.: After Death from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

A.D.: After Death

SERIES PREMIERE

What if we found a cure for death?
Two of comics' most acclaimed creators, SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, Batman, American Vampire) and JEFF LEMIRE (DESCENDER, Moon Knight, Sweet Tooth) unite to create a three-part epic like no other, set in a future where a genetic cure for death has been found. Years after the discovery, one...

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Whateverman dropped Uncanny X-Men (2016) from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Uncanny X-Men (2016)

In a world that's never hated or feared mutants more, there is only one constant: BIGGER THREATS REQUIRE MORE THREATENING X-MEN. Refusing to accept one more mutant death, the most ruthless mutants on Earth have banded together to proactively mow down their enemies. But with a team populated by relentless killers, one question applies above all othe...

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Whateverman dropped The Goddamned from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

The Goddamned

Writer JASON AARON & artist R.M. GUÉRA, the creators of the seminal crime series SCALPED, reunite for a new ongoing series of stark and brutal biblical noir, which begins with a SPECIAL OVER-SIZED DEBUT ISSUE featuring thirty pages of story.

"And the earth was filled with violence." Genesis 6:11

Its 1655 years after Ed...

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Whateverman dropped Mechanism from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Mechanism

In the aftermath of an alien invasion, a prototype military robot is rushed into the field before it is combat-ready. Now attached to a group of survivors, it studies them to learn what it means to be human. Will it come to understand man as a noble creature worth preserving or that the human race isn’t worth saving at all?

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Whateverman dropped Satellite Falling from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Satellite Falling

A lone human survived the death of the one she loved, and escaped a corrupt Earth. She now makes her way as a bounty hunter, on a satellite full of aliens. But someone's about to turn her life upside down...
•  By Amala's Blade writer Steve Horton and Star Wars artist Stephen Thompson!
•  Variant cover by Judge...

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Whateverman dropped Motor Crush from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Motor Crush

The team behind the critically acclaimed revamp of Batgirl returns with an exciting sci-fi action-adventure series! By day, Domino Swift competes for fame and fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine-boosting "machine n...

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Whateverman dropped Batman (2016) from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Batman (2016)

"I AM GOTHAM" chapter one
No one has ever stopped the Caped Crusader. Not The Joker. Not Two-Face. Not even the entire Justice League. But how does Batman confront a new hero who wants to save the city from the Dark Knight?
CAN'T MISS: Superstar artist David Finch returns to Batman alongside writer Tom King for this five-part storyline.

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Whateverman dropped Wonder Woman (2016) from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Wonder Woman (2016)

"THE LIES" chapter one
Why has the lasso of truth stopped working for the Amazon Princess? Start down the rabbit hole as dark secrets from Wonder Woman's past unravel her present!
THEY SAID IT: "Drawing Wonder Woman isn't just drawing a comic, it's drawing an icon-the most famous and recognizable female superhero in the world," exclaims art...

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Whateverman dropped Spider-Man (2016) from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Spider-Man (2016)

Miles Morales has been doing the super hero thing for a while, now, but after SECRET WARS, he'll be a full-fledged member of the Marvel Universe. Swinging next to The Invincible Iron Man, The Mighty Thor and the All-New Captain America as a card-carrying member of the Avengers is an adventure, but it's not all fun and games for New York City's main...

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Whateverman dropped Black Panther (2016) from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Black Panther (2016)

A new era for the Black Panther starts here!
Written by MacArthur Genius and National Book Award winner TA-NEHISI COATES (Between the World and Me) and illustrated by living legend BRIAN STELFREEZE, "A Nation Under Our Feet" is a story about dramatic upheaval in Wakanda and the Black Panther's struggle to do right by his people as their ruler...

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Whateverman dropped Deathstroke (2016) from their pull list Dec 31, 2016

Deathstroke (2016)

"The Professional" part one! Deathstroke's latest contract takes him to a war-torn African country, where he finds himself caught in the middle of a disintegrating alliance between a ruthless dictator and a deadly super-villain. With an entire nation at stake, Slade Wilson must choose between fulfilling his contract and saving an old friend.  

