Review Search: Tom Palmer
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Avengers Assemble #15AUCaptains Marvel and Britain, plus a handful of magical and British heroes team up to stop Ultron from completing its takeover of England in Al Ewing and Butch Guice's "Avengers Assemble" #15AU.
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May 9th, 2013 |
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Avengers Assemble #14AU"Avengers Assemble" #14AU has a completely different creative team courtesy Al Ewing and Butch Guice, but this focus on Black Widow fending off the Ultron invasion in San Francisco is surprisingly gripping.
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April 15th, 2013 |
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Thor: God of Thunder #6"Thor God of Thunder" #6 from Jason Aaron and Butch Guice is the origin of Gorr and while it raises some great questions of faith, it doesn’t completely deliver as an innovative narrative.
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March 14th, 2013 |
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Scarlet Spider #13Scarlet Spider takes on not one, but two werewolves in "Scarlet Spider" #13 by Chris Yost and Khoi Pham.
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January 11th, 2013 |
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Scarlet Spider #8The Texas superhero team known as the Rangers shows up to try and teach the Scarlet Spider a lesson or two. Of course that leads to superheroes punching each other throughout "Scarlet Spider" #8.
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August 10th, 2012 |
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Hit-Girl #1"Hit-Girl" #1 goes back in time as Dave and Mindy regroup following the events of the first "Kick-Ass" series.
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July 2nd, 2012 |
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Daredevil #13"Daredevil" #13 seems incredibly average, but gives an incredible one-two punch of an ending to bring it back over the top.
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May 18th, 2012 |
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The Defenders #6Iron Fist and the Silver Surfer delve into the rich secret history of the Marvel Universe in "The Defenders" #6
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May 7th, 2012 |
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Kick Ass 2 #7Dave and Mindy take on Red Mist's gang and not everyone makes it out.
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March 26th, 2012 |
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Amazing Spider-Man #679.1Peter and his colleagues finally come face-to-face with Horizon Labs' mysterious Number Six.
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February 20th, 2012 |
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X-Men Legacy #260ogue chooses a side, and Ariel returns to Utopia.
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January 2nd, 2012 |
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X-Men Legacy #259Rogue debates whether she should follow Cyclops or Wolverine in this post-Schism tie- in, and in the process the X-Men discover one of their own, lost, trapped, and in need of rescue.
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December 3rd, 2011 |
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New Avengers #16.1Neal Adams draws the New Avengers sitting around eating breakfast. Oh, and Norman Osborn acts crazy. Crazy awesome.
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October 1st, 2011 |
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X-Men Legacy #253The team finally fights Styx and Endgame, Legion’s final two escaped personalities, and the results of that battle launch them into an entirely new adventure, several thousand light years away.
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August 14th, 2011 |
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X-Men Legacy #252"Lost Legions" is already moving towards a conclusion, which makes this story much more concise and peppy than it first looked.
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July 28th, 2011 |
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Daredevil #1With a spring in his step and a smile on his face, Daredevil returns to monthly comics. Mark Waid's writing it and Paolo Rivera's drawing it. Oh! Marcos Martin draws some too.
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July 20th, 2011 |
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Iron Age #1The time travel element might make some things questionable, but Christos Gage and Rob Williams deliver an entertaining classic Avengers style tale.
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June 30th, 2011 |
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X-Men Legacy #251The team continues to hunt down Legion’s escaped personas, but it turns out one of the personas may be hunting them.
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June 23rd, 2011 |
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X-Men Legacy #250A new team of X-Men assemble to take down Legion’s errant personalities.
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June 12th, 2011 |
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Age of X Universe #2Killing mutants? Good. Killing mutant children? Not good. Gotta wait until they’re 18. Okay, maybe 16.
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May 2nd, 2011 |
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Age of X Universe #1Stories from the "Age of X" world, starring the Avengers and Spider-Man.
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April 4th, 2011 |
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Hulk #30.1“Thunderbolt” Ross finds himself once again in a hunter/prey relationship involving the Hulk and the military. Except, this time, he’s the Hulk!
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March 20th, 2011 |
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Avengers #10This month is nothing but transition, but it's a lackluster one at that.
