Review Search: Vertigo
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DMZ #45What does a DMZ zone do with a nuclear weapon? Anything they want, of course.
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September 15th, 2009 |
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The Unwritten #5An exploration of the career of Rudyard Kipling as it relates to Tom Taylor who doesn’t appear in this issue at all. Don’t worry, you won’t miss him.
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September 12th, 2009 |
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Sweet Tooth #1"Sweet Tooth" has promise, but it's off to an awfully slow start.
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September 8th, 2009 |
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Young Liars #18I come not to bury “Young Liars,” but to praise it. . .
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September 8th, 2009 |
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Unknown Soldier #11This issue doesn't quite come together as well as the last few, but it's probably the calm before the storm.
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August 29th, 2009 |
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Scalped #31Oh yes, Dash Bad Horse is in for some fun, and it's not the kind of "fun" that's actually much fun at all. (For him.)
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August 29th, 2009 |
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Fables #87With the big crossover behind it, "Fables" has definitely found its mojo again.
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August 14th, 2009 |
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DMZ #44A small-scale story comes to a close with big emotions.
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August 14th, 2009 |
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The Unwritten #4Mike Carey increases the suspense, the horror, and the mystery in this very good Vertigo series.
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August 13th, 2009 |
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House of Mystery #16After last issue's explosion of plot, "House of Mystery" suddenly slows to a crawl, but with a thoroughly enjoyable story-within-a-story.
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August 10th, 2009 |
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Greek Street #2After the first issue’s emphasis on set-up, the second issue looked clear to begin moving things forward, but not much of that happens thanks to a large ensemble cast that still needs definition.
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August 6th, 2009 |
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Northlanders #19Brian Wood and Danijel Zezelj knock this latest "Northlanders" two-parter out of the park.
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August 4th, 2009 |
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Scalped #30"The Gnawing" begins, and things fall apart in another excellent installment of Vertigo's best ongoing series.
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July 17th, 2009 |
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The Unwritten #3What does “Frankenstein” have to do with Tom Taylor’s quest to find out his true identity? A lot more than you’d think, as this issue begins to show just what this fantastic new series is all about.
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July 11th, 2009 |
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Greek Street #1One dollar for 40 pages! You can’t ask for much else, can you?
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July 5th, 2009 |
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Young Liars #16An absolute masterpiece of craft and storytelling as David Lapham takes a break from the ongoing narrative to focus on a new character and a different type of issue construction.
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June 19th, 2009 |
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The Unwritten #2Mike Carey and Peter Gross's "The Unwritten" mixes mystery, fantasy, and a love of books into the perfect synthesis of all three.
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June 18th, 2009 |
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Unknown Soldier #8"Unknown Soldier" started off with a strong debut, but the problem of setting the title in a real-world situation is starting to show.
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June 6th, 2009 |
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Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #3The best single issue of any comic book so far this year.
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June 4th, 2009 |
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Madame Xanadu #11Michael Kaluta stops in for a few issues on "Madame Xanadu," and the end result is breathtakingly beautiful.
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May 31st, 2009 |
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Northlanders #17"Northlanders" uses a one-off story to portray a massive fight scene, but there's more to the comic than just that.
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May 31st, 2009 |
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House of Mystery #13"House of Mystery" takes a brief detour to its old horror anthology roots, and while it's entertaining enough, regular readers of the new "House of Mystery" might be slightly frustrated.
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May 17th, 2009 |
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Young Liars #15Danny tries to get the old gang back together, revealing that maybe not everyone died. Or maybe they did and he’s just crazy. Or maybe they didn’t and he’s still just crazy. Who knows?
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May 14th, 2009 |
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The Unwritten #1An incredibly strong debut that will only set you back a buck. Buy this comic!
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May 13th, 2009 |
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Bang! Tango #4So very bad that this blurb won’t begin to describe how awful this comic is.
