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Massive Character Changes at Marvel Comics

Posted: July 19, 2014 at 3:33 pm / Comic Books, Local

Ever since the “Marvel Now” initiative went into effect, The House of Ideas has been taking risk after risk with some of their most popular characters. They “killed” Peter Parker and replaced him with Otto Octavius, stripped Wolverine of his healing factor, brought the original 1960’s X-Men into the present time, and even did a Battle […]

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Comic Book Reviews: Marvel NOW!

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 1:11 pm / Comic Book Reviews, Comic Books, Local

The Marvel Now! relaunch is in full swing. New creative teams and new titles have launched, and I have taken it upon myself to read almost all of the new titles (you can thank me later). Notice that I said “RELAUNCH” and not “REBOOT”. Rather than start all over with a new beginning, as DC has […]

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