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mcgll added Black Hammer: Reborn to their pull list Mar 19, 2022

Black Hammer: Reborn

The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns in this ongoing series picking up twenty years later with new series artist Caitlin Yarsky.  

Now, it's twenty years later, and Lucy, and the world, have moved on. Living in the suburbs of Spiral City, Lucy is married and has children. But all is not blissful. Her marriage is fallin...

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mcgll added Jeff Lemire to their creator watch list Mar 19, 2022
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mcgll added Robin & Batman (2021) to their pull list Mar 19, 2022

Robin & Batman (2021)

The legendary story of Batman and Robin has reached nearly mythic proportions: the crime-fighting Dynamic Duo, always one step ahead of the criminals they pursue and never meeting a case too big. This isn’t that story. This is the story of a young Dick Grayson, newly orphaned, struggling to find his way in a strange, difficult, dark new world…T...

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mcgll added Mister Miracle (2017) to their pull list Oct 15, 2018

Mister Miracle (2017)

From the team behind THE SHERIFF OF BABYLON and the Hugo Award-nominated writer of Vision comes a unique new take on one of Jack Kirby's most beloved New Gods.
Scott Free is the greatest escape artist that ever lived. So great that he escaped Granny Goodness' gruesome orphanage and the dangers of Apokolips to travel across galaxies and set up a...

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6.0

Quantum Age: From the World of Black Hammer #1

By: Jeff Lemire, Wilfredo Torres
Released: Jul 4, 2018

Set in the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer series-but a thousand years in the future-a collection of superheroes, inspired by the legendary heroes of Black Hammer Farm, must band together to save the planet from an authoritarian regime. A young Martian must find a way to reform The Quantum League to save the world while solving the r...

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8.0

Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #1

By: Jeff Lemire, Max Fiumara
Released: Mar 7, 2018

This dual-narrative story set in the world of the Eisner-Award winning Black Hammer series chronicles the legacy of a Golden-Age superhero. An aged crime fighter desperately wants to reconnect with his estranged son, who he hoped would one day take the mantle of Doctor Star. Over the course of the story we learn his World War II-era origin, how he ...

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mcgll added Black Hammer: Age of Doom to their pull list Aug 25, 2018

Black Hammer: Age of Doom

The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns! Picking up immediately where we left off-Lucy Weber has become the new Black Hammer and right as she's about to reveal to our heroes how they got stuck on the farm and can escape she vanishes. Now our new Black Hammer finds herself trapped in a gritty world filled with punk rock detectives, emo gods,...

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mcgll reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #50 Aug 24, 2018
1.0

J'ai poussé jusque-là la lecture du Spider-Man de Straczynski, mais pour moi c'est fini avec ce numéro qui est une honte. Histoire invraisemblable, dialogues sans intérêt, tout est mauvais, tout est insipide, tout est navrant. Il n'y aucune créativité, la psychologie est en carton – les personnages ne vivent pas, ils débitent des lieux communs, c'est à ce point qu'il est évident que le more

Amazing Spider-Man #50

By: J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr.

Spider-Man and Captain America take on Doctor Doom AND a suicide bomber who has caused mass destruction at an airport.

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mcgll rated Amazing Spider-Man #49 Aug 24, 2018
5.0

Amazing Spider-Man #49

By: J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr.

Peter and Mary Jane are two ships in the night when trying to find each other during their travels.

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mcgll rated Amazing Spider-Man #48 Aug 24, 2018
6.5

Amazing Spider-Man #48

By: J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr.

Peter awakens in Africa where he battles Shathra with the help of some African allies! Back in the United States, MJ is leaving on a jet plane…to where?

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mcgll rated Amazing Spider-Man #47 Aug 24, 2018
7.0

Amazing Spider-Man #47

By: J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr.

Spidey crashes the interview where Shathra is spreading rumors about him! Can Peter keep his Spider-Man reputation intact?

