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Location: Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom Joined: Jul 01, 2021 About Me: Independent comic blogger and part time writer of words.

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jandals042 rated Captain America Vol. 4 Dec 21, 2024
7.0

Captain America Vol. 4

By: Ed Brubaker, Scot Eaton

It’s the end of an era as Ed Brubaker’s epic run reaches its stunning conclusion! Captain America faces his greatest challenge yet — from the American people! TV pundit Bill Braxton is calling for Cap’s retirement, and the populace is taking his message to heart. Meanwhile, the mysterious, super-powered terrorists known as the Discordians a...

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jandals042 rated Captain America Vol. 3 Dec 21, 2024
9.5

Captain America Vol. 3

By: Ed Brubaker, Paul Neary

A new Scourge on the hunt! They entered the Witness Protection Program in the hopes of leading new lives. Now, their pasts are catching up with them. As the body count rises, Captain America must contend with a vicious new killer wearing the demonic visage of his old enemy. For Cap, the only thing tougher than taking down the new Scourge will be le...

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9.0

Captain America The Trial Of Captain America Omnibus

By: Ed Brubaker, Luke Ross

Bucky Barnes, the once and future Winter Soldier, took on the mantle of Captain America after Steve Rogers' seeming death. But now Steve is back, and the two Caps must decide which one of them will wield the shield! As the Grand Director, Baron Zemo and Sin make life difficult for the heroes, Steve settles into a new role as head of S.H.I.E.L.D. - ...

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jandals042 rated Captain America Vol. 2 Dec 19, 2024
8.0

Captain America Vol. 2

By: Ed Brubaker, Alan Davis

Cap struggles to find his faith while the new Hydra rises from the ashes and makes their first deadly moves! And what secret has Cap been keeping throughout Fear Itself? Superstar artist Alan Davis joins the all-star creative team as best-selling Cap writer Ed Brubaker brings you action-packed espionage in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

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jandals042 rated Captain America Vol. 1 Dec 19, 2024
9.0

Captain America Vol. 1

By: Ed Brubaker, Giuseppe Camuncoli

Collects Captain America #1-5.

A funeral for a fallen friend turns into a race against time as the original Captain America makes his explosive return! Find out the secrets of the mission that went wrong in WWII, and why old friends are now old enemies! It's all-out Cap action and history the way you like it, in a cage match for yo...

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7.0

Captain America Vol. 13: Captain America and Bucky: Old Wounds

By: James Asmus, Francesco Francavilla

Collects Captain America and Bucky #625-628 and What If? (1977) #4.

William Nasland and Fred Davis aren't household names, yet they were the patriots who carried on the legacy of Captain America and Bucky after the original heroes went missing in action during the final days of World War II. Decades later, Nasland is dead, and only a...

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10

One of my favorite story arcs in the series yet.

Captain America Vol. 12: The Life Story of Bucky Barnes

By: Marc Andreyko, Chris Samnee

Collects Captain America and Bucky #620-624.

Think you know the story of Cap and Bucky's origins? Well, think again. The secret story of the early days of Captain America is revealed here, told from Bucky Barnes point of view. What was Cap and Bucky's first mission together? What was the tragedy that happened on it that changed every...

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10

Captain America Prisoner of War

By: Ed Brubaker, Travis Charest

Bucky Barnes learned the deadly skills of warfare during WWII, only to have those tools exploited by the Soviets as a brainwashed Cold War assassin. And just when he thought he could break free of the chains of his history, he is thrust into a new nightmare: a Russian prison camp housing a handful of his most vicious and revenged-minded Cold War pe...

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jandals042 rated Man's Best Collected Dec 17, 2024
9.0

Man's Best Collected

By: Pornsak Pichetshote, Jesse Lonergan

Earth is finished. The resources are gone, but that doesn't mean the hope of a new home is lost.

The Starship Horizon and its crew, along with Dr. Winters and her animals Athos, Porthos, and Lovey, search for a new planet, until tragedy strikes! The three animals find themselves in a perilous and mysterious world-just them and their mech s...

