Jawsh reviewed Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville #1 Sep 24, 2023
LOL I really enjoyed this
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Things could not possibly be worse for Fire and Ice, in Beatriz da Costa's professional opinion. Superman sent the former Justice Leaguers packing for Smallville following an extremely public and utterly disastrous mission (that was all Guy Gardner's fault, thank you very much) and in doing so doomed them to a fate worse than death: irrelevance. Ic...
Jawsh rated Blue Beetle #1 Sep 24, 2023
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JAIME REYES JOINS THE DAWN OF DC WITH A NEW ONGOING SERIES! Jaime Reyes's graduation is over, but his new life in Palmera City and as the Blue Beetle has only just begun! With two new Beetles to train in Dynastes and Nitida, Jaime has his hands full navigating being a leader. Thankfully, he has Paco and Brenda by his side as they settle in at Palme...
Jawsh rated Children of the Vault #2 Sep 24, 2023
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WELCOME TO THE TOMORROWTOWNS! The Children of the Vault will bring this world into the future - kicking and screaming! In the wake of the fall of Krakoa, the Children emerge as humankind's greatest and only saviors, defending Earth from Shi'ar attacks and supernatural sightings alike. And humanity LOVES it. Only Bishop and Cable can see through the...
Jawsh rated Astonishing Iceman #2 Sep 24, 2023
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HOME IS WHERE THE HEARTBREAK IS! The bait is set for BOBBY DRAKE as the ELEMENTS OF DOOM target his hometown! Terrorizing the town that raised ICEMAN - but to what end? They say you can't go home again, but if Iceman can't save the day, he might not have a home to return to!
Rated T+
Jawsh rated The Cull #2 Sep 24, 2023
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Cleo's confession elicits more fear than anger from the group, and everyone sticks together into the great unknown. Sentient mushrooms for everyone!
Jawsh rated X-Force #44 Sep 24, 2023
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X-FORCE NO MORE?! X-perience the FALL OF X at its most dire! X-FORCE is captured - but what power could possibly keep them off the grid, and who is truly to blame? With SAGE, DEADPOOL and DOMINO on the outside, will the WOLVERINE SENTINELS beat them to their quarry, or can X-FORCE reunite to take down the enemies of mutantkind once and for all?
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Jawsh rated X-Men: Red #15 Sep 24, 2023
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SINS OF THE PAST! Under siege in Port Prometheus, Storm readies to hold the line against the ultimate bioweapon. Meanwhile, the Fisher King finds himself tormented by his strange new abilities...and the secrets in his memory might turn the tide of the Genesis War.
Rated T+
Jawsh reviewed W0rldtr33 #5 Sep 14, 2023
Feels like a sister series to NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE
END OF STORY ARC
With PH34R ascendent, Gabriel is forced to pull a trigger that will change the shape of the entire world. No sacrifice is too great to stop the spread of the Undernet...
The first arc of the acclaimed new horror hit from multiple Eisner Award-winning writer JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH) and FERNANDO BL...
Jawsh reviewed Poison Ivy #14 Sep 14, 2023
GOD I LOVE THIS BOOK!
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BACK IN GOTHAM CITY! As Poison Ivy investigates the inner workings of a strange new skyscraper in Gotham, she finds herself up to her neck in a surreal and slimy mystery. And at its center? A brand-new villain in the Poison Ivy pantheon of rogues! Plus...is Janet-from-HR cheating on Ivy?!
Jawsh reviewed Scarlet Witch #8 Sep 14, 2023
Another fantastic issue!
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GOD VS. WITCH! When Loki's mountain giant cousin comes through the Last Door desperate to secure the right to rule his people, the Scarlet Witch agrees to confront the King of Jotunheim. But things are never what they seem with Loki, God of Stories, and when the truth comes out, sparks just might fly! Meanwhile, Hexfinder's plan is revealed...and t...
Jawsh reviewed City Boy #4 Sep 14, 2023
It's giving THE CITY WE BECAME a bit
Which I love but this isn't AS good yet
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Nightwing isn’t sure whether City Boy is the sort of person who will use his superpowers for good, but he knows he needs City Boy’s help to track down a criminal in Blüdhaven, so he might just take that chance. Meanwhile, something is causing City Boy’s powers to burst out of control, and he is able to accidentally see events that took place...
