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Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at the feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes Army@Love, Captain America, Checkmate, Heroes For Hire, Invincible, Justice League of America, The Loners, The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, and the first issues of Angel: After the Fall, Grendel: Behold the Devil, and Hawaiian Dick.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including 52 Vol. 4, Batman: Death and the City, The Bride of Frankenstein: Pandora’s Box, Flink, Madman Vol. 2, New Avengers Vol. 1, Supergirl: Identity, Ultimates 2, X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (Premiere) and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #48

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Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash

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Dynamite Entertainment and Wildstorm have combined forces to give us a triple threat, no-holds-barred, bloody battle for the ages.  Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees, and some S-Mart worker from the Houswares Department known simply as Ash.  Six-issues of bloody good time starts here!

Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash #1
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“In the end you can’t outrun fate, plain and simple.”

 

The first issue of the Wildstorm/Dynamite Entertainment crossover features narration of Ash, though our hero himself doesn’t appear until the final page.  Instead the issue brings us up to speed as it begins five years after the events of Freddy vs. Jason with the tragic end to both Laurie and Will, before Freddy begins his mind games and sends Jason after the Necromonicon.

This is a good start to a series that will find it hard to live-up to its promise.  Still, even though we get little of Ash on the page we get his voice throughout and the book feels much more like Evil Dead inspired tale than either of the other two franchises (and that’s a good thing!).

 

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I’m not a big conniseur of horror comics but there was enough her to pique my interest and there’s enough on the page to wet my appetite for more.

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Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at the feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes 100 Bullets, Brit, Captain Carrot and the Final Ark, Living with the Dead, Nightwing, Thor, World War Hulk, and the first issues of Captain Marvel, The Circle, Salvation Run and World of Warcraft.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including Batman Archives Vol. 7, Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four, Girls: The Complete Collection, Hellblazer: Bloodlines, Jonah Hex: Origins, The Official Handbook of the Invincible Universe, Serenity: Those Left Behind, Showcase Presents: Suicide Squad Vol. 1, Spider-Man, Peter Parker: Back in Black and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #47

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Justice Society of America #10

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Since the recent relaunch of Justice Society of America the series has been introducing a plethora of new members and heroes.  In issue #10 we get a a familiar face in an unfamiliar setting as the Superman from Kingdom Come steps out of his world and into this one.

Justice Society of America #10
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“During the days of World War II, a group of costumed mystery men gathered together to form the first and greatest super-hero team of all time.  Now, fighting alongside the surving original members, a new generation of heroes has been born, promising to uphold the legacy their predecessors created and inspire other heroes across the world.  Today, the JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA lives again!”

Superman Returns (heh)

In the 1940’s and 50’s Superman was an active member of the JSA but after the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths the Superman from Earth-Two was gone.  Superman, although at times a member of the Justice League, never became a member of the JSA.  Until now.  Hoo-ray for the return of the Multiverse!

In issue #10 of Justice Society of America the group is rocked by the appearance of a hero from a different reality.  This Superman is from “Earth-22,” known to comics fans as Alex Ross’ Kingdom Come.  The issue deals more with the doubts of other members of the team than with the new Superman, but it’s a good start.

One of the problems with the different version of the JSA post-Crisis is a lack of a big gun.  At one time Captain Marvel filled the void well, but sadly was written out of the series.  Still, the look and feel of the Kingdom Come Superman fits in so many ways to the type of book Justice Society of America has become.  He even looks like the old JSA Superman, but he’s not, and that’s where things should get interesting.

Not all the new members of the team have been winners, but this one knocks one out of the park!  I hope this Superman doesn’t leave after the conclusion of DC’s Countdown to Final Crisis.  I should also mention a nice moment between Wally West and Jay Garrick as they unearth one of Barry Allen‘s most interesting inventions.  (Is that a cryptic enough way to end the review?  Yeah, I thought so).

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Comic Rack

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Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at the feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes BtVS Season 8, Fantastic Four, Jonah Hex, Midnighter, The Order, Robin, Star Wars: Legacy, Superman, The Vinyl Underground, and the first issues of After the Cape II, Annihilation: Conquest, Fearless, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, and Silver Surfer: In Thy Name.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including The Art of Matt Wagner’s Grendel, Cairo, Chronicles of Conan Vol. 13, Green Lantern Corps: A Darker Side of Green, Heroes, Omega Flight: Alpha to Omega and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #46

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