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Whateverman added 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank to their pull list Dec 24, 2016

4 Kids Walk Into A Bank

A fun(ish) crime caper about children! Eleven-year-old Paige and her weirdo friends have a problem: a gang of ex-cons need her dad's help on a heist... the problem is those ex-cons are morons. If Paige wants to keep her dad out of trouble, she's going to have to pull off the heist herself. Like Wes Anderson remaking Reservoir Dogs, 4KWIAB...

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Whateverman added Star Wars: Doctor Aphra to their pull list Dec 24, 2016

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra

BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT!
Following the blockbuster finale of Darth Vader #25, the fan-favorite character begins a new journey in STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #1 - the new ongoing series coming this December! From superstar writer Kieron Gillen (Darth Vader) and fan-favorite artist Kev Walker (Marvel Zombies) comes Marvel's first ongoing series starr...

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Whateverman added Divinity III: Stalinverse to their pull list Dec 24, 2016

Divinity III: Stalinverse

Earth has a new god. The world you know is gone.
Welcome to the Stalinverse, comrade.

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Whateverman reviewed Gamora #1 Dec 22, 2016
7.0

Well, it's the best solo GOTG title I've read in a while (I haven't read the new Star-Lord yet). I really dug the art.

Gamora #1

By: Nicole Perlman, Marco Checchetto
Released: Dec 21, 2016

Before the Guardians...there was Gamora!
From screenwriter Nicole Perlman-co-writer of the Guardians of the Galaxy screenplay-and Marvel superstar artist Marco Checchetto comes a killer new ongoing series! Once upon a time she was Thanos' heartless pet assassin and favorite daughter. Today, she is the backbone of the Guardians of the Galaxy, p...

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8.5

Considering I think both current runs of Suicide Squad and Justice League are trash I didn't expect much from this. I'm really surprised how much I liked it. This could be fun.

Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #1

By: Joshua Williamson, Jason Fabok
Released: Dec 21, 2016

The first major event storyline of DC's Rebirth era begins with a day Amanda Waller always knew would come: the Justice League discovers the existence of the Suicide Squad! This government-sponsored black-ops team of super-villains with bombs implanted in their brains is obviously a deal-breaker for Earth's paragons of truth and justice! But you ca...

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Whateverman reviewed Moon Knight #9 Dec 11, 2016
8.0

I understand this is the type of (superhero) comic that's clearly not for everyone. However, it is definitely for me and I love it. This one plucks at the heartstrings a bit with a touching moment between personalities.

Moon Knight #9

By: Jeff Lemire, Wilfredo Torres
Released: Dec 7, 2016

A MEETING OF THE MOON KNIGHTS!
•  The many iterations of Marc Spector converge!
•  In the clash of personalities, who will emerge victorious?!
Rated T+

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Whateverman reviewed Motor Crush #1 Dec 11, 2016
6.5

I thought it was just ok. I'm gonna give it at least 1 more issue.

Motor Crush #1

By: Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart
Released: Dec 7, 2016

The team behind the critically acclaimed revamp of Batgirl returns with an exciting sci-fi action-adventure series! By day, Domino Swift competes for fame and fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine-boosting "machine n...

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Whateverman reviewed Nova #1 Dec 11, 2016
9.0

Damn. I liked this WAY more than I thought I would. A few more issues like this & I might add it.

Nova #1

By: Jeff Loveness, Ramon K. Perez
Released: Dec 7, 2016

CLASSIFIED IS BACK!
CLASSIFIED makes his roaring return to the Marvel Universe! How will Sam Alexander cope with this unfathomable homecoming? It's the return you've all been waiting for. Or is something...else? Strap in True Believer, you've never seen a NOVA book like this before!
Rated T

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