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Jack of All Trades – More Than Meets The Eye Vol. 2

Jack of All Trades – More Than Meets The Eye Vol. 2

We return to the adventures of the Lost Light! When last we left our heroes, 5 of the crew were dead and they were lost in space! How could things get any worse? How about melting eyes, organ harvesting, post-traumatic stress disorder, hostage situations, noises from the basement and the Spanish Inquisition! Intrigued? Then please attend carefully, dear readers, as we take a look at More Than Meets The Eye Vol.2! Vol. 2 collects the stories … Read entire article »

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Jack of All Trades – Number One in the Hood, G

Jack of All Trades – Number One in the Hood, G

Reviews of AQUAMAN VOL. 1: THE TRENCH and TEEN TITANS VOL. 1: IT’S OUR RIGHT TO FIGHT The New 52 marches on with the release of two new revamped series. First, the long-mocked defender of the deep and King of Atlantis faces a horde of sharp-toothed wrenches from the briny depths. Then, N.O.W.H.E.R.E.’s hunting down teenage metahumans. Why? None can say, but Red Robin and his comrades rise to the occasion and the superpowered teenyboppers fight … Read entire article »

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Jack of All Trades – At the Late Night Triple Feature Picture Show

Jack of All Trades – At the Late Night Triple Feature Picture Show

Reviews of SWAMP THING VOL. 1: RAISE THEM BONES, RESURRECTION MAN VOL. 1: DEAD AGAIN, and THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS VOL. 1: SCIENCE BAD Science. Science and madness. Science and madness and monsters. All come into play in today’s line of books which include the revitalization of two languishing DC properties — a woe begotten creature from the bogs of Louisiana battling the forces of decay and ruin, and a man of many lives and many deaths … Read entire article »

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Jack of All Trades – Vengeance 101

Jack of All Trades – Vengeance 101

Reviews of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN VOL. 2 and MATT WAGNER’S GRENDEL OMNIBUS VOL. 1: HUNTER ROSE While one of earth’s greatest heroes is wrapped up scrambling for cash to fund his school, one of the world’s greatest villains, a devil in black and white, stalks the streets as we catch up with the continuing adventures of the Westchester X-Men and discover a criminal mastermind’s most diabolical legacy. Wolverine and the X-Men Vol. 2 After the brief diversion … Read entire article »

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Jack of All Trades – Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Army of Darkness

Jack of All Trades – Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Army of Darkness

Reviews of DRIFTERS VOL. 2 and SCOTT PILGRIM VOL. 1: SCOTT PILGRIM’S PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE COLOR EDITION Jack of All Trades’ first manga review, along with a series inspired by the tradition and styles of Japanese comics, beginning with the follow up to Kouta Hirano’s breakout series Hellsing, and following up with the revamping of a popular indie series courtesy of that mystic northern land known as…Canada. Drifters Vol. 2 Mangaka Kouta Hirano is best known for his … Read entire article »

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Jack of All Trades – Reign of the Super-Men

Jack of All Trades – Reign of the Super-Men

Reviews of SUPERBOY VOL.1: INCUBATION and SUPERMAN – ACTION COMICS VOL. 1: SUPERMAN AND THE MEN OF STEEL The boys of steel take flight with the title that started it all, Action Comics, and the superhero that started it all, Superman. Along for the ride we have Superboy, Superman’s half-Kryptonian, half-human clone, created as a weapon for a clandestine organization bent on…well, something nefarious, surely. Superboy Vol. 1: Incubation For every positive I can name about this book, … Read entire article »

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Jack Of All Trades – More Than Meets The Eye Vol.1

Jack Of All Trades – More Than Meets The Eye Vol.1

Peacetime conflict, rule-breaking amnesiacs, witty banter, psychopaths, murder, slapstick, mysterious agendas and ominous messages from the future. And that’s just the first 4 issues. Please attend carefully, as I review Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Vol.1 ---------------------- Attention campers: Leave a comment below, or post on our new community forums! … Read entire article »

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Jack of All Trades – Blood and Water

Jack of All Trades – Blood and Water

Reviews of THE UNDERWATER WELDER and THE PUNISHER VOL. 1 A dose of the indie and mainstream awaits us today as we look at two opposite ends of the comics spectrum. First, a journey into the moody atmospherics of Jeff Lemire’s latest Top Shelf release, a rather low key story about, well, what else? An underwater welder. And second, Marvel’s foremost vigilante anti-hero, on the rampage once again after a brief hiatus, now helmed by the … Read entire article »

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Jack of All Trades – Last Stand of the Wreckers

Jack of All Trades – Last Stand of the Wreckers

When it comes to comics, there will always be certain creative teams and writers who define a title; Grant Morrison’s Batman, Matt Fraction/Salvador Larroca on Iron Man and Geoff Johns/Ivan Reis on Green Lantern. Each defined their respective titles and often revitalised them for new readers. For Transformers, the go-to writer was Simon Furman for a long time. Until the Last Stand of the Wreckers. ---------------------- Attention campers: Leave a comment below, or post on our new community … Read entire article »

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