A DISTANT SOIL #39 story / art / cover COLLEEN DORAN 15-year-old Liana now sits on the throne of the Avatar, a living weapon of mass destruction, the most powerful psionic in the universe. And she’s pointed directly at Earth. CLONE #6 Story DAVID SCHULNER, AARON GINSBURG & WADE McINTYRE Art & cover JUAN JOSE RYP & FELIX SERRANO NEW STORY ARC! Luke Taylor’s true nature has been revealed, but his fight to rescue his wife and newborn daughter back is just beginning. Now that Beta and the second generation of clones have been unleashed, how can Luke survive against his younger, stronger, more ruthless self? ...
Advance Review: Jupiter’s Legacy #1
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Jupiter’s Legacy #1 Story: Mark Millar Cover & Art: Frank Quitely Colors, Letters, & Design: Phil Noto Published by Image Comics Come join the fun as we watch American idealism give way to sex, drugs, and superheroes. Mark Millar makes an intensely astute critique of the changing conventions of superhero comics in the new series, Jupiter’s Legacy. Frank Quitely lends an extraordinary talent to the title. The team successfully marries critical analysis and relatable narrative. The first issue opens in the past, as we meet Sheldon Sampson, a Wall Street man with a heart of gold, and his rag-tag band of friends and relatives...
Advance Review: Revival #9
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Revival #9 Story by Tim Seeley Art by Mike Norton Colors by Mark Englert Letters by crank! Edited by 4 Star Studios Design by Sean Dove Cover by Jenny Frison Published by Image Comics Revival #9 continues to weave a tangled web worth getting caught in. With this issue we become even more entangled in the lives of the people of Rothschild, Wisconsin. The small town setting may have seemed like a minor detail in the beginning, but as the story moves forward; we realize that this was a smart decision that makes the book work. Logistically a small town is easier to quarantine than a larger one, fewer people are traveling in or out of town, and...
Review: Son of Merlin #3
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Son of Merlin #3 Story by Robert Place Napton Art and Cover by Zid Letters by Troy Peteri Edited by Bryan Rountree & Matt Hawkins Published by Image Comics Son of Merlin is the modern day chronicle of the adventures of Simon Ambrose, the… well… the son of Merlin. Spoiler Alert? After Merlin’s death, his diary made it’s way to his estranged son’s hands. Morgana Le Fey is hot on the trail of the mystical text. She has been causing quite a bit of trouble for our Magician-in-the-making and his new mentor, Gwen. Issue #3 picks up precisely where the second issue left off. Le Fey’s son, Ywain has tracked Simon and Gwen to...
Previews: April 3, 2013
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’68 JUNGLE JIM #1 (OF 4) STORY: MARK KIDWELL ART: JEFF ZORNOW & JAY FOTOS COVER A: JEFF ZORNOW JAY FOTOS COVER B: NAT JONES JAY FOTOS RI COVER C: BEN TEMPLESMITH Vietnam, 1968: Behind enemy lines, Private Brian Curliss is alone. The enemy caged him, the dead want to devour him and the voices in his head are driving him to madness. A madness that emerges in the form of an unstoppable killing machine wrapped in burlap and bamboo… Curliss is a one-man-army, sworn to wade through a wet red jungle gone straight to hell in search of a ghost named Jungle Jim. To the Viet Cong, he’s a nightmare. To POWs trapped in enemy hands,...


