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Star Trek: Lower Decks #1, IDW Publishing Written By: Ryan North Art By: Chris Fenoglio Based on the Paramount Plus series, Star Trek: Lower Decks the comic is exactly what you'd expect, especially if you're a fan of the series. Like the show, the comic is funny, reference heavy to other Trek, and is essentially a big love letter to all of Star Trek. Especially '90s Trek. The story follows both the bridge crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos, and its Lower Decks crew, namely Boimler, Mariner, Tendi and Rutherford. In this first issue The Cerritos is sent on a crucial...

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Batman: Dear Detective (One Shot), DC Comics Written By: Lee Bermejo Art By: Lee Bermejo In this compelling DC Comics black label prestige one shot, written and drawn by Lee Bermejo, the extremely noir narrative is told exclusively through previously used variant covers by Bermejo. Each page is essentially a "virgin cover," sequenced together in a way to tell a unique Batman story. While on the surface this is essentially a collection of pin-ups, combined with a limited written narrative, the combined effect is to tell a surprisingly gritty noir, and powerful Batman tale, woven together like only Bermejo's unique...

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Dark Knights of Steel: Tales From The Three Kingdoms #1, DC Comics Written By: Tom Taylor, Jay Kristoff and C.S. Pacat Art By: Caspar Wijngaard, Sean Izaakse, and Michele Bandini As we await the next issue of Tom Taylor's Dark Knights of Steel, where the war between the kingdoms will fully begin, we are treated in the meantime to a one shot with three different tales from this magnificently crafted "elseworlds" universe. Imagined as basically a what if the DC Universe was in medieval times, Tom Taylor has reimagined almost every recognizable DC Comics character for this setting. In each...

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Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1, DC Comics Writer: Philip Kennedy Johnson Art By: Brandon Peterson, Will Conrad, Max Raynor and Miguel Mendonica. In this oversized concluding chapter of the lengthy Warworld Saga, by writer Philip Kennedy Johnson, basically a year long saga comes to an end. After Superman and The Authority came to Warworld to liberate it's citizens from Mongul, they were brutally defeated and enslaved. However, because it's big blue (aka Superman), he has slowly inspired a revolution that has swept across the planet against Mongul's forces. As this final chapter opens, a depowered Superman faces off in a final...

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Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #1, Dark Horse Comics Written By: Amanda Deibert Artwork By: Lucas Marangon Back at Dark Horse Comics, the all ages Star Wars imprint, Hyperspace Stories, is a fun and accessible jump on for new readers. Each issue will feature characters from different eras within Star Wars. This first issue is set during The Clone Wars. Padme Amidala accompanies a Wookie Senator to the Planet Skaggec on a diplomatic mission. When the Separatists suddenly strike, Padme realizes it is a trap and calls for the aid of the Jedi. Naturally, Obi-Wan Kenobi volunteers himself and Anakin Skywalker for...

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