Ochi may be a double agent - he said he works for the strongest and so may still be working for Vader.
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars #23 May 9, 2022
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THE DAWN ALLIANCE - PART 2 OF 3 "The Last Division"
• The fate of THE REBEL ALLIANCE FLEET is at stake, as its last remaining divisions face off in battle against the brutal tactics of COMMANDER ELLIAN ZAHRA and her crew on the TARKIN'S WILL.
• For Zahra, this fight is personal; her revenge will not be complete until every life lo...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Obi-Wan #1 May 9, 2022
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FAST APPROACHES THE ULTIMATE DESTINY OF ONE OF THE JEDI'S MOST RENOWNED MASTERS!
• As he spends his final days in the remote deserts of Tatooine, Obi-Wan Kenobi takes time to reflect on - and record - key moments of a heroic life long-lived.
• Writing in old leather-bound journals from his hermit's hut, Obi-Wan remembers his days ...
Cosmic Ray rated Metal Society #1 May 9, 2022
MINISERIES PREMIERE
PORT OF EARTH writer ZACK KAPLAN teams up with hot up-and-coming artist GUILHERME BALBI in a dramatic new sci-fi miniseries that's Blade Runner meets Rocky.
In an inverted future, evolved robots have resurrected humans for manual labor. When a tribalistic cultural clash breaks out, a fearless human fighter and...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #20 Apr 19, 2022
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THE QUEEN'S SHADOW RETURNS!
• Darth Vader continues his quest to destroy the agents of Crimson Dawn, abetted by an unlikely crew of heroes and assassins.
• But every twist in the tale gets thrown into question with the shocking return of SABÉ, handmaiden of Padmé Amidala!
• Who's the hero? Who's the villain? And will th...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #22 Apr 13, 2022
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CRIMSON HAVOC!
• With all secrets smashed and all traitors revealed, DARTH VADER unleashes his endgame!
• But is his target CRIMSON DAWN - or the EMPIRE itself? And where does that leave the heroes and assassins who have fought at his side?
• Plus, a shocking reveal that cuts to the very core of the DARK LORD'S dark heart...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #21 Mar 24, 2022
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THE RETURN OF THE HANDMAIDEN!
• A figure terrifyingly close to VADER'S dark heart returns - but with a shocking new allegiance that threatens total chaos!
• The band of heroes who have bound themselves to Vader's cause finally learn the true nature of their new lord.
• And how long can OCHI OF BESTOON keep his desper...
Cosmic Ray rated We Ride Titans #1 Mar 12, 2022
Kaiju hit hard. Family hits harder.
Trying to keep your family from imploding is a tall order. Kit Hobbs is about to find out it's an even taller order when that family has been piloting the Titan that protects New Hyperion from kaiju for generations. Between a spiraling brother, a powder keg of a father, and a whole bunch of twenty-story monst...
Cosmic Ray reviewed Wastelanders: Doom #1 Jan 8, 2022
Good read. We need more one-and-done stories like this.
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THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING!
DOCTOR DOOM helped wipe out the heroes on the Day the Villains Won, but even as he rules his domain in the Wastelands, a greater destiny calls to him. When a mysterious power blocks his oversight of a particular region, what he discovers will have ripple effects across the WASTELANDERS stories!
PARENTAL ADVISORY
Cosmic Ray reviewed Phenom X #1 Nov 10, 2021
Super-TRASH!
Wrongfully imprisoned and desperate to regain his freedom, Max Gomez agrees to become a subject in an underground government experiment. When the trial gives him phenomenal shape-shifting abilities, Gomez learns his new "freedom" requires surviving a superpowered war fought on the streets of NYC.
DoorMan reviewed Star Wars: Darth Vader #17 Oct 31, 2021
Fantastic issue. Certainly an issue full of surprises. WOTBH did an excellent job of building up Crimson Dawn to the point where, at least for myself, there is the perception of Qi'ra and Crimson Dawn being formidable opponents for the Empire and not just some obscure criminal entity. Just when I start to like Ochi of Bestoon and become invested in the character and his and Vader's dynamic relatio more
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"JUST REWARDS"
• Throughout the search for HAN SOLO, DARTH VADER has carved his way through shadows, unraveling mysteries cloaked in deceptions and betrayal.
