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Review by: Walt Kneeland (walt.kneeland@gmail.com )
Quick Rating: Good
Story Title: Consequences (3 of 5)

The consequences of events within AvX--primarily focusing on Cyclops now as a prisoner--continue to play out in this 3rd issue of 5.

Script: Kieron Gillen
Pencils: Scot Eaton
Inks: Andrew Hennessy
Colors: Jim Charalampidis
Letters: VC's Clayton Cowles
Cover Art: Ron Garney & Jason Keith
Assistant Editor: Jordan D. White
Editor: Nick Lowe
Published by: Marvel comics
Cover Price: $3.99

The cover is a bit deceptive this issue, showing a very defeated-looking or depressed Iron Man. The opening couple pages are Tony Stark trying to offer help in rebuilding K'un-Lun (after all, it wouldn't be the first mystical city he's helped rebuild)...but his offer's turned away. We then go back to Cyclops, about to be martyred and see the fight he puts up. ...

The DC Comics Rotating 52 is about to rotate again, friends. DC has announced five titles that will be cancelled and replaced with new books in just a few more months: G.I. Combat, Legion Lost, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Blue Beetle and Grifter shall soon be no more. It’s always a bummer if a book you’re enjoying gets the axe, but fortunately, many of these characters already have new homes lined up. Frankenstein is joining Justice League Dark, the Beetle will be part of the cast of Keith Giffen’s upcoming Threshold series, and presumably, the “Lost” Legionnaires can be folded back into their parent title. Still, by locking the number of ongoing DC Universe titles at 52, DC has created a very strange environment in which their titles are literally in direct competition with one another for a specific number of slots. Never before has such a state existed in comics, at least not so publicly, and if you’re a creator on a lower-selling DC book, you must get nervous each time the Cancellation Buzz starts humming again, a process that begins approximately 12 seconds after each slate of cancellations is announced.
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Reviewer: Andrea Speed andy@cxpulp.com
Quick Rating: Great

A group of awesome teens fight bad stuff in space in the future. Oh, and also make battle cupcakes.

Created By: Pendleton Ward
Written By: Joey Comeau
Illustrated By: Mike Holmes
Colors: Zack Sterling
Letters: Steve Wands
“Laser Sunday” Written & Illustrated By: Ryan Pequin
Colors by: Mirka andolfo
Editor: Shannon Watters
Cover Art (Shown): Tyson Hesse
Publisher: Boom! Studios (Kaboom!)


If you’re me, you kind of hate to say something is super cute, as what does that mean? It could be good or bad; it’s kind of saying nothing. And yet, my first impulse is to call this super cute, because it is. It has that adorable, wacky weirdness that I expect from Comeau, but safer for an all ages audience. (If you’ve read his books, you know what I mean.) ...

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BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD TP VOL 12 $9.99
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SPIKE #3 FRISON CVR $2.99
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #17 $7.99
GANTZ TP VOL 25 (MR) $12.99
GHOST #1 $2.99
MIND MGMT #6 $3.99
SHAOLIN COWBOY ADVENTURE MAGAZINE TP $15.99
STAR WARS AGENT O/T EMPIRE TP VOL 01 IRON ECLIPSE $18.99
STAR WARS DARK TIMES TP VOL 05 OUT WILDERNESS $17.99
STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 10 WAR $19.99
UNTOLD TALES OF DOG MENDONCA & PIZZABOY ONE SHOT $2.99 ...

Reviewer Waylon Wernette
Quick Rating: Great
Title: "The Secret of the Cheetah - Part One
Rating: T for Teen

Wonder Woman and the Justice League race to save Dr. Barbara Minerva from the curse of the Cheetah!

Writer: Geoff Johns
Art: Tony Salvador Daniel
Colors: Tomeu Morey
Cover: Daniel, Morey, ...

With Halloween so close, Blake and Erin discuss the greatest movie monsters of all time. Our picks, your choices, and the number one monster in cinema history wait for you in this week's episode! In the picks, Erin loves The Walking Dead Compendium Vol. 2 and Blake goes with Locke and Key: Grindhouse and Marvel Zombies Halloween. Don't forget to vote for this year's Halloween movie marathon at the Fighting Fitness Fraternity Facebook Page! Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com!
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Review by: Walt Kneeland (walt.kneeland@gmail.com )
Quick Rating: Very Good

Red Reaper, Nox, and their group of survivors launch an attack on an Edda transport as they take the fight to the alien invaders who've ruined their world.

