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Sometimes when two comic book characters meet they fight, it’s pretty much a universal law. Sometimes these meetings are in the end good, they learn to work through each others differences to make the world a better place. That won’t be the case when Bomb Queen meets Cassie Hack, and her hulking bodyguard Vlad. Will this match made in Hell, literally pull at the strings of your heart? Or will it just be one giant tease?

Hunter was never in time for his classes… He wasn’t in time for his dinner… Then one day… all hell broke lose and he wound up at Morning Glory Academy.

After a two issue jaunt in Japan with the luscious Catwoman, that had the pair tussle with the infamous Lord Death Man, and skirted the boarders of tentacle porn. How will Batman’s adventures in South America with El Gaucho fair? Take the jump and find out.

Sometimes you walk away from a comic because your favorite author leaves it as well, that was the case for me, and Garth Ennis. I didn’t read anything Punisher because I didn’t think it would be as good as Ennis, boy was a I wrong.

Cage’s Avengers have started to come into their own as a group, but can the team handle a mortally wounded Mockingbird on their first real mission together? Also, what was Fury putting together back in the late 1950’s? Find out after the jump.

Or – “Marvel Vs. DC, 25 Years Or So Early…” There was a time in comics when the creator pool was a much smaller, and much tighter knit group, and when editorial control was pretty much limited to “Hey, Marv wants to use your guy next month.”  Creators might travel back and forth between the various publishers (though there was a Big Two, even then) and carry concepts and characters with them, as Steve Englehart did with Mantis and her various counterparts throughout his work.  Eventually, this would lead to unofficial crossover stories (one of which birthed the concept known…

Secrets are revealed, a quest begins, and a party is formed. Dark Sun continues to spin a tale set in a desolate world, and it just keeps getting better.

Or – “V-I-L-L-A-I-N.  ‘Villian’ Is Not A Word, Folks.” The Legion of Super-Villains has gone through a lot of membership changes in it’s decades (our time) of service.  The last LSV consisted of nearly every member of every incarnation of the team and came within inches of destroying the entire multiverse before being stopped by an all-star three-universe Legion of Super-Heroes.  What the team has generally lacked, though, is a strong leadership force. Have you met Ted Saturn Queen?

The Death of Oracle concludes, and it looks like Calculator has already won. Certainly that can’t be true, find out after the jump

Just when things seemed like they couldn’t get any worse for Benjamin, and Tara, the beastly creatures of The Pride show up to make sure they don’t make it off Earth alive. Will this cadre of hostile alien foes spell certain doom for our intrepid heroes?

Before they became an inseparable pair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson met on several occasions while doing consulting work for Scotland Yard. Someone is randomly killing people on the streets, and with the Ides of March upon us, there are sure to be more deaths if the killer isn’t found.

Losing someone you love can be, and most of the time is, a life changing experience. While some learn to let go, and move on, the man only known as Cole, can not, and will not. He is going to cut a unholy swath of vengeance across Civil War torn America. With a bounty on his head, and his son at his side can Cole come out on top?

The Ghostbusters aren’t afraid of no ghosts. But zombies are a whole different story altogether. When IDW’s Infestation hits the Ghostbusters, will Egon, Peter, Ray and Winston stand a chance? Find out, in Ghostbusters: Infestation #1!

With the Thunderbolts recovering from their disastrous Hyperion flirtation, it’s time to take stock of their transportation situation. Is using the mossy Man-Thing for their taxi service really the best idea? Find out… in Thunderbolts #154!