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Review: Eternal Warrior: Awakening #1

By Dustin Cabeal

I was a huge fan of Wrath of the Eternal Warrior. Sure, it was a damn mouth full to type, but it was the first time I got why Eternal Warrior was such a huge character for Valiant. Personally, it ended too soon, but then everyone in the superhero biz is in a constant state of rebooting. There are so many first issues that if you’re not putting out a first issue, you’re probably a long-running and successful Image series. That aside, we’re here to talk about Eternal Warrior: Awakening which is a decent first issue, but not nearly as strong as its predecessor.

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Review: Godshaper #2

By Dustin Cabeal

Not the beginning I expected when last, we left Godshaper. Usually, when you leave in the middle of a fight, you find a way to continue that fight in the next issue. If it were a Marvel title, it would backtrack and take the story from another perspective or flashforward and rewind its way back to the fight again. These are the easiest way to do things which are perhaps what make Simon Spurrier’s choice interesting and a whole hell of a lot more entertaining. Because easy is boring as fuck in comics.

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Review: Rock Candy Mountain #2

By Daniel Vlasaty

Rock Candy Mountain is back in all it’s awesome punch diarrhea goodness. Issue #2 takes us back into the hobo camps and rail cars with our boys, Jackson and Slim. They are still making their way to the mythical Rock Candy Mountain, and really, Slim is realizing that he is in over his head out in the world like this. He doesn’t understand hobo-speak, he’s traveling with a man who is probably a little crazy. And there’s still the thing with Satan, whatever it is. I’m going to get this out of the way early on in my review so I can forgo all formalities. I loved this issue. I loved the first issue too. Rock Mountain Candy is great and fun and I just love it.

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Review: Justice League of America #6

By Jonathan Edwards

So, here we have the second part of a two-issue story called "Heart of the Bastich." If the title wasn't a complete giveaway, the main focus is meant to be Lobo. And from that, one can presume the purpose of this 'arc' would be to further cement him as a member of the JLA and better align him with their goals (as stupid as they may be), as he's easily been the furthest outlying for literally the entire run. Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of metaphors would understand that the word "heart" in that title obviously implies that we are going to see the emotional core of the character, and that will likely lead to some kind of genuine growth. However, there are a couple problems with that here. For one, why the hell is Steve Orlando doing that with Lobo of all characters? Were people really clamoring for that type of development for him? Secondly, Orlando fucks it up.

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Ghost City Comics Competition - Starting May 20th

By Dustin Cabeal

Co-Founders Michael Ruiz-Unger & Tucker Tota have put together a comic book contest in the vein of a movie contest. That's the best way to look at this competition because frankly, there's not many, if any, others out there like this. We're a sponsor in that I'll be reviewing the winners of the contest. To be clear, I'm not judging the contest. No, that's an impressive list starting with Jason Aaron and ending with Max Sarin. You can read the full list and get all of the details by visiting GhostCityComics.com and let me tell you, you should do that. If you have an entry then get it ready for submission on the 20th of this month.

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SLG Publishing Announces Josephine

The silent graphic novel Josephine, Kevin Sacco’s first work since his acclaimed The Plane Story, shows us the emotional journey of a young boy with a complicated family life as he discovers the realities of racial inequality during a journey from his comfortablefrom his Upper West Side comforts to his nanny’s home/neighborhood haunts in Harlem. At the heart of this narrative is the bond the boy shares with Josephine—until a sinister plot twist casts a dark shadow on their relationship.

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Explore the Valiant Universe in DIVINITY #0 – AN EPIC JUMPING-ON POINT Coming in August

Valiant is proud to announce DIVINITY #0 – AN EPIC JUMPING-ON POINT leading Abram Adams, the supremely powerful being known as Divinity, through the whole of the Valiant Universe! On August 16th, New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR, Dept. H) and explosive artist Renato Guedes (BLOODSHOT REBORN, Wolverine) present an awe-inspiring introduction to the largest independent superhero universe in comics – as told through the eyes of Valiant’s most powerful cosmic force!

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Comics To The Max - 001 - Aquaman

By Dustin Cabeal

As always click the headline or arrow for the link to the podcast!

001 - Who says two podcasts are enough? Not me, because here I am presenting a new podcast! Comics to the Maxx is another comic book podcast, but I'm joined by the one and only Kevin Beckham. You might remember him from our first podcast together, the CBMFP. This time around we're not covering news, we're not reviewing books, we're just making up our own damn stories for any damn character we want. Today, we're talking about Aquaman, get ready!

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