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Operative: Scorpio
By Jack Herman, Dan Tolentino & Danny Taver (Blackthorne Publishing) ISBN: 0-932629-15-6 Sometimes I just get a devil in me… Although I review a broad spectrum of illustrated narratives and comics...
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Kick-Ass
Revised, expanded edition By Mark Millar, John Romita Jr., Tom Palmer & (Titan Books) ISBN: 978-0-85768-102-7 Now that the furore has died down over the first movie and is yet to begin in regard to...
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Northguard: Manifest Destiny
By Mark Shainblum & Gabriel Morrissette with Jacques Boivin and others (Caliber Press) No ISBN, ASIN B00071Y8KK The huge outpouring of fresh material which derived from the birth of American...
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Shattered: the Asian American Comics Anthology – A Secret Identities Book
By Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow, Jerry Ma & various (The New Press) ISBN: 978-1-59558-824-1 The very best thing about old comics periodicals, and a factor sadly deficient in most graphic...
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Secret Identities
By Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow, Jerry Ma & various (The New Press) ISBN: 978-1-59558-824-1 A little while ago I reviewed Shattered: a splendid anthology of superhero-related stories by and...
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New Crusaders: Rise of the Heroes
By Ian Flynn, Ben Bates, Alitha Martinez & Gary Martin (Archie Comics) ISBN: 978-1-936975-31-0 In the dawning days of the comic book business, just after Superman and Batman had ushered in a new...
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The UmbrellaAcademy volume 1: Apocalypse Suite
By Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse) ISBN: 978-1-59307-978-9 Superheroes have been around long enough now that they’ve been able to evolve into different sub-sets: straight Save-the-World...
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The Umbrella Academy volume 2: Dallas
By Gerard Way & Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse) ISBN: 978-1-59582-345-8 Superheroes have been around long enough now that they’ve been able to evolve into different sub-sets: straight Save-the-World...
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The Dragon: Blood and Guts
By Jason Pearson & Karl Story & various (Image Comics) ISBN: 1-887279-10-5 In the fan-led, gimmick-fed early 1990s a group of young, ambitious comics-creators suddenly realised that they had a...
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Battling Boy
(Uncorrected Proof Copy) By Paul Pope (First Second) ISBN: 978-1-59643-145-4 Paul Pope is undoubtedly one of the most creative and visually engaging creators working in comics these days. Since his...
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Video Classics volume 1: The Adventures of Mighty Mouse / Video Classics...
By various (Malibu Graphics) ISBNs: 0-944735-22-3 & 0-944735-06-1 The animated cartoon legend who became Mighty Mouse started out as a Superman parody from the Paul Terry animation studio (known...
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All-New X-Men volume 3: Out of Their Depth
By Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen, David Lafuente & Wade Von Grawbadger (Marvel/Panini UK) ISBN: 978-1-84653-561-1 Following the poor choices and horrendous paths taken by assorted mutant...
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Heroic Tales: The Bill Everett Archives volume 2
By Bill Everett and others, edited and complied by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-60699-600-3 Thanks to modern technology there is a superabundance of collections featuring the works of...
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Starling
By Sage Stossel (Penguin/InkLit) ISBN: 978-0-42526-631-1 Once upon a time only little boys (of any age from 3 to 90) liked superheroes. That’s all different now. Just like always, girls eventually...
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Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West (Uncorrected Proof Copy)
By Paul Pope, J.T. Petty & David Rubin (First Second) ISBN: 978-1-62672-009-1 Don’t you just love comics convention season? Here’s a splendid sneak peak at an upcoming instant classic from a...
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The Fox: Freak Magnet
By Dean Haspiel, Mark Waid, JM DeMatteis, Mike Cavallaro, Terry Austin & various (Red Circle Comics/Archie) ISBN: 978-1-936975-93-8 In the early days of the US comicbook biz, just after Superman...
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Kick-Ass 3
By Mark Millar, John Romita Jr., Tom Palmer & various (Titan Books) ISBN: 978-1-78329-072-7 Once upon a time, perennial High School no-hoper Dave Lizewski – a pitifully average and unhappy...
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Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying
By the Original Writer, Mick Anglo, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, Don Lawrence, Steve Dillon & Paul Neary (Marvel/Panini UK) ISBN: 978-1-84653-621-2 I got my start in comics as the most junior of...
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Black Light: The World of L.B. Cole
By Leonard Brandt Cole with an introduction by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-60699-762-8 The early days of the American comicbook industry were a whirlwind of spectacular exuberance...
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The Mighty Crusaders: Origin of a Super-Team
By Jerry Siegel, Paul Reinman & various (Red Circle Productions/Archie Comics) ISBN: 978-1-87979-414-6 If you like your superheroes grim, gritty and ultra-serious you won’t like what follows, but...
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