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DDJamesB reviewed Escape #1 Sep 6, 2025
8.5

This was a pretty cool book. Art was fantastic. Nothing extraordinary plot wise, but it was engaging.

Escape #1

By: Rick Remender, Daniel Acuna
Released: Aug 20, 2025

SERIES PREMIERE

SHOT DOWN. HUNTED. OUT OF TIME. THE NEW ONGOING TWO-FISTED WAR EPIC FROM REMENDER & ACU A STARTS HERE.

From the creative team of**_ New York Times_** bestselling author RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, Uncanny X-Force) and powerhouse DANIEL ACU A (Captain America, Black Panther)-the duo behind Marvel's **Uncann...

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DDJamesB added Escape (2025) to their pull list Sep 6, 2025

Escape (2025)

SERIES PREMIERE

SHOT DOWN. HUNTED. OUT OF TIME. THE NEW ONGOING TWO-FISTED WAR EPIC FROM REMENDER & ACU A STARTS HERE.

From the creative team of**_ New York Times_** bestselling author RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, Uncanny X-Force) and powerhouse DANIEL ACU A (Captain America, Black Panther)-the duo behind Marvel's **Uncann...

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DDJamesB reviewed The Slasher's Apprentice #4 Sep 6, 2025
7.0

Probably my least favorite issue. I still had some fun, but little apprentice is starting to be annoying.

The Slasher's Apprentice #4

By: Justin Richards, Val Halvorson
Released: Aug 13, 2025

"Change is inevitable. An ending. A new beginning. Everything in between is merely an obstacle. A weed to be plucked out. Stay tuned." -- A mysterious new killer is disrupting the scene by targeting other slashers that they deem irrelevant. Will Riley and HVK be able to stay ahead of the innovation curve and stay off this new killer's radar? Or is ...

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7.0

It was fine. Decent plot continuation.

Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #3

By: Cody Ziglar, Jonas Scharf
Released: Aug 13, 2025

MILES' FIRST CONFRONTATION WITH THE MAKER'S COUNCIL! Silver Samurai attacks interloper Miles Morales! Fortunately, a band of mutants calling themselves the X-Men come to his aid! What will Miles make of the dark history of this alternate universe now that he is faced with the reality of what the Maker has done?

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DDJamesB reviewed Ultimates #15 Sep 6, 2025
8.0

Good action. Wild Hulk fight. Pretty good origin for the new Shang Chi.

Ultimates #15

By: Deniz Camp, Von Randal
Released: Aug 13, 2025

THE MONK, THE DRAGON AND THE FIST: SHANG-CHI! The Ultimates return to the site of their untimely deaths at the hands of the Hulk and encounter a young boy who has been starting his own insurgency!

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DDJamesB reviewed The Seasons #7 Sep 6, 2025
7.5

A good issue. The book is a little repetitive in its nature. It's still entertaining and fun.

The Seasons #7

By: Rick Remender, Paul Azaceta
Released: Aug 20, 2025

As the ringleader’s twisted carnival spreads its infectious gospel of ego, the city descends into a dreamlike delusion. Winter and Autumn stand alone against a world too entranced to fight back. How do you battle an evil that everyone else welcomes with open arms?

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DDJamesB reviewed EC Catacomb of Torment #2 Sep 6, 2025
6.0

This wasn't too good. Only one of the stories really grabbed me.

EC Catacomb of Torment #2

By: Matt Bors, Kano
Released: Aug 20, 2025

EC’S BLOODY NEW ONGOING SERIES TWISTS THE KNIFE AS THE SUMMER OF FEAR CONTINUES!
Welcome back to the Tormentor’s lair . . . where each crank of the rack tightens your shackled limbs and brings even more taut tales of mayhem and murder spilling forth like so much viscera! This month: Full-blooded writers Matt Bors (Toxic Avenger), Evan Dor...

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8.0

This was a cool backstory issue. Art was fire. I liked this a good bit.

Falling in Love On the Path to Hell #9

By: Gerry Duggan, Mark Torres
Released: Aug 20, 2025

Chapter 9 is all about our samurai as we flashback to her most dangerous day on Earth. Sins will be revealed, and the past will come back to haunt her. Ogata Asami cuts the life out of her opposition...unfortunately for her, these are warriors that will remember her face when they meet again in the war that's exploding in Purgatory. There will be b...

