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Joined: Mar 30, 2021 About Me: Currently reading through Post-Crisis Batman. Feel free to follow along. I am slowly editing a reading order I found so changes have been and will be made over time to it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xPwbjLLsK7RVmLQAU1ap0ntpzW0Ci_J2UBlzkraSwoE/edit?usp=sharing

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motorik rated Ultimate Spider-Man #9 Sep 25, 2024
10

Ultimate Spider-Man #9

By: Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto
Released: Sep 25, 2024

THE SINISTER SIX MAKE THEIR FIRST STRIKE!

But WHO are the Sinister Six? The first member throws down with Spider-Man and Green Goblin in this action-packed issue! Plus, with Tony Stark's return, Peter must also explore the limitations of his new suit...

Rated T

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Afre reviewed Ultimate Spider-Man #9 Sep 25, 2024
9.5

One of the best issues in a while. Interesting new developments, a lot of stuff happening, great character moments and amazing art.

What more can you ask for.

Ultimate Spider-Man #9

By: Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto
Released: Sep 25, 2024

THE SINISTER SIX MAKE THEIR FIRST STRIKE!

But WHO are the Sinister Six? The first member throws down with Spider-Man and Green Goblin in this action-packed issue! Plus, with Tony Stark's return, Peter must also explore the limitations of his new suit...

Rated T

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Hex rated The Crow Collected Sep 21, 2024
8.5

The Crow Collected

By: James O'Barr

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Hex rated The Crow #4 Sep 21, 2024
8.5

The Crow #4

By: James O'Barr

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Hex rated The Crow #3 Sep 21, 2024
8.0

The Crow #3

By: James O'Barr

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Hex rated Uncanny X-Men #122 Sep 20, 2024
9.0

Uncanny X-Men #122

By: Chris Claremont, John Byrne

Colossus is pushed to his limits by his teammates...can he save them in time? Plus, who has been hired to end the X-Men?

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Hex added The Moon Is Following Us (2024) to their pull list Sep 18, 2024

The Moon Is Following Us (2024)

Series Premiere. Sam and Duncan LaMarr love their six-year-old daughter, Penny, more than anything in the whole world. But half a year ago, she was taken by the Cascade, an evil force they barely understand. Now, Sam and Duncan must fight side by side with the magical beings Penny cherished to try and get her back... before she's gone...

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Hex rated The Crow #2 Sep 15, 2024
8.5

The Crow #2

By: James O'Barr

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Hex rated The Crow #1 Sep 15, 2024
8.5

The Crow #1

By: James O'Barr

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Toonstrack reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #57 Sep 11, 2024
8.5


This issue was intense af.

Turns out my prediction was the same one the characters made... and the wrong one. This is one of the strengths wells has that gets overlooked I feel. Our expectations are "Lonnie would never hurt Janice directly, hed just kill someone close" and at the beginning of this run he wouldn't have. Thats something Tombstone practically laid out himself over th more

Amazing Spider-Man #57

By: Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr.
Released: Sep 11, 2024

Tombstone finds himself in prison after the brutal beatings he dished out, and also took, in the previous issue. But if you know Tombstone, you know that this is not quite the end of a story starring Lonnie Lincoln...

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Hex reviewed Ultimates #4 Sep 5, 2024
9.5

Phenomenal. Fantastic even.

Ultimates #4

By: Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri
Released: Sep 4, 2024

THE FATE OF THE ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR!

Doom's years of torture at the hands of the Maker finally catch up to him in this secret history of the real Reed Richards! And tensions rise among the Ultimates when Doom might be more fixated on re-creating the life he should have had than the life he's got...

Rated T+

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motorik - Sep 8, 2024

Agree my friend. Your taste is exceptional as always.

Hex - Sep 8, 2024

Thank you sir. We're so lucky to get to experience the talent we have right now and I'm glad that we can both appreciate how great the stuff we've both enjoyed has been.

Hex added Batman: Dark Age (2024) to their pull list Sep 3, 2024

Batman: Dark Age (2024)

Meet Bruce Wayne, Gotham's favorite delinquent son. In an origin story like no other, witness the boy become a dark knight shaped by a city in turmoil as it marches towards its prophesied doom. Set against the backdrop of actual historical events, Gotham comes alive, filled with the iconic characters who've loved and hated Batman over the years lik...

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Hex - Sep 8, 2024

I mean I don't need to tell you that politics has been in comics since day 1. The concept of the Super-man, his taking down of greedy businessmen, gun toting gangs, going to war, etc. These people don't know what they're talking about. I loved when people got pissed during Tynion's Batman run when he took away his wealth. They FREAKED. Or Zdarksy on DD. I'm planning on blitzing though both Dark Age stories once this is finished. Looking forward to it. I love Allred's art.

Hex - Sep 8, 2024

The funny thing is there are many conservative minded heroes. But they aren't complete jackasses. Hal Jordan is pretty conservative all things considered especially when compared to the rest of the Corps. The problem is exactly like you said, that they aren't virtuous. There isn't much to root for if the hero is only saving people that look like him, think like him, where nothing is done for the greater good. The stories aren't uplifting or compelling. Look at Comicsgate comics they don't sell.

