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Comic Book Review: Episode 65 – Part 1

Episode 65 of my (weekly) Dark Avenger Comic review, these comics were released 1/26/11. Lots and lots of comics this week, I do an update on my Spawn collection, Amber has another set of books, and I also have 2 more Radical picks. The comics I talk about and review in this video are: The Last Days of American Crime, HotWire: Requiem For The Dead, HotWire: Deep Cuts 1-2, The Traveler #3, Uncanny X-Force #4, Ultimate Spider-Man #152, X-23 #5, Uncanny X-Men #532, X-Men #7, The Invincible Iron Man #500, And Fantastic 4 #587.
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What Will Bane & Catwoman Do in The Dark Knight Rises?

It goes without saying that the recent confirmations of Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway's roles in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES have gotten the whole internet a’talking. I figured the time was right to go into a little more in-depth analysis 'n speculation about what their
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Comic Book Review Power Rankings for 12/22/10

Christmastime is upon us and I’ve got a gift for you—the penultimate edition of the Comic Book Review Power Rankings for 2010! I’m ready to stuff your stockings with reviews of some of the finest comics on the market including new issues of X-Men: Legacy , Batman Incorporated , Mice Templar , and more! Hit the jump to find out which comic has a Book of the Week honor under its tree! For the uninitiated, the Comic Book Review Power Rankings is a countdown from worst-to-best of my weekly comic book haul. Before reading the issues, I preRank them based on the creative team, previous issues, solicitations, and gut instinct. The final Ranking number is based upon how the issues actually turned out
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The Fall (and Rise) of the Crime Comic | Mulholland Books

The Comics Code was established in 1954 to regulate the contents and covers of comic books .
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Which of DC's 52 Worlds Should Have A Series?

 That's a lot of potential covers there.
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The Liberal War on… Comic Books? – The Stopped Clock

Wertham was especially alarmed about the one-third of comic books that were horror comics, but his disapproval was capacious: Superman, who gave short shrift to due process in his crime-fighting, was a crypto-fascist. ...
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Comic Book Moments of the Week for 11/10/10

Wow, this has to be one of the best batches of moments in a given week since I started doing the Moments of the Week .
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Review: Red Robin #17, Guess Who's Back?

This is it. This is the moment many have been waiting for.
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Off My Mind: Joker Pulls a Boner

A couple weeks ago I tried clarifying the story behind the image of
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Men Accused of Beating Man to Death for his Comics Collection are Charged

 A Human Torch comic from 1948 was one of the comics stolen from the collection. Those who were rightfully outraged about the case of a man in upstate New York getting fatally beaten for his valuable comics collection will be relieved to know that suspects have been apprehended and charged for the crime
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