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Astonishing X-Men #35 - Warren Ellis + Phil Jimenez. The finale of Ellis' second story is a letdown. I understand doing the unexpected ending, but it's not satisfying. Yes, he did it on purpose, but considering how damn long it's taken for this to come out (it's taken almost a year for the 5 parts to be released), that's just bad idea. If ( Read more... )

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Free Comic Book Day 2010 (Iron Man: Supernova) - Paul Tobin + Craig Rousseau. I was glad to see Marvel again giving one of their lesser known writers a shot at the limelight. Like Fred Van Lente last year, Tobin deserves some attention as he's a consistently enjoyable writer. The story is light and fun as Iron Man and Nova chase down the Red ( Read more... )

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Black Widow: Deadly Origin #3 of 4 - Paul Cornell + Tom Raney/John Paul Leon. Very well constructed, with a fairly straightforward presentation of her origin running parallel to a high intensity tale in the present about her past coming back to harm her friends. I'm interested in rereading it once completed to get the full flow.

Dark X-Men #3 ( Read more... )