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9.0

Superman Vol. 3: The Dark Path

By: Joshua Williamson, Jamal Campbell

SUPERMAN, POWERLESS AGAINT AMANDA WALLER! If there's anything that makes Superman uneasy, it's magic. But the events of Knight Terrors and the defeat of Insomnia have taught Kal-El he doesn't have to face everything alone, either. Enter Zatanna, the mistress of magic! She'll join Superman as they take on a new threat from powerful forces led by non...

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10

Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: Fears And Hates

By: Peach Momoko

Visionary creator Peach Momoko (DEMON DAYS) crafts a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe!

Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life - go to school, hang out with her friends, and ignore the political strife boiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION. But life has other plans for her. In Japan,...

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8.5

Pine & Merrimac Collected

By: Kyle Starks, Fran Galan

On the corner of Pine and Merrimac sits an unremarkable town... with one horrifying secret.

After a lifetime of losing pieces of herself in every horrific case, former homicide detective Linnea Kent is starting fresh. Alongside her husband, Parker, a former MMA fighter and the brawn to her brains, she's opened up a quiet little detective a...

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7.0

Black Widow & Hawkeye Collected

By: Stephanie Phillips, Paolo Villanelli

"Celebrate 60 years of the Black Widow and Hawkeye, two of the most famous Avengers of all, with a bold new chapter in their storied legacy!

In the days when the Black Widow and Hawkeye had no one to trust, they still had each other - even though their paths sometimes diverged. So when Clint Barton is accused of a rogue assassination attem...

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jandals042 rated Weapon X-Men Collected Dec 10, 2024
7.5

Weapon X-Men Collected

By: Christos Gage, Greg Land

"Adventures across time and reality with the original 5 X-Men - following by a team of Multiversal Wolverines!

The first and greatest heroes to bear the X-Men name once traveled into their own futures and reset the course of history. Now another multiversal mystery calls them forth. And when the dust settles, one hero will remain, trapped ...

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7.5

Fantastic Four Reckoning War

By: Dan Slott, Carlos Pacheco

Dan Slott presents the cosmic saga he's been waiting his entire Marvel Comics career to tell! Before the Kree, Skrull or Shi'ar empires...before the emergence of Galactus...before the birth of Asgard...there was the First War. Today, the greatest conflict to ever rage across the Multiverse is reignited. This...is the Day of Reckoning! And all that ...

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10

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1 Hardcover

By: Ryan North, Erica Henderson

Wolverine. Deadpool. Doctor Doom. Thanos. There's one hero who's beaten them all, and now she's got her own book! And to celebrate, she's set her sights even higher - much higher. We're talking Galactus! But first Doreen Green, a.k.a. Squirrel Girl, is starting college, making new friends, eating nuts and kicking butts - not necessarily in that ord...

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10

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Powers Of A Squirrel

By: Ryan North, Erica Henderson

Eating nuts. Kicking butts. No ifs, ands or buts. Thanos. Fin Fang Foom. Deadpool. They have all fallen to her squirrel-based might — all completely, indisputably in canon. Now the Sciuridae super hero is about to face her biggest challenge yet: majoring in computer science at Empire State University! Oh, and also Galactus. But that college thing...

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9.0

Immortal Thor Vol. 3: The End Of All Songs

By: Al Ewing, Valentina Pinti

"Acclaimed writer Al Ewing continues his groundbreaking run on Thor, the God of Thunder!

Tyr had vanished, and there were whispers of cosmic forces at work. And so the children of Odin gathered in their father's name to search for one of their own. Regal Thor, fierce Angela, brave Balder, swift Hermod, quiet Honir, strong Vidar, cunning Lo...

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10

Aint No Grave Collected

By: Skottie Young, Jorge Corona

Eisner Award-winning writer Skottie Young and Transformers artist Jorge CoronA-the team behind the hit series Middlewest and The Me You Love in the Dark-are back with a brand-new genre-bending tale of love, loss, bullets, and death: Ain't No Grave! This Unforgiven-style journey is an original macabre Western/fanta...

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10

Blacksad: They All Fall Down Part 2

By: Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido
Released: Nov 13, 2024

Weekly's been framed by Lewis Solomon, the power behind New York's construction boom, but the king of the hill has built his empire on a mound of corpses, including union attorney Kenneth Clarke and theater director Iris Allen, and Blacksad must take out their killer before he can take down Solomon. But with Weekly in stir and cops on his heels, th...

