Monthly Archives: August 2013

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Reviews
Review: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #3

By | Aug 16, 2013 | Reviews

What is American youth? It’s Jack Kerouac, and the City Lights Bookstore. It’s Good Morning Vietnam, and hope for the outcasts. It’s nightmares and tight blue jeans; loud music and sweat and out past curfew. It’s the invention of the new normal, and the raw power of possibility, and the ache of realizing limits. It’s […]

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Reviews
Review: Halo: Initiation #1

By | Aug 16, 2013 | Reviews

The first “Halo” comic to come out of Dark Horse comes a little too late to capitalize on the Halo 4 hype. While the series covers an intriguing part of the series’ saga, it offers little for all but the most diehard fans. Written by Brian Reed Illustrated by Marco Castiello Halo—one of the largest […]

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Reviews
Review: Batman #23

By | Aug 16, 2013 | Reviews

Bruce Wayne takes the most important step yet on his journey towards the cowl in “Batman” #23. Written by Scott Snyder Illustrated by Greg Capullo Witness the moment Bruce Wayne becomes Batman as “Zero Year” makes history! And in the backup story, a young Bruce Wayne fights for his life in a death match in […]

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Podcasts
The Hour Cosmic, Episode 36: Floating Potato with Mike Allred!

By , and | Aug 16, 2013 | Podcasts

Welcome to another installment of The Hour Cosmic, your favorite comics game show! This week, our guest is the legendary Mike “Doc” Allred! On this week’s show, among other things, we discuss: -Optimism! -The Lesser Fantastic Four(s)! -The (real) Josie and the Pussycats album! -Being a minted Legend before publishing a major comic! Let’s meet […]

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Columns
The Rundown: “Daredevil” Overhyped, Lots of Steve Niles News, Sin comes to Arrow, and More!

By | Aug 16, 2013 | Columns

Welcome to the Rundown! Until our regularly scheduled rundowner, David Harper, gets back from getting hitched (ooooooooooooooooooh), I’ll be your guide to all things newsworthy that slipped through our reporting cracks. Email any pertinent articles to brian@multiversitycomics.com -An interesting (if flawed) argument is that Mark Waid’s “Daredevil” appears to be great because of the time […]

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Annotations
Bridging the Gap: Issue #12

By | Aug 15, 2013 | Annotations

Hello again, and welcome to the edition of Bridging the Gap in which I lay out a vaguely promising theory! The day had to come eventually, you guys. But seriously, this is another dense and surprising issue, and as always, there are all kinds of clues to Google madly think about. Get your typing fingers […]

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Reviews
Review: Thor: God of Thunder #11

By | Aug 15, 2013 | Reviews

It’d probably be pretty obvious and obnoxious to call “Thor: God of Thunder” godly. Too bad. It’s godly. Written by Jason Aaron Illustrated by Esad Ribic  • The grand finale of the epic time-traveling saga of the God Butcher that began in issue #1. • After the dust clears, what gods will be left? With […]

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Review: Lost Vegas #4

By | Aug 15, 2013 | Reviews

We’ve had a lot to say about this miniseries so far, not least because – for a miniseries especially – “Lost Vegas” feels like a lot of comic. This ambitious but unevenly executed conclusion takes us home on the same tack, delivering a lot of information but hooking us in more with the visuals and […]

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