8.0

Batman: Journey Into Knight #4

By: Andrew Helfer, Tan Eng Huat

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motorik - Sep 8, 2024

Interesting, never heard of this. Is Helfer a good Batman writer?

Hex - Sep 8, 2024

I'm still kind of getting my bearings with this maxi series. It's definitely interesting, I like the art. Helfer writes competently with Batman in his early days. Plays with his relationship to his parents and how that affects his world as Bruce. It's not wholly original and doesn't feel like the most unique story but the conflict and villain are compelling. Has a bit of mystery which I really appreciate in a Bat-title.

Hex reviewed Sonic the Hedgehog #12 Aug 28, 2024
6.0

I'm not even trying to dunk on Penders but the stories he has written these past two issues are really not exciting, "cool" or funny in the way Sonic has been in the first 10 issues. Thankfully there are some other writers doing smaller stories in these books and those help keep that typical Sonic flair to it. Just hardly the main arc.

Sonic the Hedgehog #12

By: Angelo Decesare, Art Mawhinney

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motorik - Sep 8, 2024

I'm yet to get into Sonic comics. Is there one you could recommend?

Hex - Sep 8, 2024

The rebooted series that started in 2018 has actually been pretty great. It takes place right after the Sonic Forces game so it's a bit jarring when it comes to events they talk about before the comics if you haven't read them but honestly the comics shine on their own. The art is pretty great. These original ones though can be a bit rough. Fun to just read through but the best series in terms of characterization and consistency is 2018. Ian Flynn is a really solid writer and loves the universe.

7.0

Batman: Journey Into Knight #5

By: Andrew Helfer, Tan Eng Huat

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Afre reviewed Ultimates #4 Sep 4, 2024
9.5

Wow.

Ultimates #4

By: Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri
Released: Sep 4, 2024

THE FATE OF THE ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR!

Doom's years of torture at the hands of the Maker finally catch up to him in this secret history of the real Reed Richards! And tensions rise among the Ultimates when Doom might be more fixated on re-creating the life he should have had than the life he's got...

Rated T+

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motorik reviewed Ultimates #4 Sep 4, 2024
10

Superb. A fascinating and unsettling look into Doom Reed.

Ultimates #4

By: Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri
Released: Sep 4, 2024

THE FATE OF THE ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR!

Doom's years of torture at the hands of the Maker finally catch up to him in this secret history of the real Reed Richards! And tensions rise among the Ultimates when Doom might be more fixated on re-creating the life he should have had than the life he's got...

Rated T+

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Hex rated Uncanny X-Men #121 Sep 4, 2024
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #121

By: Chris Claremont, John Byrne
Released: May 9, 1979

With Wolverine and Nightcrawler captives of Alpha Flight, Cyclops leads Colossus and Storm to the exhibition grounds for the Calgary Stampede.

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Hex rated Uncanny X-Men #120 Sep 3, 2024
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #120

By: Chris Claremont, John Byrne
Released: Apr 4, 1979

The Canadian super-hero known as Vindicator meets with the Prime Minister in order to determine how best to capture Wolverine and force him back into service for the Canadian government.

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daspidaboy reviewed Superior Spider-Man #8 Jun 26, 2024
5.0

when I first heard Dan Scott was going to be back as Superior Spider-Man, I was hyped. Now though..... it's just forgettable. This series was fun, but it didnt need to exist. Sometimes it is bad to milk a product to the point where fans get bored of it.

Superior Spider-Man #8

By: Dan Slott, Mark Bagley
Released: Jun 26, 2024

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN NO MORE!
This issue contains more Superior Spiders than you'd expect. But by the end, only one Spider-Man will be left standing. Dan Slott and Mark Bagley's entire run from Spider-Man to Superior has led up to this!
Rated T

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Afre reviewed Superior Spider-Man #8 Jun 29, 2024
3.0

This was... really bad. Besides Bagley's art, there was nothing enjoyable about this. Ock is right back where he was before this started, so... what was the point? Except now he doesn't even remember Superior, again???

Like what's next? 3 years go by and Otto is back remembering he was Superior Spider-Man and trying to ge tthose memories?

Even besides Otto's new terrible stat more

Superior Spider-Man #8

By: Dan Slott, Mark Bagley
Released: Jun 26, 2024

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN NO MORE!
This issue contains more Superior Spiders than you'd expect. But by the end, only one Spider-Man will be left standing. Dan Slott and Mark Bagley's entire run from Spider-Man to Superior has led up to this!
Rated T

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motorik - Sep 8, 2024

I loved the original. This was such an utter disappointment. It's clear it should be left alone.

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BirdmanG07 reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #56 Sep 2, 2024
8.5

I’ve hated this run, but honestly this was one of the best issues from it. I very much dislike JRJRs art but even he did really well here. I wish everyone in the story wore a mask, that’s help a lot.

