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7.0

Not a bad mini. It had some interesting moments. The fuss over the appearance of Punchline in issue 3 was way over hyped. Bring on Death Metal. 🤘🏻

Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #4

By: James Tynion IV, Steve Epting
Released: Mar 18, 2020

This is it! Lex Luthor has gathered a strike force of villains he's leveled up to be the baddest bad guys around-Captain Cold, Oracle, Solomon Grundy, Black Manta, and Lobo, each and every one a recipient of one of Lex's dark gifts.
But the Batman Who Laughs has his own army of infected heroes. Six hundred sixty-six of them, all transformed int...

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Another Nerd reviewed Batman #90 Mar 4, 2020
8.0

Please schedule this title back to a monthly and have Jimenez as the regular artist.

Fuck! The hype over Punchline has gotten everybody batshit crazy. Wednesday and shops are sold out already. Thankfully I have this in my pull but Jesus people, you think you never read a Batman comic before...

And Tynion might be the world’s biggest asshole if the twist at the end is true. more

Batman #90

By: James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez
Released: Mar 4, 2020

The mysterious master criminal known only as the Designer once brought together Gotham City's greatest criminals to plot the perfect crime, and now his plan has been unleashed upon the city in all its might. Batman will go to any length to uncover the grand design, but Catwoman is the one who holds the greatest secret. If Batman wins against the De...

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Another Nerd reviewed Strange Adventures #1 Mar 4, 2020
9.5

The King is back. I was afraid Strange was going to be a Vision or Mister Miracle 2.0 but this is new narrative territory. Gerads and Shaner’s art mesh together perfectly.

Strange Adventures #1

By: Tom King, Mitch Gerads
Released: Mar 4, 2020

After winning five Eisner Awards and topping year-end "best of lists," the comic book of 2019 was Mister Miracle. The comic book of 2020 will be Strange Adventures.
The Mister Miracle team of writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads are joined by fan-favorite artist Evan "Doc" Shaner to bring you an epic tale in the tradition of Watchmen, The D...

Another Nerd added Strange Adventures (2020) to their pull list Mar 4, 2020

Strange Adventures (2020)

After winning five Eisner Awards and topping year-end "best of lists," the comic book of 2019 was Mister Miracle. The comic book of 2020 will be Strange Adventures.
The Mister Miracle team of writer Tom King and artist Mitch Gerads are joined by fan-favorite artist Evan "Doc" Shaner to bring you an epic tale in the tradition of Watchmen, The D...

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Another Nerd rated X-Men #7 Feb 26, 2020
9.0

X-Men #7

By: Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu
Released: Feb 26, 2020

MUTANTS ARE FOREVER!
The Resurrection Protocols have changed everything for Mutantkind. NO MORE can humans' hate and fear take their lives from them. But... what ELSE has it changed?
Rated T+

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Another Nerd reviewed Suicide Squad #3 Feb 26, 2020
8.5

One of the best DC books right now.

Suicide Squad #3

By: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
Released: Feb 26, 2020

It's Task Force X's first mission as a brand-new team of blood enemies, and things have already gone horribly wrong! As Squad members start to turn on each other, the mission rapidly falls to pieces-but new team leader Lok will let no bad deed go unpunished. Who will take the fall? One thing's for sure: there will be hell to pay...

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Another Nerd added Suicide Squad (2019) to their pull list Feb 26, 2020

Suicide Squad (2019)

Task Force X-nicknamed the Suicide Squad-unites some of the DCU's unlikeliest villains for its bloodiest series yet! The Squad's new mission is to neutralize a new group of international super-terrorists known as the Revolutionaries-and not everyone on either side will make it out back alive! But when the U.S. government's most deniable team of do-...

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Another Nerd reviewed New Mutants #7 Feb 19, 2020
9.0

Great series so far.

New Mutants #7

By: Jonathan Hickman, Rod Reis
Released: Feb 19, 2020

Deep in Shi'Ar space, the NEW MUTANTS have found themselves dead in the middle of an intergalactic power struggle. They're probably equipped to handle that, right? And back on Earth, the young mutants of Krakoa look forward to the future...whatever it may hold.
Rated T+

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Another Nerd rated Marauders #8 Feb 19, 2020
8.0

Marauders #8

By: Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli
Released: Feb 19, 2020

THE TREASURE OF ISLAND M!
As Verendi's plans against Krakoa grow, the Marauders find themselves missing something vital... something that brings Storm and the White Queen to blows. Artist Stefano Caselli (AVENGERS, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) joins the crew of the craziest X-series of them al!
Rated T+

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Another Nerd added Marauders (2019) to their pull list Feb 19, 2020

Marauders (2019)

THE X-MEN SAIL AT DAWN!
Even in this glorious new dawn, Mutantkind faces hardships and oppression from their human counterparts. Led by Captain Kate Pryde and funded by Emma Frost and the Hellfire Trading Company, Marauders Storm, Pyro, Bishop and Iceman sail the seas of the world to protect those hated and feared!
Rated T+

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Another Nerd added Monstress to their pull list Feb 15, 2020

Monstress

Astonishing X-men and Black Widow writer MARJORIE LIU returns to comics with artist SANA TAKEDA (X-23) for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! Steampunk meets Kaiju in this original fantasy epic for mature readers, as young Maika risks everything to control her psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, placing her in the center of a devastating war b...