Written by: Simon Spurrier
Art by: V Ken Marion
Colors by: Michael Garland
Letters by: Ed Dukeshire
Covers by: Trevor Hairsine, Archie Van Buren, Tom Derenick, Blond, Paul Azaceta
Assistant Editor: Eric Harburn
Editor: Bryce Carlson
Published by: Boom! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99

Red Reaper and Nox witness the passing of 'The Edda Landtrain,' the incredible transport device of the aliens to carry humans from where they're captured to the Edda home base for 'processing.' They're looking for a way to board it, to use it as a sort of Trojan Horse to get into the Edda home to take the fight to them. While plans are finalized and everyone prepares for the undertaking, we also get flashbacks to Reaper discovering the world post-invasion, and Nox discovering him...and how the two came to be teamed up in the first place.
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Review by: Walt Kneeland (walt.kneeland@gmail.com )
Quick Rating: Very Good
Story Title: Hunter & Hunted

X-O vs. Ninjak, round two!

Writer: Robert Venditti
Penciler: Lee Garbett
Inker: Stefano Gaudiano
Colorist: Moose Baumann
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Cover Artists: Doug Braithwaite & Patrick Zircher
Assistant Editor: Josh Johns
Executive Editor: Warren Simons
Published by: Valiant
Cover Price: $3.99

With Aric down, Ninjak and Alexander converse, and then Aric is loaded onto Ninjak's high-tech plane for transport. Alexander communes with other Vine and learns of a coming invasion. breaking ranks, he revives Aric and the armor, prompting a "round two" in the Ninjak/X-O fight. Neither side wins, as the transport is lost--Ninjak one way, Aric and Alexander another. While Ninjak tracks his target, Alexander has to convince Aric that he has a key responsibility in fighting the coming invasion.
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Review by: Walt Kneeland (walt.kneeland@gmail.com )
Quick Rating: Good
Story Title: Consequences

Wolverine and Cyclops have a very frank discussion about the immediate future and where they stand moving forward.

Script: Kieron Gillen
Pencils: Steve Kurth
Inks: Allen Martinez
Colors: Jim Charalampidis
Letters: VC's Clayton Cowles
Cover: Ron Garney & Jason Keith
Assistant Editor: Jordan D. White
Editor: Nick Lowe
Published by: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99

Wolverine begins his conversation with Cyclops, pointing out that he doesn't want to have this conversation...he needs to. And of course, the conversation devolves into a fight before Logan realizes where Scott really is (so to speak) with things at present. After he leaves, Scott has a moment with another prisoner before yet others show up--intending something different for the former mutant leader than what officials have planned.
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Review by: Walt Kneeland (walt.kneeland@gmail.com )
Quick Rating: Very Good
Story Title: Omega Rising: Conclusion

Peter Stanchek vs. Harada and the Harbingers.

Written by: Joshua Dysart
Pencils: Khari Evans with Matthew Clark and Jim Muniz
Inks: Khari Evans with Matt Ryan and Sean Parsons
Colors: Ian Hannin with Jeromy Cox and Chris Sotomayor
Cover Art: Mico Suayan with Moose Baumann (variant David Aja)
Associate Editor: Jody LeHeup
Executive Editor: Warren Simons
Published by: Valiant
Cover Price: $3.99

This issue's mostly a fight scene, as we pick up from the end of last issue on Pete Stanchek losing himself in anger over what's been done to his friend. While he lashes out at the Harbinger folks right there, Harada meets with Livewire and Stronghold to ascertain exactly how Stanchek got out of the building. That soon becomes a moot point as Stanchek arrives to take them on as well. Things don't go quite as they'd been looking, and by issue's end there's a bit of a line in the sand, so to speak.
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Earlier this week, 007 Legends from Activision (developed by Eurocom) was released to the public. We have the launch trailer for you today:



As reported previously, the game will feature story levels inspired by six Bond films - Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Moonraker, License to Kill, Die Another Day, and the newest installment to the 007 franchise - Skyfall.

"The team at Eurocom has really outdone themselves this time with 007 Legends, delivering a very unique and comprehensive Bond video game we're sure fans will enjoy playing," said David Oxford, EVP/General Manager, Activision Publishing. "Fans not only get to experience these great, defining moments from Bond's past that have made him the spy he is today, but they also get to become Daniel Craig's modern-day Bond, and play through an all-new, contemporary story mission based on the upcoming SKYFALL film that comes out as DLC. This really is the most robust and unique Bond video game experience to date." ...