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February 23rd, 2011 |
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Avengers #9Hey, Tony, about that Illuminati group of yours? Secret’s out!
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January 30th, 2011 |
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Chaos War #5“Sequence and distance are compressing to infinite/eternal meaninglessness around a single point which even the non-physicists in the room must realize is the bazillion foot tall glowing bearded guy in the skirt.”
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January 26th, 2011 |
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Chaos War #4“That thing Athena was right about? You’ll never stop hitting things. It’s all you do. Even as the world crumbles around you. Well, I’m finding a better way.”
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December 19th, 2010 |
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Avengers #7The Avengers are still less angsty, but this issue is all set up.
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November 22nd, 2010 |
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The Avengers #6The continued existence of the universe relies upon Ultron letting himself be destroyed. Are we screwed? We are so screwed.
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November 1st, 2010 |
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Kick-Ass 2 #1Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl return in a new series which asks: you defeated the mafia and inspired a superhero epidemic -- what now?
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October 24th, 2010 |
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Chaos War #2“Wow. You really are Supergod.”
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October 22nd, 2010 |
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Chaos War #1“He was the whole universe before the beginning of everything and he longs to return to that condition.” So speaks Hercules. And people listen. After they get done snickering.
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October 8th, 2010 |
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CLiNT #1Mark Millar’s new comic magazine debuts and is a solid, slick package. Plus, it’s the place to find the debut of “Kick-Ass 2.”
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September 4th, 2010 |
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Iron Man 2: Public Identity #1Bridging the gap between “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2,” Tony Stark deals with the fall-out of revealing he’s Iron Man to the world.
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April 28th, 2010 |
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Sif #1Sif stayed in Oklahoma -- until Beta Ray Bill came along. . .
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April 21st, 2010 |
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Marvel Zombies 5 #1Can they keep the over-ripe Marvel Zombies franchise fresh? Yes, they can.
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April 6th, 2010 |
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The Incredible Hulk #608When is a conclusion not a conclusion? When it's really just the first half of another story, unfortunately.
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March 20th, 2010 |
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Kick Ass #8Kick Ass and Hit-Girl conclude their hyper-violent adventures.
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January 27th, 2010 |
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Incredible Hulk #606"Fall of the Hulks" continues to rage on, with much smashing.
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January 20th, 2010 |
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Dark Reign: The List — Wolverine #1Noh-Varr and Fantomex team up to save the World. Oh hell yes.
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October 28th, 2009 |
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Dark Reign: The List – Secret Warriors #1We continue to see more of Norman Osborn's list in action. In this instance, one of the items on Osborn's list comes to him.
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October 8th, 2009 |
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Immortal Weapons #2Bride of Nine Spiders takes the center stage in this issue of "Immortal Weapons," which turns out to be a good old fashioned horror story.
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September 9th, 2009 |
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Immortal Iron Fist #25Juan Doe comes in to illustrate a few dynamic pages as Danny Rand learns the truth of the first Iron Fist.
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April 27th, 2009 |
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Astonishing Tales #1It may have a different title, but "Astonishing Tales" #1 is really just another outing of "Marvel Comics Presents" -- and there's very little astonishing about this comic, either.
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February 8th, 2009 |
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Kick-Ass #5Crude, juvenile, gratuitous, lacking in subtlety, nuance and taste. Other than that, “Kick-Ass” #5 is a great comic.
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January 10th, 2009 |
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Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch #1Simon Spurrier fills in the Danny Ketch gaps in a spin-off that's not nearly as good as the main title.
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October 26th, 2008 |
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Kick-Ass #3In this wake of last issue’s success, Dave has become a hero, but Millar and Romita go to great lengths to show that the first victory isn’t even remotely the end of it.
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June 9th, 2008 |
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Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing #3"Dead of Night" is a horror comic that isn't all that scary. An attempt to be an EC Comic in the Marvel Universe isn't entirely successful.
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April 13th, 2008 |
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Kick-Ass #2Does it matter that "Kick-Ass" isn't the kind of realistic comic Mark Millar wants it to be?
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April 6th, 2008 |
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