Written by Gail Simone and John Ostrander; Art by Jim Calafiore, Peter Nguyen, and Doug Hazlewood
Jan 06, 2011
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Secret Six brings us strong writing, excellent characterization, good art, and slam-bang action. This title is the spiritual successor to the Suicide Squad, the standout series from the 1980s.
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Writing and lettering by John Layman; Art by Rob Guillory
Jan 04, 2011
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Tony Chu is a “cibopath”—with a bite of food (or non-food), he’s beset with psychic impressions, and relives the history of whatever he’s stuck in his maw. Chew Volume 3: Just Desserts only reinforces what the first two volumes established. Chew is silly, clever, mirthful, and rife with satire, from low-hanging sex jokes to mid-level wordplay to ridiculous situations to sight gags.
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Written by Robert Kirkman; Art by Charlie Adlard; Cover by Cliff Rathburn
Dec 17, 2010
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The Walking Dead
Now that AMC has wrapped its highly successful six-episode first season of The Walking Dead, it’s a great time to reflect and dive back into the books that made zombie geeks initially fawn over the show. Robert Kirkman’s thirteenth paperback volume, Too Far Gone, finds the group “safe” inside the Alexandria Safe-Zone community near Washington, D.C.
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Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Pia Guerra, Goran Sudžuka, José Marzán Jr., Zylonol, and Clem Robins; Covers by Massimo Carnevale
Dec 08, 2010
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DC Universe
This fourth deluxe hardcover (issues #37-48) of Y: The Last Man begins with the journey Yorick Brown’s male Capuchin monkey Ampersand took since the last collection (issues #24-36) of the Eisner Award-winning series. The little guy’s genes may prove to be the solution to ending the worldwide gendercide, and much of the drama centers on ensuring his safety. Book Three saw writer Brian K. Vaughan (Lost, Ex Machina, Runaways) hitting a few narrative speed bumps and cul de sacs, but here he starts stepping on the gas.
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Written by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams; Art by Neal Adams; Inks by Dick Giordano and Terry Austin
Dec 01, 2010
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There’s never been a man who could go toe-to-toe with Superman-on Superman’s home court of the comic book page, no less-more than Muhammad Ali.
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Written by James Robinson (et. al.), art by Peter Snejbjerg (et. al.)
Nov 05, 2010
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One of the neat things about DC’s Omnibus editions is how they reprint not only the main series of a title, but often some of the affiliated works. In this volume of the series collecting James Robinson’s seminal Starmanseries, we’re also treated to extra reprinted issues including the Geoff Johns/Robinson written Stars & S.T.R.I.P.E. #0, the Starman #1,000,000 issue (which tied into a line-wide event at DC Comics), and JSA All-Stars#4, written by Robinson and concerning Ted Knight, the golden age Starman and father of this version.
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Written and drawn by Reneé French
Nov 03, 2010
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Deservedly back in print after several years, Reneé French’s The Ticking is damned clever and well done. There’s a certain fragility in both the art and the story that belie reader expectations: a deformed boy whose mother passes in childbirth could be played so many ways, most of them poorly and stereotypically.
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DC/Vertigo Crime
Written by Denise Mina; art by Antonio Fuso
Nov 01, 2010
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Vertigo Comics
One of the Vertigo Crime original hardcovers, A Sickness in the Family sets a compellingly creepy mood. The focus is on the Usher family, who may look normal and even enviable on the surface, but cracks in the family facade offer a view at selfishness, philandering, corruption, and disappointment.
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Oct 29, 2010
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Issue #33 - Fall 2010 - Interpol
The hook of Superman: Earth One is that although both Clark Kent’s teenage adventures in his hometown of Smallville and his early years as Superman in Metropolis have been well chronicled, the time period between those two has been left largely unexplored.
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Written by Todd Dezago; art by Craig Rousseau
Oct 27, 2010
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This volume collects the first couple of miniseries in which the Perhapanauts appeared, originally published by Dark Horse. The characters—which include a smart and spiritual bigfoot, a psychic, and a ghost—are agents of BEDLAM, an organization dedicated to keeping the world safe from weird creatures.
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