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Jack Kirby's Captain America, Ranked

When Jack Kirby returned to Marvel in 1975, his Captain America was not universally well-received. I personally have always felt that some of his stories were better than others, but it never occured to me to rank them... until today. Here, then, are

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Machine Man

In 1976, Marvel entered into an agreement with MGM to produce an adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in "Treasury Edition" format. An original ongoing series sprung from that, and Jack Kirby wrote and drew both the adaptation and th

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Absolute Power

I've gotta say, I really liked the Absolute Power Ground Zero Special. I decided to buy this, and the main Absolute Power series (minus the sub-series and the tie-ins) on paper, waiting for the secondary stuff to show up on DCUI. And so far, I'm a fa

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Comics shipping week of July 1, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1

ANNIHILATION 2099 #1

AVENGERS BY JED MACKAY TP VOL 02 TWILIGHT DREAMING

BLACK PANTHER BLOOD HUNT #3

BLOOD HUNT #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG LEINIL YU VARIANT

BLOOD HUNTERS #3

DEADPOOL #1 FACSIMILE EDITIO

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MMW Hulk v18

This volume includes the last appearance of the Incredible Hulk as we had come to know him, specifically (ironically) #271, his 20th anniversary issue. We were told that, with #272, "Hulk will never be the same again!" but I didn't believe it. That w

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MARVEL COMICS PR FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 PART II

MARVEL COMICS PR FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 PART II

 

SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE #1

SABIR PIRZADA (W) • Sean Damien Hill (A) • Cover by Kendrick Lim

KUSHALA VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW

KUSHALA VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW

VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY

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Marvel Comics PR for September 2024 Part I

MARVEL PR FOR SEPTEMBER 2024 PART I

 

THE FINAL SHOWDOWN WITH TOMBSTONE BEGINS IN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #58

Tombstone’s revenge! Spanning multiple issues, Spidey’s most brutal battle begins in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #58.

Hitting stands in September, the vis

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Comics shipping week of June 24, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #49 2ND PTG JR JR. BLOOD SOAKED VARIANT

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BLOOD HUNT #1 (OF 3) 2ND PTG BLOOD SOAKED VARIANT

BLACK WIDOW AND HAWKEYE #4

BLOOD HUNT #4

BLOOD HUNT RED BAND #4

CAPTAIN MARVEL BY MARGARET ST

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Titan Comics PR for September 2024

BRAND-NEW CONAN THE BARBARIAN COMIC SERIES TO CROSSOVER ICONIC ROBERT E. HOWARD CHARACTERS!

CONAN, SOLOMON KANE, DARK AGNES FEATURE IN  A NEW 4-PART COMIC SERIES!

Heroic Signatures and Titan Comics are pleased to announce the launch of a new Conan mi

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Archie Comics PR for September

Archie Comics September Solicits/July Previews

THE CURSED LIBRARY: OMEGA

The next thrilling chapter of the Cursed Library saga is here! In ALPHA, Danni and Jinx confronted Lucifer himself—over what was supposed to be a family dinner. But the devil ca

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Comics shipping week of June 19, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #257 FACSIMILE ED

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #52

AVENGERS #14 2ND PTG JOSHUA CASSARA BLOOD SOAKED VARIANT

BLACK PANTHER BLOOD HUNT #2

BLOOD HUNTERS #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG GREG LAND BLOOD SOAKED VARIANT

CAPTAIN AMERI

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DC Comics PR for September 2024

 

DC Announces a Hard-Boiled Plastic Man Noir From Eisner-Nominated Writer Christopher Cantwell and Artist Alex Lins!

Witness Plastic Man like you’ve never seen him before in Plastic Man No More #1!

What happens when Eel O’Brien’s powers start giving

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The Eternals

Jack Kirby's The Eternals is a series I honestly enjoy and appreciate more every time I read it. I know I read it circa 2004-2005 and I think I've read it once between then and now. This time I read it in "omnibus" format, eschewing the unwieldy "Mon

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Dynamite & small press in August

 HE WHO FIGHTS WITH MONSTERS HC

Story: Francesco Artibani | Art/Cover: Werther Dell'Edera | Ablaze | Mature | $24.99

Acclaimed publisher Vault Comics and Podium Publishing, the fastest growing digital publisher in North America, have announced that V

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Dark Horse solicitations for August 2024

 

BATTLE FOR LIGHT AND LIFE IN “STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES PHASE III” COLLECTIONS

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES PHASE III VOLUME 1 TPB

Collect the latest adventures of the Jedi in the era of the High Republic!

MILWAUKIE, Ore.,

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IDW solicitations for August 2024

MY LITTLE PONY: BEST OF CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS

Author(s): Various

Artist(s): Various

Cover Artist(s): Brenda Hickey

$7.99 US | 100 pages | 6-5/8 x 10-1/16

On Sale: 2024-08-07

Calling all cuties: Everyone’s favorite blank-flank fillies are back! From f

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Comics shipping week of June 10, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BLOOD HUNT #2

AVENGERS #15

BLACK WIDOW BY KELLY THOMPSON TP

BLOOD HUNT #3

BLOOD HUNT RED BAND #3

DEADPOOL #3

DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE #1 FACSIMILE ED

DEADPOOL/WOLVERINE WWIII #1 2ND PTG ADAM KUBER

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Comics shipping week of June 3, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

ALIENS: WHAT IF #4

ALPHA FLIGHT: DIVIDED WE STAND TP

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #51

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY SPENCER OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC

BLACK PANTHER BY EWING VOL 2: REIGN AT DUSK TP

BLOOD HUNTERS #2

CARNAGE #8

DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECTI

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Marvel Comics Mini-Books

I've had my eye on these for a while now, but finally decided to take advantage of my LCS's annual anniversary sale to buy them. Well do I remember the days when my mother used to take me grocery shopping. This was back in the days when I used to fit

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Comics shipping week of May 27, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EPIC COLLECTION TP VOL 10 BIG APPLE BATTLEGROUND

AVENGERS ANNUAL #10 FACSIMILE ED

AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION TP VOL 01 EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES

AVENGERS TWILIGHT #6

BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT #1

EDGE OF SPI

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