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DDJamesB reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #10 Sep 6, 2025
7.5

So glad to see anything other than JRJr. The story itself was ok, with a cool ending that has me somewhat intrigued.

Amazing Spider-Man #10

By: Joe Kelly, Michael Dowling
Released: Aug 20, 2025

THE RESOLUTE SPIDER-MAN! Peter Parker has resolved to get stronger by ANY means necessary. Spider-Man isn't pulling his punches this time.

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DDJamesB reviewed Daredevil #24 Aug 28, 2025
6.0

Let's be for real.. it has some merit. It's just ok, but it's not that good. We need a new writer and new cover artist. That cover is horrendous. The interior art was actually pretty good.

Daredevil #24

By: Saladin Ahmed, Jose Luis Soares
Released: Aug 13, 2025

BACK IN RED! After a brief interlude and with Bullseye's blood on the Man Without Fear's hands, the streets of Hell's Kitchen are in even more chaos! ELEKTRA and WILSON FISK are both in the wind - and with nobody else to look to, the people of the city need DAREDEVIL more than ever!

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DDJamesB reviewed Undiscovered Country #32 Aug 28, 2025
8.0

I'm glad we finally have an end in sight. This issue wasn't as corny as some in this series, and it felt like it had some meaning to it.

Undiscovered Country #32

By: Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli
Released: Aug 20, 2025

As UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY rockets to its thrilling conclusion, our intrepid band of explorers finds itself in the heart of Aurora at last—the secret intelligence behind the transformed United States. Aurora has one last plan to execute: it's time for the rest of the world to meet American Exceptionalism...whether it likes it or not!

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DDJamesB reviewed Miles Morales: Spider-Man #36 Aug 28, 2025
5.0

It keeps getting harder to review this series. It's just the same type of issue every time. Talking while fighting, talking while fighting. I really wish we had more depth.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #36

By: Cody Ziglar, Marco Renna
Released: Aug 13, 2025

THE FINAL BATTLE OF THE GOD WAR! MILES MORALES is the last man standing against GOD OF WAR, ARES' onslaught. But the tournament's newest battlefield is now Miles' home turf of Brooklyn! SPIDER-MAN draws a line in the sand. No retreat. No quarter. He knows victory will come at a cost…is Miles willing to pay?!

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DDJamesB reviewed Assorted Crisis Events #5 Aug 28, 2025
9.0

Another great issue. This series delivers some really provoking and entertaining reads.

Assorted Crisis Events #5

By: Deniz Camp, Eric Zawadzki
Released: Jul 30, 2025

...STRANGE LOOPS! After millions of years trapped in the same sixty seconds, Anna has to readjust to life on the straight and narrow. But even out of the time loop, all roads seem to end where they began! Will Anna be able to escape endless recursion? Find out in...

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9.5

Was almost perfect until the end. It wasn't bad by any means, just a bit of a let down for me.

Daredevil: Cold Day In Hell #3

By: Charles Soule, Steve McNiven
Released: Aug 6, 2025

The DAREDEVIL project of the decade reaches its epic conclusion. As NYC goes dark, who will stand up with Daredevil? Will you?

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DDJamesB reviewed W0rldtr33 #16 Aug 21, 2025
7.5

I really wasn't feeling this arc in the future. I don't hate it, but I didn't find it as interesting as the main story before it. I felt the same about most of this issue.... Until the end. The hook has me very interested. Too bad it's taking a tynion break and who knows when it will be back.

W0rldtr33 #16

By: James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco
Released: Aug 6, 2025

There’s no hope left at the end of time. The Undernet knows everything Ellison Lane knows—and exactly how he intended to defeat the scourge against humanity. But contact from the last person Ellison expected to see may hold the key to preserving life on Earth.

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DDJamesB reviewed Blink and You'll Miss It #1 Aug 21, 2025
8.0

This was interesting. It doesn't give a lot of premise away, but it does intrigue me.

Blink and You'll Miss It #1

By: Ethan S. Parker, Keith Browning
Released: Aug 6, 2025

Melody Nelson and Jesse Harmon fell in love long ago in the tiny town of Perennial Harbor, but since they parted ways, that place has grown stranger and stranger... Everything is just as it was decades ago, and the strained smiles of its residents mask a bizarre secret. When Melody's life begins to unravel and she finds herself slipping backward in...

