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DC tops Marvel for the first time since 2013 with July’s comic book sales chart

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DC’s Rebirth relaunch and new pricing structure has helped the publisher to top Marvel in terms of dollar and market share for the first time since September 2013, with DC enjoying eight of the top ten bestselling comic books of July 2016. Topping the comic book chart was Justice League #1, while DC had another seven […]

Comic Book Review – Trees #14

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Mark Allen reviews Trees #14… Trees grow on dirt full of dead things. Apparently aware of the unplanned six-month gap between issues 13 and 14, the conclusion of Trees‘ second volume begins with a propulsive scene of action that puts into motion events that have been brewing since the series began. It also serves as a […]

Comic Book Review – Black Road #2

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Zeb Larson reviews Black Road #2… The Viking North is an occupied war zone and Magnus the Black is the fixer for Papal Rome. Something about this issue of Black Road didn’t grab me. The first issue had a certain austere bleakness that was appropriate, but it also had the power of the tension between […]

Comic Book Review – The Fix #2

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Emma Withington reviews The Fix #2…From the creators of The Superior Foes of Spider-Man (Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber), comes a story of the crooked cops, scheming mobsters, and corrupt politicians that run things—and the sex toy that can bring them all down. Oh, and the hero is a drug-sniffing beagle named Pretzels. Bad people do […]

Comic Book Review – The Wicked + The Divine #19

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Zeb Larson reviews The Wicked + The Divine #19… “RISING ACTION,” Part Two Gods of the Underworld, in the Underworld. Perfectly safe now. Definitely. Stuff definitely doesn’t explode. That doesn’t happen. This issue of The Wicked + The Divine is a deeper read than you might initially give it credit for. I won’t lie that […]

Comic Book Review – Nailbiter #21

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Zeb Larson reviews Nailbiter #21… “BOUND BY BLOOD,” Part One Alice now knows that the Nailbiter is her father. Does that mean she will grow up to be a serial killer? What’s the problem with building a book built out of cliffhangers? Eventually, you realize that you’re not dangling from a cliff, and that you’re […]

Comic Book Review – East of West #28

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Mark Allen reviews East of West #28… “THE FALL OF THE WHITE TOWER” The end of the Union, the fall of the Chosen. It’s becoming increasingly hard to tell what East of West is actually about any more. Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin’s apocalypse saga has been loafing towards its thematic conclusion with […]