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Upper Deck Announces Super Hero Squad Collectible Trading Card Game!
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:1184:]]April 24, 2012 will see the release of Upper Deck’s brand new collectible trading card game (CTCG) hit the shelves. But this isn’t just your ordinary CTCG, this is all about Marvel’s smash hit MMO — Super Hero Squad Online! If you have ever played S.H.S.O., you are well aware of the addicting in-game card battles…
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Movie Review: The Hunger Games (2012)
Starving for Summer in 2012A Film Review of The Hunger GamesBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1158:]]Is Hollywood land trying to make March the new beginning of the summer blockbuster season? The reason I ask is because the hype that has preceded The Hunger Games is very close to rivaling The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises. However, hype…
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Advanced Review: Danger Club #1
What happens when all the adults in your life are suddenly taken away? What if you are only a teenager when this chaos is brought into your life? What if this happens worldwide — all at the same time? Who is there to protect you, who makes the decisions about what to do, who will…
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Super Hero Squad Online: Update For March 29, 2012: Hawkeye
Squaddies Assemble!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1128:]]As recently told in the last update, Super Hero Squad Online has began to release everything Avengers related! Today we see that theme continuing as the latest character to be released is everyone’s favorite archer — Hawkeye! Yes folks, Marvel’s new golden boy (he is being pushed to the forefront harder than…
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Review: The Mighty Thor #12
Today, it seems like all the Avengers books are wrapping up their current storylines in neat little packages. Could it be a certain movie that is forthcoming, or perhaps a crossover that has been hyped for six months? Either way, both New Avengers and The Mighty Thor finish their current arcs today and they go…
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Review: The New Avengers #23
Bendis’ “The New Dark Avengers” storyline wraps up here in all its brutal glory! Just when you thought it was safe to assume who the bad guys are – SMASH – Skaar strikes a thunderous blow for the cause of right! The excitement seems to escalate from page one, spreading like wildfire through the entire…
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Advanced Review: Avengers vs. X-Men: #1
(Editor’s Note: Comic Shops are already selling “Avengers Vs. X-Men” #1 this week as Diamond sent copies with this week’s regular batch of comics, not in a separate box, not part of the AvX party, and not embargoed. With that, Cosmic Book News offers this following spoiler free review.) This is it! The moment all Avengers and…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for March 28th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley (A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top your pull list. In no particular order!) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, make sure to add these books to your list of…
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Video Game Review: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Is This Game Garbage?A video game review Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon CityBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:1051:]]A little while ago, my crew of gaming and pop culture experts came together in a podcast to discuss the best video games of 2011, and how 2012’s lineup was apparently going to blow its predecessor away. Well, you know what they…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for March 21st, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley(A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!) I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, make sure to add these five titles to your…
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Review: Super Crooks #1
Mark Millar not only assaults us this week with the wrap up of Kick-Ass 2, he literally punches us in the face with his brand new villain-centric book — Supercrooks!Supercrooks, is the tale of Johnny Bolt and his crew of unlucky criminals who are sick and tired of being taken down by heroes. While other cadres…
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Advanced Review: Ragemoor #1
Our good friends at Dark Horse have found it in their hearts to bestow a bevy of advance copies of this weeks books to the CBN offices. Hopefully, you checked out my other advanced review for the latest issue of B.P.R.D., Mike Mignola has been doing some amazing stuff! But Ragemoor, though within the horror…
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Advanced Review: B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth: The Long Death #2
2012 is the year the Mignolaverse all goes to hell — quite literally! With the “death” of Hellboy, the evolution/de-evolution of Abe Sapien, the wayward roaming of Liz Sherman and the impending doom of Fenix, there is only one being that can help off set the hordes of evil knocking on reality’s door — Johann…
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Review: The Strange Talent of Luther Strode #6 (of 6)
This is the end of one of the coolest new books to be released from the Image stable in a long time! Jordan and Moore created something that was an all out gore filled slugfest! But the brutality of the book would have meant nothing if Jordan had not made us care so much about…
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GameFest!: An Introduction to “The Art of Video Games”
The Art of Video Games: An IntroductionSmithsonian American Art Museum 2012By: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:939:]]The Art of Video Games exhibit is the brain child of Chris Melissinos a veteran producer in the gaming industry who currently serves as Sun Microsystems’ Chief Evangelist and Chief gaming officer. This exhibit showcases the AV art of gaming from its birth…
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Super Hero Squad Online: Update For March 17, 2012: Captain America
Squaddies Assemble!By: Chris “DOC” Bushley [[wysiwyg_imageupload:938:]]With The Avengers movie approaching ever closer and a brand new comic on the shelves — Avengers Assemble, was there any question that the latest character to be released for Super Hero Squad Online would be the first Avenger! That’s right, the newest character is none other than — Captain America, Super…
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Review: Suicide Squad #7
The “Hunt For Harley Quinn” storyline wraps up this issue with a dramatic conclusion that will leave you breathless! Not only that, Adam Glass gives us Harley’s secret origin in which we witness just how far one has to fall in order to survive life with the Joker!Did someone say Joker? This book is the…
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Review: Avengers Assemble #1
(Reader Warning: You MUST read Avengers #24 BEFORE you read this book! Unless, you haven’t been reading the Avengers books before this one!) The Marvel machine has began rolling yet again, and with The Avengers movie looming in the distance, did anyone believe they were not going to try to milk it for all its worth?…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for March 14th, 2012
The “DOC’s” Top Of The PileBy: Chris “DOC” Bushley ( A weekly quick pick of the five titles that should reside at the top of your pull list. In no particular order!)I do the research, you reap the reward! Before you head out to your favorite shop today, be sure to add these five titles to…
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Movie Review: John Carter (2012)
The First Blockbuster of 2012?A Film Review of John CarterBy: Lawrence Napoli [[wysiwyg_imageupload:868:]]There’s something to be said about prior knowledge on the viewer’s part, Hollywood film adaptations of that prior knowledge and the resulting experience the viewer has at the theater. There are very few film adaptations of popular licenses that I know absolutely nothing about…