• Now Vader finally takes care of all his business in this blockbuster conclusion to the WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS story arc.
• But is he the true master of betraya...
Ochi may be a double agent - he said he works for the strongest and so may still be working for Vader.
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #17 Nov 1, 2021
"JUST REWARDS"
• Throughout the search for HAN SOLO, DARTH VADER has carved his way through shadows, unraveling mysteries cloaked in deceptions and betrayal.
• Now Vader finally takes care of all his business in this blockbuster conclusion to the WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS story arc.
• But is he the true master of betraya...
Cosmic Ray reviewed Dirtbag Rapture #1 Oct 23, 2021
Not bad.
She's stoned. She's selfish. She's all that stands between us and the end of the world.
Where do you go when you die? Kat, a stoner with a flexible moral code, can answer that, and the answer is: not very far. Unfortunately for Kat's peace of mind, a near-death experience has left her with the ability to see and hear ghosts, as well as take the...
Cosmic Ray rated Primordial #1 Oct 7, 2021
Mind-bending sci-fi collides with Cold War thriller in this six-issue miniseries by the bestselling and Eisner-winning creative team behind GIDEON FALLS!
In 1957, the USSR launched the dog, Laika, into Earth's orbit. Two years later, the USA responded with two monkeys, Able and Baker. These animals never returned. But, unbeknownst to everyone, ...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #16 Sep 15, 2021
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"TARGET SKYWALKER"
• All of DARTH VADER'S careful scheming and brutal power moves to claim HAN SOLO'S frozen body have one ultimate end goal: LUKE SKYWALKER, the only person who could challenge Vader's primacy at the Emperor's side.
• Now everything comes to a head as father closes in on son and Luke finally grasps a shocking tru...
Cosmic Ray rated Mazebook #1 Sep 10, 2021
From New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer creator Jeff Lemire comes this ambitious and haunting comic series about family, mourning, and reality.
A lonely building inspector still grieving the loss of his puzzle-loving daughter receives a mysterious phone call one night from a girl claiming it's her and that sh...
Cosmic Ray reviewed Not All Robots #1 Sep 3, 2021
Cool story. Shitty artwork.
In the year 2056, robots have replaced human beings in the workforce. An uneasy co-existence develops between the newly intelligent robots and the ten billion humans living on Earth. Every human family is assigned a robot upon whom they are completely reliant. What could possibly go wrong? Meet the Walters, a human family whose robot, Razorball, om...
Cosmic Ray reviewed Telepaths #1 Sep 3, 2021
I'll be back for issue 2. --- Update- Never came back for issue 2.
The brand new epic from comic book legends J. Michael Straczynksi (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor) and Steve Epting
(Captain America: The Winter Soldier). An electromagnetic disturbance results in the sudden awakening of telepathic
powers in a tenth of the Earth's population. In the moments after the world comes to grip with this development,...
Cosmic Ray rated Superman '78 #1 Aug 26, 2021
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Fly into director Richard Donner’s Superman once more in Superman ’78! Written by Robert Venditti (Superman: Man of Tomorrow) and drawn by Wilfredo Torres (Batman ’66), Superman ’78 tells a brand-new adventure in the world of the beloved film. A bright, shining day in Metropolis is interrupted by a mysterious drone that crash-lands in the c...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #15 Aug 25, 2021
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"THE ASSASSIN'S CHOICE"
• Mere months ago, OCHI OF BESTOON was the assassin who dared to take on DARTH VADER himself in the fiery lava pits of MUSTAFAR.
• Now Ochi serves Vader as his most loyal agent during the WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS. Who is Ochi of Bestoon? What are his true goals? And how have the secr...
Cosmic Ray reviewed I Am Not Starfire OGN Jul 28, 2021
I read a few pages. Gross.
From New York Times bestselling author Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets) comes a story about Mandy, the daughter of super-famous superhero Starfire. Seventeen-year-old Mandy, daughter of Starfire, is not like her mother. Starfire is gorgeo...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #14 Jul 22, 2021
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"THE BLADE BEHIND THE CURTAIN"
• For decades, no figure has stood as close to the EMPEROR with so much mystery surrounding her.
• Who is the UMBARAN? What is her role within the EMPIRE and in the WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS? And what happens when she emerges from the darkness to challenge Darth Vader himself?
• Featuring ...
