2019 Summer Comics Binge

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“New Warriors”: Kings Of Pain

By | Aug 11, 2019 | Reviews

Being a new, edgy nineties team book, it was inevitable that the “New Warriors” would clash with the hottest Marvel property of the decade, “X-Men”. What readers saw was potential for an all-star crossover, exploring the limitless depths of continuity and doing so with hot-shot characters like Cyclops, Jean Grey and the new kids on […]

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“Moon Knight” #9

By | Aug 9, 2019 | Reviews

In recent years, Moon Knight has been a recurring character at Marvel Comics, with different iterations of the character being frequent but short-lived. The most recent run of the series, by Max Bemis and Jacen Burrows, ended last October and the title has yet to be relaunched. For the next 12 weeks, in this summer […]

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Wizard 58: So Many Crazy Things from June 1996

By | Aug 8, 2019 | Reviews

In my final review of “Wizard” for the summer, issue 58 serves up some real head scratchers. How did Marvel botch the Ultraverse so badly? Why did Heidi McDonald get a pie in the face? How was teen Tony Stark not the worst character revamp? And why did “Kingdom Come” get shafted? The Bunny Award […]

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“One Piece” Volume 9

By | Aug 6, 2019 | Reviews

Ahoy, mateys! For this year’s Summer Comics Binge, I’ll be tackling a huge gap in my manga library; the gargantuan “One Piece,” written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. Over the next few weeks I’ll be journaling my way through the first 100 chapters, making up the East Blue Saga. This I’m covering volume 9, consisting […]

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“Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden” – Volume 8

By | Aug 6, 2019 | Reviews

This is volume eight, the penultimate volume, and our heroine has hit her nadir, abandoned by friends, lost. In a traditionally-structured shorter story, this would be near the start of the third act instead of butting against the end, but the three-act story-telling framework doesn’t lay quite so evenly on top of an episodic and […]

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“X-Factor” #237-245

By | Aug 5, 2019 | Reviews

As we start to wrap up our massive binge read of “X-Factor,” the series is becoming an ultra-concentrated version of itself. A lot of the dated politics are coming into sharper focus. Peter David’s character work has always been stellar, and he continues to swing for the fences. We get to see a lot of […]

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“Countdown” #38-33

By | Aug 5, 2019 | Reviews

Another week, another chunk of “Countdown” issues to suffer through. It feels unfair to be saying too much about the art, as we’re clearly at the point where the book’s strict weekly schedule is beginning to take its toll. Some artists like Jesus Saiz and David Lopez are dealing with it alright, though certainly not […]

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“New Warriors”: Hard Choices

By | Aug 4, 2019 | Reviews

Last time, we had the spark that lit the flame, the birth of the New Warriors. Now that our teenage heroes have quarreled enough to tolerate each other, we can call them a full-fledged Marvel superhero team. Where we last left off, the New Warriors had faced off with rival superhero team Psionex, and the […]

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“Moon Knight” #8

By | Aug 2, 2019 | Reviews

In recent years, Moon Knight has been a recurring character at Marvel Comics, with different iterations of the character being frequent but short-lived. The most recent run of the series, by Max Bemis and Jacen Burrows, ended last October and the title has yet to be relaunched. For the next 12 weeks, in this summer […]

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