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Or – “Avengers, Continue To Assemble!” In the decades since the Avengers first formed to take on the threat of Loki, there have been some really unusual lineups.  With another giant crossover event behind us, it’s time for new membership, and this issue’s cover promises the return of not only a woman who killed three of her teammates, and wiped out the mutant population of Marvel Earth, but a robot infused with the brain patterns of a dead woman, and a man with multiple personality disorder who has recently named himself after his deceased spouse.  I wonder if Marvel can…

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Or – “Donnie Brasco Syndrome…” …is a terrible, terrible disease (which I’ve just made up) describing the tendency of an undercover character to get too involved in the lives of those with whom he is covering under (not to be confused with “Donnie Darko Syndrome,” which is characterized by talking to giant zombie rabbits) and an inability to act in one’s own best interest.  Inspector Hugh Campbell, our very own Wee Hughie, has infiltrated the G-Men, but doesn’t yet realize that he’s in too deep, and the water ain’t gettin’ any shallower…  

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Since its debut on the Sci-Fi Channel, my wife and I have been fans of Eureka.  When Boom! Studios announced it was bringing one of the highest rated cable series to comic form, I knew it was something  worth checking out.  The first issue doesn’t arrive until February 4, 2009, but Major Spoilers is able to bring you an early review of the series that fills the space between seasons.

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Or – “Oh, Brave New World, That Has Such $@&$ers In It…” In the wake of Secret Invasion, we’re faced with a new Marvel Universe, a world in which a megalomaniac is running the superhuman task force…  so, not much different, actually.  Marvel’s FOURTH ongoing Avengers title makes it’s debut this issue, proving that Brian Bendis can actually decompress on single storyline so far that it becomes it’s own line of comics.

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This Just In:  At Least Steve Rogers is Still Dead! I really had to go when I got home, and fortunately it gave me time to read Final Crisis #7.  Where better place to read the final chapter of Final Crisis than on the crapper? It seems fitting as morrison appears to have crapped out another story that relies a great deal on you knowing everything there is to know about the DC Universe as he takes everything Kirby ever created and gives it a place to call its own.  And like a good bowel movement, Final Crisis #7 has…

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Or – “Archers, Archers, Everywhere…  So Who Keeps Missing The Point?” In the world of comics circa 2009, there seem to be only two rules that are universal.  First, old characters will be resurrected and represented with a new coat of paint and some sawdust in the transmission as new characters (witness Power Man, Iron Fist, Blue Beetle, Ms. Marvel, Nova, Black Lightning, Vixen, et al.)  The second rule is that the days of one writer staying on any title indefinitely are virtually nil, unless that writer’s name is Bendis.  Green Arrow/Black Canary was launched under the very individualistic pen…

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It just got really weird You know what has really been missing in DC Comics since the end of 52?  A whole slew of mutliverse stories.  Sure, there’s that whole cluster bomb that is Final Crisis and Superman Beyond 3D that touches on a multiverse, and there has been an ongoing tale featuring Superman from Earth-22 in JSA, but that story took place on New Earth.  It could be argued Trinity is a multiverse story, in that it features the Riddler from the Antimatter universe, but the series has turned more into an alternate timeline story than one that takes…

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Or – “Like The Winter Soldier Himself, An Issue Lost In Time…” Or at least the wilds next to my nightstand.  For those of you who pay attention, you might possibly have noticed a dearth of material from me of late.  Indeed, I’ve been producing a virtual plethora of dearth.  Just after Thanksgiving, during the preparation for the Saturn Girl Hero History, my valiant Vaio laptop stopped speaking to my scanner.  Repairs were initiated, but once that was complete, the scanner suddenly burned out.  I have been limping by with a trick or two (points for anyone who can identify…

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Have fun storming the castle! By Crom! The final installment of the first arc in the newly launched Conan the Cimmerian series from Dark Horse Comics has arrived!  All those flashbacks, featuring Conan’s grandfather, readers have been reading since May 2008 finally play out as readers discover how hungry, lonely, and fearsome the wolf can be.

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Better dead than Red With the introduction of the Blue Lanterns, and the quest to rescue Sinestro on the shoulders of Hal Jordan and his two blue brothers in arms, there was bound to be a moment when there would come a conflict of interest between all the parties involved.  Green Lantern #37 sees the first major battle featuring the Lanterns of blue and the fall of yet another long time Green Lantern character.

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Out with the old, in with the new Last issue ended with the reveal that two of Robin’s former foes were actually one playing both roles, and with Gotham City about to fall into chaos, what is a young side-kick to do?  The answer, Dear Reader, is for him to grow a pair and step from behind the cape to become a hero in his own right.

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Or – “Protagonist Doesn’t Always Mean Hero…” I’ve often suspected that if Gail Simone wrote a cookbook consisting of recipes for human flesh and stucco, I’d probably read it obsessively.  Given an interesting cast of characters, a great artistic counterpoint in the form of Nicola Scott, as well as the presence of the DCU’s sarcastic master of the gun (imagine if Bullseye actually had a personality) and Secret Six is shaping up to be the best series in YEARS.  Of course, last issue ended with the whole team ingesting a lethal dose of poison, so you might not want to…

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New Krypton Part 11 I’ll admit I was a little surprised when the New Krypton story wrapped up in Action Comics #873.  I figured this was a story that would go on for 12 issues minimum, and really needing 24 issues to tell the massive story DC set into play that turned into a surprise hit for the company.  Even though the New Krypton banner may be gone from the covers, the New Krypton story continues as the story shifts from Earth to Kandor.

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WTF?  Seriously, WTF? I’ve let grant morrison run amok in the DC Universe for over a year now without condemning him as a mad man. I’ve questioned his methods, his writing, and his message, but never thought of calling the men in the white coats to haul him away for a serious examination of his head. After reading Superman Beyond 3D #2, I’m looking for a nut house that has an opening.

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