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Reaper74 reviewed Strange Tales #141 Jan 6, 2024
8.0

Both stories are solid and well paced. Both have good cliffhangers to keep you wanting to come back.

Strange Tales #141

By: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko

S.H.I.E.L.D.’s battle with Hydra comes to a head, leading to the death of a key player. Plus, what is Operation Brain Blast? S.H.I.E.L.D. delves into the realm of the supernatural with a new ESP division. Will Fury become the first unwilling subject? Doctor Strange reaches an agreement with Dormammu. Clea is banished to a much darker dimension.

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5.5

First Kerra is just not an interesting character. The storyline is pretty bad. The art is at least decent.

Star Wars: Knight Errant - Deluge #1

By: John Jackson Miller, Ivan Rodriguez
Released: Aug 17, 2011

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5.0

Well at least it ended on a good note I guess. Just not a good series.

Star Wars: Knight Errant - Aflame #5

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Released: Dec 21, 2011

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Reaper74 reviewed Superman #6 Dec 29, 2023
7.5

Decent enough issue. Superman acts a little out of character here to get to the prison. I felt he would have taken a more measured response. He’s not an idiot he’s supposed to be a Boy Scout.

Superman #6

By: Joshua Williamson, Jamal Campbell
Released: Sep 20, 2023

NEW STORY ARC STARTS HERE! FIRST APPEARANCE OF A NEW SUPERMAN VILLAIN! THE CHAINED PART ONE! Following the shocking cliffhanger of Superman #5 and the events of Knight Terrors, Superman has learned that Lex Luthor kept a prisoner beneath Stryker's Island for decades. Who are they and why did Lex lock them up? Can Superman unlock the secrets of the ...

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6.5

Still not digging the main character. Really makes Jedi seem so stupid.

Star Wars: Knight Errant - Aflame #3

By: John Jackson Miller, Ivan Rodriguez
Released: Dec 8, 2010

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Reaper74 reviewed Tales of Suspense #74 Dec 29, 2023
7.0

Overall bonkers book. Caps adventure ends in a really fast manner that comes somewhat out of left field. Enjoyable arc that was was just entertaining enough to get over the sheer ridiculousness of it all. Iron Man adventure is sci Fi fun with some good Jeckll Hyde moments.

Tales of Suspense #74

By: Stan Lee, Adam Austin

When Iron Man is left for dead by the Black Knight, he calls upon Pepper Potts to come to his rescue.

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Reaper74 reviewed Speed Force #1 Dec 14, 2023
6.5

I like the lead characters and the central story while vague so far does shape up to hook you. My issue is the manga style art. Not a fan of it at all. Avery looks just horrible in this. Some of the action is rather non
-sensical.

Speed Force #1

By: Jarrett Williams, Daniele Di Nicuolo
Released: Nov 15, 2023

Wallace West and Avery Ho: the young speedsters have been Teen Titans, Justice Leaguers, and above all, members of the Flash Family. As they become aware of mysterious changes happening to the Speed Force, they race to Keystone City, where they encounter old friends, new threats, and a chance to forge their own paths. Spinning out of the pages of T...

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Reaper74 reviewed Outsiders #1 Dec 14, 2023
5.5

Ho hum start. Nothing really lept off the page and the dialogue was a little off kilter. Drummer seems somewhat interesting but I’ll give another issue before I close the book on this.

Outsiders #1

By: Jackson Lanzing, Robert Carey
Released: Nov 15, 2023

Never the End. A universe of secrets is about to come to light. Batman protects Gotham City from evil. Batman Inc. protects the rest of the known world. But what of the unknown world? What of the ancient evils in hidden tombs and forgotten tragedies from a magic-and-mad-sciencefueled super-heroic century? Using his fortune, Luke Fox launches a new ...

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8.0

Fun fast read. For a lot happening the story never slows down but it also has to many plot points so it doesn’t all jibe with itself. A tall order is in for this to pay off. Overall though I want to see what is next.

