All right Legends fans, you made it. You're completely through this year's four-part crossover event…or, at least you should be.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Sweet and Bitter End
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The Walking Dead: Compendium One - Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard & Tony Moore
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The Walking Dead Compendium is here! Since 2003, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead has been redefining the survival horror genre with its unique and vivid account of life after the end of the world. Although the cast is diverse and often changing (including, of course, a great number of zombies), at the heart of every tale is Rick Grimes: former police officer, husband, father, and de facto leader of a ragtag band of survivors looking to make a future for themselves in a world that no longer has one. To call The Walking Dead a zombie tale is accurate to a point, but it touches on only one facet of a story that asks timeless questions about what it means to live. It also asks whether or not this is possible in a world full of the dead. This is a great opportunity to experience this gripping read for the first time or catch up on the tale with the first four years worth of material, collected in one volume for the first time. The first eight volumes of this fan-favorite series collected into one massive collection. This volume collects THE WALKING DEAD #1-48. |
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Flashpoint - Geoff Johns, Andy Kubert & Sandra Hope
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Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war--but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? It's a place where America's last hope is Cyborg, who intends to gather the forces of the Outsider, the Secret 7, Shazam, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar—yet altered--faces! It's a world that could be running out of time, if the Flash can't find the villain who altered the timeline! Collects FLASHPOINT #1-5. |
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Injustice 2 (2017-) #1 - Tom Taylor & Bruno Redondo
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The all-new prequel to the highly anticipated Injustice 2 video game begins here! Original INJUSTICE writer Tom Taylor continues the story from the hit series INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US. Superman is imprisoned, and it’s up to Batman to put the world back together. But with Superman’s iron-fisted regime eliminated, other forces rise up to fill the void. And Batman doesn’t have a lot of allies left to help stop them. |
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The Flash: A Ray of Sunshine
I don’t know about you, readers, but I have been having an absolute blast watching this year’s “Crisis on Earth-X” four-part crossover event!
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ZATANNA & Magical DCU Friends Get Schooled In MYSTIK U
Alisa Kwitney and Mike Norton re-establish the magical corner of the DCU - beginning with the death of one of its oldest heroes.
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Best Shots Advance Review: JOHN WICK #1 'Sparse But Viscerally Entertaining' (6/10)
Greg Pak and Giovanni Valletta tell the YEAR ONE story of John Wick.
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Kissing KISS In THE ELDER Vol. 2 Full First Issue
Amy Chu and Kewber Baal's KISS odyssey.
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HAWTHORNE Shares Designs of VENOMous X-MEN
Artist Mike Hawthorne shows his designs for the upcoming POISON-X crossover.
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My Hero Academia, Vol. 10 - Kohei Horikoshi
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The League of Villains has kidnapped Bakugo, and the resulting negative publicity has thrown U.A. into a huge uproar. With the public’s trust in heroes threatened, the faculty convenes to figure out what to do. But Midoriya and the students of Class 1-A have plans of their own—an operation to rescue Bakugo that could get them thrown out of school! |
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SPIDER-GWEN's DOVE CAMERON Joins AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. In Secret Role
She once played Gwen Stacy... but now what?
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Arrow: “Crisis on Earth-X: Part 2” Review
By: Ashley Binion (@ashleybinion)
As the Arrow-verse continues its four-episode crossover, the original show in the universe took the reigns for the second installment.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
In terms of the entire crossover, Arrow and The Flash have the heaviest burden. They need to keep the story propelling forward without feeling like it’s treading water. Arrow did a pretty nice job of picking up where Supergirl left off while giving The Flash somewhere to go in their hour thanks to the Earth-X cliffhanger.
The last two years, the crossover event has been somewhat contained within each particular show. Even though it has been billed as a crossover, each show was able to minimally continue with their own plotlines. This year, that isn’t the case. Each one has to put aside their storylines to create what is essentially a four-hour movie. This is an Arrow episode in name only, besides a few drop-ins from Arrow characters…
Like TOMMY! I don’t care that it was Nazi Tommy/Prometheus Tommy, I was thrilled to see him. Colin Donnell is now a series regular on Chicago Med, so I had lost all hope that we would see him again on Arrow. Thankfully he returned for a few wonderful moments.
Since his death on Earth-1, Tommy has shown up in a couple flashback sequences and as a ghost. Because all of his appearances have been in a way where Oliver has had limited or no interaction with him, the scene in “Crisis on Earth-X” was absolutely fantastic. Donnell and Amell haven’t lost a step when it comes to chemistry. I loved that Donnell played both a version of Earth-1 Tommy, as he attempted to gain Oliver’s sympathy, and a full-on evil version. Since the inception of the series, people have wanted him to go full on supervillain because of his last name Merlyn. Even though it was fleeting, we got an evil version of Tommy. I guess he is fated to die for Oliver in every version of Earth.
As an idea, Nazis winning the war and therefore taking over the world is not an original idea – just look at The Man in the High Castle. Even though this specific idea isn’t new, its an idea that I find very compelling. In today’s current climate, it feels somewhat relevant.
Even though Nazi Oliver and Kara are evil, they aren’t just evil for evil’s sake. Thankfully, in this second episode of the crossover, they were given a motive for their actions. This was a nice answer to the question of why the Earth-Xers suddenly appeared and it’s not just to take over the world. There are even shades of the nature v. nurture theories. Is Earth-1 Oliver a product of his Fatherland environment? Or is it within him to be evil? Really, it’s shades of both. Oliver was essentially a serial killer for a good portion of season one, but his environment ended up changing him into a hero.
