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    Author: Karen O'Brien

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    Batman #22

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • July 15, 2013

    An instant bat-classic without the bat, Zero Year brilliantly exploits the messy, mistake-riddled path to adulthood. And in Batman #22, young Bruce Wayne’s screw-ups are a runaway freight train about…

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    Superman Unchained #2

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • July 12, 2013

      Unchained is the Superman book you’ve been waiting for. Pulse-pounding action, a Batman-worthy mystery, and impossibly beautiful art make this the must-read book of the summer. Storytelling in the…

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    Marvel’s Superheroines: A Hard Sell, And Why DC’s Are Doing Better

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • July 4, 2013

    After examining Paul O’Brien’s analysis of Marvel’s sales, Graeme McMillan’s Newsarama blog posed an interesting question: why the low sales for Marvel’s female-led titles? McMillan’s question is likely to draw…

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    The Private Eye #3

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • July 4, 2013

    Where do you go when you dream? Welcome to the peep show of P.I.’s drug-induced dreams and a revealing look into his mind that lays bare (very bare) a private…

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    Fatale #15

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • June 27, 2013

    Fatale #15 is a modern noir knuckle sandwich with less Lovecraftian horror and more pulp in its fiction. After a revealing several-issue sojourn into Josephine’s past, Brubaker and Phillips return…

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    Witchblade #167

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • June 19, 2013

    The world of faerie and magic invade Chicago in the flesh (lots of flesh) in Witchblade’s new story arc. Given his background as an artist, Tim Seeley is the perfect…

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    Superman Unchained #1

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • June 13, 2013

    The dynamic duo of Scott Snyder and Jim Lee offer an irresistible Superman story that sets a new standard for sequential art storytelling. Not a panel is wasted as each…

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    East of West #3

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • June 7, 2013

    Death leads the Horsemen on a bloody chase through a futuristic western dystopia poised on the brink of apocalypse. Jonathan Hickman’s crisp script deftly reveals the underlying causes of the…

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    Ten Grand #2

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • June 5, 2013

    In Ten Grand #2, grit, gore, and a dark dash of occult mystery seep from the pores of every hard-boiled panel. The daunting task of living up to the promise…

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    The Private Eye #2

    • by Karen O'Brien
    • May 27, 2013

    The Private Eye is modern noir without the shadows. The bursting of the Internet and stampede of secrets that toppled lives, businesses, and the culture of information resulted in a…

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