Cosmic Ray reviewed Beyond the Breach #1 Jul 14, 2021
We already have The MIST novel, movie and failed TV series and the movie Annihilation so...
And the comic from Image, Oblivion Song...
Art and coloring are very good though.
Life sucks for Vanessa. Her mother just died and her boyfriend is cheating on her (with her own sister!). To clear her mind, Vanessa is taking the California road-trip that she's been dreaming about for years.
Her postcard-perfect drive through old growth forests quickly turns when THE BREACH hits. A bizarre anomaly in the sky p...
Cosmic Ray reviewed Everfrost #1 Jul 9, 2021
Too preoccupied with exposition, naming things and establishing the world building instead of making us care about the characters. Art and colors are fine.
Van Louise retired to the ice coast so she could quietly find a way off planet from a world on the wrong side of societal collapse.
She biohacks a dead leviathan to orchestrate passage away into the universe, but her plans are about to get chewed up by a mounting war between the Warlords - violent gatekeepers for the global ruling party - and ...
Cosmic Ray reviewed Fight Girls #1 Jul 7, 2021
Frank Cho's writing abilities are not in league with his artistic.
Ten hard-as-nails women face off in an ancient contest of champions where the winner truly takes all: the title of "Queen
of the Galaxy." To win the challenge each contestant must survive the hazards of the planet's harsh landscape, the
ferocious predators on and below its surface, and their fellow contestants. This edition of the contest h...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #13 Jun 23, 2021
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DARK LORD VS. DARK DROID!
• DARTH VADER and OCHI OF BESTOON embark upon a search for the carbonite-frozen body of HAN SOLO.
• Get ready for intrigue, betrayal and action in the heart of HUTT SPACE with the explosive reappearance of EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ASSASSIN DROID, IG-88!
• ...And a s...
Cosmic Ray reviewed Basilisk #1 Jun 11, 2021
Been here before haven't we? Stranger comes to town. The desperate hunter no one believes. Good art though.
Who Can Stop The Chimera?
Five individuals bound by a cult-like hivemind, they terrorized small towns with their horrifying supernatural sense-based powers, leaving death and destruction in their wake.
Regan, one of the Chimera, escaped and has been in hiding, with her murderous eyes bound, overcome with guilt.
Until now...
Cosmic Ray rated Geiger #1 May 16, 2021
Industry heavyweights GEOFF JOHNS (Superman, Green Lantern, Batman: Three Jokers) and GARY FRANK (Superman, Supergirl, The Incredible Hulk) of DC's DOOMSDAY CLOCK reteam for what will be one of the most anticipated new series of 2021 in the forthcoming GEIGER. This mind blowing new series will take local comic shops by storm in April from Image Com...
Cosmic Ray rated Star Wars: Darth Vader #11 Apr 28, 2021
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EXEGOL UNLEASHED!
• As punishment for his rebellion, DARTH VADER was broken by THE EMPEROR, his limbs shattered, forbidden to use THE FORCE.
• But after surviving OCHI OF BESTOON, THE EYE OF WEBBISH BOGG and the horrors of THE RED NEBULA, Vader stands on the verge of uncovering the Emperor's greatest secrets...
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HankTankerous reviewed Skyward #1 Apr 21, 2018
I want you to think of all the terrible tropes in modern comics that have turned a once mighty industry into a tiny club built around a fringe hobby. This book suffers from all of these trappings. The dialog is straight from a Joss Whedon show. "Like literally." The protagonist is straight out of modern comics central casting and is meant to appeal to a minority of a minority. The only thing uniqu more
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"MY LOW-G LIFE," Part One: One day, gravity on earth suddenly became a fraction of what it is now. Twenty years later, humanity has adapted to its new low-gravity reality. And to Willa Fowler, a woman born just after G-day, it's...well, it's pretty awesome, actually. You can fly through the air! I mean, sure, you can also die if you jump too high. ...
Cosmic Ray rated The Department of Truth #6 Feb 24, 2021
Acclaimed artist ELSA CHARRETIER (NOVEMBER) joins JAMES TYNION IV (Batman) and THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH to uncover the deep tangled roots of the Department of Truth - roots that stretch as far back as the Middle Ages. What is the Inquisition? Who are the Illuminati? And what is the truth behind the Phantom Time Hypothesis?
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