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Zero #5

Not at all your typical spy story I was very resistant to Zero when the book first came out. I’m not generally a fan of spy/war/unflappable-badass-super-killer fiction. The cold, calculating nature of…

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Superior Spider-Man #25

More revelations and big events as the series looks towards its conclusion I was pleasantly surprised to see Superior Spider-Man high up on a number of critic’s best of 2013 lists….

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EGOs #1

Sci-fi meets superheroes in the far future! Brilliantly written and efficiently illustrated, Stuart Moore’s EGOs makes a solid debut. The superhero team known as the Earth/Galactic Operatives – the eponymous…

Curse #1 by Michael Moreci , Tim Daniel, Colin Lorimer, Riley Rossmo (Boom Studios)

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Curse #1

With sharp scripting by Moreci and Daniel and blistering art from Rossmo and Lorimer, the opening issue of Curse, a four-parter from BOOM! Studios, takes a relevant and contemporary look…

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The Fox #3

The Fox struggles to capture a good balance in tone or pace. The content of comic books got so dark for awhile in the mid-2000s that a book, any book,…

The Park by Oscar Zarate (Blank Slate Books)

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The Park

Having worked previously with collaborators from Shakespeare to Alan Moore, artist Oscar Zarate takes the reins with The Park, a beautifully observed and crafted tale of retribution and redemption in…

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Aquaman #26

Monarch and hero, Aquaman has intriguing challenges ahead. With issue #26, Jeff Parker (Batman ’66) takes over the reins from Geoff Johns and has a daunting task ahead of him….

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A Boy and a Girl

Jamie S Rich and Natalie Nourigat have come up with a charming and thought-provoking look at what technology might mean for even our most intimate relationships. As I said a…

The Saviors by James Robinson and J Bone (Image Comics)

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The Saviors #1

The last new series of a busy year for Image Comics is an enjoyable and energetic trip into the strangeness on the edge of a small desert town. It seems…

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Witchblade #171

A supernatural thriller, this is the Witchblade you’ve been waiting for. Writer Ron Marz understands Sara Pezzini the way Jeph Loeb understands Batman—inside and out with an emphasis on the…

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Team Girl Comic #9

A positive thinking and well-grounded small publishing collaborative of artists with no shortage of imagination. Team Girl Comic’s fun-loving casual collaborative ethos lends itself well to the anthology nature of…

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Harley Quinn #1

A sociopath with humor and heart. Harley Quinn has a certain homicidal charm and can-do attitude that makes her the Ann Marie or Carrie Bradshaw of the DC Universe. Her…

Celebrated Summer by Charles Forsman (Fantagraphics Books)

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Celebrated Summer

Charles Forsman rounds off a banner year with Celebrated Summer, an affecting trip through teenage ennui. The name Charles Forsman has been cropping up in a lot of end-of-year lists over…

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Invincible #107

Invincible shakes off the rust and shows there’s still new roads take after all these years Invincible has been in an interesting place in the past year or so. Robert Kirkman…

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Justice League 3000 #1

With Legion of Super-Heroes now a title of the past, DC Comics is looking to keep interest in the heroes of the 31st century alive. Unfortunately, Justice League 3000 isn’t…

Black is the Color by Julia Gfrörer (Fantagraphics Books)

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Black is the Color

Julia Gfrörer’s tale of strangeness at sea is a rich and surprisingly touching mix of lyricism, doomed romance and humour. Welcome back to Broken Frontier – where it’s ALL MERMAIDS,…