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Chris’ Comics: X-men ’92 #2

  BROTIP Forbidden Planet Faithful: Don’t get bedbugs. It is the worst thing. Also why yes, my apartment building does have them, however did you figure that out?   X-Men ’92 #2 Scott Koblish, Chris […]

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Chris’ Comics: Spider-Woman #9

Spider-Woman #9 Dennis Hopeless, Javier Rodriguez, Alvardo Lopez Marvel $3.99 Javier Rodriguez is a beast y’all. I’ve been a fan of both Spider-Woman and Javier for awhile. Jessica Drew is my wife’s favorite Avenger, and […]

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Chris’ Comics: Uncanny X-men 35

Uncanny X-men 35 Brian Michael Bendis, Valerio Schiti, Richard Isanove Marvel $3.99 Okay real talk (about fictional characters) time: This is a dumb comic. I realize that there has to be some suspension of belief […]

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Chris’ Comics: Hawkeye #22

Hawkeye #22 Matt Fraction/David Aja/Matt Hollingsworth/Chris Eliopoulos Marvel, $4.99 ::: Inspiring quote and or song lyrics tangentially related to Hawkeye’s ending goes here :::   RIGHT?!?! HOW RELEVANT IS THAT? After various delays, 2014’s hottest […]

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Chris’ Comics: Gotham Academy #8

Gotham Academy #8 Becky Cloonan. Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, Serge Lapointe ,Michele Assarasakorn DC $2.99 I’ve been trying to make a “The Black Parade” joke for the last five minutes and nothing has materialized. NO […]

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Chris’ Comics: Saga #30

Saga #30 Fiona Staples/Brian K Vaughan Image $2.99 Hope y’all are ready for another 500 words of praise for Saga. It’s gotten to the point where it’s pointless to praise how good Fiona Staples and […]

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Chris’ Comics: Starfire #2

  Starfire #2   DC $2.99 Starfire #2 is an interesting comic. Writers Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti are attempting to do something new with the character, which is an admirable task given how bloated […]

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(Late) Review: Starfire #1

So yeah, doing 3 shows in 3 consecutive weekends has caught up to me. Flamecon was a wonderful one day show that I’m glad I funded/attended, and Heroescon was rad as always. But it’s taken […]

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Review: Fight Club 2 Issue 1

I know this because I paid $3.99 to know…this? Dang, that almost worked. Fight Club 2 #1 Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart, Dave Stewart, Nate Piekos Dark Horse $3.99 The original Fight Club film came out […]

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Review: Batman Volume 6: Graveyard Shift

Batman Volume 6: Graveyard Shift Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo/ Marguerite Bennett/Andy Kubert/James Tynion IV/Alex Maleev/Andy Clarke/Dustin Nguyen/ Wes Craig/Matteo Scalera/Gerry Duggan DC Comics, $24.99 With the first 5 volumes of the Scott Snyder/Greg Capullo run on […]