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Another Nerd reviewed Immortal Hulk #31 Feb 14, 2020
8.0

4 out of 5 Xemnus ☄️☄️☄️☄️

Immortal Hulk #31

By: Al Ewing, Joe Bennett
Released: Feb 12, 2020

• There's a new monster in town. He's cuddly. He's lovable. He's down with the kids. And he's available for your corporate retreat.
•  Yes, there was another Hulk, once - the one who made all those nasty threats to end the world. But who needs him?
•  THE LIVING HULK is here. And he's going to save us...

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Another Nerd reviewed Green Lantern #1 Feb 14, 2020
9.0

Thanks DC for cutting this ‘season’ down to 8 issues... This series is one of the few good things you’re putting out right now. 5G better be worth it. 😕

Green Lantern #1

By: Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp
Released: Nov 7, 2018

Superstar writer Grant Morrison (Batman, All-Star Superman) returns to DC alongside red-hot artist Liam Sharp (The Brave AND the Bold, Wonder Woman) to launch a new, ongoing series: THE GREEN LANTERN!
In this debut issue, when Earth's space cop, Hal Jordan, encounters an alien hiding in plain sight, it sets off a chain of events that rocks the...

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9.0

Thanks DC for cutting this ‘season’ down to 8 issues... This series is one of the few good things you’re putting out right now. 5G better be worth it. 😕

Green Lantern: Season Two #1

By: Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp
Released: Feb 12, 2020

The team of writer Grant Morrison and artist Liam Sharp continue their bold new take on the Emerald Warrior in a wild 30-page second season opener! In the wake of the Blackstar incursion, Hal Jordan and his fellow Lanterns must pick up the pieces from that cataclysmic conclusion. Among them is Jordan's next critical mission: search for the next gen...

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Another Nerd reviewed Thor #3 Feb 14, 2020
9.0

Damn you Cates. You got me hooked when when I thought I was done with an Aaron run, again... Please don’t pull a Strange and bail early on this one as well. 🍻

Thor #3

By: Donny Cates, Nic Klein
Released: Feb 12, 2020

THE BATTLE OF TWO STORMS!
It's Mjolnir versus Stormbreaker as Thor's old ally Beta Ray Bill makes a thunderous entrance! But what has put the two friends at odds - and can the King of Asgard convince the Korbinite to let him continue his bloody mission to save all that is?
Rated T+

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Another Nerd added Thor (2020) to their pull list Feb 14, 2020

Thor (2020)

A BRAND-NEW, SUPERSTAR CREATIVE TEAM TAKES THE KING OF ASGARD TO NEW REALMS OF GLORY!
The prince is now a king. All Asgard lies before Thor, the God of Thunder. And after many months of war, the Ten Realms are finally at peace. But the skies above the Realm Eternal are never clear for long. The Black Winter is coming. And the God of the Storm w...

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Another Nerd reviewed X-Men #6 Feb 14, 2020
9.5

Well crafted Raven issue.

X-Men #6

By: Jonathan Hickman, Matteo Buffagni
Released: Feb 12, 2020

Mystique goes to extraordinary lengths to get what she wants...
Rated T+

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Another Nerd reviewed X-Men #5 Feb 8, 2020
9.0

I’m enjoying Hickman’s episodic story telling here. It’s refreshing to read some simple one and done stories. Not everything needs to be heroes averting a universe ending disaster twelve issue arc.

X-Men #5

By: Jonathan Hickman, R. B. Silva
Released: Jan 29, 2020

The X-Men, the most powerful heroes on the planet, deal with an old nemesis' surprising return...
Rated T

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Another Nerd reviewed Fallen Angels #6 Feb 8, 2020
1.0

Wow... I wasn’t impressed with the first ish and waited for a sale before picking up the rest. Fallen Angels was definitely the runt of Dawn Of X litter. I’m gobsmacked. Hill is a good writer. What happened? The art was inconsistent. Is this typical of Kudranski? Something didn’t click here.