Jawsh reviewed Kill Your Darlings #1 Sep 13, 2023
Interesting start, with a good tone. Not sure I understand the premise but Im sure its just what the rest of the series will be for.
Let's see where it goes.
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SERIES PREMIERE
Eight-year-old Rose loves nothing more than to play pretend in a magical land of her own creation. To her, that world is as real as our own, from her fluffy friends to the terrible evil that lurks at the center of it all. In one night, the line between fantasy and reality will disappear, an ancient hunger will feed again, and Ro...
And so the arc closes.
Some fun ideas half baked into a disappointing adventure.
Silk honestly deserves better storyarcs.
This coulda been an email.
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TIME'S UP! Silk has tried and failed to stop an evil witch from terrorizing New York. Now the witch is putting her grand plan into motion. What IS the witch's plan? And what'll happen to the city - and the world - if Silk is too late?!
Rated T
An exposition filled issue.
Unfortunately, not really that interesting.
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MONSTER MAYHEM!
Silk escaped one danger but now faces an even deadlier challenge! Her nemesis Saya has gotten a power upgrade of fiendish proportions? ?and she's going to hit Silk where it hurts.
Rated T
Jawsh reviewed Dark Knights of Steel #12 Sep 13, 2023
Not the finish one would hope for when the series began.
It feels unfinished.
Love the artwork as always and some versions of these characters work really well.
Just hope the next arc (cuz it is coming...) is plotted more effectively.
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The cataclysmic conclusion to the bestselling series is here. The Three Kingdoms are united for the first time in a generation against a common threat-but can even their combined might prevail? Will a traitor in their midst turn the tide of the final battle? The shocking finale…but is this truly the end?
Jawsh reviewed Unstoppable Doom Patrol #5 Sep 13, 2023
Another fantastic issue.
God I love the Doom Patrol.
The World’s Strangest Superheroes versus Anytown, USA! Just as everyone feared, the Doom Patrol have lost control and are now attacking the idyllic small town of New Poplar, Illinois. As these unstoppable monsters rampage, a new superhero must rise to stop them…enter Metawoman! But who is she, and what is her terrible secret? Only one person ha...
OUCH, this issue's greatest strength is it's greatest weakness.
It is touching on storylines that are occurring in tandem across a variety of books, so if you're following those books, a lot of this feels very familiar and if you're NOT following those books, this is going to feel INCOMPLETE.
But setting that ASIDE, there's still some problems, for example Shadowkat and Firestar. That pl more
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"WE'RE NOT LOSING AN X-MAN... WE'RE GAINING AN AVENGER!" The moment we swore would never happen-heck, the moment EMMA FROST swore would never happen-is here at last! As the Frost/Stark knot is tied in INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #10, Emma's mutant family reacts to this surprise news!
Rated T+
Jawsh reviewed Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 Sep 12, 2023
Something REALLY interesting happening in this book with the metaphor for Kamala's idenity now being portrayed as a MUTANT.
A connection I somehow missed with all the HELLFIRE GALA surprises. (I did not know about Ms Marvel being a mutant until I read the Gala).
But like... weird that Bruno would be OK going to a program like that while being so openly anti-mutant and how Kamala is now o more
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KAMALA KHAN IS BACK...AND SHE'S AN X-MAN! That's right - the good news is that fresh off her world-saving death, Kamala has been brought back via Krakoan Resurrection Technology! What a way to learn she's a mutant! The bad news is her debut at the Hellfire Gala didn't go exactly as planned, and now all of mutantkind are being hunted worldwide! Into...
Jawsh rated World's Finest: Teen Titans #2 Sep 12, 2023
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Welcome to Metropolis, Wonder Girl! Hoping to reconnect with her human roots, Donna Troy leaves Themyscira for the City of Tomorrow. There she meets Mal Duncan, a young man with the makings of a true hero. And just in time, too-the Titans will need all the help they can get as they investigate a cry for help that leads them to a haunted house that ...
Jawsh added World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023) to their pull list Sep 12, 2023
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Spinning out of the pages of the runaway hit Batman/Superman: World’s Finest comes a modern retelling of the early adventures of the original Teen Titans! Led by Robin, the Boy Wonder, a new super-team has burst onto the scene-meet the Teen Titans, DC’s grooviest group filled with super-teens with super-problems. When they’re not fighting alo...
