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maloney reviewed Thunderbolts #2 Oct 8, 2022
9.0

Continues to be funny, solidly paced, great art. Maybe the best "classic marvel" team style book they are publishing right now.

Thunderbolts #2

By: Jim Zub, Sean Izaakse
Released: Sep 28, 2022

WHO IS EEGRO THE UNBREAKABLE?
•  How will his strange power help New York's only official super hero team battle their enemies and balance their budget?
•  Read on and discover, True Believers!
RATED T+

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maloney reviewed Thunderbolts #1 Oct 8, 2022

Fun team up book, feels like a classic Marvel book. Good art, good characterizations, funny.

Thunderbolts #1

By: Jim Zub, Sean Izaakse
Released: Aug 31, 2022

...LIKE LIGHTNING!
Super-powered crooks have taken hostages in Staten Island?
A dimensional rift tears open in Chinatown?
Monsters running amok at the Met?
Call in the THUNDER!
New York City's finest are here to save the day -
Hawkeye, Spectrum, America Chavez, Power Man, Persuasion and Gutsen Glory!
You know 'em, you lo...

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maloney reviewed Spider-Man 2099: Exodus #2 Jun 17, 2022
8.0

Pretty interesting issue. This series should have been clearly marketed as one shots, but I am enjoying them. Dense, intriguing setup for what I assume is going to b a new ongoing? Hopefully.

Spider-Man 2099: Exodus #2

By: Steve Orlando, Marco Castiello
Released: Jun 15, 2022

WITNESS LOKI 2099!
•  THE PRINCE OF LIES - last survivor of Asgard's Ragnarok, sponsored by ALCHEMAX's Aesir program - is now THE PRINCE OF OUTCASTS.
•  While THE CABAL preys upon society's dregs, LOKI schemes to resurrect Asgard on his own terms.
•  But when Loki's involved, can mischief be far behind?
•  What's the...

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maloney reviewed I Am Batman #7 Mar 12, 2022
8.0

Story has always been decent, feels like the art team got a big level up. Hopefully that means sales are good. Setting up a nice alternate batman tale in NYC, interested to see how high it can fly.

I Am Batman #7

By: John Ridley, Stephen Segovia
Released: Mar 9, 2022

THE DARK KNIGHT COMES TO NEW YORK CITY! Batman's arrival in New York City went even more smoothly than Jace could have hoped. The mayor and law enforcement are trying to cooperate with their new Dark Knight in ways Gotham never did, and his family has settled quickly into a happy routine. But there's a rotten core to the Big Apple,  and a mysteri...

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maloney reviewed Future State: Gotham #11 Mar 12, 2022
9.0

Consistently fun read with dynamic art and fast punchy story beats.
Might be better if it came out every six months in a fat manga format, but fun book, hope it goes for a long time.

Future State: Gotham #11

By: Dennis Culver, Nikola Cizmesija
Released: Mar 9, 2022

The Next Joker's rampage continues! All hell breaks loose in Gotham City as Jason Todd, a.k.a. Peacekeeper Red, enlists the Next Batman and Hunter Panic to battle the Next Joker for the life of...Tobias Whale? Plus, Talia makes a move that will change Nightwing forever!

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maloney added Maniac of New York to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Maniac of New York

Four years ago, a masked slasher began stalking the streets of New York City.

Maniac Harry is inhuman, unkillable and unstoppable. Which is why the authorities' solution has been to ignore him, and let New Yorkers adapt to a world where death can strike at any mo-ment. When Maniac Harry starts killing his way through the subway system, tr...

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maloney added Future State: Gotham to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Future State: Gotham

The event that was DC Future State continues in its own ongoing title starring the Bat-Family, beginning with the epic story “Hunt the Batman.” Disaster strikes Gotham City, and all evidence points to the Next Batman! Red Hood must choose justice over his family and allies when the corrupt Magistrate enlists him to bring in the new Batman dead ...

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maloney added Hawkeye: Kate Bishop (2021) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Hawkeye: Kate Bishop (2021)

Kate’s heading home! Or at least, back to New York. And as much as she wants to go back to where her friends – her chosen family – are, she’s changed since she was last on the East Coast. So she’s picked up a pit stop case first. A confidence-booster, to prove to herself she’s making the right decision and not going to backslide int...

