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The Devil in Detail, A Daredevil Retrospective #5: The Assassination of Matt Murdock, Lowlife and Through Hell

By James Dowling | Sep 9, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to the Daredevil Retrospective, where I’m going to trace our way through 40 years of Daredevil and the seminal runs that began each era, Frank Miller in the 1980s, Brain Michael Bendis in the 2000s and Chip Zdarsky in the 2020s. This week we have Klaus Janson taking up art duties in “The Assassination […]

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The Devil in Detail, A Daredevil Retrospective #4: Elektra, Out and Through Hell

By James Dowling | Aug 18, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to the Daredevil Retrospective, where I’m going to trace our way through 40 years of Daredevil and the seminal runs that began each era, Frank Miller in the 1980s, Brain Michael Bendis in the 2000s and Chip Zdarsky in the 2020s. This week we have Frank Miller’s bold debut as Writer/Artist on “Daredevil,” Matt’s […]

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Haunted Trails: “Shadow Roads” Recap

By Mark Tweedale | Jul 28, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome back to Haunted Trails, Multiversity Comics’ column exploring the world Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’s “The Sixth Gun” and “Shadow Roads.” This Wednesday there’s a new issue of “Shadow Roads” coming out, the first in over a year. Unfortunately, the series took an unplanned break mid-arc after June 2019’s “Shadow Roads” #8, so I’m […]

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The Devil in Detail, A Daredevil Retrospective #3: Exposé, Underboss and No Devils, Only God

By James Dowling | Jul 14, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to the Devil in Detail, where I’m going to trace our way through 40 years of Daredevil and the seminal runs that began each era, Frank Miller in the 1980s, Brain Michael Bendis in the 2000s and Chip Zdarsky in the 2020s. This week we have the continuing saga of Miller and Janson on […]

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The World of Black Hammer Reading Order – Phase One

By Mark Tweedale | Jun 1, 2020 | Annotations

2019 was a big year for the World of Black Hammer. “Black Hammer: Age of Doom” ended, wrapping up the story Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston first set about telling when the series began in 2016. But something happened on the way to the end. . . it became the beginning. Side characters started demanding […]

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“Harrow County” – Which Format Is Right for You?

By Mark Tweedale | May 18, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to the Harrow County Observer, Multiversity Comics’ dedicated “Harrow County” column. Lately, Dark Horse has been shining a light on its back catalogue, focusing on a different series each week with digital sales, free first issues, and doing interviews with creators on their Twitch channel. Last week, their focus was “Harrow County,” and they […]

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Hell Notes: Who Is Lady Baltimore?

By Mark Tweedale | Mar 16, 2020 | Annotations

By now I’m sure you’ve heard the news. The Baltimore / Joe Golem universe is about to expand with a brand new series: “Lady Baltimore.” But who is Lady Baltimore? And why am I so ridiculously excited about this series? Well, it turns out the titular Lady Baltimore is my favorite character from “Baltimore,” Sofia, […]

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Isu Codices Volume 12: Catching up with “Assassin’s Creed”

By Gregory Ellner | Feb 19, 2020 | Annotations

Been a while since our last installment, on account of us not really having comics to analyze. There have been a multitude of developments in the games, especially direct integration of what happened at the end of “Uprising” into the games as discussed in a specialized “We Want Comics” column about Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but […]

Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away: “Star Wars” (2020) #1 + 2

By Brian Salvatore | Feb 4, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away, our long on hiatus column about Marvel’s Star Wars comics! In taking over this column, I’ve decided to revamp it a bit, so here is the plan going forward: On even months, I’ll be recapping the current Marvel series, discussing the larger themes and how all […]

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Keeping a Watch on “Doomsday Clock” #12

By Frida Keränen | Jan 8, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to “Keeping a Watch on Doomsday Clock,” our column dedicated to annotating the first ever DCU/Watchmen crossover that most of us probably didn’t need but is here nonetheless! Since this 12-issue maxiseries relies so heavily on “Watchmen,” a comic that has a ton to unpack in itself, there are a lot of details and […]

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Butcher’s Block, Slab 6: Carving Through “Hack/Slash”

By Gregory Ellner | Dec 23, 2019 | Annotations

Welcome to Butcher’s Block, our “Hack/Slash” annotation. Today we’ll be going over the “Hack/Slash 15th Anniversary Celebration” one-shot. As a note: unlike some other analyses, this one will not skimp on spoilers, though it will still attempt to be new reader friendly by way of bringing up past information. Furthermore, for sake of clarity: “Hack/Slash” […]

Worthy: “War of the Realms”

By Elias Rosner | Dec 18, 2019 | Annotations

The war, my friends, is at their door, with frost and fire and sword. Welcome back, one and all, to the column fit to hold the hammer. Welcome to the column that follows the moniker of Thor. Welcome back. . .to Worthy.

