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mrbrans rated Ash & Thorn #2 Aug 2, 2020
9.0

Ash & Thorn #2

By: Mariah McCourt, Soo Lee
Released: Jul 8, 2020

Continuing the epic tale of two little old ladies vs. the apocalypse! Now that Lottie has accepted her fate, she has to do what all Champions do: train to stop the demons that threaten to take over the Earth. By Mariah McCourt and Soo Lee with covers by Jill Thompson.

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mrbrans rated Ash & Thorn #1 Aug 2, 2020
9.0

Ash & Thorn #1

By: Mariah McCourt, Soo Lee
Released: Jun 24, 2020

The apocalypse is nigh! The world needs a Champion, and the only heir to a sacred mystical lineage is...a little old lady? Meet Lottie Thorn, reluctant savior of the world, and her also-elderly trainer Lady Peruvia Ashlington-Voss. They might not look it, but these women are prepared to take on any Big Bad that comes along. But first, perhaps a nic...

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mrbrans added The Plot to their pull list Sep 25, 2019

The Plot

In order to receive... First you must give. When Chase Blaine's estranged brother and sister-in-law are murdered, he becomes guardian to McKenzie and Zach, the niece and nephew he hardly knows. Seeking stability for the children, Chase moves his newly formed family to his ancestral home in Cape Augusta... which overlooks a deep, black bogland teemi...

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mrbrans added SFSX (Safe Sex) to their pull list Sep 25, 2019

SFSX (Safe Sex)

SERIES PREMIERE

Notorious kink writer TINA HORN teams up with artist MICHAEL DOWLING (Unfollow, Death Sentence) for SFSX, a social thriller about sex, love, and torture that reads like SEX CRIMINALS in Gilead crossed with Oceans 8-with a SUNSTONE twist!

In a draconian America where sexuality is bureaucratized and policed, a group...

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mrbrans rated SFSX (Safe Sex) #1 Sep 25, 2019
10

SFSX (Safe Sex) #1

By: Tina Horn, Michael Dowling
Released: Sep 25, 2019

SERIES PREMIERE

Notorious kink writer TINA HORN teams up with artist MICHAEL DOWLING (Unfollow, Death Sentence) for SFSX, a social thriller about sex, love, and torture that reads like SEX CRIMINALS in Gilead crossed with Oceans 8-with a SUNSTONE twist!

In a draconian America where sexuality is bureaucratized and policed, a group...

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mrbrans added Batman / Superman (2019) to their pull list Aug 29, 2019

Batman / Superman (2019)

Up in the sky, in the dark of the night, trust no one-for the Secret Six walk among us. Spinning out of the devastating events of the Batman Who Laughs, Superman and Batman are together once more in an all-new monthly series-and they're facing a terrifying new threat that could strike from anywhere. The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel must journey...

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mrbrans rated Manor Black #2 Aug 29, 2019
8.5

Manor Black #2

By: Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook
Released: Aug 28, 2019

From the creators of Harrow County and The Sixth Gun comes this gothic horror fantasy about a family of sorcerers in crisis. Ari, a young mage on the run, finds herself under the protection of the powerful sorcerer Roman Black. But Roman's protection may not be enough to shield her from the wild magicians hunting her down, or from her savior's fami...

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mrbrans rated Manor Black #1 Aug 29, 2019
9.0

Manor Black #1

By: Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook
Released: Jul 31, 2019

From the creators of Harrow County and The Sixth Gun comes this gothic horror fantasy about a family of sorcerers in crisis. Roman Black is the moribund patriarch of a family of powerful sorcerers. As his wicked and corrupt children fight over who will take the reins of Manor Black and become representative of the black arts, Roman adopts a young m...

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mrbrans added Manor Black to their pull list Aug 29, 2019

Manor Black

From the creators of Harrow County and The Sixth Gun comes this gothic horror fantasy about a family of sorcerers in crisis. Roman Black is the moribund patriarch of a family of powerful sorcerers. As his wicked and corrupt children fight over who will take the reins of Manor Black and become representative of the black arts, Roman adopts a young m...