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DDJamesB added Blink and You'll Miss It (2025) to their pull list Aug 21, 2025

Blink and You'll Miss It (2025)

Melody Nelson and Jesse Harmon fell in love long ago in the tiny town of Perennial Harbor, but since they parted ways, that place has grown stranger and stranger... Everything is just as it was decades ago, and the strained smiles of its residents mask a bizarre secret. When Melody's life begins to unravel and she finds herself slipping backward in...

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DDJamesB reviewed Ultimate Spider-Man #19 Aug 21, 2025
8.0

It's setting up for some kind of monumental moment. At least that's how it feels. It's not very action oriented, so if you like that I can see why this book might not be for everyone.

Ultimate Spider-Man #19

By: Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto
Released: Jul 30, 2025

THREE-WAY DANCE, ALL-OUT WAR! FISK vs. MR. NEGATIVE vs. MYSTERIO with SPIDER-MAN and his allies caught in the middle! Will the SINISTER SIX destroy New York before they destroy each other?!

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DDJamesB reviewed Ultimates #14 Aug 21, 2025
7.5

It was a fun issue. I didn't think it had some corny dialogue in a certain part, but it was entertaining.

Ultimates #14

By: Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri
Released: Jul 30, 2025

THE ULTIMATE SCARLET WITCH AND QUICKSILVER! The Ultimates' next mission? Destroy one of the Hellfire Club's strongholds! But a dangerous pair of twins complicates matters…

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6.5

Besides the end, it s a pretty uneventful issue.

Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu #11

By: Jed MacKay, Domenico Carbone
Released: Aug 6, 2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARC SPECTOR! FACE FRONT, MARVELITES! 2025 marks fifty years of bare-knuckle brawling by moonlight - FIFTY YEARS OF MOON KNIGHT! Featuring more than one surprise return from Marc Spector's, Jake Lockley's and Steven Grant's pasts - which may make their time as the Moonlit Marauder more complicated - and DANGEROUS - than ever before!

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DDJamesB reviewed Captain America #2 Aug 21, 2025
8.0

I'm enjoying this series. I'm doing my best to ignore the new timeline, but it's a well told story. I like the dynamic between the caps.

Captain America #2

By: Chip Zdarsky, Valerio Schiti
Released: Aug 6, 2025

CAPTAIN AMERICA: AN UNTOLD ORIGIN! Witness the rise of one of Marvel's most infamous villains as Captain America comes face to face with DOOM for the FIRST time! This is Latveria like you've never seen it before… Also: Who is David Colton, and can Steve trust him to have his back as they infiltrate a hostile country with the new Howling Commandos...

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DDJamesB reviewed Out of Alcatraz #5 Aug 21, 2025
7.5

It was a good enough ending, but nothing spectacular. I thought it was a good series overall. Not sure if I'll be rushing to reread it anytime soon, but it was fine for what it was.

Out of Alcatraz #5

By: Christopher Cantwell, Tyler Crook
Released: Jul 30, 2025

American masters Christopher Cantwell (Cruel Universe) & Tyler Crook (Harrow County) tighten the noose and kick the stool out from under the year’s most thrilling crime odyssey—with a heart-stopping conclusion that cannot be missed! All cards are on the table as the escaped Alcatraz convicts, their handler, and the G-men on their trail clash ...

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DDJamesB reviewed Speed Racer #1 Aug 21, 2025
8.0

It was pretty solid. It wasn't what I was expecting. I missed the FCBD issue so not sure what that added. Even with all that, it was entertaining and I turned on the cartoon for the first time in almost 30 years.

Speed Racer #1

By: David Pepose, Davide Tinto
Released: Jul 30, 2025

An all-new interpretation of Tatsuo Yoshida’s classic manga/anime, MachGoGoGo, known to Western audiences as Speed Racer! Speed Racer lives for the thrill of the race, but on the underground circuit, the rules are anything goes. Dodging bullets, explosions, and dirty tricks, he’s got one goal: to prove he’s the best. But when a dangerous synd...

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DDJamesB reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #9 Aug 7, 2025
6.5

It's a shame how different this is than the Pepe issues. I thought this book was just ok. We just dealt with mopey Pete in the 8 deaths. I was actually more interested in him actually working at his job, but that's clearly done with after this issue.

