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JAM PACKED REVIEW: GREEN ARROW #3

DC Comics
Presents
Green Arrow #3 ($2.99)

Writer: J.T. Krul
Artist: Diogenes Neves
Colors: Ulises Arreola
Letters: Rob Leigh
www.dccomics.com
First off, let me start off by stating the facts….THESE COVERS TO THIS NEW GREEN ARROW SERIES ARE FREAKIN AWESOME! Mauro Cascioli has done a very impressive job with all three covers so far.  I am hoping he continues as…
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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
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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: THE NEW AVENGERS #3

Marvel Comics
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The New Avengers  #3  $3.99

Brian Michael Bendis – writer
Stuart Immonen – pencils
The Heroic Age, still getting started, continues in the third issue of The New Avengers, following the adventures of Luke Cages Avengers team.  Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen  script an adventure of the mystic arts with the Avengers teaming with the current…
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JAM PACKED REVIEW: BRIGHTEST DAY #8

DC Comics
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Brightest Day #8   $2.99

Geoff Johns , Peter Tomasi – writer
Patrick Gleason, Ivan Reis, Adrian Syaf – pencils
The White Lantern.  Who is supposed to wield it?  Looks like we are getting closer to the answers.  Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi continue to weave a windy road through the DC Universe spinning out of Blackest Night,…
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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: GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #1

Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1  $3.99
Peter Tomasi –writer
Fernando Pasarin – pencils
Out of Brightest Day comes a third Green Lantern title by writer Peter Tomasi  with pencils by Fernando Pasarin.  This title will explore the deal struck by Ganthet, Atroticus and Guy Gardner form the end of Blackest Night.  Starring Guy Gardner, you know this titles will be…
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JAM PACKED REVIEW: GREEN ARROW #2

DC Comics
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Green Arrow #2 ($2.99)

Writer: J.T. Krul
Artist: Diogenes Neves
Colors: Ulises Arreola
Letters: Rob Leigh
www.dccomics.com
OK so the review I did for issue 1 of this new series, I stated that I would give it a few more issues till I decide to move forward and add this title to my pull list.  Well, it…
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JAM PACKED REVIEW: NEMESIS #2

Marvel Entertainment and ICON
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Nemesis #2 ($2.99)
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Steve McNiven
Colors: Dave McCaig
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
So after you read the first issue of Nemesis last month, I know you were wondering, so who the hell is this guy Nemesis and what’s his deal. Well, Mark Millar decides to hit us hard with a back…
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