First Look for December 29, 2017 The thing I enjoy about these two comics are that they go out of their way to develop characters that are multidimensional, flawed, and sympathetic, and the stories they are telling are engaging. With …

Exploring These Small Towns Read more »

First Look for December 28, 2017 With the hope that I’ll be able to finish off a couple of story arcs that I planned on for December, today I took a first look at Revival #2 and Black Hammer #3. …

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First Look for December 19, 2017 Today I take a first look at JLA #6 and Vision #1 and have a fun time reading about Angels and Visions. While the JLA issue by Grant Morrison involves Earth shattering events and …

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First Look for December 18, 2017 Today I take a first look at JLA #5 and Tales to Astonish #42 and while I wouldn’t call either essential, they were both decent reads. In JLA #5 Grant Morrison shows us that …

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First Look for December 17, 2017 Today I take a first look at JLA #4 and Fantastic Four #13 and both are pretty essential issues. The JLA issue brings to a conclusion the Hyperclan story arc and it’s nice to …

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In my first look at JLA #3 and Avengers Academy #26 there are tons of characters in these issues. Looking at the Marvel wikia, I count over 25 heroes of one sort or another at the Academy and most of …

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Today I continue some previous reading by taking a first look at JLA #2 and Amazing Spider-Man #2. Once again, there are 3 stories contained in these 2 comics but I enjoyed these issues better than those I looked at …

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Today I take a first look at Strange Tales #108 and JLA #1. 3 stories for 2 issues isn’t bad and actually the stories are pretty good, particularly the JLA tale. In Strange Tales we get lots of magic with …

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