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CConn reviewed Green Arrow #24 Jun 10, 2017
8.5

Ben Percy continues his impressive attempt that rebuilding the Green Arrow universe post-New 52 - finally bringing the story he started in #1 to a satisfying conclusion while planting new seeds for future stories.

Green Arrow #24

By: Ben Percy, Juan Ferreyra
Released: Jun 7, 2017

"THE RISE OF STAR CITY" finale! The Ninth Circle's plan for Seattle comes to its horrifying conclusion as the city is reborn as Star City! Sponsored by Queen Industries, it's the first privately controlled metropolis in America-and Green Arrow's worst nightmare. How can Oliver Queen fight back when the fat cats literally own the city? The answer wi...

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Kgphil01 reviewed Batman #24 Jun 7, 2017
4.0

I don't even know where to begin!? The Emo version of Batman King is trying to force upon us, the insane amount of pointless dialog in this issue or the ridiculous ending... if you enjoyed this issue all the more power to you but in my opinion this is filler at its absolute worst. I don't know if it's double shipping or something else but something is taking a toll on this book. Giving it a 4 onl more

Batman #24

By: Tom King, Clay Mann
Released: Jun 7, 2017

"Aftermath"! Gotham City is at peace...but a war is coming. Armed with the terrifying knowledge gained from the mysterious button, Batman prepares for the coming storm by making a proposition to one of his enemies-one that will change everything for the Dark Knight and his allies!
RATED T

CConn rated Deathstroke #20 Jun 10, 2017
7.0

Deathstroke #20

By: Christopher Priest, Larry Hama
Released: Jun 7, 2017

"The Lazarus Contract" epilogue! As Deathstroke picks up the pieces of his life following the traumatic events of last month's "The Lazarus Contract," a threat years in the making boils to the surface when an old friend becomes mortal foe!
RATED T+

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9.0

Dark Knight III: The Master Race #9

By: Frank Miller, Klaus Janson
Released: Jun 7, 2017

The epic conclusion to DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE is here from the all-star creative team of Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson! This is Earth's last stand. Quar's Kryptonian Army has conquered the planet, but Batman and his allies don't believe the world is beyond saving. They'll rally once more against Quar and save...

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CConn reviewed Batman #24 Jun 10, 2017
6.0

While the book brings forth a welcome new chapter in Batman's life, it ultimate suffers from poor dialogue and King's continued mischaracterization of Batman.

Batman #24

By: Tom King, Clay Mann
Released: Jun 7, 2017

"Aftermath"! Gotham City is at peace...but a war is coming. Armed with the terrifying knowledge gained from the mysterious button, Batman prepares for the coming storm by making a proposition to one of his enemies-one that will change everything for the Dark Knight and his allies!
RATED T

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CConn rated Aquaman #24 Jun 10, 2017
7.5

Aquaman #24

By: Dan Abnett, Scot Eaton
Released: Jun 7, 2017

"CROWN OF ATLANTIS" finale! Hopelessly at odds with the people of Atlantis, Arthur is finally stripped of his crown. In his place, and to Aquaman's horror, the previously imprisoned Atlantean fundamentalist Corum Rath is installed as the new king! Every step of AQUAMAN REBIRTH has been building to this!
RATED T

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CConn rated Wonder Woman #22 Jun 6, 2017
6.0

Wonder Woman #22

By: Greg Rucka, Mirka Andolfo
Released: May 10, 2017

"Godwatch" part four! Veronica Cale will do anything to save her daughter. If that means destroying the Amazing Amazon, it's a small price to pay.
RATED T

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CConn rated Wonder Woman #23 Jun 6, 2017
7.0

Wonder Woman #23

By: Greg Rucka, Liam Sharp
Released: May 24, 2017

"The Truth" part five! The conclusion to Diana's search for the truth takes her on a journey into darkness. But the price of understanding may be one sacrifice too many for Wonder Woman...
RATED T

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CConn added Wonder Woman (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

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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CConn added Titans (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Titans (2016)

"REMEMBER THE TITANS" Chapter One
After an old ally returns to the team, the Titans set their sights on a dangerous enemy with the power to change reality itself! But the Titans have never faced a threat this massive before, and with so much on the line, will they be able to stand united as a team? Or will their past mistakes be their undoing?

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CConn added Teen Titans (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Teen Titans (2016)

"Damian Knows Best" part one! Now that Damian has "summoned" the Teen Titans, the tyrannical teen reveals his master plan! But a great evil from Damian's past is lurking around the corner, ready to strike at the team's newest leader and destroy the new Teen Titans before they even begin!

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CConn added Super Sons (2017) to their pull list Jun 6, 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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CConn added Suicide Squad (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Suicide Squad (2016)

"The Black Vault" part one! When a mysterious and definitely super-important cosmic item falls out of the heavens and into enemy hands, America has only one option: Task Force X, Amanda Waller's strike team of incarcerated super-criminals. A one-stop-shop for plausibly deniable espionage and ultra- violence, this "Suicide Squad" only handles missio...

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CConn added Nightwing (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Nightwing (2016)

"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...