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mrbrans rated Uncanny X-Men #14 Apr 12, 2019
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #14

By: Matthew Rosenberg, Salvador Larroca
Released: Mar 20, 2019

Cyclops and Wolverine have drawn together a new team of X-Men from the ashes of "X-Men Disassembled," and now they turn their eyes to setting their agenda. Cyclops has a list...a list of things the X-Men have to take care of...if it's the last thing they ever do.
Rated T+

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mrbrans rated Uncanny X-Men #15 Apr 12, 2019
8.5

Uncanny X-Men #15

By: Matthew Rosenberg, Salvador Larroca
Released: Apr 3, 2019

Cyclops and the X-Men have set out to save mutantkind...but the Mutant Liberation Front isn't going to just wait for it to happen! Led by one of the X-Men's own, the MLF is willing to do whatever it takes to stop mutant oppression...even kill any mutant who stands in their way...  
Rated T+

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mrbrans rated Green Lantern #6 Apr 12, 2019
8.0

Green Lantern #6

By: Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp
Released: Apr 3, 2019

Hal Jordan's final initiation test to join the Blackstars? Kill Adam Strange! In this issue, Controller Mu and his Blackstar goon squad have invaded and occupied the planet Rann, and its protector is at their mercy! When planet after planet has fallen to the Blackstars-and these monsters are at Rann's gate-does the galaxy have any hope to survive?

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mrbrans rated Green Lantern #5 Apr 12, 2019
9.0

Green Lantern #5

By: Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp
Released: Mar 6, 2019

"Blackstar at Zenith!" Hal Jordan has abandoned the Green Lantern Corps to join the Blackstars! But to do so, he'll need to convince their leader, Countess Belzebeth, and pass an initiation test. Which means he must survive a series of trials on the vampire planet Vorr, whose entire population wants to feast upon him! It's cosmic goth at its bloodi...

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6.0

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4

By: Saladin Ahmed, Javi Garron
Released: Mar 20, 2019

MILES MORALES' DAY OFF!
•  Vice Principal Drutcher is fed up with Miles' excuses for his tardiness and absences. Young Mr. Morales is up to something, and Drutcher will figure it out if it's the last thing he does!
•  So Miles, Judge and Barbara have to keep one step ahead of their administrator while they play...

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mrbrans rated Uncanny X-Men #13 Mar 8, 2019
8.5

Uncanny X-Men #13

By: Matthew Rosenberg, Salvador Larroca
Released: Mar 6, 2019

Cyclops and Wolverine have drawn together a new team of X-Men from the ashes of "X-Men Disassembled," and now they turn their eyes to setting their agenda. Cyclops has a list...a list of things the X-Men have to take care of...if it's the last thing they ever do.
Rated T+

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mrbrans rated Uncanny X-Men #12 Mar 8, 2019
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #12

By: Matthew Rosenberg, Salvador Larroca
Released: Feb 20, 2019

After the devastating events of "X-Men Disassembled," it falls to Cyclops to rebuild the X-Men in the face of overwhelming hatred. Thankfully, he's not the only X-Man to have just returned from oblivion. Scott and Logan are together again, and they are mutantkind's only hope. Writer Matthew Rosenberg and returning superstar X-Artist Salvador Larroc...

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6.0

Guardians of the Galaxy #2

By: Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw
Released: Feb 20, 2019

• Thanos is dead... Long live the NEW Thanos!
•  But who will it be?!
•  Will the new Guardians of the Galaxy find that person in time before the universe comes crashing down?
Rated T+

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mrbrans rated The Batman Who Laughs #3 Feb 24, 2019
8.0

The Batman Who Laughs #3

By: Scott Snyder, Jock
Released: Feb 13, 2019

All the pieces are starting to fit together as the Batman Who Laughs acquires another key element in his plan-one that is linked to the founding fathers of Gotham City and to a legacy started by the Wayne family and protected by none other than Oswald Cobblepot. While the Penguin goes head-to-head with the darkest version of his mortal enemy, Batma...

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mrbrans rated The Batman Who Laughs #2 Feb 24, 2019
8.0

The Batman Who Laughs #2

By: Scott Snyder, Jock
Released: Jan 16, 2019

After the shocking ending of issue #1, a ticking clock sets Batman on a trail throughout the different realities of the Multiverse. He starts to see all the iterations of his life, and what could have been...but more importantly, Bruce Wayne begins to deduce that his current life is somehow wrong, and that all the mistakes he's made are somehow con...