Jawsh rated Invincible Iron Man #9 Sep 12, 2023
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Tony Stark: Black King of the Hellfire Club! Feilong and the Stark Sentinels have beaten Iron Man and robbed him of his armor. But Tony isn't without his resources: his father's membership to the Hellfire Club and his new Stealth Armor!
Rated T+
Jawsh reviewed Invincible Iron Man #8 Sep 12, 2023
FANTASTIC STUFF
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HELLFIRE GALA TIE-IN! As the X-Men throw their latest Hellfire Gala, Iron Man has to contend with the new Stark Sentinels flying through New York! Can Tony stop these mutant-hunting machines alone? Guest-starring Emma Frost!
Rated T+
Jawsh rated Immortal X-Men #15 Sep 12, 2023
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After the Gala, we wondered - did anyone survive the experience? Now we discover the real question: How long can anyone survive this?
Rated T+
Jawsh reviewed The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #3 Aug 31, 2023
There's a LOT I love about this, the artwork, the colors, the b-horror movie magic.
Queer horror is like my favorite of the newer genres exploding right now.
But this issue felt like a kid getting super excited to play with all his toys they through everything in. It's a LOT and it's messy and while I get what it's going for, the pace is just NOT IT and it's unsatisfying.
Mayb more
Christopher and Dracula Boy joins forces to take on the crime-infested streets of New Briar City while, at the same time, look for a way to bring Christopher's high school crush back from the clutches of death.
Jawsh reviewed Immortal Thor #1 Aug 29, 2023
A very strong, and successful relaunch for Thor.
Al Ewing is aiming for skies with this one.
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AL EWING, MARTIN COCCOLO & ALEX ROSS GIVE THE GOD OF THUNDER THE "IMMORTAL" TREATMENT! In Norse myths, they called him Thunderer. Vuer has he been called, and Hloriddi. The Gods know him as Asgard's King, keeper of Mjolnir, hero of the tales. When injustice grips the Earth and ancient powers bring down the sky, he fights for those who cannot - and ...
Jawsh added Immortal Thor (2023) to their pull list Aug 29, 2023
AL EWING, MARTIN COCCOLO & ALEX ROSS GIVE THE GOD OF THUNDER THE "IMMORTAL" TREATMENT! In Norse myths, they called him Thunderer. Vuer has he been called, and Hloriddi. The Gods know him as Asgard's King, keeper of Mjolnir, hero of the tales. When injustice grips the Earth and ancient powers bring down the sky, he fights for those who cannot - and ...
Jawsh reviewed X-Force #43 Aug 29, 2023
Excellent addition to this current HELLFIRE GALA saga, where are they going from here?!
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COLOSSUS leads X-FORCE into the next era! But no one on the team is prepared for a mission set to fracture their trust and teamwork for all time. And don't miss the first of legendary Daniel Acu?a's run of covers on the series!
Rated T+
Jawsh reviewed Knight Terrors: Wonder Woman #2 Aug 29, 2023
There were things I enjoyed, but Im glad this event is over because at this point, it got super repetitive.
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No way out! The Justice League Dark find themselves trapped in a labyrinth of horror as Wonder Woman grapples with her deepest fears and insecurities. Will the warrior of truth fall to the lies of the Nightmare Realm? Plus, Nubia takes on the lost souls of Tartarus to prove her worthiness as queen of the Amazons!
Jawsh reviewed Knight Terrors #4 Aug 29, 2023
MESS
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Insomnia searches the nightmares of all the heroes for his precious Nightmare Stone and keeps on coming up empty-clawed! Wesley Dodds, Batman, and I must return to the haunted Arkham Tower to confront Insomnia, but…now I know why Insomnia hates the heroes. And I gotta be honest: I’m having a hard time not relating. Maybe Insomnia is owed his re...
Jawsh reviewed Knight Terrors #3 Aug 29, 2023
We lost steam
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Welcome back, ghouls and ghosts! Deadman here-Boston Brand, again! My horror adventure continues as the Sleepless Knights attack us. But now I have a new problem: Batman’s son Damian is furious and keeps trying to fight me! My only safe haven is…the House of Horror.
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