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CConn added Kamandi Challenge to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Kamandi Challenge

Prepare to take part in one of the greatest adventures from the infinite future of the DC Universe, and join the industry's top creative teams in a round-robin, no-holds-barred, storytelling extravaganza titled THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE! Born from the mind of Jack "King" Kirby, the post apocalyptic Earth of Kamandi has been a fan favorite for decades, ...

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CConn added Justice League / Power Rangers to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Justice League / Power Rangers

Two of comics greatest teams team up for the very first time! Something terrible has happened in Angel Grove! When the Command Center is breached and the teleporters are damaged, Zack is flung into another universe, where he's mistaken for a villain by a mysterious masked vigilante. Can the other Power Rangers get to their friend in time to save hi...

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CConn added Injustice 2 to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Injustice 2

The all-new prequel to the highly anticipated Injustice 2 video game begins here! Original INJUSTICE writer Tom Taylor continues the story from the hit series INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US. Superman is imprisoned, and it’s up to Batman to put the world back together. But with Superman’s iron-fisted regime eliminated, other forces rise up to fill the...

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CConn added Hal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Hal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps

"SINESTRO'S LAW" Chapter One
With no backup and only his ring and battery to keep him alive, Hal Jordan streaks toward battle with the Sinestro Corps, while his greatest foe prepares to wipe the last Green Lantern of them all out of existence!

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CConn rated Green Lanterns #23 Jun 6, 2017
8.0

Green Lanterns #23

By: Sam Humphries, Eduardo Pansica
Released: May 17, 2017

"LOST IN SPACE" part two! The Green Lantern Corps make a pact to work with the reformed, and searching for redemption, Sinestro Corps to protect the universe, one Green and one Yellow per sector. So what does this mean for Sector 2814-and Simon and Jessica's partnership?
RATED T

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CConn added Green Lanterns to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Green Lanterns

"RED PLANET" chapter one
New Lanterns Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz promised to protect others in brightest day or blackest night, but as "Red Planet" begins to rise, the partners find themselves confronted with a unimaginable threat from Bleez and the Red Lanterns!
THEY SAID IT: "I am psyched for GREEN LANTERNS!" says writer Sam Humphries. "M...

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CConn rated Green Arrow #23 Jun 6, 2017
9.0

Green Arrow #23

By: Ben Percy, Juan Ferreyra
Released: May 17, 2017

"THE RISE OF STAR CITY" part three! As Green Arrow discovers the Ninth's Circle's true plan for Seattle, so too does Oliver Queen learn the truth about his family's ancient role in the city's coming destruction. Shocking secrets are laid bare as the biggest GREEN ARROW story ever drives toward its epic conclusion.
RATED T+

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CConn added Green Arrow (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Green Arrow (2016)

"THE DEATH AND LIFE OF OLIVER QUEEN" chapter one
As Oliver struggles with how he can fight "the man" when his huge fortune makes him the man, he and Black Canary uncover a deadly new threat to Seattle that cuts the Archer to the bone.
THEY SAID IT: "My touchstones are [former GA writers] Dennis O'Neil and Mike Grell, while trying to make th...

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CConn added Detective Comics (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Detective Comics (2016)

RISE OF THE BATMEN Chapter One
An unknown predator begins outdoing Batman, taking down dangerous threats with military precision. Its up to the Dark Knight and series costar Batwoman to rally and train the young heroes of Gotham City to end this mysterious threat!WHAT NOW: Batman and Batwoman begin training Spoiler, Red Robin and Cassandra Cain...

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CConn added Deathstroke (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

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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CConn added Dark Knight III: The Master Race to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Dark Knight III: The Master Race

The epic ending you never saw coming is here because you demanded it! The Dark Knight rises again to face the dawn of the master race!

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CConn added Batwoman (2017) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Batwoman (2017)

"The Many Arms Of Death" part one! At last - Batwoman is back in her own ongoing series! On the island nation of Coryana, anything goes for members of the criminal underworld... and during her lost years after being drummed out of the military, Kate Kane found a kind of refuge there. But now, a deadly new bioweapon is available in the markets of Co...

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CConn added Batman (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

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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CConn added Batgirl and the Birds of Prey to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey

"Who Is Oracle?" part one! Someone has stolen the name Oracle right out of Barbara Gordon's past! Hot on this false Oracle's trail, Batgirl, Black Canary, and Huntress are all tracking the same mafia capo...so it makes sense to team up, right? Problem is, Barbara and Dinah need the secrets locked up in Oracle's brain...and Helena Bertinelli would r...

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CConn added Aquaman (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Aquaman (2016)

"THE DROWNING" chapter one
Black Manta returns, and as Aquaman attempts to broker lasting peace between Atlantis and the surface world, his greatest foe engineers a plan to destroy everything and everyone the undersea hero loves.
THEY SAID IT: "I'm excited to draw a vast undersea world with all the visual flourishes of fantasy and science f...

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CConn added Action Comics (2016) to their pull list Jun 6, 2017

Action Comics (2016)

PATH TO DOOM Chapter One
Superman returns to Metropolis just in time to meet the city of tomorrows newest protector: Lex Luthor. But its not long before these dueling titans meet someone unexpected the new Clark Kent! DONT MISS: ACTION COMICS returns to its original numbering with this issue! NOW SHIPPING TWICE MONTHLY!

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