Amazing Spider-Man #56

By: Zeb Wells, Lee Gatlin
Released: Aug 28, 2024

TOMBSTONE RETURNS IN A SPECIAL OVERSIZED LEGACY #950!
The newst Kingpin of Crime will show his power to the other gangs of New York City by publicly killing Spider-Man. And of course the easiest way to get to Spidey is to kidnap...PETER PARKER?! On top of our oversized main adventure, this issue includes some new instant classic stories!
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Hex - Sep 3, 2024

Straight up. This is the best Romita has done in a while but MAN his faces most of the time were hard to look at. I really wish he'd stop doing that line on his female faces to accentuate the cheekbones because it looks horrendous. He used it on Janice on the final page and made her look really weird. You remove it and she looks way better.

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Toonstrack reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #56 Sep 2, 2024
8.5

As the others have said, this was really, really strong. Wells on Tombstone has been a tier spidey content snd i wish the rest of the run was on the same level even as someone who hasn't hated this run.

The backups are all pretty solid as well.

Amazing Spider-Man #56

By: Zeb Wells, Lee Gatlin
Released: Aug 28, 2024

TOMBSTONE RETURNS IN A SPECIAL OVERSIZED LEGACY #950!
The newst Kingpin of Crime will show his power to the other gangs of New York City by publicly killing Spider-Man. And of course the easiest way to get to Spidey is to kidnap...PETER PARKER?! On top of our oversized main adventure, this issue includes some new instant classic stories!
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Hex reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #56 Sep 3, 2024
9.0

I originally had this whole thing written about how frustrated I was after just the first 3 pages after the Kingpin/Tombstone flashback. I was disappointed in the art and hanging plot threads but honestly, those aren't enough to make this a bad issue at all. What I felt in the first arc is back here. Everything I praised Wells for, his ability to channel that JMS era of Peter relying on others to more

Amazing Spider-Man #56

By: Zeb Wells, Lee Gatlin
Released: Aug 28, 2024

TOMBSTONE RETURNS IN A SPECIAL OVERSIZED LEGACY #950!
The newst Kingpin of Crime will show his power to the other gangs of New York City by publicly killing Spider-Man. And of course the easiest way to get to Spidey is to kidnap...PETER PARKER?! On top of our oversized main adventure, this issue includes some new instant classic stories!
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Mout rated Saga #1 Apr 22, 2022
8.5

Saga #1

By: Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples
Released: Mar 14, 2012

Y: THE LAST MAN writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN returns to comics with red-hot artist FIONA STAPLES for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! Star Wars-style action collides with Game of Thrones-esque drama in this original sci-fi/fantasy epic for mature readers, as new parents Marko and Alana risk everything to raise their child amidst a never-ending galactic war.

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Afre reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #56 Aug 28, 2024
9.0

I think this issue is the perfect showcase on why Spidey editorial needs massive changes.

I'm not sure if it's Nick Lowe, or who/whom, but something needs to happen.

But back to the issue itself.

The first story was wonderful. Like amazing, truly deserving the title. Having re-read World Without Love yesterday in preparation to this, the parallels to that are very more

Amazing Spider-Man #56

By: Zeb Wells, Lee Gatlin
Released: Aug 28, 2024

TOMBSTONE RETURNS IN A SPECIAL OVERSIZED LEGACY #950!
The newst Kingpin of Crime will show his power to the other gangs of New York City by publicly killing Spider-Man. And of course the easiest way to get to Spidey is to kidnap...PETER PARKER?! On top of our oversized main adventure, this issue includes some new instant classic stories!
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BirdmanG07 - Sep 2, 2024

YES. If only Marvel would listen…. I was excited Wells was coming to the book, I’ve liked his work in the past. There’s no way he was given the space he needed or wanted to do what he could’ve done.

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motorik reviewed Wolverine: Revenge #1 Aug 21, 2024
10

Best Wolverine comic in years.

Critics are way off on this one.

Wolverine: Revenge #1

By: Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo
Released: Aug 21, 2024

HICKMAN AND CAPULLO JOIN FORCES FOR A WOLVERINE EPIC LIKE NO OTHER!
Greg Capullo makes his grand return to Marvel Comics storytelling as he and Jonathan Hickman pit WOLVERINE against a cadre of foes who will turn his world upside down! He's been beaten! He's been bloodied! And LOGAN only has one thought on his mind: REVENGE! Don't miss this pre...

Hex reviewed Sonic the Hedgehog #11 Aug 26, 2024
5.0

The writing quality took a nose dive. Sally all of a sudden is just madly in love with Sonic when it was a lot more of a playful back and forth between the two, hiding feelings for one another. The jokes are worse and constant.

Sonic the Hedgehog #11

By: Ken Penders, Dave Manak

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Hex rated Uncanny X-Men #119 Aug 24, 2024
7.5

Uncanny X-Men #119

By: Chris Claremont, John Byrne
Released: Mar 7, 1979

Moses Magnum has issued an ultimatum to the government of Japan: Turn the country over to him, or he will use his Magnum Force to sink the entire country!

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Hex rated Uncanny X-Men #118 Aug 24, 2024
7.5

Uncanny X-Men #118

By: Chris Claremont, John Byrne
Released: Feb 7, 1979

When the X-Men arrive in Japan they find that the city Agarashima is ablaze by a great firestorm caused by an unnatural earthquake

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