Comic Picks By The Glick

“Astonishing X-Men:  Ghost Box” and “Astral Project:”  Two titles that had interesting ideas, but didn’t successfully execute them.

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For some reason Marvel would have you believe that this is the last volume of “Ultimate Spider-Man.” It says as much on the back of the book, and there’s a credits page at the end acknowledging all of the people who have worked on the series since its inception. I can only assume that Marvel thinks it’ll get more sales out of doing it this way, but now that “Ultimate Comics Spider-Man” is up to issue six I don’t think that anyone is going to believe that. That said, if this really were the last volume of USM then it would be a mostly successful wrap-up to a series that has been, for me, “the only Spider-Man comic you need to read.” I say “mostly” because for all that it does right, Marvel essentially kneecaps it in the end by not reprinting the series’ actual ending.

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The ten best (and then some) of last year.

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First post of the new year… and I’m still waiting for the first comics of the new year to show up. I was expecting to have the new Vertigo Crime GN, “The Chill” by Jason Starr, and the first volume of “The Unwritten” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, but Amazon doesn’t have them shipping until next week. That’s still better than the fact that they don’t have a shipping date for “The Walking Dead vol. 11: Fear the Hunters,” which means that they’re likely sold out of it until further notice. That said, I’ve still got PLENTY of stuff to talk about from the previous year…

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