Author Archives: Patrick Tobin

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Columns
Crossed-Out Crossovers: Image United

By | Apr 13, 2011 | Columns

How fitting that the first time that this column goes up a day late, it’s in covering Image United — currently three and a half issues down, to be completed who-knows-when. For the most part, we’ve used this weekly space to consider crossovers and events that have been buried by history, and asking whether that […]

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Reviews
Review: Doom Patrol #21

By | Apr 8, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Keith GiffenPenciled by Matthew Clark and Ron Randall In this spotlight issue, witness the past, present, and future of the Doom Patrol through the eyes of the only constant member of the team. Through all its reincarnations, through all his remodelings —- you can’t have a Doom Patrol without Cliff “Robotman” Steele! Keith […]

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Review: The Boys #53

By | Apr 8, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Garth EnnisIllustrated by John McCrea Christmas 1944 sees Captain Greg Mallory safely in reserve, far from the front line with Nazi Germany. A good time to rest and refit, to recover from the horrors of war. Not such a good time for a unit of very special soldiers — backed by the Vought-American-Consolidated […]

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News
Review: Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #5

By | Apr 7, 2011 | News

Written by Allan HeinbergPenciled by Jim Cheung THE SCARLET WITCH WAR IS ON! Latveria becomes a battle-ground as Magneto battles Doctor Doom — and the Young Avengers take on the Avengers — to determine the ultimate fate of the Scarlet Witch. But the mysterious reappearance of the time-traveling Iron Lad unleashes Wanda’s reality-altering powers upon […]

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Crossed-Out Crossovers: Kings of Pain

By | Apr 5, 2011 | Columns

There are a couple elements that have been cropping up lately in X-Men comics. One, the “cast of thousands” principle has seen storylines guided by huge casts. Two, old obnoxiously powerful villains are being dusted off to make dramatic returns, most notably Legion in New Mutants. Three, the annuals are crossing over with other books […]

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Review: Incognito: Bad Influences #5

By | Apr 1, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Ed BrubakerIllustrated by Sean Phillips THE SUPER-PULP-NOIR GOES OUT WITH A BANG! Face-to-face with his target, Zack Overkill is forced to question everything about his past and future and the nature of good and evil. A nightmarish finale that will leave you reeling. And as with every issue, our Professor of Pulp Culture, […]

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Review: Ultimate X #4

By | Mar 31, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Jeph LoebIllustrated by Arthur Adams The Ultimate Universe’s most talked about series continues! Ultimate Spider-Man Peter Parker’s classmate Liz Allen vanished after Ultimatum. Where has she been hiding and what connection does she have to the terrible horrible Blob? Join the new cast of Ultimate X as they head to Southern California to […]

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Crossed-Out Crossovers: War of the Gods

By | Mar 29, 2011 | Columns

Every now and then, Themyscira just up and goes away, and we have to pretend it means anything. Most recently, it’s happened as part of the latest Wonder Woman mega-arc, although it got crowded out of the discussion a bit by the whole “Diana? In a jacket and pants?” thing. Before that, it happened in […]

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Review: Alan Moore’s Neonomicon #4

By | Mar 29, 2011 | Reviews

Written by Alan MooreIllustrated by Jacen Burrows The cataclysmic final issue of the all-new, all Alan Moore, horror series spoken of only in hushed whispers for years is finally here! NEONOMICON, the sequel to THE COURTYARD Graphic Novel, is slithering its way onto shelves to take its place as a Great Old One of comics […]

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Crossed-Out Crossovers: Atlantis Rising

By | Mar 22, 2011 | Columns

From Blackest Night to Civil War, the Heroic Age to Ultimatum, Second Coming all the way to Final Crisis–superhero comics in the 20XXs are defined as much by their earth-shaking, continuity-twisting, world-changing Big Events as anything else. But this is nothing new, and over the years plenty of events have been forgotten. For every Secret […]

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