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mcgll rated Amazing Spider-Man #42 Aug 24, 2018
6.0

Amazing Spider-Man #42

By: J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita Jr.
Released: Jun 26, 2002

Doctor Strange teams up with Spidey to take down the Shade. And when Peter meets a large mystical Spider creature, what does that portend for his future?

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mcgll rated Black Hammer: Age of Doom #4 Aug 23, 2018
7.5

Black Hammer: Age of Doom #4

By: Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston
Released: Aug 22, 2018

The Eisner Award-winning superhero saga returns with lots of revelations!

All is revealed when Lucy makes her way back to the farm from Dreamland, confronting the mastermind of their current situation. The revelations here will alter the fate of the Black Hammer family forever!

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mcgll rated Fantastic Four #1 Aug 23, 2018
7.5

Fantastic Four #1

By: Dan Slott, Skottie Young
Released: Aug 8, 2018

FOUREVER Part One
BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT - THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC MAGAZINE IS BACK!
Since the end of SECRET WARS, there's been a gap in the Marvel Universe. A void no other team can fill. And it's time for the world to move on. But can it? A life-changing decision by the Thing! A momentous declaration by the Human Torch! A clarion call...

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mcgll rated Sentry #3 Aug 23, 2018
6.5

Sentry #3

By: Jeff Lemire, Aaron Kim Jacinto
Released: Aug 22, 2018

• Who is CRANIO?! One of the Sentry's oldest villains has returned, but who is he and how did he end up in Sentry World?
•  Meanwhile, Iron Man and the Sentry go head-to-head as Sentry struggles to free himself...
Rated T+

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mcgll rated Sentry #2 Aug 23, 2018
6.0

Sentry #2

By: Jeff Lemire, Aaron Kim Jacinto
Released: Jul 25, 2018

Someone or something has invaded Sentry World, and now Bob Reynolds finds himself in a race against the clock to try and stop the mystery invader before he can unravel everything the Sentry has worked so hard to build. But if Bob fails, the Void will be set free and the Marvel Universe will be torn apart. Can the Sentry save the day, or has Bob fai...

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mcgll rated Immortal Hulk #4 Aug 23, 2018
6.0

Immortal Hulk #4

By: Al Ewing, Joe Bennett
Released: Aug 1, 2018

• Walter Langkowski is an ex-football star, a space diplomat and a beloved super hero. Walter Langkowski is charming, healthy and outgoing. Walter Langkowski is the opposite of Bruce Banner.
•  And Walter Langkowski is going to die today, because he went looking for Banner...
•  ...and found the IMMORTAL HULK.
Rated T+

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mcgll rated Immortal Hulk #3 Aug 23, 2018
6.5

Immortal Hulk #3

By: Al Ewing, Joe Bennett
Released: Jul 18, 2018

What happened in the church on Mercer Avenue? What made the Lembert boy do what he did? Who is the One Below All? Reporter Jackie McGee has four eyewitnesses, with four different viewpoints, telling four different stories. But they all saw Bruce Banner...and the Immortal Hulk.
Rated T+

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mcgll added Multiple Man (2018) to their pull list Aug 23, 2018

Multiple Man (2018)

MATTHEW ROSENBERG & ANDY MACDONALD BRING MULTIPLE MAN BACK FROM THE DEAD...SORT OF...MAYBE?
A handful of people's favorite X-Man - Jamie Madrox - was alive for a while. Then he was dead. Now he's not. But he will be again if he doesn't kill himself trying to make sure he doesn't die. It makes sense when you read it. Trust us. In his fight to no...

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mcgll rated Sentry #1 Aug 20, 2018
6.0

Sentry #1

By: Jeff Lemire, Aaron Kim Jacinto
Released: Jun 27, 2018

THE GOLDEN GUARDIAN IS BACK! FRESH FROM THE PAGES OF DOCTOR STRANGE...
...but is that really such a good thing?
The greatest hero that the Marvel Universe ever forgot has returned! The Sentry - shining sentinel with the power of a thousand exploding suns - is back from the dead, but his troubled mind is far from finding peace. By day, he tr...

