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DougKent rated X-Factor #8 Mar 10, 2021
5.0

X-Factor #8

By: Leah Williams, David Baldeon
Released: Mar 10, 2021

• Hey, guys! Wasn't expecting to see X-Factor torpedo up the resurrection queue priority--.
•  Boneyard's haunted.
•  WHAT?
*Resurrecting murdered teammates* Boneyard's haunted.
Rated T+

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DougKent rated Batman: Urban Legends #1 Mar 10, 2021
9.5

Batman: Urban Legends #1

By: Stephanie Phillips, Eddy Barrows
Released: Mar 10, 2021

Batman may be the biggest name in Gotham City, but there are lots of other heroes-and villains-who will get a turn to shine in Batman: Urban Legends, a brand-new monthly series tying into the biggest events in Gotham City. The series begins with these can’t-miss tales:
• Superstar writer Chip Zdarsky enters the world of Gotham City with...

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DougKent reviewed Children of the Atom #1 Mar 10, 2021
10

A pleasant surprise, I really liked this comic.

Children of the Atom #1

By: Vita Ayala, Bernard Chang
Released: Mar 10, 2021

WHEN DID THE X-MEN GET SIDEKICKS?!
Now! Don't miss the debut of the greatest teenage super hero team of all time! They've learned from the best, now they're ready to be put to the test! But who the heck are these kids, and where do they come from? Guest-starring the X-Men!
Rated T+

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DougKent added Children of the Atom (2021) to their pull list Mar 10, 2021

Children of the Atom (2021)

WHEN DID THE X-MEN GET SIDEKICKS?!
Now! Don't miss the debut of the greatest teenage super hero team of all time! They've learned from the best, now they're ready to be put to the test! But who the heck are these kids, and where do they come from? Guest-starring the X-Men!
Rated T+

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DougKent rated DCeased: Dead Planet #7 Jan 21, 2021
9.0

DCeased: Dead Planet #7

By: Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine
Released: Jan 20, 2021

The Justice League fights an army of Amazos for Earth, while John Constantine goes head-to-head with Trigon! The Justice League fight for Earth and the lives of the...infected?! The final chapter of the best-selling series will be talked about for years to come!

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DougKent added DCeased: Dead Planet (2020) to their pull list Jan 21, 2021

DCeased: Dead Planet (2020)

After a corrupted Anti-Life Equation turned billions into monsters-including Earth’s Greatest Heroes-our planet was as good as dead.
Years later, a distress call brings Damian Wayne, Jon Kent, and Cassie Sandsmark-the Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman of Earth 2-back to a dead planet...but what will this new Justice League find waiting fo...

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6.0

Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1

By: Jeremy Adams, Valentine De Landro
Released: Jan 20, 2021

This monumental Future State title features four big stories! First, Clark Kent is gone, leaving a Superman-shaped hole behind. People gather in Smallville to celebrate their hero, little realizing that he is across the galaxy helping others. Superman has gone to Warworld, where he fights as a gladiator in the deadly pits of Mongul. But this is Sup...

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DougKent rated Batman / Catwoman #2 Jan 21, 2021
7.0

Batman / Catwoman #2

By: Tom King, Clay Mann
Released: Jan 20, 2021

Phantasm has come to Gotham City! Andrea Beaumont, the one-time love of Bruce Wayne, is looking for her lost child, and she’s pretty sure The Joker is involved. So, who better to have as an ally than Batman? And what better way to get to Batman than through Catwoman? It’s a knotted history for this costumed quartet, spanning past, present, and ...

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DougKent rated Cable #7 Jan 21, 2021
3.0

Cable #7

By: Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto
Released: Jan 20, 2021

A TALE OF TWO TIMELINES!
Reeling from the events of X OF SWORDS, Cable turns back to the matter of missing mutant babies... a matter he knows a thing or two about.
Rated T+

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DougKent added Cable (2020) to their pull list Jan 21, 2021

Cable (2020)

THE DAWN OF REBELLION!
Cable was a grizzled old veteran of the wars to save the future... and he will be again. But for now, he's a young mutant living in paradise leading a life of adventure! Nathan Summers, son of two of the most powerful mutants on Krakoa, has a destiny leading the youth of mutantkind in rebellion... so why not start now? Ge...