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8.0

Earthdivers Vol. 3: 1776

By: Stephen Graham Jones, Davide Gianfelice

A team of time-traveling Indigenous survivors had one goal: save the world from an American apocalypse by sending one of their own on a suicide trip to kill Christopher Columbus and course-correct world history. Mission accomplished? Maybe not. Blood is still soaking into the sands of San Salvador as Tad's friends suffer the consequences of his act...

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8.0

Earthdivers Vol. 2: Ice Age

By: Stephen Graham Jones, Riccardo Burchielli

Guest artists Riccardo Burchielli (DMZ), Patricio Delpeche, and Emily Schnall join Stephen Graham Jones-New York Times best-selling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw-for a mission to the Ice Age exploring America's pre-Columbian past!

When Martin and Tawny's children disappeared, the couple barreled into the desert...

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8.5

Doctor Doom By Cantwell & Larroca

By: Christopher Cantwell, Cian Tormey

"Marvel's greatest villain, Doctor Doom, stars in his own blockbuster series!

Victor Von Doom is at a crossroads. Wrestling with visions of an entirely different life, the lord of Latveria offers mankind a stark warning about the folly of a trillion-dollar global effort to create the first artificial black hole. But when a catastrophic act...

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9.0

Deadpool Vol. 1: Blood Bond

By: Cody Ziglar, Roge Antonio

"Deadpool is back in action with all the chaos and silliness that makes him just so darn lovable - as an explosive new era for the Merc with a Mouth begins!

There's a wild ride in store for Deadpool when a terrifying new villain enters the scene - one who won't stop until he catches Wade Wilson in his Death Grip! But all work and no play m...

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8.0

Batman: The Cult Collected

By: Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrightson

In this controversial prestige series by writer Jim Starlin (Batman), artist Bernie Wrightson (Swamp Thing), and colorist Bill Wray (The Ren & Stimpy Show), Batman faces the enigmatic--and seemingly immortal--Deacon Blackfire, who has convinced an army of Gotham's forgotten citizens to overthrow the city. With the Dark Knight's mind and will seemin...

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9.0

If You Find This, I'm Already Dead Collected

By: Matt Kindt, Dan McDaid

From the New York Times bestselling creator of Mind MGMT and co-writer of BRZRKR with Keanu Reeves comes a multi-dimensional cosmic odyssey presented in a pulp magazine-sized format!
Robin is a big city reporter, embedded with US Marines heading to the hostile pocket universe called Terminus. Ten minutes in, the entire marine squad is wiped out...

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jandals042 rated Far Sector Collected Nov 21, 2024
10

Far Sector Collected

By: N.K. Jemisin, Jamal Campbell

Acclaimed, award-winning author N.K. Jemisin (The Fifth Season, The City We Became) makes her comic book debut with bestselling artist Jamal Campbell (Naomi) as they thrust you into a stunning sci-fi murder mystery on the other side of the universe! For the past six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein has been protecting t...

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10

When The Blood Has Dried Collected

By: Gary Moloney, Daniel Romero

Years ago, a stranger came to Carraig an Bhun, a little town on the edge of the Southern Territories. The locals eventually came to see this "blow-in," Meabh of Cklonia, as one of their own. Now, Meabh has taken over as proprietor of The Lough Inn, finding a semblance of peace after a lifetime of adventuring...however, the proposed opening of a bra...

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7.0

Jackpot & Black Cat Collected

By: Celeste Bronfman, Eric Gapstur

"Two of the best female characters in comics - Black Cat and Mary Jane Watson in her new persona as Jackpot - team up in their very own series!

Mary Jane Watson is trying her luck as the most exciting new hero in the Marvel Universe, Jackpot! So when someone blackmails her costumed friend, the Black Cat, into a public and blatant crime spr...

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7.0

Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 11: Going Green

By: Zeb Wells, Various

"Zeb Wells' highly talked-about Spider-Man run reaches a climax with the return of the Green Goblin!

The greatest villain in Spider-Man history is back, and about to remind Spider-Man - along with all of us - exactly why he's so feared! And as if the Goblin isn't enough, the Sinister Six are here too - along with several other problems tha...

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