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Working Through the (Back) Issues: Modern Shang-Chi
Working Through the (Back) Issues: Modern Shang-Chi It’s 2021 and after two long years, the MCU is back! Once the initial excitement wore off, it became real clear that the post-Endgame world of Phase 4 is setting up to be a different place. After a decade plus of primarily focusing on Iron Man,…
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Working Through the (Back) Issues: Shang-Chi Origins It’s 2021 and after two long years, the MCU is back! Once the initial excitement wore off, it became real clear that the post-Endgame world of Phase 4 is setting up to be a different place. After a decade plus of primarily focusing on Iron Man, Captain America…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD SEMIFINALS Follow the bracket here! CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE CAROL CORPS #1-4 VS HANK JOHNSON: AGENT OF HYDRA #1 Let’s be clear about one thing before we begin: Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps will not be entered into the short list of comics that everyone needs to read. Just because it won PopFilter’s…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD SEMIFINALS Follow the bracket here! CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE CAROL CORP VS A-FORCE It’s a fine age when we get two such strong books about TEAMS of women. Not just one strong female role model, but two separate squads filled with distinct personalities and relationships. Almost like they were people and stuff. It’s stupidly…
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SECOND CHANCE BRACKET ROUNDUP Follow the bracket here! We’re near the end of a long journey with this bracket. These days, The PopFilter offices look like a cross between a warzone and a nursery. The writers are bloodied, worn from battle and very, very cranky. Earlier this month I screamed in tears, “I DON’T WANNA…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 4, BATTLE 3 Follow the bracket here! SIEGE (#1-4) VS CIVIL WAR (#1-4) Ladies and gentlemen, we have officially separated the wheat from the chaff! We are well on our to selecting a Battlefield Battlefield champ and we have weeded out the one shots and the gimmicks and we are down to the good stuff.…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 4, BATTLE 2 Follow the bracket here! CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE CAROL CORP (#1-4) VS SQUADRON SINISTER (#1-3) Both Captain Marvel and the Carol Corp and Squadron Sinister have what it takes to make it to the elite eight of our bracket. But only one can move on to the final four. Because…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 3, BATTLE 7 Follow the bracket here! A-FORCE #1-4 VS THE INFINITY GAUNTLET #1-4 Family. It’s not just a buzzword for the Olive Garden or the Fast and the Furious. It’s what holds so many things together in this world, whether you’re all blood related, or brought together by some otherworldly, overpowering experience…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 3, BATTLE 6 Follow the bracket here! SIEGE #1-3 VS HOWARD THE HUMAN #1 The five intrepid soldiers who took on the task of finding the single best Battleworld title have spent as much time discussing comic books over the last four months as they have discussing how to discuss comic books, specifically the…
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RUNAWAYS # 1-3 VS SQUADRON SINISTER #1-3 Have you ever met a girl that you tried to date? But a year to make love she wanted you to wait? Let me tell you a story of my situation; I was reading two badass Battleworld comics and I had to declare a winner. Battleworld Battleworld has…
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