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Butcher’s Block, Slab 5: Carving Through “Hack/Slash”

By Gregory Ellner | Oct 28, 2019 | Annotations

Welcome to Butcher’s Block, our “Hack/Slash” annotation. Today we’ll be going over the third and fourth installments of “The Crow: Hack/Slash.” As a note: unlike some other analyses, this one will not skimp on spoilers, though it will still attempt to be new reader friendly by way of bringing up past information. Furthermore, for sake […]

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Keeping a Watch on “Doomsday Clock” #11

By Frida Keränen | Oct 2, 2019 | Annotations

Welcome to “Keeping a Watch on Doomsday Clock,” our column dedicated to annotating the first ever DCU/Watchmen crossover that most of us probably didn’t need but is here nonetheless! Since this 12-issue maxiseries relies so heavily on “Watchmen,” a comic that has a ton to unpack in itself, there are a lot of details and […]

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Laura Bailey and Paul Williams Take Us Inside ‘An Eye,’ The Most Recent “DeMarco P.I.” Strip

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 1, 2019 | Annotations

Galen DeMarco is one of the many 2000AD characters co-created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, and has been a mainstay of both the “Judge Dredd and her own “DeMarco P.I.” strips. ‘An Eye’ just wrapped up in “Judge Dredd Megazine” #412. For a deeper look into the strip, writer Laura Bailey and artist Paul […]

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Wicked Intervention: “The Wicked + The Divine” #45

By Jaina Hill | Sep 9, 2019 | Annotations

Once again we return, one last time. Welcome back to “Wicked Intervention” your page by page deep dive into “The Wicked + The Divine.”And this is truly the end of the road. The last issue. We’re done. I have to imagine if you’re reading a detailed breakdown of the final issue of a series well… […]

Postal Notes Vol. 7

By Michael Mazzacane | Sep 2, 2019 | Annotations

Welcome to Postal Notes, a critical read through of the series “Postal.” This series of columns will be done in a mixture of essays and observations of various lengths. I will be using the seven core trade paperbacks that collect issues #1-25 and the various one shots for a total of 28 issues overall. In […]

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Butcher’s Block, Slab 4: Carving Through “Hack/Slash”

By Gregory Ellner | Aug 26, 2019 | Annotations

Welcome to Butcher’s Block, our “Hack/Slash” annotation. Today we’ll be going over the second installment of “The Crow: Hack/Slash.” As a note: unlike some other analyses, this one will not skimp on spoilers, though it will still attempt to be new reader friendly by way of bringing up past information. Furthermore, for sake of clarity: […]

Postal Notes Vol. 6

By Michael Mazzacane | Aug 12, 2019 | Annotations

Welcome to Postal Notes, a critical read through of the series “Postal.” This series of columns will be done in a mixture of essays and observations of various lengths. I will be using the seven core trade paperbacks that collect issues #1-25 and the various one shots for a total of 28 issues overall. In […]

Wicked Intervention: “The Wicked + The Divine” #44

By Jaina Hill | Jul 29, 2019 | Annotations

Once again we return! Welcome back to “Wicked Intervention” your page by page deep dive into “The Wicked + The Divine.” This is it friends. The end of the story, but not the end of the road. Let’s go page by page, and savor what we’ve got left. Then we’ll come back together one last […]

Postal Notes Vol. 5

By Michael Mazzacane | Jul 23, 2019 | Annotations

Welcome to Postal Notes, a critical read through of the series “Postal.” This series of columns will be done in a mixture of essays and observations of various lengths. I will be using the seven core trade paperbacks that collect issues #1-25 and the various one shots for a total of 27 issues overall. In […]

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