Review Search: Vertigo
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Fairest #15Sean E. Williams, Stephen Sadowski, and Phil Jimenez introduce a new group of characters in "Fairest" #15, and so far this new world based on the Indian subcontinent shows a lot of promise.
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May 3rd, 2013 |
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Time Warp #1"Time Warp" delivers nine stories by fantastic talent like Damon Lindelof, Gail Simone, Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt among others. And, yes, there are dinosaurs. And Adolf Hitler. Not at the same time, though.
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March 28th, 2013 |
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Fables #125"Fables" #125 kicks off a new storyline from Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham, and suddenly everything from the past year or so of "Fables" all snaps into place as part of a larger story.
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January 23rd, 2013 |
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Sweet Tooth #40"Sweet Tooth" #40 from Jeff Lemire draws the acclaimed series to a close with grace and flare, giving Gus one more battle to fight and one more future to face.
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January 10th, 2013 |
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Punk Rock Jesus #6Sean Murphy's awesome "Punk Rock Jesus" series comes crashing to a close with the appropriate bang in issue #6.
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January 4th, 2013 |
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American Vampire #34"American Vampire" #34 is the conclusion to the first half of Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque's decades-spanning adventures featuring Skinner Sweet and Pearl Jones.
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January 2nd, 2013 |
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American Vampire #33Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque give readers plenty of reasons to get emotional with the story in "American Vampire" #33, the second-to-last issue before the series break.
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November 30th, 2012 |
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Fables #123Bill Willingham and Gene Ha conclude "The Destiny Game" in "Fables" #123, but despite the fun first half last month, this installment suffers by predictability.
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November 26th, 2012 |
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Punk Rock Jesus #5Chris challenges a follower's faith, and Thomas and Slate muse about their god-given talents in "Punk Rock Jesus" #5, continuing Sean Murphy's unconventional epic tale in a way that engages both the reader's heart and mind.
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November 16th, 2012 |
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Volume 1Volume 1 of Denise Mina, Leonardo Manco, and Andrea Mutti's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" isn't a bad book but it can't live up to the superior source material.
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November 14th, 2012 |
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Fairest #9In "Fairest" #9 by Lauren Beukes and Inaki Miranda, Rapunzel meets old loves and new threats in The Hidden Kingdom. The imagery and Beukes' allusive world-building are lovely, but flaws in plotting, pacing and characterization mar its beaut
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November 12th, 2012 |
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Ghosts #1"Ghosts" #1 includes work by Geoff Johns, Amy Reeder, the late Joe Kubert, Paul Pope and Gilbert Hernandez. Despite this lineup, most of the stories are unmemorable, making for a mediocre anthology.
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November 5th, 2012 |
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American Vampire #32Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque serve up a healthy dish of exposition in "American Vampire" #32, as a surprising face from the title's first story makes her dramatic and dangerous return.
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November 2nd, 2012 |
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The New Deadwardians #8Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard's excellent "The New Deadwardians" mini-series comes to a solid conclusion with issue #8.
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November 1st, 2012 |
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American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #5"American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares" #5 from Scott Snyder and Dustin Nguyen closes one chapter for the "American Vampire" brand while establishing the structure for the further adventures of the Vassals of the Morning Star.
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October 22nd, 2012 |
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Punk Rock Jesus #4In "Punk Rock Jesus" #4, more than one character dies, and Chris, clone of Jesus Christ, finally finds Punk Rock. Writer and artist Sean Murphy tells a grand, ambitious story about reality TV, religion and resistance in contemporary America.
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October 15th, 2012 |
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Fairest #8"Fairest" #8 begins a new story arc, "The Hidden Kingdom" by Lauren Beukes and Inaki Miranda. Something from Rapunzel's past tracks her down and she is attacked twice by supernatural forces, once in Fabletown, once in Tokyo.
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October 8th, 2012 |
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American Vampire #31Pearl Preston has the unwanted opportunity to reflect on her life and her station throughout the course of “American Vampire” #31 leading to a stunning final page reveal.
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September 26th, 2012 |
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Punk Rock Jesus #3Sean Murphy's "Punk Rock Jesus" #3 hits the halfway point of this fantastic mini-series, with the clone of Jesus entering public school even as his birth mother nears her breaking point. And then things get crazy.
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September 14th, 2012 |
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Fairest #7"Fairest" #7 puts the spotlight on the beautiful Lamia, as pursued by the Beast in the 1940s -- but Matthew Sturges and Shawn McManus provide their own twist for the characters involved.
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September 7th, 2012 |
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American Vampire #30"American Vampire" #30 is a great middle arc issue where the plot moves forward and some great narrative bombs are dropped.