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maloney added Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018)

Balancing his normal life, school, parents, etc...and super-heroing has never been easy, but when the Rhino and a cadre of mysterious criminals start plaguing Brooklyn, things take a dark turn. And Miles doesn't even know the half of it yet. Eisner Award-winner Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT) and Young Gun Javier Garr n (ANT-MAN & THE WASP) bring you th...

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maloney added Nightwing (2016) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Nightwing (2016)

"BETTER THAN BATMAN" Chapter One: Batman taught Nightwing everything he knows-but what if everything he taught him is wrong? When Dick is stuck with a new mentor who challenges everything Batman taught him, Nightwing has to shatter his concept of justice in order to fight for what he knows is right. Writer Tim Seeley (GRAYSON, BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNA...

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maloney added Batgirls (2021) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Batgirls (2021)

Um, hello-you didn’t actually think we’d keep you waiting this entire year without giving you the Batgirls series we’ve all been wanting for forever, right? No way, we love you too much-just like Batgirls Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown, who are only able to navigate the dark, gritty, and oftentimes scary city of Gotham by leaning on the b...

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maloney added Shang-Chi (2021) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Shang-Chi (2021)

SHANG-CHI VS. THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!
Shang-Chi and his family are back! And this time, they're colliding head-to-head with the Marvel Universe's biggest heroes! Shang-Chi has finally taken his place as the leader of the Five Weapons Society. But using an evil secret organization as a force for good won't be easy. And it's about to get a lot harde...

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maloney added X Deaths Of Wolverine (2022) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

X Deaths Of Wolverine (2022)

DEATH IS NOT THE END. DEATH IS THE OMEGA. WEEK 2 - If WOLVERINE's future lies in the past, what does that mean for the present? The reciprocal series to X LIVES OF WOLVERINE, X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE is can't-miss reading, chock-full of revelations for the best there is as well as the fate of mutantkind.

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maloney added Batman / Catwoman (2020) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Batman / Catwoman (2020)

At last, Tom King returns to the rocky, romantic saga of Batman and Catwoman with his Heroes in Crisis collaborator, superstar artist Clay Mann!
Echoing plot points from King’s epic Batman run, this sweeping tale is told across three timelines: the past, when the Bat and the Cat first fell in love; the present, where their union is threat...

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maloney added Batman (2016) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Batman (2016)

"I AM GOTHAM" chapter one
No one has ever stopped the Caped Crusader. Not The Joker. Not Two-Face. Not even the entire Justice League. But how does Batman confront a new hero who wants to save the city from the Dark Knight?
CAN'T MISS: Superstar artist David Finch returns to Batman alongside writer Tom King for this five-part storyline.

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maloney added Silk (2022) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Silk (2022)

SILK IS BACK!
Cindy Moon returns as the web-spinning Spider-Hero SILK in an all-new, all-star series! As Silk gains popularity in the public eye, Cindy is questioning her place in the world. But existentialism will have to wait when a powerful new villain is turned loose!

In a race against the clock, Silk discovers the dangers of anc...

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maloney added X Lives Of Wolverine (2022) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

X Lives Of Wolverine (2022)

THE BIGGEST WOLVERINE STORY OF ALL TIME BEGINS HERE!
Logan. James Howlett. Weapon X. The mutant best known as WOLVERINE has lived many lives under many identities and in many places, but never before has the fate of the future been so entwined with the past! Fan-favorite eras of Wolverine's saga are explored anew, along with never-before-seen e...

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maloney added Daredevil: Woman Without Fear to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Daredevil: Woman Without Fear

The next pulse-pounding chapter in the saga of New York City's Guardian Devil, this time starring ELEKTRA as Daredevil!

Joined by Rafael De Latorre, Chip Zdarsky continues his landmark run and the DAREDEVIL story that spins directly out of the shocking revelations in the pages of DEVIL'S REIGN!

Elektra is the world's deadliest ass...

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maloney added Bolero to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Bolero

SERIES PREMIERE

A new series from two bright-eyed and bushy-tailed little scamps!

A woman running away from a broken heart discovers a mother-key into parallel universes. The rules are:
*    The key can work on any door.
*    The mother will only let you visit 53 universes.
*  &...