Justice Society of America #4

By: Geoff Johns, Mikel Janin
Released: May 24, 2023

Helena's journey through time continues! Each new time period gives her one more piece of the puzzle, but is Degaton too far ahead in his quest to eradicate the JSA to be stopped? Is this truly the end of the Justice Society?

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Reaper74 reviewed Action Comics #1055 Dec 2, 2023
8.0

Main story was really good with solid action. Jurgens story was also very well done. Steel’s story had its moments. Looks like that one is picking up. Overall good solid read.

Action Comics #1055

By: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval
Released: May 24, 2023

Superman's true enemy has been revealed: the Cyborg Superman, Hank Henshaw! Everything the Super-Family has built stands on a knife's edge, and Superman and Metallo become the unlikeliest of allies as they hunt for Metallo's missing sister. Can they prevent the inevitable devolution of Metallo's mind and body long enough to save his sister from Hen...

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Reaper74 reviewed Flash #1 Nov 30, 2023
7.0

I really don’t know how I feel about this book. At times it’s fun at other times it’s word salad. The gist of the plot seems interesting but getting there felt like I was walking through a swamp. Overall I’m intrigued but I don’t know how long I can take the Psuedo nerd talk.

Flash #1

By: Simon Spurrier, Mike Deodato
Released: Sep 27, 2023

WALLY WEST RACES TOWARD THE FUTURE WITH ALL-STAR NEW CREATIVE TEAM SI SPURRIER AND MIKE DEODATO JR.! Wally West has never been quicker, more fulfilled, more heroic. His loving family is around him. And yet something is off. Very off. His evolving understanding of his powers has opened Wally to new avenues of sci-fi adventure and attuned his senses ...

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Reaper74 reviewed Action Comics #67 Nov 22, 2023
7.0

Entertaining war time yarn staring Supes. Some of it quite absurd but in the best way to make you giggle.

Action Comics #67

By: Don Cameron, Sam Citron

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Reaper74 reviewed Alpha Flight #1 Nov 21, 2023
7.5

Glad Alpha is back. Nice setup and though the beginning is somewhat headscratcher knowing the characters past it does end nicely.

Alpha Flight #1

By: Ed Brisson, Scott Godlewski
Released: Aug 16, 2023

SAVING CANADA... FROM THE MUTANT MENACE?! GUARDIAN, PUCK, SNOWBIRD and SHAMAN return, as a terrestrial ALPHA FLIGHT bursts onto the scene! But what schism will pit these heroes against their former teammates AURORA, NORTHSTAR and NEMESIS, as well as Aurora's beau, FANG? The FALL OF X has changed the game, and will Alpha Flight soar to new heights-o...

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6.5

Not that bad a book. The characters are a little more fleshed out but the lead Jedi is still to headstrong. I would have liked a better more mature chess like approach with the character.

Star Wars: Knight Errant - Aflame #2

By: John Jackson Miller, Federico Dallocchio
Released: Nov 10, 2010

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Reaper74 reviewed Avengers #25 Nov 16, 2023
6.0

Yeah Dooms plan is not that good considering he’s supposed to be smart. Also the Avengers forget Doom rules Lateria. It’s pretty shoddy to get the plot going. Though once the confrontation starts it is all pretty entertaining. Not the best but fun nothing less.

Avengers #25

By: Stan Lee
Released: Feb 16, 1966

Fooled into visiting Latveria by a spurious letter from their aunt, Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch, and the rest of the Avengers are jailed, left at the whims of the country's iron-fisted (and faced) ruler: Doctor Doom!

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Reaper74 reviewed Flash #800 Nov 8, 2023
8.5

Nice annual with some great short stories. Adam’s story is the standout but Waids impulse story is up there too.

Flash #800

By: Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin
Released: Jun 7, 2023

Written by Jeremy Adams, Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Geoff Johns, and Simon Spurrier Art by Fernando Pasarin & Oclair Albert, Todd Nauck, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Scott Kolins, and Mike Deodato Jr. An oversize anniversary issue concludes writer Jeremy Adams's acclaimed tenure, with special guests Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, and Geoff Johns join...

