Thanks to you guys, we had a record-breaking attendance Black Friday at Cosmic Comics! Showing up to any retailer before six a.m. makes you a trooper. Showing up to a comic shop before six a.m. makes you a certified Bad Ass Mother !, so shout-out to the seventy-five or so of you who waited in […]
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In the back room of the shop today, I came across a magazine highlighting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund‘s new library guide for understanding manga. Specifically, the title is CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices. The cover of the magazine has a wonderful full-color piece of CLAMP art from the lauded series
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Disable writer, artist and A Voice in the Dark Issue 1 creator Larime Taylor does some very nice work. Psychological thrillers are definitely a thing I love. I love wondering if what I think is happening is actually part of reality, or just in the imagination. Larime Taylor poses an age old question: Are you
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Gambit #1 Review “Once a Thief…” Marvel lets loose another main book for a minor character of a strong, super powered group. Gambit now has his own book following the extremely strong showing of Hawkeye last week. In Gambit #1, your favorite cajun Remy LeBeau has a little business to attend to, business that has
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Wolverine #310 Sabertooth Reborn Review “Chapter One: Out of the Darkness” Oh it’s good to be back reading ol’ Wolverine again. Here’s some history Wolverine #310 want’s you to know. Wolverine and Sabertooth aren’t friends. Wolverine finally defeats and kills Sabertooth with a katana in Wolverine Vol. 3 #55. The end; or is it? In
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“Before Watchmen” Ozymandias #1 Review “I met a traveler…!” Like many of the previous Before Watchmen titles, Ozymandias #1 has Adrien Veidt recollecting the construction and destruction of his life before he undertakes his “great mission”, which I will keep a secret if you haven’t read the original Watchmen book. Ozymandias was born brilliant, inherited
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Before Watchmen Nite Owl #1 Review “No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.” It’s quickly being established that the “Before Watchmen” series is going for broke. I have yet to read one that’s bad, let alone just decent. Nite Owl #1 hit store shelves today, and with 3 more stories still incoming, I can’t imagine
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Before Watchmen: Comedian #1 Review “Smile” “Before Watchmen” has done a fantastic job showing you the Silk Spectre and Minutemen, but has it prepared you for the Comedian? Which is truly an unfair question to ask since nothing can prepare you for Eddie Blake. But instead of seeing a rage filled psychopath you find a
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Avengers vs X-Men AvX #6 Review When the powerful blast from Stark’s secret weapon hit the Phoenix in Round 5, instead of destroying the Phoenix as planned, it fragmented the entity inside of five X-Men. Now Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Magik, and Namor are an even more powerful foe, calling themselves the Phoenix Five. But strangely
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Often while I am ringing someone up at Cosmic Comics in Las Vegas I am frequently asked “Hey, what are you currently reading?” considering I often ask the same thing of customers I generally have one or two titles in mind to suggest: Batman & Robin is always my first pick seeing how I love Damien
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Spider-Men #1 Review Spider-Men is the inevitable meeting of the two Spider-Man universes. The Peter Parker Spider-Man expresses his love for New York City as he does his usual rounds of keeping the peace. Off in the distance there’s an explosion of brilliant light that demands his attention. While investigating, Spider-Man tangles with a well
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Untold Tales of the Punisher Max #1 Review “Jimmy’s Collision” Untold Tales of the Punisher Max #1 is the story of Jimmy Frisco, a husband, owner of a semi-successful body shop, and a degenerate with a gambling problem. Apparently mob bosses don’t like it when you owe them a sum amounting up to 12 G’s, because
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