Amazing Spider-Man #9

By: Joe Kelly, Michael Dowling
Released: Aug 6, 2025

SPIDER-MAN'S SHOCKING DEFEAT! Battered and broken following his battle with HELLGATE, SPIDER-MAN needs to level up if he's going to survive the next round. Peter Parker is a different man following Hellgate's revelation. But MARY JANE WATSON has a revelation of her own to share! And the first foes to put Spidey's strength to the test are SHOCKER an...

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DDJamesB reviewed EC Cruel Universe: 2 #1 Aug 7, 2025
9.0

I liked the first series, even though the first few issues were better than then the last. This gave me the feeling of those good issues. I liked all these stories. The Ann Nocenti one was my favorite.

EC Cruel Universe: 2 #1

By: J. Holtham, Charlie Adlard
Released: Aug 6, 2025

AT THE STAR-LINED EDGES OF INFINITY, EC COMICS’ SCI-FI SMASH HIT RETURNS TO DRAW MORE WORLDS INTO THE MAW OF ITS GRAVITATIONAL VORTEX WITH AN ALL-NEW AND UNRELENTING 12-ISSUE MAXI-SERIES! Whether future or past, Earth or a distant world, no man can outrun the infinite singularity within us all: FEAR! Join this doomed expedition into the cold, un...

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DDJamesB reviewed You'll Do Bad Things #5 Aug 7, 2025
8.0

I liked the art. I liked the first 3/4 a lot. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the last 1/4 it was just a little confusing. Did they show us a twist? Is that really what's been happening the whole time? Questions to be answered I guess.

You'll Do Bad Things #5

By: Tyler Boss, Adriano Turtulici
Released: Jul 30, 2025

With the trail of grisly killings pointing Detectives Bently and Maslow straight to Seth, he and Bella have no choice but to go back to where it all began. It’s time to visit the Nursery Rhyme Killer. Fan-favorite creator TYLER BOSS (WHAT'S THE FURTHEST PLACE FROM HERE?) and rising star ADRIANO TURTULICI speed toward their shocking conclusion!

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DDJamesB reviewed One World Under Doom #6 Aug 6, 2025
7.5

There were moments that shined... And moments that felt generic. I think it was a solid issue, that just felt a little lackluster in some parts.

One World Under Doom #6

By: Ryan North, R.B. Silva
Released: Aug 6, 2025

Doom’s reign has been a success for months – with even some of the heroes questioning if they’re on the right side. A final desperate gamble is conceived, and Reed reveals a terrible secret he’s acquired about Doom’s global domination – but will it be enough? And what has Doom been hiding under that Latverian Dome? All is revealed – a...

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DDJamesB reviewed News From The Fallout #2 Aug 6, 2025
8.0

I'm not the biggest fan of the minimalist art style, but I do like the story. I think this one did a fantastic job of ramping up the tension.

News From The Fallout #2

By: Chris Condon, Jeffrey Alan Love
Released: Jul 30, 2025

Tempers flare as the horrors from the nuclear fallout creep ever closer to Old Joe's Diner.

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DDJamesB reviewed All-New Venom #9 Aug 6, 2025
6.5

It's just a silly book with how the action scenes play out. It is entertaining though. I did enjoy the ending.

All-New Venom #9

By: Al Ewing, Carlos Gomez
Released: Aug 6, 2025

BREAKUP AND BREAKOUT! It's Team Venom vs. Team Octopus - and the outcome might just decide the fate of Symbiotekind! But what's Doc Ock's real master plan? And why does he need the Sleeper Agent to do it? Meanwhile, Mary Jane's home life goes from bad to worse...as Dylan finally learns the truth!

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DDJamesB reviewed Redcoat #13 Aug 5, 2025
9.5

What an issue. Might be my favorite. Really did a solid job with the character of Simon, had great art, and told a good story.

Redcoat #13

By: Geoff Johns, Bryan Hitch
Released: Jul 16, 2025

A mysterious force threatens to turn the tide of the Civil War by handing the Confederacy an unthinkable victory! The only ones standing in its way? The immortal, amoral Simon Pure and the enigmatic new American Myth known as the Northerner. But can these two unlikely soldiers put aside their differences long enough to stop a catastrophe? And how d...

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