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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 14 August 2008 17:00

Writers Steve Niles (the mind behind 30 Days of Night), Dan Wickline, and Jeff Frank team with famed cover artist Mike Mayhew for the brutal, horror-ific new miniseries Savage #1, just in time for Halloween. Plus, there are creepy government scientists, lethal robots, and Nazi saucer-men in M-Theory #2. 

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 14 August 2008 17:00

Japan's greatest superheroes return in Big Hero Six #1, while the secrets of Magneto's rise to power are finally revealed when crossovers collide in Civil War: House of M #1.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 14 August 2008 17:00

After years teamed with Cable, the Merc with a Mouth returns in his own solo series in Deadpool #1. Plus, Marvel goes monkey crazy in Marvel Apes #1 and Prince Namor returns to the high seas in Sub-Mariner: The Depths #1.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 14 August 2008 17:00

Erik Larsen's legendary fin-head meets up with Michael Allred's Madman and rock n' roll adventurers the Amazing Joy Buzzards in Savage Dragon #137.

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Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Thursday, 14 August 2008 17:00

Hana and her gorgeous teammates are up in the mountains visiting her childhood friend, but between abominable snowmen attacks and lurking peeping toms, the hockey team will have its hands full protecting her!

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 14 August 2008 17:00

Sara and Ben navigate their way through the wake of a now-ended alien invasion in this post-apocalyptic thriller.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 07 August 2008 17:00

Hot on the heels of their hit continuation of Stephen King's Dark Tower series, Marvel once again teams with the master of horror in The Stand: Captain Trips #1 while the creative team behind DT: Gunslinger Born and DT: The Load Road Home return for Dark Tower: Treachery #1. By the same token, Marvel adaptation of award-winning author Sherrilyn Kenyon's Lords of Avalon: Sword of Darkness gets the hardcover treatment, and we have a look at the covers.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 07 August 2008 17:00

The Skrulls have gotten in everyone else's hair, now it's the wallcrawler's turn in Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #1, plus Archangel takes on the Purifiers in X-Force #6, and the junior jade giant teams up with a mysterious, beautiful princess in Skaar: Son of Hulk #3.  

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Written by Steve Higgins Thursday, 07 August 2008 17:00

The romanticized trappings of Anne Rice are traded for the soul-deadening world of working retail in this inventive take on the vampire mythos.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 07 August 2008 17:00

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Written by Jim Ousley Friday, 01 August 2008 03:28

Follow American ex-patriots making their way as English teachers in Japan in this deliberately paced yet highly seductive narrative.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 31 July 2008 17:00

When there's a green-skinned, furrow-chinned, shape-shifting alien in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? That's right, the Skrull Kill Krew is back in Avengers: The Initiative #16, plus the Skrull Secret Invasion reaches Wakanda in Black Panther #40 and big revelations are afoot in X-Factor #34, featuring the final chapter of the mini-crossover "He Loves You." It's not all Secret Invasion tie-ins, this week...we've got Ghost Rider #26 for you, too.

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 31 July 2008 17:00

Doug and Manny are still cleaning up the messes of the mad scientists of TerroMax, but this second volume isn't quite the same fun ride as its predecessor.

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Written by Eddie Argos Thursday, 31 July 2008 17:00

Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos returns to chat comics once again, this week covering a comic he's embarrassed to buy (the TV spin-off Angel: After the Fall) and a pleasant surprise (Ed Brubaker's Captain America).

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Written by Nick Main Friday, 25 July 2008 01:15

Jessica Abel and Matt Madden offer this 16 week classroom-in-a-book on creating comics, offering answers to all the questions that new creators have and wouldn't think to ask.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 24 July 2008 17:00

The rough-chinned aliens have been doing battle with the Avengers, but now the Skrulls are taking on Asgard in Secret Invasion: Thor #1 and the Children of the Atom in Secret Invasion: X-Men #1. Plus, upcoming covers to Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi's Astonishing X-Men #26-27.

