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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00

Side by side with the great Super Heroes the world has seen, united to end the threats no one of them could face alone, the Avengers will stare down the greatest threat the team has ever faced. But is even their combined might enough to overcome a force of pure evil in Avengers: Endless Wartime OGN?

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00

The time has come to see who will live, who will die, and who will emerge as the true Superior Spider-Man in Superior Spider-man #9.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00

Would you endure an eternity of pain and death, dying over and over, to be with the woman you love for just five minutes each time you died? Most people might say no. But Joe Fitzgerald isn't most people in Ten Grand #1.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00

In a dystopia where society has reverted to a feudal state, the elite Families who control the wealth control every aspect of the world. This is a story of a young woman called Forever, and her story starts the day she was killed in Lazarus #1.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00

Following the Jackal’s faceoff with Faustus and an attack on the US infrastructure, the Victories face a plague of new evils threatening their city. Can the Victories overcome their own spiritual demons to keep the team together and save the world in The Victories #1?

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00

Can't stand the weekly wait to get your Westeros fix? This graphic novel adaptation of George R.R. Martin's fantasy frachise offers a fresh way to feed your fix.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Wednesday, 03 April 2013 16:23

Thirteen-year-old Ellie lives in a violent, postpandemic world. A newcomer at a military boarding school, Ellie is reluctant to toe the line, which earns her new enemies—and her first glimpse of the world outside in The Last of Us: American Dreams #1.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 02 April 2013 12:40

The enemy caged him, the dead want to devour him and the voices in his head are driving him to madness in ’68: Jungle Jim #1. Then, the U.S. Navy has come to drag fugitive Chas Worthington back home, but Chas has one more trick up his sleeve in Great Pacific #6. Then, it is the climactic chapter in the epic saga of hope and despair, of tragedy and triumph in The Mice Templar IV: Legend #1. Finally, hunted by a ruthless killer who has framed them for murder, Jake and Callie try to infiltrate the mysterious gated community at the heart of the deadly conspiracy in Snapshot #3.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 02 April 2013 11:59

First, actions are taken and consequences are so far reaching that it will have you holding your breath & leaving you speechless in Mind the Gap #9. Then, the repo from Dee Agency learn way more than they bargained for and are left to decide on a trip to the West Coast to face the biggest threat they have ever encountered in Repossessed #4. Afterwards, to seek refuge from Morgana's grasp, Simon will need to call upon enchanters of old who have spent the past century hiding in plain sight in New York City in Son of Merlin #3. Finally, Sara feels the full guilt for her actions committed during a different life in Witchblade #165.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 02 April 2013 11:17

Madder decides to see a priest about his sins in Bedlam #6. Then, the next generation of the Vicious Circle is rising, and the city of Chicago sits on the brink of destruction in Savage Dragon #186. Meanwhile, the Vatican makes a house call, taking the first steps in their efforts to test Jim's true origin in Spawn #230. Finally, Super Dinosaur and Derek Dynamo come face to face with a new threat unlike any they've faced before in Super Dinosaur #18.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 01 April 2013 18:29

Sarah Boslaugh checks in from the famed Comic-Con International spinoff, spending its second year in Anaheim.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 29 March 2013 00:00

First, the heroes of the Marvel Universe bring the war to Ultron in Age of Ultron #6. Then, with Peter Parker fighting full-force to regain control over his own body, will Doc Ock be able to save Cardiac and redeem himself in the eyes of the Avengers in Superior Spider-man #8?

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 29 March 2013 00:00

When the Avengers learn that the Canadian super team, Omega Flight, have found themselves in the middle of a Garden Origin site – the Avengers must spring into action for a rescue mission like no other in Avengers #10.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 29 March 2013 00:00

Aric of Dacia has taken his one-man war to the Vine’s homeworld, Loam, and is using their own X-O Manowar armor to wage it in X-O Manowar #12.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 29 March 2013 00:00

When Eric and Woody are caught in the throes of a life-altering scientific accident, they find themselves with a whole new purpose – and a perfectly legitimate reason to wear costumes and fight crime in Quantum and Woody #1.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 29 March 2013 00:00

Here, for the first time, the one hundred percent true story of the Epic of Gilgamesh can finally be told in Archer & Armstrong #0.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 29 March 2013 00:00

When the undead begin to attack throughout New Orleans, can the combined forces of Shadowman and Dr. Mirage repel an army that can't be killed in Shadowman #6?

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 29 March 2013 00:00

This retro-style anthology of all-new horror tales is guaranteed to give you the eeries and the creepies in Eeek #10.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:51

First, Tyler barely escapes the knife club only to become the target of both the stick club and every teacher in the school in Five Weapons #2. Then, Warfare ensues as the tyrannical forces of the Ono Mao attempt to wipe out the planetoid's only hope for civilization in Planetoid #5. Then it’s a modern reinterpretation or a timeless cast of characters in Savage Skullkickers #1. Finally, can Slacker Genius Dr. David Loren save himself from the confines of his own mind in Think Tank #6?

