DC/Vertigo
Written by Matt Wagner; art by Michael Wm. Kaluta
Mar 05, 2010
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Madame Xanadu: Exodus Noir collects issues 11-15 of the DC/Vertigo series. I mentioned when reviewing the House of Mystery: Halloween Annual No. 1 last October that the art of Amy Reeder Hadley in the Madame Xanadu chapter was a standout. Accordingly, I was excited to review a chapter of Madame Xanadu, and somewhat disappointed when I discovered that Hadley was not the artist in this trade. But that disappointment didn't last long. More
DC/Wildstorm
Written by Jeff Parker; Art by Tom Fowler
Mar 03, 2010
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Where to start with Mysterius the Unfathomable? I suppose it should be the creators, who were able to combine so many wonderful elements into this story that it must have been their clarity, vision, and cohesion that created this standout tome. More
Image
Written by Tim Seeley; Art by Mike Dimayuga
Mar 01, 2010
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Colt Noble and the Megalords is a 64-page, $6 one-shot comic published by Image. At once, it is both paying homage to, and poking fun at, the He-Man line of action figures, and cartoons, that were popular in the 1980s (with a dash of Thundercats and Transformers to boot). More
Top Shelf
Written and drawn by James Kochalka
Feb 24, 2010
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The inherent problem with reviewing SuperF*ckers is that my love for it is unqualified and fierce, but, having read cape-and-tights tales for a decades, I'm in on the joke. I'm not sure a casual comics reader would be. More
DC/Vertigo
Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges; Art by Mark Buckingham, Tony Akins, Russ Braun, Andrew Pepoy, and Jose Marzan, Jr.
Feb 23, 2010
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Fables: The Great Fables Crossover collects a storyline that ran through the main Fables series, the Jack of Fables off-shoot series, and the three-issue limited series that spun out of events from Jack of Fables called The Literals. More
Image
Erik Larsen, Paul Grist, Joe Keatinge, Michael T. Gilbert, Steve Horton, and Alan Weiss
Feb 22, 2010
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Silver Streak Comics No. 24 is Image Comics' second entry into its "The Next Issue Project," wherein Image creators create the "next issue" of long-gone Golden Age series centered on public domain characters. More
DC
Written by Geoff Johns; Art by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert
Feb 18, 2010
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The realistically drawn and emotionally written, Secret Origin, retells the beginnings of the Silver Age Green Lantern known as Hal Jordan. Geoff Johns (Action Comics, The Flash: Rebirth) and Wizard 2007 Artist of the Year Ivan Reis (Infinite Crisis, Rann-Thanagar War) deftly revisit Jordan's childhood, Air Force recruitment, his fateful encounter with Abin Sur, and eventual training on Oa under the tutelage of Sinestro. More
Fantagraphics
Written and drawn by Dash Shaw
Feb 17, 2010
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Featuring his comic feature of the same name and storyboards from the associated animated IFC series, Dash Shaw's The Unclothed Man In the 35th Century A.D. is a hell of a way to be introduced to a very special creator. More
First Second
By Danica Novgorodoff; Adapted from the screenplay by James Ponsoldt
Feb 12, 2010
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In a thoroughly modern genesis, Danica Novgorodoff's Refresh, Refresh is based upon the screenplay of the same name by James Ponsoldt, which in turn was adapted from the short story by Benjamin Percy. Refresh, Refresh follows three boys in rural Oregon whose fathers have been sent off to war. More
DC
Steve Niles and Scott Hampton
Feb 11, 2010
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Simon Dark Vol. 3 collects the final issues of the series of the same name. The story centers on a mysterious youth living in a strange, Bat-Family-absent corner of Gotham City, and is far from a typical super hero tale, even as it incorporates its fair share of slugfests and action. More
