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Comics available now! Click the image of the cover or visit your local Graham Crackers location!
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TERMINATOR: SECTOR WAR #1
(W) Brian Wood
(A) Jeff Stokely
Reviewed by Kevin Healy
Terminators have history on their side. They know who will successfully remove them from power AND time travel. Go back, kill John Connor, bloop! Humans lose.
Following up on the best idea in the underrated Terminator 3, Brian Wood sets out with the idea that there are other members of the resistance that could be killed to weaken Connor's support staff. With that in mind, meet Lucy Castro, NYC cop...with a secret! Du-Du-Dun!! Cue the musical sting, some Brad Fiedel, and we're off.
Drawn with a very manga-esque style by Jeff Stokely, this is a perfectly serviceable start to a Terminator story, just one w/out the inspired hook for Wood's recent Robocop series from Boom.
6/10
DARK HORSE
$3.99
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PEARL #1
(W) Brian Michael Bendis
(A) Michael Gaydos
Reviewed by Kevin Healy
Bendis!(tm) first new creator owned title debuts via DC and its ok!(tm) at best. Strong art by Michael Gaydos is dampened and doured by his colorist...Michael Gaydos?!? As for Bendis himself, he's a words guy, so how are the words? They are many, and specifically chosen, but don't add up to much yet for Pearl, a Yakuza tattoo artist, her boss, her contact, and a potential new beau.
This feels like a 'read the first arc' sort of a thing. Let's all do that and see where we land. It is at least different in the overall comic landscape if not differentiating itself in the Bendis corner.
6/10
DC
$3.99
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MUTLIPLE MAN #3
(W) Matthew Rosenberg
(A) Andy MacDonald
Reviewed by Kevin Healy
Matt 'Multiple Murder Multiple Men' Rosenberg leaves a trail of corpses that's about warehouse wide and waist deep in issue #3 of his extremely enjoyable Multiple Man series. What had been just fun starts to have some consequences (see aforementioned corpses) mixed with the fun (see Beast as a bearskin rug), all with the pre determined Deus Ex Machina of time travel hanging heavy since issue one.
This series has been very well received, and it has earned it.
8/10
MARVEL
$3.99
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EXTERMINATION #1
(W) Ed Brisson
(A) Pepe Larraz
Reviewed by Kevin Healy
Did you read Bendis' 'All New X-Men'? It was mostly awesome, bringing the original teen X-Men to the future to have them learn from their future mistakes, send them back knowing more than they should so they can avoid them. It was also drawn by some great people (Stuart Immonen among them) at the height of their skill.
Then Bendis left, and we got something different as 'All New X-Men'. You'd be forgiven if you walked away.
After that came 'X-Men Blue', a sort of all new all old young X-Men book that has also undergone some 'maybe let's just not read ANY of this' sort of business during its publishing life.
Now we have 'Extermination', the book that seems to be based on the idea that it is the 'All New Dead X-Men'. We have some X-Corpses in this issue, one of them a biggie, with an even bigger reveal at the end.
How much you care might be based on your feelings about that original series. Ed Brisson and Pepe Larraz (he's awesome!) bring back some X-flavor while Marte Garcia provides a color pallete that needs to be about 1.5 shade values higher than it is so we can see that nice work clearly.
7/10
MARVEL
$4.99
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VOLITION #1
(W) Matt Kindt
(A) Tyler Jenkins
Reviewed by Shawn Spurlock
Part Detective drama, part anti-Skynet Sci-Fi, part Robot Heist, this owes a larger debt to Asimov than it does to the fever dreams of a young James Cameron. Pretty enough to be in Heavy Metal, but breezy enough not to get bogged down in it's future-ness, even the caption heavy introduction was a pleasure to read. Highly recommended for fans of B-9, Robby, Wall-E, the Jetsons maid, Maria, Gort, Herbie, and the Stepford Wives. But not Mr. Roboto, domo very much.
9/10
AFTERSHOCK
$3.99
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PETER PARKER: SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #308
(W) Chip Zdarsky
(A) Chris Bachalo
Reviewed by Shawn Spurlock
What If? The Kraven's Last Hunt of Sandman stories was happening right now? You should read it, that's what. Chip Zdarsky, the man who should be writing F.F., has made this the bright center of a very big 'verse. Highly recommended for anybody who likes Spider-Man, those whom Nick Spencer has unfriended, and owners of metal detectors.
8/10
MARVEL
$3.99
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ICE CREAM MAN #6
(W) W. Maxwell Prince
(A) Martin Morazzo, Chris O'Halloran
Reviewed by Shawn Spurlock
Yeah, I'd like to stop mentioning it too, but it keeps getting better. You might want to google neapolitan ice cream if you're unfamiliar. Don't worry, you'll have some extra time as the issue only has 4 words in it. You know that feeling you get about two-thirds of the way into an episode of Black Mirror? It's like that on paper.
10/10
IMAGE
$3.99
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DISNEY PIXAR's INCREDIBLES 2 #2
(W) Christos Gage, Landry Walker
(A) Gurihiru & Various
Reviewed by Doc Schaeffer
3 Tales of Titanic Fun for All Ages. But the third take featuring Jack Jack is of course the scene stealer. If you though Ant Man was great wait until you see what happens when Jack Jack goes micro. Elsewhere, Can Mr. Incredible be any more annoying in his training with Violet and Dash? Can the kids handle tales of their parents' romance (or will they hurl?)All these tales are yours in issue #2.
7/10
DARK HORSE
$3.99
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WALT DISNEY SHOWCASE #6
(W) Tito Faraci, Joe Torcivia
(A) Giorgio Cavazzano
Reviewed by Doc Schaeffer
One of my favorite Disney villains takes the spotlight as the Phantom Blot is back and an evil as ever! And I'm excited that the Phantom Blot has been given a cast of characters of his very own. Back in the 70's, the mysterious Blot would show up from time to time to aggravate Mickey and Goofy. Thanks to the continued interest in Italy, the Phantom Blot developed more and graduated to a more first tier character. The only real problem I have is when the Blot unmasks. My poor childhood memory seems to tell me that back then, we never knew who the Phantom Blot was. That was part of the mystery. Oh well.
8/10
IDW
$3.99
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MILLENNIUM SAGA: THE GIRL WHO DANCED WITH DEATH #1
(W) Sylvain Runberg
(A) Belen Ortega
Reviewed by Doc Schaeffer
Wow! I read this one from cover to cover, then sat back and took a few deep breaths. Stieg Larsson is no stranger to the plots and themes developing here. And one could say that Stieg is a master at them. What I found most disturbing was that I was reading a comic. Only this wasn't a comic. It was a fictional look at the real world that not only disturbed me but actually made my stomach knot up. Lisbeth and Mikael are wonderfully likable characters but what they are up against hits too close to home. And while this title is written and drawn in a certain movie style and pacing, it would never be made as it is in this form. As I am sure 1/3 of it would be left on the cutting room floor for being too controversial. If you like looking into the reality of life hoping not to blink, then this one is for you. Any book that evokes this kind of emotional response from me deserves to get the high score.
10/10
TITAN
$3.99
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Available in-store 08-22-2018, or pre-order online now!
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