Finally, Oliver and Felicity are currently in the midst of angst city. Angst can be a tricky thing to perfect. When the pair was having difficulties during season four, it felt childish and it wasn’t done well. The two episodes of the crossover aired so far have done a solid job of explaining both of their points of view by having the pair communicate. No communication was the downfall of the couple last time. They have had major character growth and are now capable of having tough conversations.
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TED NAIFEH Running HEROINES Kickstarter
The COURTNEY CRUMRIN creator goes directly to fans.
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CBLDF Offering TELGEMEIER Pin For Supporters During #GivingTuesday
As well as digital comic downloads.
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Detective Comics (2016-) #969 - James Tynion IV & Joe Bennett
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“FALL OF THE BATMEN” part one! Everyone in Batman’s orbit is broken somehow—some more than others. For Clayface, keeping the pieces of his psyche together has been a years-long struggle…and it’s a war he may be about to lose! And as the team tries to pull itself back together, their enemies have learned something from Batman’s newfound spirit of cooperation…and have formed a cabal of their own! |
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ROTHIC COMICS February 2018 Solicitations
New work from Eric Basaldua and more.
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WHITLEY & BELANGER Take Vampi In New Direction With VAMPIRELLA #8 Preview
With a new adventure, a new romance, and the return of a very old evil
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Star Wars: Journey To Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Captain Phasma - Kelly Thompson
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Collecting Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Captain Phasma #1-4. What happened to Captain Phasma after Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens? Writer Kelly Thompson (HAWKEYE) and artist Marco Checchetto (AVENGERS WORLD, PUNISHER, GAMORA) expand Captain Phasma's story and reveal how she escaped the destruction of Starkiller Base. It's the stunning lead-in to this winter's blockbuster big-screen Star Wars film, and everything you need to know is right here! |
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Supergirl: “Crisis on Earth-X: Part 1” Review
By: Jaclyn Cascio (@jaclynator)
This week, Supergirl kicked off the two-night crossover DC event on The CW. Was the crossover event the kick the show needed to get off the ground and put out an action-packed episode or was it another mere cameo event, as last year’s event turned out? Read on to get the scoop on how “Crisis on Earth-X: Part 1” went this week.
This season, Supergirl has been lacking significantly when it comes to action and crime-fighting. Supergirl, the mighty hero, has recently taken a backseat to other characters and plot lines. Luckily, with this week’s crossover event, that flaw was rectified as the various teams kicked some butts and took some names. Opening with action on alternate Earth, followed by some villain vanquishing by the heroes we know and love on Earth-1, the action was finally back for a spell! Opening and closing with a clash of good and alleged evil, Supergirl was bookended by epic fight sequences that were once a hallmark of the show. It made for a great opening act for the crossover event!
The action did not last long, however, as this week’s episode was clearly designed to be the introduction and setting establishment of a four-episode story arc. While opening and closing with fights, the middle of the episode was designed to bring some lightness and joy to the screen. Focusing on the nuptials of Barry and Iris, the emotional content, so typical of Supergirl’s mission for deeper meanings, was not lacking. Busy heroes finding love and fighting to hold onto it was the running theme throughout the episode. Joe’s beautiful speech punctuated the affair, striking the right emotionally authentic cord without veering too far into cheesy. The ceremony itself (before taking a dramatic and dark turn) was equally emotional, in all the right ways.
Part of the fun of this week’s episode of Supergirl was the humor that naturally comes with mixing characters from such different shows. Supergirl set a wonderful precedent this week for the following episodes in the crossover event in seamlessly blending the characters together into a single world with genuine interactions – and some unexpected ones! Alex and Sara found themselves sharing some drinks and a wildly good time this week. To be honest, I instantly “shipped” it, and can only hope for more in the future (as unlikely as it might be). In fact, their interactions might have been my favorite part of the episode, even beating out the fight sequences and unabashed violence.
The only real downside to this week’s episode of Supergirl is that it felt more like an episode of The Flash with other teams guest starring in Central City. Understandably, Kara was on a different Earth for the event, but it might have been fun to have each of the crossover episodes focus a bit more on their titular characters. However, if blending characters evenly required Kara to fit in with the crowd, I can concede the point.
While not necessarily a downside and perhaps only a personal complaint, the choice to hide the faces of the doppelgängers for dramatic effect wasn’t needed. A following episode may have contained a more unexpected reveal for one of the Earth-X characters, but overall there was no surprise surrounding the identities of the alternate Earth characters, especially considering their distinctive (and totally recognizable) outfits. The choice may have resolved some filming difficulties, allowing for easier scene shooting between the actors and stunt fighters. If so, the logic pans out, even if the dramatic flair fizzled a bit on that point.
Blake Neely is the musical genius behind the themes of the heroes and villains, providing “Peter and the Wolf” level originality for the various shows and characters, and it was very present in the perfect blending of established character themes. Not only that, the episode clearly put a sound to the episode’s villains of Earth-X — much like the treatment the Dominators received in last year’s crossover. Distinguishing between the characters of the universes we know and those of Earth-X was made simple because of costuming and lighting, complimented by the musical artistry by Neely. The music obviously reflected the story being told and brought some extra pizzazz to the episode.
Some errant thoughts throughout the episode came up, like how and when did Kara get her own breaching tool? Were there an inordinate amount of Marvel Spider-Man references in a DC show (or is it just me)? Were the rest of Team Arrow and the Legends not invited to the wedding? (I’m a Ray Palmer fan, so I was personally missing him.) What exactly do the Earth-X villains want? How DOES Kara manicure her nails?
Overall, the episode was enjoyable and a rousing good time, just as the opening for a crossover event should be. Supergirl hit the mark this week, providing us with entertainment and fun!
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