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mcgll rated Black Hammer #3 Aug 20, 2018
8.0

Black Hammer #3

By: Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston
Released: Sep 21, 2016

Long before Spiral City's greatest heroes were written out of their universe, the Martian champion Barbalien was already stranded far from home. Disguised as churchgoing Mark Markz in the timeless farming community where the heroes find themselves trapped, Barbalien faces a terrifying personal decision, even as he relives his painful past!

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mcgll rated Black Hammer #2 Aug 20, 2018
8.0

Black Hammer #2

By: Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston
Released: Aug 17, 2016

The Golden Age heroes of Spiral City have been "erased" from existence! Banished years ago to a timeless farming community, the team are torn between accepting their fate and finding a way home! Chapter 2 focuses on child hero Golden Gail, whose unaging body most deeply feels the tragedy of their new lives.

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mcgll rated Black Hammer #1 Aug 20, 2018
8.0

Black Hammer #1

By: Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston
Released: Jul 20, 2016

  A new story from the prodigious brain of Jeff Lemire (Descender), amazingly realized by Dean Ormston (The Sandman) and Dave Stewart (Hellboy)!
Once they were heroes, but that age has long since passed. Banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City-Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly...

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mcgll reviewed Fantastic Four #66 Aug 16, 2018
7.0

C'est très intéressant de faire vivre les personnages un peu plus chacun de leur côté, cela permet d'intensifier certaines de leurs relations et cela donne de la variété à l'histoire.

Fantastic Four #66

By: Mark Waid, Mark Buckingham

The Fantastic Four have to bail the Torch out of the trouble he's gotten himself into.

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7.5

Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #4

By: Cullen Bunn, Dalibor Talajic
Released: Aug 22, 2012

What if everthing you thought was funny about Deadpoolwas actually just disturbing? What if he decided to kill everyone and everything that makes up the Marvel Universe? What if he actually pulled it off? Would that be FUN for you? The Merc with a Mouth takes a turn for the twisted in a weekly horror comic like no other

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7.5

Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #3

By: Cullen Bunn, Dalibor Talajic
Released: Aug 15, 2012

What if everthing you thought was funny about Deadpoolwas actually just disturbing? What if he decided to kill everyone and everything that makes up the Marvel Universe? What if he actually pulled it off? Would that be FUN for you? The Merc with a Mouth takes a turn for the twisted in a weekly horror comic like no other

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7.5

Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #2

By: Cullen Bunn, Dalibor Talajic
Released: Aug 8, 2012

The Merc with a Mouth takes another turn for the twisted as every Marvel hero is in his crosshairs.

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7.5

Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #1

By: Cullen Bunn, Dalibor Talajic
Released: Aug 1, 2012

What if everthing you thought was funny about Deadpool…was actually just disturbing? What if he decided to kill everyone and everything that makes up the Marvel Universe? What if he actually pulled it off? Would that be FUN for you? The Merc with a Mouth takes a turn for the twisted in a weekly horror comic like no other…

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mcgll rated Drax the Destroyer #1 Aug 15, 2018
4.0

Drax the Destroyer #1

By: Keith Giffen, Mitch Breitweiser
Released: Sep 28, 2005

UFC FIGHTER CM PUNK MAKES HIS MIGHTY MARVEL DEBUT!
Drax the Destroyer is the muscle for the Guardians of the Galaxy, but what does he do when he's not adventuring through space with the Guardians? He lets his bloodthirsty quest for revenge take the pilot seat, of course! Determined to find and kill Thanos once and for all, Drax is ready to take...

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mcgll rated Multiple Man #3 Aug 15, 2018
7.0

Multiple Man #3

By: Matthew Rosenberg, Andy MacDonald
Released: Aug 15, 2018

THE WAR FOR THE FUTURE IS NOW!
BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE FUTURE!
Jamie Madrox - the X-Man you tell people is your favorite to seem cool - is trapped and his allies are dropping like flies! With the enemy closing in, Jamie has time to make one last desperate move... But he'll need Forge's help to evade a familiar new villain that threatens the f...

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