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Amazing Spider-Man #1

A new volume of Amazing Spider-Man begins here falling back on classic Spider-Man tropes. Peter Parker’s life is a mess. His friends feel ignored, Aunt May is disappointed, the super-hero community wants nothing to do with him, he’s without a single job prospect, and MJ is shacking up with some guy and his kids. If it all feels a bit familiar, it’s because it is.

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Detective Comics #1059

When is a criminal not a criminal? That’s the question an old nemesis asks all of Gotham City. A new arc and mystery begins in Detective Comics #1059 as the Riddler takes to the airwaves with a series of puzzles for Gotham just as the city is hit by a wave of amateur crime including the attempted bombing of a Gotham City judge during a sentencing hearing. 

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Starward #1

The first issue of Starward introduces us to pre-med student an part-time lifeguard Stephanie Cohen on her 20th birthday on which she experiences something quite peculiar when she faints, falls to the bottom of the pool, doesn’t drown, and wakes up to a whole new reality as an extradimensional warrior with a destiny. Along with six unknown “sisters” whom she must find, Stephanie is tasked with returning the demon Kaos back to his reality prison.

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Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #4

Part 2 of “Blood Wings,” Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #4 opens with Miyamoto Usagi captured by the Komorai Ninja as the rabbit ronin attempts to dissuade them from attacking the gold shipment. Usagi’s bluff that the village knows of their attack gains him the necessary time to escape and Usagi decides to warn the village rather than the caravan carrying the gold who he is already too late to save.

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Justice League #75

Leading into the next Crisis event, this volume of Justice League comes to a close with the core members of the Justice League all killed by Pariah (remember him?) who is under the control of the Great Darkness which wants to destroy everything and give birth to a new Multiverse.

The issue offers exactly what the cover promises in the death of major DC heroes (although I’m not sure how this will impact those with their own monthly titles). We also get cameos from heroes from other worlds, including Captain Carrot, as well an army of villains under the control of the Great Darkness.

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