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Full list of comics shipping week of Jan. 1, 2024

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #41

BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES #1

BLACK PANTHER BY EWING VOL 1: REIGN AT DUSK TP

CAPTAIN AMERICA #5

CLOBBERIN’ TIME TP

DAREDEVIL BY WAID & SAMNEE OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC DM VAR NEW PTG

DOCTOR STRANGE #11

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Dec. 25, 2023

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Moon Knight (before he dies) guest stars in AVENGERS INC. #4.

Clea guest stars in CAPTAIN MARVEL #3.

Hulk guest stars in SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK #3.

It's strange that SPIDER-MAN: BEN REILLY OMNIB

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Terror of the Autons" (SPOILERS)

Episode One:

1)"I am usually referred to as the Master." Character debut #1

 

2)"Ham-fisted bun vendor"?

 

3)"I'm your new assistant." Character debut #2

 

4)"Captain Yates"  Character debut #3

 

5)"29,000 light years"

 

6)"You are incorrigibly meddleome, Docto

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Deck Log Entry # 245 Merry Christmas 2023!

 

The sights and sounds of the Christmas season!  So familiar, so heart-warming.  There was a time when their appearance put a tingle in the air---and a warmer feeling towards our fellow man.  These holiday customs have been around for all of our live

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Sarah Jane Adventures - Season 5

The fifth and final (partial) season of The Sarah Jane Adventures will be available on DVD in the U.S. on June 12, 2012, six episodes and a documentary.

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A List of "What Ifs" About the Making of Doctor Who

1. General: What if the (ordinal number) Doctor had been played by someone else?
2. General: What if (non-Doctor character name) had been played by someone else?
3. General: What if none of the episodes were lost?
4. What if Sydney Newman had stuck to the "no bug-e

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Getting organized for the new year!

Now that we're in 3.0 and have a general idea of what we're dealing with, I'd like to tackle some things I've been putting off. 

The big one, that affects the most Legionnaires, is that I'd like to add some tabs (The black links at the top of the pag

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Full list of comics shipping week of Dec. 25, 2023

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MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS INC #4

BLACK PANTHER #7

CAPTAIN MARVEL #3

CARNAGE #2

DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU GANG WAR #1

GHOST RIDER #21

GIANT-SIZE SUPER-STARS #1 FACSIMILE EDITION

IMMORTAL X-MEN #18

MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #14

MMW MARVEL TE

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Saga Vol. 11

 

Saga Vol. 11
Brian K. Vaughan, writer; Fiona Staples, artist
Image Comics, 2023

In this installment Alana is still a single mother, trying her best to support her family after they lost their home. When she goes to Vitch for forged identity document

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Mister Miracle

We've had this discussion before (on the old, old board), but this time I would like to take it beyond the Kirby series. Here is a brief summary of what has been discussed so far.

ISSUE #1: Mister Miracle, the escape artist Thadeus Brown, is preparing

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Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 1: Love in the Wasteland

 

Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 1: Love in the Wasteland
Jason Aaron, writer; Alexandre Tefenkgi, illustrator; Lee Loughridge, colorist; with Nick Dragotta, illustrator and Rico Renzi, colorist
BOOM! Studios, 2023

There are dystopian s

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'Project Cryptid' #1

PROJECT CRYPTID #1 (OF 6)

Story: Grant Morrison, Mark Russell, Paul Cornell

Art: P. J. Holden, Jordi Perez, Jon Proctor

Ahoy Comics, Mature, $3.99

Anthologies can be hit or miss, and that is the case here.

The first story is "Ballroom of Death," by w

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Dec. 18, 2023

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SIGIL OMNIBUS HC: This collects CrossGen’s Sigil (2000) #1-42, Crossgen Chronicles #4, Saurians: Unnatural Selection #1-2 and material from Crossgen Chronicles #1. Reprinted to maintain the rights, I presume.

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Deck Log Entry # 244 Happy Thanksgiving 2023!

 

In the sixteen years I’ve been doing my Deck Log, I’ve covered quite a bit of Thanksgiving territory.  I explained how Thanksgiving became a national holiday, thanks to the efforts of the same lady who wrote the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb

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Full list of comics shipping week of Dec. 18, 2023

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ALIEN #2

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #40

ASTONISHING ICEMAN #5

CAPWOLF HOWLING COMMANDOS #3

DAREDEVIL: BLACK ARMOR #2

DEATH OF THE VENOMVERSE TP

DOCTOR STRANGE #10

GODS #3

HAWKEYE BY FRACTION AND AJA OMNIBUS HC NEW PTG

INCREDIB

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R.I.P. André Braugher, star of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'

From The Hollywood Reporter: "André Braugher, ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Star, Dies at 61"

From Variety: "Andre Braugher, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Star, Dies at 61"

From Deadlne: "André Braugh

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'Kona Volume Two' and other PS Artbooks

SILVER AGE CLASSICS: KONA VOLUME TWO

Collecting Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle #5-8 (Oct/Dec 62-Oct/Dec 63), Reptilicus #2 (Oct 61)

I don’t remember Kona Volume One being as bonkers as this one. Kona may be “Monarch of Monster Isle,” but this book’s r

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'Cave Girl Volume One' and other PS Artbooks

PRE-CODE CLASSICS: CAVE GIRL VOL. 1

Collecting Cave Girl #1-4 (1953-54) and stories from Thun'Da #2-6 (1952-53).

If you've read any 1950s Sheena, then you pretty much know the story here, as Cave Girl is basically a clone. But what Sheena didn't have

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Disney settles with Steve Ditko's estate over rights to Spider-Man, Doctor Strange

From the Los Angeles Times:

"Disney Settles with Former Marvel Artist’s estate Over Spider-Man, Doctor Strange Rights"

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Refrigerator Full of Heads

Refrigerator Full of Heads
Rio Youers: writer; Tom Fowler: penciller; Tom Fowler & Craig A. Taillefer: inkers; Bill Crabtree: colorist
DC Black Label, 2022

This entry in the Hill House Comics line is a direct sequel to Joe Hill's Basketful of Heads (

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