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JAM PACKED REVIEW: WOLVERINE #1

Wolverine is back to basics, sort of. Instead of dealing with his past here we are dealing with his past. OK, but not the way you think. We start off with Wolverine hanging out with his old Team X buddy John Wraith aka Kestrel for those old school Wolverine fans. Wolverine and Wraith are discussing how they have a chance at redemption…
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JAM PACKED REVIEW: WOLVERINE ROAD TO HELL

The one-shot Wolverine: Road to Hell pretty much gives you an introduction into the Wolverine family of titles that are all starting this fall. You also get two stories that show you what else is going on the world of mutants. You start out with a story by Jason Aaron who will writing the main book in the family- Wolverine. He shows…
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JAM PACKED REVIEW: MYSTERY SOCIETY #2

IDW
Presents
Mystery Society #2 ($3.99)

Writer: Steve Niles
Artist: Fiona Staples
Letters: Robbie Robbins
Issue # 1 leaves you on a high moment in the action as Nick Mystery breaks into Area 51 and causes a ruckus to rescue two little girls whom he heard rumors about. The rumors were of military experiments being conducted on these children back in…
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JAM PACKED REVIEW: MYSTERY SOCIETY #1

IDW
Presents
Mystery Society #1 ($3.99)

Writer: Steve Niles
Artist: Fiona Staples
Letters: Robbie Robbins
Mystery Society starts out in a very intriguing way.  The main protagonist, Nick Mystery, is already captured for something or things we have no clue about hence the mystery. He has a very John Dillinger-esque way about him where the media and even the police…
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JAM PACKED REVIEW: WOLVERINE: ORIGIN HARDCOVER

 The origin story of Wolverine has been a mysterious and contrived tale of which was only hinted at and never fully explained. To many this was just fine, the allure of the character was that you didn’t need to know his past entirely you just needed to know he was “the best there is at what he does and what he does ain’t…
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JAM PACKED REVIEW: THE EXPENDABLES

You’ve been waiting for this movie all summer long. No scratch that you’ve been waiting for this movie since action movies had been invented. The ultimate action movie has been given to us and anyone who loves action movies should see this movie period.
The movie starts on a freighter with its crew being held captive by some modern day…
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Star Wars Trilogy to Blu-ray

The Star Wars Saga will be released on Blu-ray finally but don’t look for it this year. George Lucas officially announced that all six of the Star Wars movies will be heading to high-def realm in the fall of 2011. He also stated that not only will there be tons of the “usual” behind the scenes documentaries that most have…
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What A Loser

 Jock, the artist of the hit Vertigo title The Losers is now heading over to rock Batman’s world by joining writer Scott Snyder on Detective Comics in November. If you think you’ve seen his name before on a Detective Comics cover earlier this year you’d be right. He graced Batman fans with a 3 issue stint earlier this year and now he’s back to…
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Linkin Park: The Catalyst

Linkin Park have officially released their new single “The Catalyst” from their upcoming new album “A Thousand Suns”. This song sets the stage for their evolving sound and it’s got something for everybody. I was impressed with how many elements they can deliver in one song.
The song starts off in a totally new direction with this crazy club drum…
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X-Men: First Class will be a Reboot

 Uh huh, a reboot ala J.J. Abrams Star Trek style. I gotta say that I’m a huge fan of this idea, especially after the abortion that was X-Men United.  Apparently Matthew Vaughn(Kick-Ass) plans to have a similar imagining where jumping back through time will come into play. Look either way you slice it this is great because it’s starting things fresh and seeing…
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