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Reaper74 reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #34 Nov 6, 2023
7.0

Avg Spidy book. Decent enough action with Kraven.

Amazing Spider-Man #34

By: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko

Enter Kraven the Hunter! Kraven has isolated himself in the wilderness to brew and plot revenge against Spider-Man. When Kraven returns to New York to hunt down his prey, Spider-Man is caught unawares.

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Reaper74 reviewed Alien #3 Oct 16, 2023
5.0

Well I guess when you need to you just make up new rules for the Xenos. I mean breathing in space I guess even though the very first Aluen literally blew it out into space. I guess they just figured since it was fried it would have lived otherwise. Ok. I think the worst thing about the book is the dialogue. Man is it bad.

Alien #3

By: Declan Shalvey, Andrea Broccardo
Released: Jun 28, 2023

SOMETHING WICKED IS COMING THEIR WAY... The USCSS Boreas has been infiltrated! A chest-burster is wreaking havoc on base, leaving a trail of gore and eviscerated bodies in its wake. With their numbers dwindling, will the Weyland-Yutani security team be able to track the alien down before it becomes something even more deadly? And even if they do, h...

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6.0

So so start. The ending picked up but why are all new Jedi so headstrong and brash. It’s a stereotype that really drives me insane. It’s as if Jedi training really does suck. Luke was that way because he was untrained and Yoda was able to contain that by Return.

Star Wars: Knight Errant - Aflame #1

By: John Jackson Miller, Federico Dallocchio
Released: Oct 13, 2010

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5.5

Whoa boy that was a painful end to a pointless series. This is a prime example of not creating a series with someone to root for. It’s just bad people doing bad things to each other and not learning a darn thing. It really makes the Sith look rather idiotic.

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #5

By: John Jackson Miller, Andrea Mutti
Released: Dec 12, 2012

Lord Dreypa’s Leviathans continue their destruction of the lost tribe of Sith, searching in vain for an ancient, well-hidden Jedi starship. Beating Dreypa to the ship, a Sith rebel finds himself on the cusp of attaining his dreams—destruction of the tribe and discovery of a way to reach the galaxy. But there could be something that would cause ...

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6.5

Just don’t care much for the characters.

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #2

By: John Jackson Miller, Andrea Mutti
Released: Aug 29, 2012

Having set sail on a prisoner vessel to uncharted territories, a rebel and a stowaway princess find themselves in a losing battle with their crewmates against a society of strange self-proclaimed exiles. When they are taken in by the exiles, new opportunities for power within the civilization pique their interest. The rebel recklessly takes the fir...

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7.0

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #3

By: John Jackson Miller, Andrea Mutti
Released: Oct 3, 2012

The release of Sith Lord Baron Dreypa has quickened a Sith rebel’s hope of overturning the ruling order of a lost Sith tribe—just not as he’d hoped, with himself in charge . . . But at least Dreypa’s attack on the home of the princess has brought deliverance to the slums of the Sith tribe! Imprisoned, the princess struggles to escape, hopin...

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7.0

Overall decent page turner

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #4

By: John Jackson Miller, Andrea Mutti
Released: Nov 14, 2012

A Sith princess returns to her kingdom as ancient Lord Dreypa’s awakened army of Leviathans wreaks havoc and destruction across the lost tribe of the Sith, searching for the one thing that can again open Dreypa’s power to the entire galaxy! Running out of options to save the tribe she wants to rule, the princess takes a chance that places all h...

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Reaper74 reviewed Predator #1 Oct 3, 2023
7.0

So I like the idea of looking at the movie Predators in a little different vain. The Predator looked cool. Had some nice action. Though they were shooting a lot man these soldiers suck. Then blamo cool Predator gone in a most lame way just to continue a crappy characters story. Oh well ruined a decent book.

