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I can very genuinely recommend the Alan Davis book.

My pulls: Avengers Initiative #29 Batman #692 Dark Reign Young Avengers #5 (OF 5) Detective Comics #858 Ignition City #5 (OF 5) New Avengers #58 New Mutants #6 Nova #30 Secret Warriors #9 Ultimate Comics Avengers #3 X Necrosha X-Factor #50 X-Force #20 Damn, these weeks are getting expensive! BQ: Reese's Cups. The tiny ones. I always pick up a big bag w...

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Have any of you actually read the Gears of War book? It's actually really bloody good. Story by Joshua Ortega ((FREQUENCY)) and art work by the brilliant Liam Sharp (Testament, Incredible Hulk, Man-Thing, Death's Head II). A lot of comic book fans may not have read it, but knowledge of the videogame is far from essential to read it. I'd actually say that Wildstorm's Gears of War book is the ...

I feel largely the same as Jim on this. Actually, for the first year of Marvel DCU I was a subscriber. I bought a yearly subscription, and tried to use it as often as possible to plug gaps in titles I'd missed and issues my LCS had sold out of by the time I got to the store. And in that resect it was fine. But the lack of NEW content was quite annoying. I also find that the majority of time...

God knows I miss the days of the No-Prize. But more broadly and genuinely I miss the days of the letters pages and editorial pieces which used to house them. Very very few Marvel titles have HAD letters pages since 2005. Without those the whole No-Prize concept does have a place to be aired anymore.

This is excellent news.

I don't think anybody is claiming that Marvel DON'T put out quality titles. People are complaining more about them culling them - either for gaining an undesirable number of sales or for not making enough profit to keep the creative team. Just think of the ongoing books lost in the last few years: Captain Britain & Mi13, Immortal Iron Fist, eXiles (Twice), She-Hulk, X-Men First Class, Run...

I read this last week - I think most of the UK stores got this last week. It really is a brilliant issue. The time is right for a proper, modern and respectful, retelling of these early characters and events. Yes, they've been told before. But those golden age glimpses of early Marvel do not stand up to a modern reading. This DOES. I am so pleased that Marvel are doing this series, and so p...

Isn't The Marvels Project #1 out this week? My online comic sellers says that they've shipped it with my order this week.