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If you’re looking to spend five dollars to read some very, very funny Spider-Man lines as he battles someone that (on paper) should be way out of his

With his own version of the Bat’s nocturnal infrastructure, Duke Thomas has shone brightly as an Outsider, and in the We Are Robin series of years past to

With a kind of optimism and brightness that’s, frankly, been missing in action for Marvel’s merry mutants, X-Men #1's new take on the classic franchise

Green Lantern #4 is a good book that got a lot of things right, but may have loaded its plate a little too high this month.

With a surprising bit of buddy comedy chemistry, time travel drapes itself over another tale of the Summers family drama with a spicy new side of dressing

Based on a novel by Jason Fry, Star Wars Adventures: The Weapon Of A Jedi #2 is an adaptation of a Luke Skywalker adventure poised between A New Hope and

The number of people who are old enough to remember a leather jacket-wearing Henry Winkler (or a stunt double, we didn’t know) propel a motorcycle over an

With a clever and self-contained adventure, in Black Cat Annual #1, you get a look into superheroic perspectives from a less-often-shown part of the world

With outstanding character details, clever plotting, and energetic artwork, Shang-Chi #2 levels up everything the first issue did well. Thematically

S.W.O.R.D. #6 features a collection of breathtaking character moments, and you might get enough joy out of this to get past some mild issues with the

With a kind of unusual divided focus, this story is either building to a really big confluence of events, or it’s following the last Peter Cannon:

With much more action than the previous issue, the latest person to hold the titular mantle of Mister Miracle has some rather outside of context problems

With a mixed bag between amazing characterization, jaw-dropping in-jokes, and a somewhat questionable last page reveal, Nightwing #81 takes you on a

Doctor Doom is getting married in Latveria to his long-time cosmic-powered adjutant, Victorious. While this marriage is ceremonial in nature — the

With a relentless sense of urgency and very savvy choices made in the narrative and artistic structure, Seven Secrets #9 is another sure-fire winner from

In Time Before Time #2, time travel is in the hands of criminal organizations, and they use it to profit from things people need in other eras that aren’t

With a masterful showing of characterization and visual thrills, this ambitious new addition to the New Gods mythos gets extremely down to earth. There

In a fun bit of continuity cohesion, events from the Miles Morales book mixed together with elements of the last Infinity Gems crossover to create a neat,

The chances are very high that when you get to the last page of this book, you’ll only have one word on your lips: "wow." With pitch-perfect timing, a

With incipient change gripping the world Oa billed as the center of the universe, the standard-bearers of Oan justice are way out on a limb and over a

It’s truly difficult for a series to progressively get worse as it continues along, but this crossover headline series is swinging for the fences with

With what could possibly be the most disturbing game of "Let’s Make A Deal" ever, this issue both does something truly intense from a purely plot-related

A character here simply states what seems to be the central thesis of this issue — "Batman is yesterday’s news" — and throws a lot of evidence into

One of the industry’s most creative superhero titles is back with a new storyline and an uphill climb. They set themselves on a fantastic, innovative path

With a heavy serving of tropes ladled all over this script, the "Wally West’s Quantum Leap To Escape Consequences" tour continues in The Flash #770 by

Much like the first two-thirds of the first Wonder Woman movie, there is an interesting story hiding behind the corporate needs of the crossover. Unlike

A conflict between conscience and continuity embroils the second crew of a starship called Enterprise with a number of science-fiction and political

With a wonderful eye for detail, outstanding dialogue, riveting visual storytelling, and a deft, careful plot, Nightwing #80 is a new era for the

In Shang-Chi #1, the deadly hands of kung-fu are back, trying to balance an ordinary life with extraordinary responsibilities … and Spider-Man too!

With the hope of shifting a world’s entire cultural ideals, the cyborg warrior known as Grendel Prime employs a different set of skills towards finding a