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Comic Books And Other Necessities Of Life by Mark Evanier (book review)
Now here’s a thing. When I came across Mark Evanier’s 2002 book, ‘Comic Books And Other Necessities Of Life’, I was expecting when…
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September 2026
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Doctor Strange Endless Nightmare by Kevin J. Anderson, Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín (review).
Periodically, publisher Abrams has been releasing standalone stories using characters from the Marvel Universe. Here we have Doctor Strange: Endless Nightmare by writer…
August 2026
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Doom Patrol Vol. 6: Planet Love by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Sean Philips and Stan Wock (graphic novel review).
This sixth and final volume of Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol runs from issues #58-63, followed by the Doom Force Special. Morrison’s six issues…
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Doom Patrol Vol. 5: Magic Bus by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Ken Steacy, Stan Wock, Philip Bond, Mark McKenna and Scott Hanna (graphic novel review).
This fifth volume of Doom Patrol features issues #51-57. Did I mention that they originally came out in 1992? I can’t recall these…
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Doom Patrol Vol. 4: Muscle Bound by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Mike Dringenburg, Mark McKenna, Jamie Howlett, Steve Yeowell and Ryan Hughes (graphic novel review).
This fourth volume of Doom Patrol covers #42-49, focusing particularly on Flex Mentallo. If you remember the old Charles Atlas adverts in comic…
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Doom Patrol Vol. 3: Down Paradise Way by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Kelley Jones, Mark McKenna, John Nyberg and Kim Demulder (graphic novel review).
If you wondered when Danny the Street first appeared, then look no further than Doom Patrol Vol. 3: Down Paradise Way, reprinting Doom…
July 2026
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Doom Patrol Vol. 1: Crawling From The Wreckage by Grant Morrison (graphic novel review)
I pulled this graphic novel, ‘Doom Patrol Vol. 1: Crawling From The Wreckage’, and the run of Grant Morrison written books late last…
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Legion Of Super-Heroes: The More Things Change by Paul Levitz and Steve Lightle (graphic novel review).
This volume, Legion Of Super-Heroes: The More Things Change, continues with the next seven issues from the 1985 direct-market series. Writer Paul Levitz…
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Legion Of Super-Heroes: An Eye For An Eye by Paul Levitz, Keith Giffin, Steve Lightle and Joe Orlando (graphic novel review).
Checking to see whether I had missed any of the Legion Of Super-Heroes runs, I came across this one, An Eye For An…
June 2026
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Secret Six: The Darkest House by Gail Simone and J. Calafiore (graphic novel review).
Secret Six: The Darkest House is essentially a duplicate of part of the later fourth collected volume, reprinting Secret Six #30-36 and Doom…
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Secret Six: Depths by Gail Simone, Nicola Scottt, Carlos Rodriguez and Doug Hazlewood (graphic novel review).
There were two extra collected volumes of Gail Simone’s Secret Six run, and Depths collects material from Secret Six #8-14. Quite why these…
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Thunderbirds Comic Anthology Volume 2 (graphic novel review).
This second volume of Thunderbirds features 21 stories, all under the hand of artist Frank Bellamy. Unlike Mike Noble and Ron Embleton, who…