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The turn What started out as a spooky tale of the last days of Atlantis, turned to a political thriller pitting brother against brother.  As issue #3 of Boom! Studios’ Fall of Cthulhu: Nemesis arrives, readers are once again treated to a spooky tale – this time with monsters.

Marlowe Lewis takes a look at DMZ #42 from Vertigo that is on the stands of your local comic book shop right now.

Reboot a good start, with bears! Dynamite Entertainment’s latest foray into the futuristic sci-fi genre dishes up a slice of the past, mixed with an ample side today, covered in a bunch of “well you got me there”.    With the title character’s final adventure done and over (see Buck Rogers #0), readers finally get a chance to see where it all began in this reboot of the Buck Rogers franchise.

Or – “WHO IS NUMBER ONE?” Tom Tresser, the agent known as Nemesis, has been captured by a mysterious faction and taken to Electric City, a strange and mysterious place where everyone seems to be a former intelligence agent, and the faceless goons of the Global Peace Agency keep a mostly benevolent watch over all, using drugs and disorientation to keep their “guests” off their feet.  Though Number Two has yet to make an appearance, I can’t help but wonder if Electric City isn’t located on the sea somewhere in the vicinity of Wales…

The Veil #1 from IDW Publishing hit stores this past week, and Major Spoilers’ own Marlowe Lewis took a peek inside.

Or – “Cut M’Self Shavin…” Jonah Hex has long  been a favorite character of mine, even dating back to my first interactions with the DCU.  A great part of his appeal came from the character’s wry humor (when asked how he got his horrific scar, he replied “Toothpick slipped…”) and dry wit.  Far from being just a brutal thug (though he is kinda that, too) Jonah’s position as premiere gunslinger is well deserved.  Now, it looks like he’s havin’ a crossover event, and all his six-gun compadres are invited to ride along the open range…

Or – “And Then There Were Four…” It’s easy to dismiss The Boys as nothing but “shock schlock,” sex and gore aimed at those of puerile mind who want a quick guffaw before heading off to the tractor pull or Kwik-E-Mart parking lot.  But as easy as it is to look at this book as nothing but a series of vignettes featuring sex and death, it’s also overlooking some amazing character work, and real emotions from the writer, as well as some of the most expressive art in the comics industry…  And when they’re really on, the team behind the…

Seattle, Washington, 1969.  The home of bottomless steak fries This ain’t your daddy’s Robin, and that’s because your daddy grew up reading Dick Grayson in the pixie boots, and he’s Batman now.

Or – “This MEANS Something…  This Is IMPORTANT.” Barry Allen is back, and the signs that accompany him aren’t those of celebration…  Dark skies, lightning storms, strange maladies affecting the various speedsters of the DC Universe.  I’m getting a feeling that escaping the clutches of death many not have been as easy (or as final) as Mr. Allen might have us believe, and it’s quite obvious that staying alive (with respect to Barry Gibb) may not be alright, may not be okay, and we may not be able to look the other way forever.

Or – “The Abyss Gazes Also…” It’s been an interesting ride for the erstwhile Secret Six, crossing the country while pursued by the DC Universe’s finest cannon fodder, crossing swords with a sincerely scary crimelord who turns out to be one of their own members’ siblings, picking up an immortal banshee to fill their empty sixth slot, and just basically having the bajeezus slapped out of them.  After a short interlude with half the team on a date, and the other half filling the shoes of Batman, it’s time for the Six to get back to what brung them to…

If one disaster is bad, then more disasters are… disastrous Mark Sable began the overthrow of the planet and the beginning of the New World Order in the first issue of Boom! Studios Unthinkable.  While things looked bleak as a new plague swept across the world, issue #2 is downright depressing as the secret government goes after a few more targets.

The mystery of the locked room mystery Leah Moore and John Reppion did a bang up job in kicking off a new era of Sherlock Holmes in comic book form.  A brand new mystery, utilizing the tropes that made the detective famous.  Issue #2 finds Holmes in jail for a murder he may have committed, so how’s he going to get out of this one.

Or – “Boogedy Boogedy!” Heh heh hahahahaaaaa…  QUADRUPLE!  ESPRESSO!  LATTE!!! HA HA HA HAAAAAA!!!!

Batteries, we need more batteries Less than a foot tall and capable of taking out a team of commandos.  It’s not the premise behind the latest Baby Geniuses movie, rather it’s what happens when an animatronic teddy bear gets a programming boost thanks to a government AI program.