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August 29th, 2012 |
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Scalped #60The final issue to Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera's "Scalped" leaves a gratifying experience in its wake to the long-running Vertigo series.
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August 27th, 2012 |
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Fables #120"Cubs in Toyland" continues in "Fables" #120, and Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham's story gets decidedly grim as Dare and Therese's situation gets dire with starvation looming, and a sacrifice must be made.
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August 23rd, 2012 |
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American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #3"American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares" #3 brings Dracula onto the chessboard and pits him against the Vassals of the Morning Star through the actions of one of their own.
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August 9th, 2012 |
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American Vampire #29To try and root out vampires, Skinner Sweet and Pearl Preston pose as House of Un-American Activities Committee agents in Scott Snyder and Rfael Albuquerque's "American Vampire" #29.
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July 30th, 2012 |
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The Unwritten #39In the "Unwritten" #39, Didge and Danny confront cult leader Lucas Filby and one of them has a seemingly miraculous escape. Also, a flashback reveals who Pauly Bruckner was before he became Mr. Bun!
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July 23rd, 2012 |
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American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #2"American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares" #2 reveals the history of Dracula as seen through Dustin Nguyen's superb and intelligent art.
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July 11th, 2012 |
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The New Deadwardians #4Suttle continues his investigation on the outside and pairing up with his driver Bowles is headed into the country and beyond all the gates to ask some questions.
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June 29th, 2012 |
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American Vampire #28"American Vampire" comes to Hollywood with explosive results.
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June 27th, 2012 |
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The Unwritten #38"The Unwritten" #38 is a solid chapter in "The Wound" story arc as readers are drawn deeper into the mystery of an Australian cult that has been making people disappear.
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June 25th, 2012 |
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Saucer Country #4A hypnotic regression reveals more about the Governor's abduction in "Saucer Country" #4.
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June 15th, 2012 |
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American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #1"American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares" #1 has a lot to enjoy for both existing fans as well as new readers.
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June 14th, 2012 |
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The New Deadwardians #3"The New Deadwardians" manages to stick zombies and vampires into a story and make it still feel unique.
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May 31st, 2012 |
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American Vampire #27"American Vampire" #27 offers a peek further into the series mythos and it's clear Scott Snyder is here for the long con.
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May 30th, 2012 |
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Fables #117"Fables" #117 takes three of the Wolf family into Toyland for a exploration of character.
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May 24th, 2012 |
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Saucer Country #3Governor Alvarado and her ex-husband Michael's alien abduction continues to plague them and Alvarado's team brings in an expert for her campaign as Michael seeks out an expert of his own.
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May 21st, 2012 |
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Mystery In Space #1"Mystery in Space" is a truly mixed bag from start to finish.
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May 14th, 2012 |
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iZombie #25"iZombie" begins its final storyline, and the apocalypse is just getting started.
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May 11th, 2012 |
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American Vampire #26Calvin Poole, African-American vampire, heads down to Alabama in the 1950s to take in some music and find the "newness" of the country he keeps hearing about.
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April 25th, 2012 |
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Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child #2The origins of Dominique Laveau are revealed here, but that doesn't offer much in the way of clarity.
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April 19th, 2012 |
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Northlanders #50Brian Wood's dark crime story set in the Viking Age, "Northlanders," comes to end with this issue.
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April 15th, 2012 |
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Saucer Country #2"Saucer Country" #2 proves that its strong first issue wasn't just a hallucination, sun spot, or weather balloon.
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April 12th, 2012 |
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iZombie #24"iZombie" begins its endgame as we see the last attempted apocalypse in the '70s.
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April 5th, 2012 |
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Fairest #2"Fairest" #2 has the fairest art in the land, but the story fails to grab one's attention.
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April 5th, 2012 |
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The New Deadwardians #1Billed as "Vampires versus Zombies in post-Victorian England", this first issue is all that and so much more.
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March 29th, 2012 |
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American Vampire #25"Death Race" comes to a conclusion as "American Vampire" ends its quarter-century with a cliffhanger.
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March 29th, 2012 |
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Fables #115"Fables" is entering the realm of remarkably creepy again and that's a good thing.
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March 23rd, 2012 |
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Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child #1Dominique Laveau almost gets killed but seems to exhibit some powers that save her. Laveau then seeks out a long dead "Voodoo Queen" Marie Laveau for a bizarre heart to heart at which point she gets a vision.
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March 22nd, 2012 |
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Saucer Country #1A new Vertigo series merging science fiction and politics tells the story of a presidential hopeful who may have been abducted by aliens.
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March 15th, 2012 |
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Fairest #1"Fairest" promises a lot of beautiful ladies with its title and cover, but what you'll find inside is a bit surprising.
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March 8th, 2012 |
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