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Why Mighty Avengers Is My Favourite Marvel Comic Right Now
I thought I was going to have to drop Mighty Avengers because Greg Land’s art is so off-puttingly plastic. (That great art above is by Ronald Wimberly.) But the series is too damn good for me to abandon. I might even like it more than Daredevil or Hawkeye.
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Sexy Spies, Kids Trained To Kill And Other Kinds Of Comic-Book Love
When’s the right time for a kid to learn how to shoot a sniper rifle? What’s your kid up to when you’re not looking? Is the spy agency’s secretary really just a secretary? Comic books can answer these questions. Thank God.
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NYCC Cosplay: A Female Dr. Doom, A Male White Queen And Kick-Arse Korra
Man, I was either laughing with delight or staring in awe at almost all of the cosplay you’ll see in this gallery. Obscure characters, sexy gender swaps and straight-up well-executed costuming are all on display here. And it needs to be said that the dude done up as the White Queen — dubbed Emmet Frost…
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2013’s Best Graphic Novel Is All About Killing In The Name Of God(s)
Don’t let the appealingly cartoony look of Boxers & Saints fool you. Terrible things happen in this graphic novel. Old men get beaten up. Women and children get killed in rather heartless fashion. And, worst of all, the senseless death that happens in the 500-page opus is based on actual events. But, goddamn, is it…