Predator #1

By: Ed Brisson, Netho Diaz
Released: Mar 8, 2023

FEAR IS REBORN! On a planet far from Earth, eight strangers find themselves in a deadly game. But this time, the Predators aren't the only ones on the hunt. Someone has the Yautja in their sites - and they've been searching for this game preserve for a long time. Ed Brisson and Netho Diaz kicks off an explosive new series that will turn everything ...

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Reaper74 reviewed Alien #2 Sep 10, 2023
6.0

The story in and of itself is standard stuff and I’m ok with that. What really hurts this though is it just seems like the writer has no clue how the Xenos work. If they are frozen how did they unfreeze on a Tundra planet. How do they live through fire to then suddenly be shown they are dead many panels later. Gestation does not take 2 hours. It is much longer.

Alien #2

By: Declan Shalvey, Andrea Broccardo
Released: May 31, 2023

BETTER OFF BURIED!
Talbot Engineering Inc. is under new management, but the organization's brilliant chief scientist, Batya Zhan, is not willing to give up her coded work to this unexpected threat without a fight. Over at Zhan's dig site, the intruders drill into the ice of the moon colony's surface only to discover hundreds of dark, black, fr...

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Reaper74 reviewed Werewolf By Night #2 Aug 25, 2023
7.0

Not all that bad. Some hokey dialogue but the premise is nice and the fight was well drawn. It’s not boring by any stretch of the imagination.

Werewolf By Night #2

By: Taboo, Scott Eaton
Released: Nov 25, 2020

NIGHT OF THE CREEPS!
•  Jake's attempt to get to the bottom of his company's questionable practices leads to an all-out monster brawl!
•  As Werewolf by Night gets in over his head, Red Wolf and the law are getting closer!
•  With Jake's entire life in chaos, the only way out may be to fully embrace the secret history of the...

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Reaper74 reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #33 Aug 14, 2023
10

Deserves all the recognition the book received through the years. I remember the picture since my time as a youngster in the 70’s and 80’s. To finally read the issue and see the art lives up to it all. Great stuff.

Amazing Spider-Man #33

By: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko

Spider-Man attempts to find the ISO-36 serum that may provide a cure for Aunt May. But from whose hands must he acquire this unique formula? Peter must make some difficult choices to save the ones he loves.

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Reaper74 reviewed Alien #1 Aug 3, 2023
7.0

Ok start. I don’t know if I like the family dynamics or not. At least they are human. Overall though it just feels ok. See how it plays out.

Alien #1

By: Declan Shalvey, Andrea Broccardo
Released: Apr 26, 2023

SUPERSTARS DECLAN SHALVEY & ANDREA BROCCARDO TAKE ALIEN TO BONE-CHILLING NEW DEPTHS!
Scientist Batya Zahn will do just about anything to get her family off the icy moon where they've been conducting research on water conservation. But there?s more than glacial springs to find in this forgotten corner of the galaxy. When they discover an extrao...

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Reaper74 reviewed Flash #799 Jul 27, 2023
6.0

I’ve enjoyed Adam’s run this was a rather quick unfulfilling ending to it all. Everything happens off page and things come and go to fast. Then the end leaves it like they are gone for forever and gives us nothing. Well it was a nice run. Wish it would have ended better.

Flash #799

By: Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin
Released: May 17, 2023

Uncovering the truth about what happened to their third child, Wally and team must infiltrate the dangerous compound known as the Nest in hopes of saving their newborn, while battling the formidable Granny Goodness!

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Reaper74 reviewed Superman #5 Jul 19, 2023
9.0

Great issue with a wallop of an ending. Love Jimmy and Banshee relationship and the resolution was well played.

Superman #5

By: Joshua Williamson, Jamal Campbell
Released: Jun 21, 2023

Silver Banshee is back--and more dangerous than ever! Given a massive power upgrade by Lex Luthor's archenemies, Silver Banshee's scream rocks Metropolis, and Superman must stop her from destroying his city while also saving her life. Be ready for the shock ending that stabs this series in its heart!

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