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DougKent rated Cable #1 Jan 21, 2021
1.5

Cable #1

By: Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto
Released: Mar 11, 2020

THE DAWN OF REBELLION!
Cable was a grizzled old veteran of the wars to save the future... and he will be again. But for now, he's a young mutant living in paradise leading a life of adventure! Nathan Summers, son of two of the most powerful mutants on Krakoa, has a destiny leading the youth of mutantkind in rebellion... so why not start now? Ge...

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BlueAndEvil reviewed S.W.O.R.D. #2 Jan 13, 2021
8.0

Despite the fact the infographic pages read like a damn barcode (which seems to be an annoying trend of this series), I'm onboard for the Space-X-Men.

S.W.O.R.D. #2

By: Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti
Released: Jan 13, 2021

WHAT IS PROTOCOL V?
The S.W.O.R.D. station is thrown in at the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the KING IN BLACK! While a cross-division team take on latex dragons from outer space, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is PROTOCOL V - and can the Earth survive it?

Rated T+

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DougKent rated S.W.O.R.D. #2 Jan 13, 2021
9.0

S.W.O.R.D. #2

By: Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti
Released: Jan 13, 2021

WHAT IS PROTOCOL V?
The S.W.O.R.D. station is thrown in at the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the KING IN BLACK! While a cross-division team take on latex dragons from outer space, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is PROTOCOL V - and can the Earth survive it?

Rated T+

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DougKent added S.W.O.R.D. (2020) to their pull list Jan 13, 2021

S.W.O.R.D. (2020)

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MUTANTKIND!
The Mutant nation of Krakoa has quickly become a major force on the world stage... but why stop there? Krakoa has relaunched the Sentient World Observation & Response Directorate - a fully independent organization dealing with all things extra-terrestrial on behalf of all of Earth. Al Ewing and Valerio Schitti, th...

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5.5

I liked the art but the writing was terrible. This is such a shame, Kara's one of my favorite characters.

Future State: Kara Zor-El, Superwoman #1

By: Marguerite Bennett, Marguerite Sauvage
Released: Jan 13, 2021

Kara Zor-El, Superman’s hot-tempered cousin, has finally found peace and purpose away from Earth and its heroes. Now known as Superwoman, she watches over the Moon and the refugees from across the galaxy who have congregated there. But all of that is about to change when a spaceship piloted by a runaway alien crash-lands and turns Kara’s world ...

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9.0

Future State: Dark Detective #1

By: Matthew Rosenberg, Carmine Di Giandomenico
Released: Jan 13, 2021

The world thought Bruce Wayne was dead. They were dead wrong! When the sinister para-military organization known as the Magistrate seizes control of Gotham City, the original Batman went big to put them down...but even the Dark Knight couldn’t predict how far this evil force would go to stop him. Now, Bruce Wayne is on the run! From Eisner Award-...

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DougKent added Future State (2021) to their pull list Jan 13, 2021

Future State (2021)

In a bold move that rocks Gotham City, the Magistrate has imprisoned Harley Quinn! The villain once known as the Scarecrow, now a pawn of the Magistrate, taps into Harley’s knowledge of Gotham’s villains and the Black Mask Gang for his own dark purposes. Crane and his bosses think they have Harley Quinn defeated and her spirit broken, but they ...

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DougKent added Marauders (2019) to their pull list Jan 13, 2021

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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Todd A. Lonn rated Marauders #17 Jan 13, 2021
5.0

Marauders #17

By: Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli
Released: Jan 13, 2021

REMATCH!
Storm versus Calisto. This time, it's personal.

Rated T+

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DougKent reviewed Marauders #17 Jan 13, 2021
2.0

Character assassination at its finest and such a waste of money. The writing and story are just terrible.

