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Fish Head Steve!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 23, 2013

Ferocious slapstick, scatological silliness and surreal visual gags with a mischievous appeal for its young target audience. Welcome to Spumville, a small town where something rather curious has just occurred….

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Fagin the Jew

  • by Evan Henry
  • August 21, 2013

Comics legend Will Eisner’s insightful treatment of Dickensian tropes sheds light on dark issues of prejudice and bigotry. Dark Horse Comics presents a new printing of Will Eisner’s graphic novel…

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Numbercruncher #2

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 20, 2013

Bastard Zane unleashes the probability-altering fury of the Accident Gun in this literally “bloody” brilliant second issue of Titan Comics’ summer hit. Si Spurrier and artistic collaborators P.J. Holden and…

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T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 20, 2013

Hester and Di Vito usher a new team of action heroes into the modern world in this love letter to Len Brown and Wally Wood’s Silver Age classic. One of…

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Harbinger #15

  • by Ricky Miller
  • August 19, 2013

It’s a new jumping on point for Harbinger, but should you take the plunge? After the events of the Harbinger Wars, Peter and his Renegades head to California in desperate…

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Resident Alien: The Suicide Blonde #0

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • August 19, 2013

Mystery and science fiction will collide in small-town America soon, but first you have to get through the introductions of the alien doctor, the government agency chasing him, and the…

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Wolverine #8

  • by Jason Clyma
  • August 19, 2013

What happens when the Wolverine can be hurt? Paul Cornell’s Wolverine #8 continues the series’ interesting mix of “comic-booky” science fiction with the great character development the scribe is known…

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Saga #13

  • by Ricky Miller
  • August 16, 2013

The greatest comic in the world is back, and just in time. “Right, where were we?”  – Hazel This issue starts off with a further look at Alana’s world of…

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Halo: Initiation #1

  • by Evan Henry
  • August 16, 2013

Halo: Initiation is an action-heavy tie-in with style and substance in equal measure. Dark Horse’s Halo: Initiation is, as you might have guessed, a video game tie-in, serving as a…

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Infinity #1

  • by Jason Clyma
  • August 15, 2013

The start of one of the most exciting and complex event comics in recent memory.  Jonathan Hickman’s Infinity #1 is the culmination of close to a year’s worth of development…

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Trillium #1

  • by John Trigonis
  • August 14, 2013

  Humanity is running out of time and space in Jeff Lemire’s Trillium #1, and two stories hold the key to saving it. Dual storylines from two distinct places and…

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March: Book One

  • by Levi Hunt
  • August 13, 2013

March: Book One is something that people are going to be talking about for the rest of the year. And for good reason. It’s an important book that is well told,…

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Todd, the Ugliest Kid on Earth Volume 1

  • by Evan Henry
  • August 8, 2013

Kristensen and Perker dish up an unfortunate attempt at old-school underground that forgets to provide context or meaning for its antics. Whether it’s for the sake of publicity or to…

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Sidekick #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 7, 2013

The second title from JMS’ reborn Joe’s Comics imprint delivers on its promise to kill the concept of the ever-annoying sidekick – but not without a little psychological torture, first……

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Monster on the Hill

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 7, 2013

Great rollicking fun for the whole family, Monster on the Hill is fantastic all-ages fare! All-ages comics seem to be all the rage, right now. Of course this could change…

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Batman Incorporated #13

  • by Ricky Miller
  • August 6, 2013

Grant Morrison’s epic 7-year, continuity-rewriting, new-52 defying Batman story comes to a close. “Here we all are, at the grand finale.” – Talia Al Ghul There is a lot to…

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The Bunker #1

  • by Levi Hunt
  • August 6, 2013

A time travel series with not robots or lasers but moral conundrum and character at its heart. The first issue of Joshua Hale Fialkov and Joe Infurnari’s mystery project, The…

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Persia Blues

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • August 6, 2013

A young Iranian woman turns to the fantastic myths of her childhood as she struggles to live and thrive under an oppressive regime, in this raw, emotionally-complex character study. Most…

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