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Venom #13
Marvel Comics
Remender, Moore & Staples

This issue kicks off a six part story that could easily have been a straight-up crossover with red Hulk, Ghost Rider and X-23. The arc, titled "Circle of Four" is to run solely in the Venom book (utilizing the ridiculous "." numbering convention) weekly for the next five weeks. This first issue comes with a hefty page count for the $4 book cover price and uses those pages well to setup the story and provide some fun moments and ideas. I found this book to be a pleasant surprise and I plan to pick up the entire arc as a result of the strength of this book. I recommend picking this book up.

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Winter Soldier #1
Marvel Comics
Brubaker, Guice & Breitweiser

Bucky is back as the Winter Soldier in this launch of what could be considered a Captain America franchise book. If you are familiar with any of Ed Brubaker's writing, specifically his work on Captain America, then you know exactly what to expect from this book. Brubaker provides the same level of cloak and danger story set in the James Bond-like world of international politics and intrigue. The artwork is a bit of a different approach from what you may expect from Guice as he uses more of a photo-realistic approach for this book. Overall, I liked the book but I ultimately felt that this was all ground we've seen covered before. However, if you want more spy stories then you will love this book.

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Secret Avengers #21.1
Marvel Comics
Remender, Zircher & Troy

The new creative team takes over on Secret Avengers with the dreaded ".1" issue. However, in this particular case the ".1" issue actually is a one-shot and it appears to be a jumping on point for new readers. Remender starts out by telling a straightforward story and then in standard Remender fashion the book has a surprise and grows all sorts of arms and legs by the end. Upon completing the issue I was totally sold and for a jump-on point I think it's done it's job. If you are looking to dip your toe into the Avenger pool then this is as good as it gets.

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American Vampire #23
Vertigo Comics (DC Comics)
Snyder & Albuquerque

American Vampire is a comic book that ties things together arc to arc. This issue is a perfect example of how Snyder reuses characters and revisits arcs through these characters. This particular issue reveals the identity of the mysterious vampire and I have to say I was thrilled at the reveal. The book provides a little more background about the young vampire hunter but doesn't quite connect all the dots. As always the story and the visuals manage to entertain, scare and delight all within one issue. This is a great issue in a great series.

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Elephantmen #37
Image Comics
Starkings & Medellin

The latest issue of Elephantmen continues to play with the timeline as the issue explores a serial killer on the loose in the "day before yesterday" fashion. This issue has a ton of characters and actually ends up revealing quite a bit of back-story on some of the previous plots from issues 26-34 (or thereabouts). The book is a dense read with two completely different and interesting back-up stories. Overall you really can't go wrong picking this book up. Especially if you like science fiction, detective work, serial killers and hot babes.

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Walking Dead #93
Image Comics
Kirkman, Adlard & Rathburn

The latest issue of the Walking Dead launches into the arc entitled, "A Larger World". The long time reader will find the comic to be fairly familiar covering ground that has mostly been mapped out time and time again. However, the issue does provide a good jump-on point and it also shows an interesting level of character growth from Rick, which even the most loyal reader can appreciate. Overall, this issue is good but doesn't approach greatness, such is the case with many first issues of an arc.

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