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Finally, after a long wait, Uncanny X-Men is back! Cyclops is charging forward with no reservations and his new vision for Marvel’s mutants is the focus of Uncanny X-Men #1. Does this debut offer something new or is it the same story all over again?

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Marvel looks to showcase some of its Wild West characters in the first issue of the Six Guns miniseries, but is setting this book in the modern era doing it any favors?

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How many different kind of vampires are there? Dracula lurked in the shadows and had mastery over the beasts of the night, sparkly vampires flock to the Pacific Northwest to be all emo and seduce the unsuspecting, and then there are the vampyres of House of Night. They do drink blood, but except for some magical vampyre powers, they are pretty much like you and me. Or something like that…

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While Boom! may be losing their Disney titles, they’ve still got at least one well-established well they can draw from with Peanuts!

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Arkham City came out Oct 18th, at the time of this writing three weeks ago. Normally we want all our review to be as current, relevant, and quick to come as possible. Unfortunately (sort of), that could not be the case here as I needed much more time than would be allowed to even digest enough of the game to feel comfortable giving it any sort of score. So, to find out how Batman fared in this outing, take the jump.

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Or – “The Musical Question: Has Death In Comics EVER Meant Anything?” With the recent revelations about the loss of the newest Captain America, comics fans are once again opining on death in comics and making the usual snide remarks about how nobody ever stays dead (save Thomas Wayne, his wife Martha and Ben Parker.)  Thugs and mooks have been croaking in comics since the earliest pulp-inspired tales, but where did the endless merry-go-round get its start?

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Ever wonder what happens in those small tiny towns you drive through on your way to places more important? The citizens of Dreary would rather you keep moving along your way before you stir up trouble.

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The terror of Spider Island is over. Parker has come out the hero once again, saving the entire city himself. People are starting to wake up and realize what happened. So what did happen? Find out after the jump.

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Or – “Is Lightspeed At Least Still Bi-Curious?” There are a lot of vaguely bothersome trends in comics these days (weird numbering, strange book titles that mean nothing, covers that are nothin’ more than interchangable glamour shots) but one of the most annoying is the endlessly repeated mantra of “a great jumping-on point!”  For a book like Avengers Academy, which I’ve been enjoying, a rejiggered jumping-on point could easily serve double duty as a jumping-off point.  Can even Julie Power’s midriff save the day?

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Or – “For Freakier Imagery, You’d Probably Have To Get Rodrigo Plastered.” The return of Animal Man to regular monthly storytelling has also led to a return of the 90’s Vertigo sensibilities, as A-Man is stuck in the middle of an invasion by forces of ‘The Rot’, while simultaneously finding his morphogenic powers to be related to another nebulous concept, The Red.  What does The Red do? Give Matthew nightmares, mostly…

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Superman may be the protector of the City of Tomorrow, but can he save the world today? And what does he do when the citizens turn against the one who wants to protect them all?

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Or – “The History Book On The Shelf, Always Repeating Itself…” Steve Rogers is ready to bury his friend and partner yet again. I wonder if he’ll angst about it for fifteen years like the last time he thought Bucky dead?

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