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maloney added Joe Hill's Rain (2021) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Joe Hill's Rain (2021)

MINISERIES PREMIERE

THE FIRST IN CHRIS RYALL & ASHLEY WOOD'S NEW SYZYGY PUBLISHING IMPRINT LINE OF TITLES AT IMAGE COMICS!

On a seemingly normal August day in Boulder, Colorado, the skies are clear, and Honeysuckle Speck couldn't be happier. She's finally moving in with her girlfriend Yolanda. But their world is literally torn apa...

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maloney added Flash (2016) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Flash (2016)

"LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE" chapter one
A new storm brews over Central City and disproves the old adage about lightning never, well...you know. Just as Barry begins to feel overwhelmed fighting crime, a new speedster debuts-but just where did this amazing new friend come from?
FLASH FACT: "2016 is the 60th anniversary of Barry Allen becoming ...

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maloney reviewed Harley Quinn #11 Jan 26, 2022
6.5

Great artist and some occasionally fun moments, brought down by a plot with no real umph. If/when Rossmo leaves this book so will I.

Harley Quinn #11

By: Stephanie Phillips, Riley Rossmo
Released: Jan 26, 2022

A train leaves for Gotham at eight p.m. averaging 80 miles per hour, carrying one very dramatic villain named Keepsake, a bomb strapped to the engine, and me…Harley Quinn! One track leads straight to Gotham Central Station, where hundreds of lives are at risk, but the other track…that one leads to my best friend and sidekick, Kevin. Sacrifice t...

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maloney added Harley Quinn (2021) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Harley Quinn (2021)

Ahem! You better read this closely, ’cause we’ve got a red-hot relaunch on our hands here-and I should know! Harley Quinn here to let everyone know that I got a brand-new monthly series here with a brand-new status quo. I’m coming back to Gotham City to make up for the sins of my past, and help the city recover from “The Joker War”!
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maloney added X-Men (2021) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

X-Men (2021)

THESE X-MEN ARE... FEARLESS!   
The heroes of Krakoa are here to save the planet! Things might be complicated between the nation of Krakoa and the rest of the world, but to the X-MEN, things are simple - you do what's right, you protect those who need protecting and you save the world we all share. Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Sunfire,...

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maloney added Amazing Spider-Man (2018) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Amazing Spider-Man (2018)

An alien invasion hits New York City and the only one who can stop it is...Spider-Man?! But that's far from all you'll find here -  a revelation from the past puts Peter Parker's job, relationships, and whole life in jeopardy! And if even that's not enough, you'll see a new roommate, new love interests - and a new villain! Spider-Man goes back to...

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maloney added Detective Comics (2016) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Detective Comics (2016)

RISE OF THE BATMEN Chapter One
An unknown predator begins outdoing Batman, taking down dangerous threats with military precision. Its up to the Dark Knight and series costar Batwoman to rally and train the young heroes of Gotham City to end this mysterious threat!WHAT NOW: Batman and Batwoman begin training Spoiler, Red Robin and Cassandra Cain...

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maloney added Robin (2021) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Robin (2021)

After learning of the deadly League of Lazarus tournament, Damian Wayne has a new mission: winning the tournament and prove he is the greatest fighter in the DC Universe! But first he must find the secret island where it’s all going down! This brand-new solo Robin series will force Damian Wayne to find his own path away from both sides of his fam...

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maloney added Black Panther (2021) to their pull list Jan 26, 2022

Black Panther (2021)

NEW CREATIVE TEAM, NEW DIRECTION – “THE LONG SHADOW” STARTS HERE! Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley and Stormbreaker artist Juann Cabal launch an all-new BLACK PANTHER series with an action-packed espionage story that will upend everything in T’Challa’s life and have ramifications for the entire Marvel Universe! Secrets from T’Ch...

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maloney reviewed Black Panther #3 Jan 26, 2022
9.0

The main plot is truncated for the anniversary issue, but great art, some nice characterization and the introduction of a possibly cool new character in the second backup. Good issue, good series so far.

Black Panther #3

By: John Ridley, Juann Cabal
Released: Jan 26, 2022

T'CHALLA VS. THE X-MEN OF MARS!
With assassins closing in and Wakanda's faith in him shaken, T'Challa goes to visit Storm on the newly terraformed Mars. But this will not be a happy reunion, as T'Challa has ulterior motives for his visit. And back home, Shuri discovers who is behind the attacks on Wakanda's secret agents, a revelation that will...

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