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Comics Guide for week of April 22, 2024

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This week in "Vampire Variants"

Here are this week's Vampire Variant homage covers, in anticipation of May's "Blood Hunt." Can you guess the original covers? Answers below.

THE ANSWERS

• Amazing Spider-Man #48, by Annie W

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Comics Guide for week of April 15, 2024

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This week in "Vampire Variants"

Here are this week's Vampire Variant homage covers, in anticipation of May's "Blood Hunt." Can you guess the original covers? Answers below.

THE ANSWERS

• Black Widow & Hawkeye #2, by Carmen Carnero, homa

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Comics Guide for week of April 8, 2024

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This week in "Vampire Variants"

In anticipation of "Blood Hunt," the linewide, vampire-war crossover coming in May, Marvel is releasing a series of variant covers in April homaging older Marvel covers with bloodsuckers. Can you guess wh

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Comics Guide for week of April 1, 2024

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"Vampire Variants"

In anticipation of "Blood Hunt," the linewide, vampire-war crossover coming in May, Marvel is releasing a series of variant covers in April homaging older Marvel covers with bloodsuckers. (Yes, expect a

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Comics Guide for week of March 25, 2024

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DAREDEVIL #7 guest stars Wolverine.

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2

Story: Kaare Andrews, Rich Douek | Art: Robert Quinn | Cover: Chad Wayne Hardin | Teen+ | $4.99

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE, the now perennial Spider-Hit is back and it

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of March 18, 2024

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #254 FACSIMILE EDITION is another early black costume appearance.

BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES #3 (OF 4)

Story: Marc Guggenheim | Art: Alvaro Lopez | Cover: Taurin Clarke | Teen+ | $3.99

Marvel Comic

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of March 11, 2024

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BLACK WIDOW AND HAWKEYE #1

Story: Stephanie Phillips | Art: Paolo Villanelli | Cover: Stephen Segovia | Variant: Artgerm | Teen+ | $4.99

THE EYES OF A HAWK AND THE VENOM OF A WIDOW!

Even when Black Widow and Hawkeye ha

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Comics Guide for comics shipping March 4, 2024

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ALIENS: WHAT IF #1 (OF 5)

Story: Hans Rodionoff | Art: Guiu Villanova | Cover: Phil Noto | Teen+ | $4.99

For decades, What If …? has allowed creators to put bold twists on classic Marvel Universe stories. This March, this

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Feb. 26, 2024

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"Gang War" continues this week in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #44 and MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #17.

IMMORTAL THOR #7 revisits Utgard-Loki, one of the most famous of the Norse myths.

"Fall of X" continues this week in CABLE #2,

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Comics Guide to comics shipping week of Feb. 19, 2024

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #253 FACSIMILE EDITION reprints the first appearance of The Rose. Which, I have to say, doesn't sound like a big deal.

Dr. Strange guest stars in DAREDEVIL #6.

"Fall of X" continues this week in RISE

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Feb. 12, 2024

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DAREDEVIL: BLACK ARMOR #4 features, of all people, Baron Strucker (and his Satan Claw)!

"Fall of X" continues this week in FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X #2

"Gang War" continues this week in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #43, DEADLY HANDS O

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Feb. 5, 2024

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VALENTINE'S DAY

ARCHIE’S VALENTINE’S SPECTACULAR ONE-SHOT

Story: Ian Flynn | Art: Holly G | Cover: Dan Parent | Archie | $3.99

BRAND NEW STORY: "Paths to the Heart" The spirits of Valentines are after Betty and Veronica, but

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Jan. 29, 2024

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252 FACSIMILE EDITION reprints the first appearance of the black costume.

Henry Pym returns in AVENGERS INC #5, looking a lot like Michael Douglas.

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN GALLERY EDITION HC is just in t

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Jan. 22, 2024

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MIGUEL O’HARA: SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4 introduces Terror 2099.

IMMORTAL THOR #6: Skald tells a tale of Young Thor and Young Loki  on a quest!

SPIDER-WOMAN #3: "Gang War" continues.

X-MEN #4 FACSIMILE EDITION NEW PTG reprints

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The comprehensive PS Artbooks list (so far!)

I have done it! Finally!

After much grousing in the “Reviews” section about not knowing A) what all PS Artbooks had published, and B) how much of them I have, I have finally assembled a comprehensive list. Here are some highlights, as of this writing

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Jan. 15, 2024

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BLACK PANTHER #8 guest stars Monet.

DAREDEVIL #5 guest stars She-Hulk.

MIGUEL O’HARA: SPIDER-MAN 2099 #3 (OF 5) debuts Werewolf by 2099.

MIRACLEMAN: SILVER AGE #7 has finally arrived!

STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #42 is the

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Jan. 8, 2024

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BLADE #7 guest stars the Hulk. (And he is peeved about something.)

MIGUEL O'HARA: SPIDER-MAN 2099 #2 (OF 5) debuts Dracula 2099.

"Giant-Size" line

GIANT-SIZE SPIDER-MAN #1

Story: Cody Ziglar | Art: Iban Coello | Cover: Br

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Comics Guide for comics shipping week of Jan. 1, 2024

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MARVEL MEOW #1 collects the Infinity Comics series starring various superheroes' pet cats, with a new story added. I'm not into cats or Infinity Comics, but if you are, here's a thing you might like.

X-MEN: THE HIDDEN YEA

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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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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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