First Look for January 14, 2018 Today’s issues did have something in common but it wasn’t really the focus of the issue. In Star Wars, the various child warriors each thought Yoda was not a threat and many called him …

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First Look for January 12, 2018: Fighting Back One commonality between the two comics I look at today is fighting back. In both, someone is injured intentionally and there’s a need to get retribution. In Letter 44, it’s President Blades. …

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First Look for January 11, 2018 In today’s first look, I actually get 3 stories for the price of 2 comics and it’s interesting how the three basically layout different perspectives of events. In Avengers vs. X-Men #0, the first …

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First Look for January 9, 2018 As one soldier in the issue of Letter 44 I read today comments, it’s all about the hearts and minds. In my first look today, the hearts and minds can be seen in both …

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First Look for January 8, 2018 As I look at the two issues for my first look today, I see that both are looking at worlds shattered into pieces. In Letter 44 #9, we see ex-President Carroll searching desperately for …

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First Look for January 06, 2018 Usually when secret government programs are involved I think there’s something sinister going on. The same can be said whenever Loki is around. So today I fully expected some villainous activities in both comics. …

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First Look for January 05, 2018 What drives people’s decisions? In today’s first look at Vision #6 and Avengers (vol 4) #24, we see how a hero and a villain make their choices and what the immediate repercussions are. In …

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First Look for January 04, 2018 In The Vision #5 and Justice League #51 we see some of the unintended consequences of superhero life. Vision’s attempt to be normal caused his wife to hide the result of her self defense …

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First Look for January 03, 2018 The theme I pull from today’s first look is that relationships create vulnerability. In both Vision #4 and Tales of Suspense #40 we can see that the close relationships between the heroes and either …

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