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Written by Steve Higgins Thursday, 24 July 2008 17:00

The creators of the critically acclaimed Flight series of anthologies turn their talents toward all-ages fare.

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 17 July 2008 17:00

Michael LaRiccia returns with another tale of the violent id-monster that won him a Xeric Grant.

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Written by Eddie Argos Thursday, 17 July 2008 17:00

Not a hoax! Not an imaginary story! Eddie Argos, frontman for the British band Art Brut, joins the PLAYBACK:stl staff to talk comics in this new regular column. His first time out, Argos takes aim at Wanted and discusses one of his current favourites, DC's Booster Gold.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 17 July 2008 17:00

Our garbageman-turned-superhero becomes Brightmoor's hottest hero-for-hire in the second issue of this superhero satire.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 17 July 2008 17:00

X-Factor's resident know-it-all gets her own one-shot in X-Factor Special: Layla Miller, plus a look at the new alternate cover to Ultimates 3 #4.

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 11 July 2008 03:27

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 11 July 2008 03:15

The Eisner Award-winning creator of Strangers In Paradise takes over the tale of Spidey's romantic entanglements in the relaunched Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #1. Spidey also crops up in the all-ages romp Amazing Spider-Man Family #1 (featuring your first look into the upcoming Marvel Apes), and the X-Men join Cable's war in Cable #6.

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Written by Jason Green Friday, 11 July 2008 01:28

The jade giant's barbaric son embarks on an action-packed, legendary journey in Skaar: Son of Hulk #2.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:00

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Written by Jason Green Monday, 07 July 2008 04:47

Celebrate a special anniversary with Marvel's merry mutants in Uncanny X-Men #500, plus a look at some upcoming covers from the Wolverine storyline "Old Man Logan."

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 03 July 2008 17:00

St. Louis' own Ted May and friends return with a nostalgic look at '80s burnouts.

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Written by J. Bowers Thursday, 03 July 2008 17:00

A girl who is "crazy for dogs" meets her match in a dashing, sarcastic pet store owner in this canine-related dramedy.

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Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Thursday, 03 July 2008 17:00

Wizards! Mechas! Magical cat girls! It's a battle to the finish and boy magician Negi has to fight them all in this fanservice-laden harem series.

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Written by Jason Green Wednesday, 02 July 2008 09:56

The second miniseries adapting and expanding Stephen King's Dark Tower series reaches its conclusion in Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #5, on sale now. We have a 7-page preview.

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Written by Jaffa Aharonov Thursday, 26 June 2008 17:00

A young American woman heads to Mexico to find her roots, only to collide with the language barrier and a myriad of missteps in this new edition of Jessica Abel's first long form work.

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Written by Gabe Bullard Thursday, 26 June 2008 17:00

The uniquely dark-toned Disney cartoon returns in comics form with its creator at the helm, but can it live up to its animated legacy?

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Written by Byron Kerman Thursday, 19 June 2008 17:00

Ross Campbell aims for the Suicide Girls demographic with this tale of a hot, bald, tattooed, punker bisexual amputee whose biggest problem isn't her missing leg, it's her deadbeat ex-boyfriend.

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Written by Jason Green Thursday, 19 June 2008 17:00

A young horror movie buff is in for a surprise when he writes a fan letter to his favorite vampire in Dear Dracula, while the army takes on alien invaders in the new pulp sci-fi adventure M-Theory #1.

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Written by Elizabeth Schweitzer Thursday, 19 June 2008 17:00

Tomboy Hana is a field hockey player with a big problem: she's flunking her classes, and could be barred from playing her beloved sport forever! Can the gorgeous guys of the Grand Hockey Club help their teammate pull through?

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Written by Greg O'Driscoll Thursday, 19 June 2008 17:00

Before Metropolis, Smallville, and Krypton, Superman came from Cleveland.