Fallen Angels #6

By: Bryan Edward Hill, Szymon Kudranski
Released: Jan 29, 2020

HARK! MORE ANGELS FALL!
Husk and Bling! Join Psylocke and company on their mission to stave off Apoth and his children! Then - Cable turns on X-23?!?
Rated T+

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Another Nerd rated Fallen Angels #1 Dec 15, 2019
2.0

Fallen Angels #1

By: Bryan Edward Hill, Szymon Kudranski
Released: Nov 13, 2019

THE DAWN DOES NOT BREAK FOR ALL!
Psylocke finds herself in this new world of Mutantkind unsure of her place in it... but when a face from her past returns only to be killed, she seeks help from others who feel similar to get vengeance. Cable and X-23 join Kwannon for a personal mission that could jeopardize all Mutantkind!
Rated T+

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Another Nerd rated Immortal Hulk #28 Dec 15, 2019
9.0

Immortal Hulk #28

By: Al Ewing, Tom Reilly
Released: Dec 11, 2019

• Are your children normal? Are they respectful of you and other approved authority figures? Do they have a poster of the Punisher on their wall?
•  Or are they angry and discourteous? Do they embrace difficult and/or dangerous concepts, such as protest and the environment? Do they stand with the Hulk?
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3.0

The art was good... 🤡

Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child #1

By: Frank Miller, Rafael Gramp
Released: Dec 11, 2019

Frank Miller returns to the Dark Knight Universe!
It's been three years since the events of Dark Knight III: The Master Race. Lara has spent the time learning to be more human, and Carrie Kelley has been growing into her new role as Batwoman. But a terrifying evil has returned to Gotham City, and Lara and Carrie must team up to stop this growi...

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Another Nerd rated New Mutants #3 Dec 15, 2019
8.0

New Mutants #3

By: Ed Brisson, Flaviano
Released: Dec 11, 2019

THE FUTURE COMES KNOCKING!
While the original New Mutants are off in space, the rest of the youth of Krakoa begin to make the future they want to live in. First up - Armor's outreach party, seeking young mutants who have chosen not to come to Krakoa.
Rated T+

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Another Nerd added New Mutants (2019) to their pull list Dec 15, 2019

New Mutants (2019)

THE NEW GENERATION CLAIMS THE DAWN!
The classic New Mutants (Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Mirage, Karma, Magik, and Cypher) get together with a few new friends (Chamber, Mondo) to seek out their missing member and share the good news... a mission that takes them into space alongside the Starjammers!
Rated T+  

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Another Nerd reviewed Batman #84 Dec 4, 2019
10

The perfect penultimate issue.

Batman #84

By: Tom King, Mikel Janin
Released: Dec 4, 2019

"City of Bane" chapter eleven! The end is near as one victory leads to another defeat. As Batman reclaims his city from Bane, can he regain his sense of family? More specifically, when a man who is your father from another dimension has torn everything down around you, what will it take to build it back up? Especially when that man is currently sta...

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waltgator93 - Dec 5, 2019

How?

10

Art and colours are jaw dropping. Beautiful comic.

John Constantine: Hellblazer #1

By: Si Spurrier, Aaron Campbell
Released: Nov 27, 2019

John Constantine is back in London, back to his old tricks-and just in time, as things have become very dark indeed in his old stomping grounds. A small-time gang lord has found himself dealing with a big-time outbreak of supernatural weirdness...and without any allies to call on and nothing left to call his own, John doesn't have much choice about...

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Another Nerd added John Constantine: Hellblazer to their pull list Nov 27, 2019

John Constantine: Hellblazer

John Constantine is back in London, back to his old tricks-and just in time, as things have become very dark indeed in his old stomping grounds. A small-time gang lord has found himself dealing with a big-time outbreak of supernatural weirdness...and without any allies to call on and nothing left to call his own, John doesn't have much choice about...

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Another Nerd rated Batman #83 Nov 20, 2019
8.0

Batman #83

By: Tom King, Mikel Janin
Released: Nov 20, 2019

It's chapter nine of "City of Bane," and it's time for a reckoning in Gotham City! Thomas Wayne has joined forces with Bane, and that alliance threatens to throw a monkey wrench into Batman's plans. And as Bane's evil army begins to crumble, the Caped Crusader must face the real force behind it all. As the end of this epic tale grows near, Batman a...

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Another Nerd reviewed X-Men #2 Nov 13, 2019
8.0

I was hoping to read just the main title but it looks like I'll have to read all the other fucking X books or miss out on important story beats.

X-Men #2

By: Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu
Released: Nov 13, 2019

When an island full of unspeakable horrors appears on the horizon, the X-Men have their work cut out for themselves keeping Krakoa safe!
Rated T+

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Another Nerd reviewed Undiscovered Country #1 Nov 9, 2019
5.0

The first half of the issue is interesting, unfortunately it takes a turn for the worst when the Americans show up, kinda Mad Maxish, but their vehicles are propelled by fantasy creatures. It totally took me out of the story. I think I'm going to pass on this series.

Undiscovered Country #1

By: Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli
Released: Nov 6, 2019

SERIES PREMIERE! This November, New York Times bestselling writers SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, A.D.: AFTER DEATH) and CHARLES SOULE (CURSE WORDS, the forthcoming novel Anyone) will team up with artists GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (The Amazing Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Hellblazer) and DANIELE ORLANDINI (Darth Vader) and 2019 Eisner Award-winning colorist MATT WILS...

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