In a dystopic future, warring factions fueled by black arts and souls of the dead lead to a zombie apocalypse. This early effort from brothers Tom and Rick Veitch is actually more sci-fi than straight-up horror. It’s raw, but shows potential.
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The High Overlord is called before a forum of Martian masters to review an earlier debacle against the rebel Killraven. A lovely new framing sequence from artist P. Craig Russell almost makes up for this slapdash repackaging of a contemporary reprint. Almost.
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Tiger-Man’s investigation of a string of suspicious suicides brings him to blows with an insane psychiatrist named Dr. Hypnos. This lackluster affair from Gerry Conway, Steve Ditko and Al Milgrom brings this Atlas (Seaboard) series to a close.
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The odd, one-and-done title from Whitman offers little in the way of either entertainment or credits. Still, it’s a competent and not-altogether-disappointing comic.
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Trapped in a fever dream, Professor X relives a previous battle between new X-Men and old. Marvel’s mighty mutants fall prey to the Dreaded Deadline Doom with this fill-in issue from Bill Mantlo and Bob Brown.
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Ironjaw is captured by mutants, meets a wench, triumphs in the arena and learns a valuable life lesson about tolerance. And that’s just the lead feature. Sadly, the whole affair – including work by Gary Friedrich and Pablo Marcos – is a bit of a mess.
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Astride his savage, snow-white unicorn, Ironjaw returns to his homeland of Amun-Rak – where betrayal and adventure await! While less misogynistic than previous outings, this issue from Michael Fleisher and Pablo Marcos still doesn’t offer much positive.
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The Falcon fails to save an outspoken writer from Bodavia, but swears to hunt down the assassin. A rather bland whodunit from the team of Mark Evanier, Sal Buscema and Dave Simons
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With the help of the duplicitous Carmilla Frost, Killraven and his freeman escape – again – and battle their way to freedom. Writer Don McGregor joins Killraven’s rebellion but finds little support from the art team of Herb Trimpe and Yolande Pijcke.
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After an extended hiatus, the Teen Titans come back together thanks to a trap by Doctor Light. Following a nearly four-year break from publication, the Titans’ regular series resumes with this sub-par outing from the creative team of Paul Levitz, Bob Rozakis, Pablo Marcos and Bob Smith.
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