Duggan making Storm participate in the crucible is so utterly disrespectful and out of character for her.

Marauders #17

By: Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli
Released: Jan 13, 2021

REMATCH!
Storm versus Calisto. This time, it's personal.

Rated T+

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9.0

Future State: Harley Quinn #1

By: Stephanie Phillips, Simone Di Meo
Released: Jan 6, 2021

In a bold move that rocks Gotham City, the Magistrate has imprisoned Harley Quinn! The villain once known as the Scarecrow, now a pawn of the Magistrate, taps into Harley’s knowledge of Gotham’s villains and the Black Mask Gang for his own dark purposes. Crane and his bosses think they have Harley Quinn defeated and her spirit broken, but they ...

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DougKent rated Hellions #8 Jan 6, 2021
10

Hellions #8

By: Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia
Released: Jan 6, 2021

It was a simple mission: retrieve NANNY'S ship and create a new containment armor for the recently resurrected ORPHAN-MAKER. But the emergence of an old enemy and his deadly warriors make their renewed life a hell on Earth for the HELLIONS!

Parental Advisory

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DougKent added Hellions (2020) to their pull list Jan 6, 2021

Hellions (2020)

BAD IS THE NEW GOOD!
When Krakoa opened their doors to all mutants and forgave all past crimes, they might have known they'd have to accept some of their worst foes into the fold... but they didn't plan for what to do with them. Not to worry-Mister Sinister knows what to do with the troublemakers. Meet his new Hellions: Scalphunter, Wild Child,...

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TaiwanMarvel rated X-Factor #6 Jan 6, 2021
5.0

X-Factor #6

By: Leah Williams, David Baldeon
Released: Jan 6, 2021

DEATH SCREAM!
Siryn is dead. Again. And again. And again.

Rated T+

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Todd A. Lonn reviewed X-Factor #6 Jan 6, 2021
3.5

X-Factor #6 was maybe the most boring comic i've ever read.

X-Factor #6

By: Leah Williams, David Baldeon
Released: Jan 6, 2021

DEATH SCREAM!
Siryn is dead. Again. And again. And again.

Rated T+

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DougKent rated X-Factor #6 Jan 6, 2021
3.0

X-Factor #6

By: Leah Williams, David Baldeon
Released: Jan 6, 2021

DEATH SCREAM!
Siryn is dead. Again. And again. And again.

Rated T+

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DougKent rated Amazing Spider-Man #55 Dec 30, 2020
9.5

Amazing Spider-Man #55

By: Nick Spencer, Patrick Gleason
Released: Dec 30, 2020

LAST REMAINS CONCLUDES!
•  "LAST REMAINS" ends and will make you look at Spider-Man differently. It'll make Peter look at himself differently.
•  If you thought the buildup TO Kindred was intense, the fallout FROM Kindred is even more devastating.
Rated T+

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DougKent added Amazing Spider-Man (2018) to their pull list Dec 30, 2020

Amazing Spider-Man (2018)

An alien invasion hits New York City and the only one who can stop it is...Spider-Man?! But that's far from all you'll find here -  a revelation from the past puts Peter Parker's job, relationships, and whole life in jeopardy! And if even that's not enough, you'll see a new roommate, new love interests - and a new villain! Spider-Man goes back to...

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5.0

Dark Nights: Death Metal: The Last 52: War of the Multiverses #1

By: Marguerite Bennett, Rob Guillory
Released: Dec 30, 2020

What would it take to get every being left in the Multiverse to side together in the ultimate, final showdown? Total decimation and the complete undoing of all existence? The Batman Who Laughs has made his final move, bringing the most horrifying opposition to the battleground, and now every hero and villain left alive will stand and fight togethe...

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DougKent rated X-Men #16 Dec 30, 2020
3.5

X-Men #16

By: Jonathan Hickman, Phil Noto
Released: Dec 30, 2020

X OF SWORDS FALL OUT !
The Captain Commander of Krakoa made a fateful decision. There's no going back.
Rated T+

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