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mrbrans rated Gideon Falls #11 Feb 24, 2019
10

Gideon Falls #11

By: Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino
Released: Feb 13, 2019

END OF STORY ARC! "ORIGINAL SINS," Conclusion: In this pulse-pounding conclusion to "Season Two" of the hottest supernatural horror story in comics, it's a surreal nightmare as Father Fred and Norton finally come face-to-face.

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mrbrans rated Gideon Falls #10 Feb 24, 2019
9.0

Gideon Falls #10

By: Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino
Released: Jan 16, 2019

"ORIGINAL SINS," Part Four
The past finally catches up to the present when Doc gives Father Fred a rather gruesome history of Gideon Falls. And if finding a needle in a haystack is impossible, what chance does Norton have of finding one in a giant garbage dump?

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mrbrans rated Return of Wolverine #5 Feb 20, 2019
7.0

Return of Wolverine #5

By: Charles Soule, Steve McNiven
Released: Feb 20, 2019

Now that Logan has risen...how far can he fall?
Parental Advisory

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7.0

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3

By: Tom Taylor, Juan Cabal
Released: Feb 20, 2019

• Spider-Man heads to a part of the Marvel Universe that you've never seen before!
•  It's always fun to see Spider-Man out of his element. Well, for YOU, anyway. Spidey doesn't agree.
•  And when "out of his element" is in a place that doesn't support human life? Uh-oh!
Rated T

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mrbrans added Guardians of the Galaxy (2019) to their pull list Feb 20, 2019

Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)

WHO WILL STAND
The universe is on fire. Hundreds of worlds are at war. Never has there been such hatred and division across the cosmos. And in spite of all this, Thanos of Titan is still dead...or is he? Now, more than ever, the cosmos need the Guardians of the Galaxy...but in the aftermath of the Infinity Wars, who is left to answer the call? ...

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4.0

Wolverine: Infinity Watch #1

By: Gerry Duggan, Andy MacDonald
Released: Feb 20, 2019

Wolverine has finally returned, disentwined from the evil clutches of Soteira...but hang on, didn't he have an Infinity Stone? How did THAT happen?! And wasn't he popping up all over the place for a little while? The answers you seek are finally revealed as Logan goes cosmic alongside everyone's favorite god of lies and stories, Loki Laufeyson!
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mrbrans added Wolverine: Infinity Watch to their pull list Feb 20, 2019

Wolverine: Infinity Watch

Wolverine has finally returned, disentwined from the evil clutches of Soteira...but hang on, didn't he have an Infinity Stone? How did THAT happen?! And wasn't he popping up all over the place for a little while? The answers you seek are finally revealed as Logan goes cosmic alongside everyone's favorite god of lies and stories, Loki Laufeyson!
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mrbrans rated Champions #2 Feb 8, 2019
9.0

Champions #2

By: Jim Zub, Steven Cummings
Released: Feb 6, 2019

• When the dream is at stake, everything you believe in and have fought dearly for, what would you be willing to sacrifice to keep it alive?
•  One of the Champions has made a choice that will haunt them for the rest of their days... And now the villain behind that decision has everything they need to shatter the next g...

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mrbrans rated Low Road West #5 Jan 31, 2019
7.5

Low Road West #5

By: Philip Kennedy Johnson, Flaviano
Released: Jan 23, 2019

Forced from the only refuge they have been able to find, the teenage refugees must face off once and for all against the enemy that surrounds them... and the enemy within them.

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mrbrans rated Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 Jan 26, 2019
8.0

Uncanny X-Men Annual #1

By: Ed Brisson, Carlos E. Gomez
Released: Jan 23, 2019

Cyclops!

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7.5

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2

By: Tom Taylor, Juan Cabal
Released: Jan 23, 2019

Spider-Man is the worst neighbor EVER! There are always crazy villains and property damage and drama and...and he CATCHES the villains. And he tries to fix the damage and he helps carry your groceries and actually that property damage keeps the rents down. You know what? Spider-Man is the best neighbor ever and this book will give you a closer look...

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