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Weekly Marvel Review: July 20, 2022 (Week 29)
Even beyond the grave, Dr. Strange defends reality from mystic and cosmic threats. Although this time he, via his Tarot deck, enlists Blue Marvel to gather the new team of Defenders. The new Defenders series by Al Ewing and Javier… Read More ›
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FCL Podcast 35 – Unconventional Chronology
Brian and Shaun cover the major DC and Marvel news from 2022’s San Diego Comic-Con. They preview the new trailers for DC Films’ upcoming sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The hosts look… Read More ›
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Weekly Marvel Review: July 13, 2022 (Week 28)
The events of the summer are upon us. On a “small” scale, in terms of comics, the Fantastic Four win the Reckoning War, the recent self-contained event in their ongoing title. The precursor to the war between the X-Men and… Read More ›
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FCL Podcast 34 – Thor: An Irreverent Love
Brian and Shaun love to disagree over the MCU’s latest film, Thor: Love and Thunder. Shaun believes it’s a love letter to director Taiki Waititi’s irreverent sense of humor; Brian thinks Waititi blunders two pivotal plot points from the comics…. Read More ›
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Weekly Marvel Review: July 06, 2022 (Week 27)
Several books and events repeat from the previous week. Both Sabretooth and X-Cellent each drop their second issue in as many weeks. Sabretooth also snags another Character Development for leaving behind his own version of Hell on Krakoa. Steve Rogers… Read More ›
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Weekly Marvel Review: June 29, 2022 (Week 26)
No sooner had Cyclops shared mutantdom’s biggest secret—that of mutant resurrection—than a few of their members opted out of the resurrection cycle. Magneto and Storm, both members of Arakko’s Great Ring, destroy their Cerebro back-ups in a show of good… Read More ›
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Monthly Marvel Preview: July 2022
After a slight delay in its release, this summer’s big event begins with A.X.E.: Eve of Judgement. So, to repeat the disclaimer from last month: the below appearance estimates only take into account the characters seen on the book’s cover,… Read More ›
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Weekly Marvel Review: June 22, 2022 (Week 25)
Ever since the Krakoan era began, it seems mutants have been making headlines every day with world-changing news. First, they create their own nation. Next, they develop cure-all medicines to share with allied nations and then breath life into Mars…. Read More ›
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Weekly Marvel Review: June 15, 2022 (Week 24)
Unless your mutant ability is to always win—like Isca the Unbeaten—than you must accept that in life you will inevitably win some and conversely lose some. Marvel’s heroes are not immune to this universal truth. In X-Men: Red, Sunspot teaches… Read More ›
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Weekly Marvel Review: June 08, 2022 (Week 23)
Wedding bells can be heard in the distance in Amazing Spider-Man. It’s not the wedding fans have long waited for, but Beetle gets engaged to one of Peter Parker’s good friends, Randy Robertson. Doctor Doom accepts a proposal of his own,… Read More ›
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