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“I was pretty disappointed when Marjorie Liu had to leave “Black Widow” for “X-23,” because I was loving the feel of Daniel Acuna and Liu’s take on Natasha. To make matters worse, I wasn’t wild about “X-23”. I tried the first arc, but had dropped it before we even got to the end. Liu’s writing was strong overall, but inconsistent art that frequently wasn’t to my tastes kept me from coming back, so instead I sulked about missing “Black Widow.” “X-23” #13 is a whole other story, and one that has me saying “Black Widow who?…”

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“It’s always exciting to see a new series by Terry Moore. Especially as a reader hungry for strong well-rounded female characters, I always know I’m going to get something interesting from Moore. I also always know the book is going to be beautiful, and probably pretty intriguing. “Rachel Rising” #1 is no exception, and delivers on all fronts…”

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*Alt cover for Rachel Rising #1, since I featured the other version for Cover of the Week this week. 

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““The Intrepids” is what more comics should be like. It’s vibrant and fun, smart and enthusiastic. Reading it feels like reading something someone is in love with. It has flaws, sure, but being creator owned you can feel the very soul of the creators being poured into it. I wish more comics felt this way. I wish more readers of comics would give books like “The Intrepids” a chance, because I think they’d feel the passion too…”

Read the rest of my CBR Review of The Intrepids #5 here.

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“Expectation can be a bad thing. It can turn a perfectly good comic into a disappointment. And really that’s what we have here with “Fables” #107, a perfectly good comic that disappoints me nonetheless. Sleeping Beauty is a favorite character of mine, and while she hasn’t gotten much play in Willingham’s “Fables” universe thus far, for a lot of reasons, including the fact that her “superpower” is basically to “fall asleep and take everyone with her,” I was excited to know this issue would feature her….”

Read the rest of my CBR Review of Fables #107 here.

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““Supergirl” #66 hits an excellent blend of Kara being traditionally heroic, and even donning her costume, while also allowing her to hone her detective skills as she searches for missing students at Stanhope College…”

Read the rest of my CBR Review of Supergirl #66 here.

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“Kieron Gillen is doing in “Generation Hope” what I’ve been waiting for someone to do with a mutant book for a long time now, which is to find the reality of what it would be like to be a mutant, especially as a teenager. It’s certainly been addressed before (Kitty Pryde) here and there, over the years, and some books have tackled it well, but in a different way than what Gillen is doing. (“Generation X” springs to mind.) But what Gillen did in this single issue of “Generation Hope” is inspired and a long time coming for this current generation…”

Read the rest of my CBR Review of Generation Hope #9 here.

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Also, as usual with books I didn’t like, I’m not broadcasting this so loudly, but I also reviewed Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons #2, which you can read here if you’re so inclined.

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“Brian Wood is not a writer that pulls punches. He doesn’t write “easy” stories, and he asks a lot of his readers, in all the best ways. Part one of his final “Northlanders” epic is no exception. “Northlanders” #42 which begins “The Icelandic Trilogy” and is titled simply “Settlement 871,” is a powerfully moving bit of comics. It’s obvious reading this first brutal issue that Wood has every intention of going out with a bang…”

Read the rest of my CBR Review of Northlanders #42 here.

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I also wrote about Birds of Prey #14 this week, but it was an unfortunate disappointment, so y’know, not so interested in broadcasting that one so loudly.  But here ya go.

“There are few ideas in fiction more fascinating to me than time travel. At the same time, I’ve rarely seen it done in a way in which I can both appreciate it and understand it, which are key elements to enjoying a work of fiction. “The Red Wing” #1 handily manages both, and sets a brilliant stage for a fascinating series about one of our most engrossing ideas…”

Read the rest of my CBR Reivew of The Red Wing #1 here.

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“Following the strong “Magus” mini-series this past year, 12-Gauge brings us another interesting mini-series with impressively powerful art, in “Loose Ends” #1…”

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“Ozma of Oz” #8 wraps up yet another beautiful and successful Oz mini-series adaptation by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young…”

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