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Comics Guide for week of Feb. 10, 2025

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'ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM' OFFICIALLY BEGINS

ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1 (OF 9, MARVEL, $5.99) is by Ryan North and R.B. Silva.

In the words of the great philosopher Butt-head, "And so it begins."

Doctor Doom is now Sorcerer Supreme, and he's

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Comics Guide for week of Feb. 3, 2025

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AVENGERS #23 ($3.99) guest stars the Black Cat.

MARVEL AGE TREASURY EDITION TP ($34.99) Collecting Marvel Age (2023) #1000 and Amazing Fantasy (2022) #1000. I'm not sure I've read both of these. Or maybe even either of th

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Comics Guide for week of Jan. 27, 2025

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STAR WARS: A NEW LEGACY #1 (ONE-SHOT, $6.99) is by writers Charles Soule, Jason Aaron and Kieron Gillen and artists Ramon Rosa]nas, Leonard Kirk and Salva Espin.

Marvel says this one-shot anthology is a 10-year celebrat

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Comics Guide for week of Jan. 20, 2025

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #66 ($4.99), by Justina Ireland and Andrea Broccardo, continues "8 Deaths of Spider-Man."

Amazing Spider-Man #61-65 just arrived from Westfield, and I enjoyed them far more than I expected to. I'll h

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Comics Guide for week of Jan. 13, 2025

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 65.DEATHS ($3.99) is by Derek Landy and Kev Walker and continues "8 Deaths of Spider-Man." I decided I'm going to follow "One World Under Doom." With that decision, I realized I needed to read "8 Deat

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Comics Guide for week of Jan. 6, 2025

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MARVEL COMICS

DAREDEVIL: UNLEASH HELL RED BAND #1 (OF 5, POLYBAG, $4.99) is by Erica Schultz (Daredevil: Gang War, Daredevil: Woman Without Fear) and Valentina Pinti (Blade, Immortal Thor). If I'm reading the solicitation right, ther

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Comics Guide for week of Dec. 30, 2024

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AVENGERS #22 ($3.99) is by Jed MacKay and Farid Karami. 

Guest-starring Black Cat. And yes, this is an homage to Steranko's Captain America #111 cover. Dem wuz de days.

CABLE: LOVE AND CHROME #1 (OF 5, $4.99) is by Davi

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Comics Guide for week of Dec. 23, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #64 ($4.99): "The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man" continues.

BLADE RED BAND #3 (OF 5, POLYBAG, $4.99): A new Van Helsing arrives, and he's not a good guy.

HELLHUNTERS #1 (OF 5, $4.99) gives a backstory to Gho

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Guide for comics shipping week of Dec. 16, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

ALLIGATOR LOKI HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 ($6.99): ALLIGATOR LOKI: HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 collects #13-24 of the Infinity Comic series for the first time in print, along with a new holiday story Alyssa Wong and Bob Quinn. "Join All

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Guide for comics shipping week of Dec. 9, 2024

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ALIEN: PARADISO #1 (OF 5, $4.99) lets the xenomorphs loose on a luxury resort. Nice to know they don't just snack on working-class people.

“With Romulus taking the franchise back to its roots in many respects, I wanted to make sure we w

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Guide for comics shipping week of Dec. 2, 2024

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ALL NEW VENOM #1 ($4.99): It's somebody new behind the teeth, and Marvel ain't saying who just yet. Oh, the suspense.

AVENGERS #21 ($3.99) is by writer Jed MacKay and artist Ryan Stegman. It's Avengers vs. the X-Men spe

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Guide for comics shipping week of Nov. 25, 2024

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SPIDER-BOY #13 ($4.99) features not just the new Spider-Girl, but also Hulkette, who has previously only appeared on a New Champions variant cover. They're creating a whole Sidekick Avengers, apparently.

“You’ll get a chance to meet Hul

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Comics Guide for week of Nov. 18, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #262 FACSIMILE EDITION ($4.99): This one was a rare (for the time) photo cover. 

EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #3 ($3.99): Evidently Kate and Emma have an argument over how to train the three new kids (Axo, Bron

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Guide for comics shipping Nov. 11, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #61: OK, so, the old Sorcerer Supreme (Doctor Strange) had to fight an evil god once a year. (This is news to me, too.) Now the new one (Doctor Doom), isn't going to waste time doing that, when he's g

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Guide for comics shipping Nov. 4, 2024

 

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KAHHORI: RESHAPER OF WORLDS #1 (One-Shot, $4.99): Perhaps it's a character flaw, but when a character has a bad origin, that baggage makes me dislike the character for years. I'm still not happy with Hellcat, for exampl

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Comics Guide for week of Oct. 28, 2024

Captain's Note: It's a fifth week, so the pickin's are slim.

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MARVEL COMICS

CAPTAIN AMERICA #14 ($4.99): Guest starring Spider-Man and Thor, with the trio calling themselves the Warriors Three. To paraphrase the late Sen. Lloyd Bentse

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Comics Guide for week of Oct. 21, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

IRON MAN #1 ($4.99): Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Spencer Ackerman (Reign of Terror; DC’s Waller vs. Wildstorm) in his exciting Marvel debut and artist Julius Ohta (Hellverine, Alien). Roxxon an

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Comic Guide for week of Oct. 14, 2024

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CRYPT OF SHADOWS #1 (ONE-SHOT, $4.99): Marvel takes an old horror title and revives it as an anthology one-shot—with Agatha Harkness as host. Here are the stories, as described by Marvel:

• Prepare to be spellbound Agatha

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Comics Guide for week of Oct. 7, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #59: Here's an homage to Uncanny X-Men #268. I guess you just have to know what you're doing if you buy this, because it sure looks like an X-Men book, when it is a Spider-Man book -- abd Spidey doesn't

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Comics Guide for week of Sept. 30, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

STORM #1 ($4.99): She's got a new team (Avengers), a new HQ ("Storm Sanctuary" in Atlanta) and a new costume (very similar to her original). From the many press releases I got, it seems Marvel is doubling down on Ororo Mu

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