CAPSULE COMMENTS: Infinity Man and the Forever People #1

Infinity Man and the Forever People #1  DC Comics, $2.99, 32 pages Released: June 25, 2014 Story Grade: B Issue Score: 67.75* MILDLY RECOMMENDED "Planet of the Humans"  (20 pages / 82 panels / 1,681 words / 10:55 read time) Writers: Keith Giffen, Dan Didio Penciller: Keith Giffen  Inker: Scott Koblish Colorist: Hi-Fi Letterer: Travis L

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Basic Reviews, Dan Didio, DC Comics, Forever People, Keith Giffen, New Gods,

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CAPSULE COMMENTS: Flash Gordon #3 (2014)

Flash Gordon #3  Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99, 32 pages Released: June 25, 2014 Story Grade: A Issue Score: 81.50* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED [no title]  (20 pages / 86 panels / 1,359 words / 11:15 read time) Writer: Jeff Parker Artist: Evan Shaner  Colorist: Jordie Bellaire Letterer: Simon Bowland Editor: Nate Cosby

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Basic Reviews, Dynamite Comics, Evan Shaner, Flash Gordon, Jeff Parker,

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CAPSULE COMMENTS: Savage Hulk #1

Savage Hulk #1  Marvel Comics, $3.99, 28 pages Released: June 25, 2014 Story Grade: C+ Issue Score: 73.75* SAVAGELY, IF SLIGHTLY, RECOMMENDED "The Man Within"  (20 pages / 77 panels / 1,149 words / 7:50 read time) Writer/Penciller: Alan Davis Inker: Mark Farmer  Colorist: Matt Hollingsworth Letterer: VC's Clayton Clowes Editor: Mark Paniccia, Wil Moss Honestly, this book feels a lot less like a new title featuring the Hulk than a continuation of John Bryne's old X-Men: The Hidden Years series.  The X-Men are taken from that same time frame, more or less, and

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Alan Davis, Basic Reviews, Hulk, Marvel Comics,

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CAPSULE COMMENTS: Ms Marvel #5 (2014)

Ms Marvel #5  Marvel Comics, $2.99, 28 pages Released: June 25, 2014 Story Grade: A- Issue Score: 75.75* MARVELOUSLY RECOMMENDED "Urban Legend, Part Four of Five"  (20 pages / 92 panels / 1,787 words / 12:20 read time) Writer: G. Willow Wilson Artist: Adrian Alphona  Colorist: Ian Herring Letterer: VC's Joe Caramagna Editor: Sana Amanat This has been a del

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Adrian Alphona, Basic Reviews, G. Willow Wilson, Marvel Comics, Ms Marvel,

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THE PULL LIST: For September 2014

Oh, good Lord, what a disaster of an order this is going to be.  You see, there's a notice in Diamond Distribution's Previews catalog that says the Future's End editions of regular titles from DC Comics were advance solicited in May. Yeah, I knew that, but the notice goes on to say that retailers had to order those books by May 29 and that any orders placed after that date "cannot be guaranteed."  I get that DC is trying to avoid the cluster caused by last year's crop of 3-D covers (which were pretty cool, if not necessarily worth the extra dollar), but I did not think t

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Archie Comics, Bongo Comics, BOOM Comics, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Dynamite Comics, IDW Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, The Pull List, Thought Balloons,

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