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X-Men #1

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • June 5, 2013

Right from Olivier Coipel’s striking cover it’s clear that these X-women mean business. After getting his feet wet for twelve issues on the previous X-Men volume, Brian Wood is back…

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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 Wake #1

  • by John Trigonis
  • June 5, 2013

A new terrifying tale rises to the surface in Snyder & Murphy’s The Wake! The U.S. Department of Homeland Security invites cetologist Lee Archer to join a diverse cast of…

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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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Edgar Allan Poe’s Fall of the House of Usher #1

  • by John Trigonis
  • May 21, 2013

Something is rotting in the House of Usher, and it might just be the story. A lone traveler makes a journey through thick woods and into a thicker fog that…

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Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale

  • by Kris Bather
  • May 20, 2013

More like Dickens than Disney, Porcelain is a wonderfully structured, hard to resist fantasy tale. The opener of Porcelain shows a group of children facing a large gate, as the…

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Cyborg 009, Chapter 000

  • by John Trigonis
  • May 20, 2013

The classic Shotaro Ishinomori manga returns revamped for a fast-paced Western audience. A young boy awakens after a hazy dream and finds he’s cuffed to a table with maniacal robots…

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The Dream Merchant #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • May 15, 2013

Edmondson and Novosadov create a strange, new modern mythology plumbing the depths of our dreams. There once was a boy named Winslow, who dreamed big dreams every night. In fact,…

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Welcome to Your Awesome Robot

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 14, 2013

Viviane Schwarz’s Welcome to Your Awesome Robot was the first title to be published under Nobrow Press’s Flying Eye Books imprint for children. Nobrow, of course, already have a proven…

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Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 13, 2013

With an Eisner Award nomination for the previous volume, Philippe Coudray’s Benjamin Bear books are a series with an established pedigree. Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas! contains twenty-seven playfully inventive…

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Chin Music #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • May 10, 2013

Stunning artwork and a script that keeps you guessing anchor Image’s latest high-profile creative coup, in Niles and Harris’ occult investigation of Al Capone’s Chicago. There are very few comic…

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X #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • May 10, 2013

Fast-paced, straight-ahead action and a new vulnerability herald the return of Dark Horse’s mysterious, ultra-violent vigilante. Formerly the product of Dark Horse’s ill-fated but critically acclaimed 1990s superhero initiative, Comics’…

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Dockwood

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 9, 2013

McNaught has a canny knack for finding something compelling in the humdrum and the monotonous; of imbuing each tiny moment with a flowing, rhythmical splendour of its own. Jon McNaught…

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Mind MGMT #10

  • by John Trigonis
  • May 3, 2013

The sordid history of The Futurist is revealed in this noir-esque episode of Mind MGMT. The Eraser is hot on the trail of Henry Lyme and his band of once…

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Huck Finn’s Adventures in Underland

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • May 1, 2013

Nikola Jajic drops us down the rabbit hole into a bizarre realm of dark whimsy in his latest offering from Alterna. As the title suggests, Nikola Jajic’s latest limited series…

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Princeless Vol. 2 #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • May 1, 2013

Whitley’s all-ages, Eisner-nominated series returns for more fantastic hijinks, as Adrienne and Sparky continue their quest to save her royal sisters. If you haven’t already heard, Princeless is a pretty…

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Ten Grand #1

  • by Jason Wilkins
  • April 30, 2013

Joe’s Comics makes a welcome return with the grim tale of a faustian bargain turned on its ear. There are few people in the world who understand the art and…

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Trading Up: Modesty Blaise: The Girl in the Iron Mask

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 29, 2013

A true testament to Peter O’Donnell’s storytelling. For those unaware of classic British newspaper strip Modesty Blaise it was published for nearly forty remarkable years from the early 1960s in…

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