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:33

Sometimes the past refuses to stay in the past. First, Cartel soldiers visit the pits of Hell, a visitor to Mexico stumbles onto a black mass, and a man heartbroken at the loss of his wife is reunited with her beyond the grave in Dia De Los Muertos #2. Then, it's the curse of the Femme Fatale in the old west in Fatale #13. Finally, it’s all led to this, the Season One Finale in Morning Glories #25!

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:03

First, in a war he never knew existed, Luke Taylor stands to lose everything in Clone #5. Then, it’s Cassie verses Samhain in a fight to the death in Hack/Slash #25. Afterwards, Luther Stode faces off against one of history’s greatest killers in The Legend of Luther Strode #4. Finally, In one corner: Dr. Vincent Morrow, the Witch Doctor. In the other: the parasite he's been infected with. Who will be the victor in Witch Doctor: Mal Practice #5?

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 26 March 2013 12:25

They’re protecting the Marvel Universe one alien invasion at a time, and you can get your first look at just who the Guardians of the Galaxy really are in Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comics.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 22 March 2013 00:00

Most books on philosophy tend to be stuffy, but with her expressive cartooning, Dutch artist Margreet de Heer gets down to basics without forgetting the fun.

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Written by Brent Mueller Friday, 22 March 2013 00:00

Part artbook, part chronology, and all any fan of The Legend of Zelda video game franchise could ever ask for.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 19 March 2013 16:41

First, it’s revelations, fights, and milkshakes in Chew #32. Then, after every ending comes an aftermath in Invincible #101. Finally, It Girl is trapped in the Alps trying to rescue a kidnapped scientist from a slippery supervillain, a scary gangster lady, and her two giant robot sons in It Girl & The Atomics #8.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 19 March 2013 16:07

First, Sahara must give up her baby, before it is even born in Elephantmen #47. Then, it’s an intergalactic family reunion, as Hazel's parents and grandparents join forces to escape a dying world in Saga #11. Finally, the stakes are raised as the murder team heads into the forbidden lands of the Elohi in Storm Dogs #4.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Tuesday, 19 March 2013 15:11

First, with half of Reconnect on the run and the other half in the morgue, agent Mark Thomas has to make a deal with the FBI in order to save his own life in Comeback #5. Then, Mayor Dillisch deals with body parts littering his highways in Revival #8. Finally, Bob Fingerman’s critically acclaimed series, MINIMUM WAGE is given new life in Maximum Minimum Wage HC.

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Written by Erin Jameson Monday, 18 March 2013 11:29

Your Lovefool's preparing to move house, which means it's time for a well deserved break.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 15 March 2013 09:47

With the hunt for the Infinity Gems on everyone’s mind, disaster creeps up on The Ultimates in Ultimate Comics Ultimates #25.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 15 March 2013 09:32

The brutal story of Dark Horse’s bloodiest hero begins anew in X #1.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 15 March 2013 07:11

First, Clint comes face to face with the cold hard reality that someone is out to take him out in Hawkeye #9. Then, the few remaining members of Earth’s Mightiest must head to the Savage Land in the hopes of finding a way to survive and turn the tide of war in Age of Ultron #5.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 15 March 2013 06:46

Trapped between the opposing forces of Toyo Harada’s Eggbreakers and Project Rising Spirit, Peter Stanchek and his wayward band of renegade telekinetics are about to find themselves in a vicious, three-way firefight in Harbinger #10. Then, before the Harbinger Foundation, before Project Rising Spirit, Toyo Harada spent decades circling the globe, recruiting empowered individuals to his cause. But how is one deal brokered in secret between Harada and Rising Sprit Securities forty years ago now wreaking havoc in the modern day in Harbinger #11?

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 15 March 2013 00:00

A sensational affair ends in a gruesome murder in the latest volume of Rick Geary's "Treasury of XXth Century Murder" series. 

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Written by Mick Martin Friday, 15 March 2013 00:00

Library director and noted graphic novel evangelist Stephen Weiner offers up a history of the graphic novel that serves as a great primer for the uninitiated, but its occasional omissions, inconsistencies, and errors may prove distracting to the more familiar reader.

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Written by Erin Jameson Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:49

Valentine's Day may have come and gone, but romance is just starting to fire up in Japan, where men are preparing for the most dreaded day of all: White Day.

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Written by PLAYBACK:stl Friday, 08 March 2013 00:00

The beast that may look like Teddy’s mom continues to manipulate everyone in sight and it’s up to Billy, Teddy, and Loki to get rid of her for good in Young Avengers #3.