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Cruel Universe

This is the second of Oni Press's new EC imprint (following last month's Epitaphs from the Abyss).

SPOILERS - I generally don't like to know in advance if a story has a twist ending. That itself is a spoiler for me because in the back of my mind I try

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Comics shipping week of Aug. 12, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #55

BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES TP

DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECT VOL 19 ROOT OF EVIL NEW PTG TP

DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU: GANG WAR TP

FANTASTIC FOUR #23 

HELLVERINE #4 (OF 4)

IMMORTAL THOR #14

INVINCIBLE IRON

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Titan Comics solicitations for October 2024

COMICS

RUNESCAPE: UNTOLD TALES OF THE GOD WARS #1 (of 4)

(W) Ryan O'Sullivan

(A) Sid Kotian, Daniel Bayliss

Format: Comic

Publisher: Titan Comics

FC, 48pp, $4.99, On Sale October 9, 2024

THE COMIC DEBUT OF SEMINAL FANTASY MMORPG RUNESCAPE EXPANDS ON

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Comics shipping week of Aug. 5, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC

AVENGERS #17

BLOOD HUNTERS #1 (OF 5)

DAREDEVIL #12

DAREDEVIL BY BENDIS AND MALEEV OMNIBUS VOL 1 HC NEW PTG

DEADPOOL/CABLE MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECT VOL 1: BROMANC

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Marvel Comics solicitations for October 2024

STORM #1

MUREWA AYODELE (W) • LUCAS WERNECK (A)

Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI

VARIANT COVER BY ALEXANDER LOZANO

VARIANT COVER BY JEEHYUNG LEE • VIRGN VARIANT COVER BY JEEHYUNG LEE

VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK • VARIANT COVER BY JOËLLE JONES

DOOM VARIAN

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Comics shipping week of July 29, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #54

ANNIHILATION 2099 #5

BLACK WIDOW: VENOMOUS #1

BLOOD HUNT #5 (OF 5)

BLOOD HUNT RED BAND #5 (OF 5)

CAPTAIN MARVEL #10

DEADPOOL/WOLVERINE: WWIII #2 2ND PTG ADAM KUBER VARIANT

DOCTOR STRANGE BY MARK WAI

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Archie Comics solicitations for October 2024

THE CURSED LIBRARY (#3 of 3): UNBOUND

This is it! The final chapter of the Cursed Library is here. Will Jinx assume her rightful role on Satan’s throne? Can the unlikely duo of Danni and Madam Satan save her? It’s going to take a hell of a lot to set

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Epitaphs from the Abyss

Oni Press's new "EC" imprint first came to my attention when my retailer gave me a double-sided promotional poster (because I buy all those archival EC reprints published by Dark Horse and Fantagraphics and IDW). I thought it was a good sign that the

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MMW Defenders v9

The first issue of The Defenders I every bought was Giant-Size #1 in 1974; the second issue I bought was (probably) #106 (1982), which was a crossover with Captain America. When Trish Starr appeared in Hulk #233 (1979) and I had no idea who she was,

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DC Finest line

A while back, DC announced a new line of reprints, called DC Finest, that packages about 500 pages of comics from various eras into a $40 softcover. From all appearances, it looks to be an attempt to mimic Marvel's successful Epic Collections line, i

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DC solicitations for October 2024

ABSOLUTE POWER #4

Written by MARK WAID

Art and cover by DAN MORA

Variant covers by SIMONE BIANCHI, GUILLEM MARCH, DERRICK CHEW, MICO SUAYAN, and STEPHEN BLISS

Raised UV variant cover by YASMINE PUTRI

Connecting variant cover (12 of 12) by JOHN TIMMS

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Comics shipping week of July 22, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

ANNIHILATION 2099 #4

BLOOD HUNT #3 2ND PTG PEPE LARRAZ VARIANT

CAPTAIN AMERICA #11

DAREDEVIL BY CHIP ZDARSKY OMNIBUS VOL 1 HC

DAREDEVIL: SHADOWLAND OMNIBUS HC

DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE: WWIII #3

ETERNALS BY KIERON GILLEN TP

FANT

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Captain America by Mark Gruenwald Omnibus

Those of you who read my posts my be surprised to see me writing about this volume, which shipped today. I have had many favorite characters over the years. I have frequently identified the Incredible Hulk as my "first favorite" character, but I coul

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Captain Victory

The story behind Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers is almost as convoluted as that of Jack Kirby's Hunger Dogs graphic novel. It started out as a screenplay by Jack Kirby and Steve Sherman; when that didn't pan out, it was repurposed as a 17-p

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The Hunger Dogs, Kirby's Way

If you were a fan of Jack Kirby's "Fourth World" titles and then read his "epic conclusion," The Hunger Dogs, chances are you were disappointed. That's largely because DC Comics, in their infinite wisdom, decided to purposefully present the pages wil

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Comics shipping week of July 22, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

ALIENS: WHAT IF #5

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #258 FACSIMILE EDITION

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: BLOOD HUNT #3

ANNIHILATION 2099 #3

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

BLOOD HUNTERS #4

CAPTAIN AMERICA BY MARK GRUENWALD OMNIBUS

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Squadron Supreme

I just reread the Squadron Supreme maxiseries from 1985-86 and it got me thinking of its ramifications, origins and possible agenda.

I decided to go through their earlier appearances in Avengers, Thor and Defenders and see how they evolved.

I also deci

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Marvel 80 for 80 (Abridged)

Last night I was flippping through Marvel 80 for 80. If tou are unfamiliar with it, it is a book, released in late 2019 for Marvel's 80th anniversary, which chooses a single comic book or story to represent the company for every year of its existance

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Comics shipping week of July 8, 2024

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MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #53

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EPIC COLLECTION VOL 21: RETURN SINISTER SIX TP

ANNIHILATION 2099 #2

AVENGERS #16

BLACK PANTHER: BLOOD HUNT #1 (OF 3) 2ND PTG BLOOD SOAKED VARIANT

DAREDEVIL #11

DARK X-MEN: MERCY C

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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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