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May 10th, 2009 |
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Madame Xanadu #10Featuring a star-studded cast of DC Universe mystical superbeings from yesteryear, the first story from Vertigo's "Madame Xanadu" draws to a close.
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May 4th, 2009 |
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Scalped #28Who killed those two FBI agents in 1975? Who killed Gina Bad Horse? Those questions are answered here, but what will the answers bring about?
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April 26th, 2009 |
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Air #8Blythe, Amelia Earhart, and Northfield go searching for a device and not much happens along the way. Rather forgettable.
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April 17th, 2009 |
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Fables #83"The Great Fables Crossover" begins not with a bang, but more of a thud.
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April 16th, 2009 |
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100 Bullets #100The violent tragedy of 100 Bullets comes to an end, ten years after it began, with its creators in firm control over the lives and endings of their characters.
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April 15th, 2009 |
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House of Mystery #12"House of Mystery" continues to get better every issue, as it offers up answers at a surprising rate, while still generating new questions.
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April 13th, 2009 |
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Northlanders #16Things aren't nearly what they seemed in this powerful conclusion to "The Cross + The Hammer"
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April 12th, 2009 |
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Scalped #27The focus falls on Special Agent Baylis Earl Nitz this month, featuring art from Francesco Francavilla.
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April 10th, 2009 |
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Haunted Tank #5The series concludes but the war rages on. Forever.
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April 5th, 2009 |
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Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #1Seaguy is back with Lucky El Lorro in tow for more adventures of the mind-bending variety. It’s been five long years, but the wait was worth it.
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April 1st, 2009 |
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Young Liars #13Everything you know is wrong! There is no Danny Noonan, there’s only Johnny Jukebox as David Lapham once again tips the board over and starts the game again.
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March 12th, 2009 |
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Scalped #26Don’t let the “part 2” label fool you, this issue stands on its own as we witness a key event in Diesel’s childhood.
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March 11th, 2009 |
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Unknown Soldier #5Dysart and Ponticelli prepare us for the first big climax, and we start to see some connections to the past.
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February 25th, 2009 |
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Young Liars #12The first year of “Young Liars” ends nothing like how it began. From club-hopping to alien spiders, who saw this coming?
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February 12th, 2009 |
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Hellblazer #251Peter Milligan's first issue of "Hellblazer" starts off slow, but there's potential for what's to come.
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January 27th, 2009 |
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Scalped #24Red Crow is revealed as far more complex and monstrous than thought before in the conclusion to “The Gravel in Your Guts.”
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January 2nd, 2009 |
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Greatest Hits #4The mystery of the alien invasion deepens, and the hits keep on comin'.
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December 22nd, 2008 |
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Hellblazer #250The short story proves harder to master than you might think, as five different creative teams help celebrate the 250th issue of "Hellblazer."
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December 18th, 2008 |
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Haunted Tank #1This ain't your grandaddy's Haunted Tank.
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December 7th, 2008 |
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Scalped #23Jason Aaron and R. M. Guera continue their stellar run with an issue that focuses on Dino Poor Bear and the bad choices he continually makes.
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November 19th, 2008 |
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Young Liars #9The answers just raise new questions in David Lapham’s latest unpredictable issue of “Young Liars.”
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November 13th, 2008 |
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Fables #78Bill Willingham shows that "Fables" still has life in it after the war, as things proceed to get nasty for our heroes in a very rapid way.
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November 12th, 2008 |
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Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1Ten years after Neil Gaiman originally wrote the "Sandman: The Dream Hunters" novella, P. Craig Russell adapts it into comics, and the end result makes it feel brand new all over again.
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November 5th, 2008 |
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Northlanders #11"Northlanders" kicks off its third storyline, which runs a little slight on plot but promises a lot of excitement.
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October 30th, 2008 |
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Young Liars #8The game has changed, but to what end? And who can we believe? Does it matter?
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October 11th, 2008 |
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