What's New at the Masked Bookwyrm's Graphic Novel Review

Apr. 20: Added reviews of "Gang War" and "Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller, vol. 2" to my Daredevil section; "The Coming of Atlas", "Kryptonite" and "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" to my Superman section; and "The Helm", "The Bear Stories", "John Woo's Seven Brothers" (listed under "S"), "Silent Leaves: Exception to Life" and "Soul Stealer" all to Miscellaneous Non-Super Hero section; and I forget to mention I added a review of "Essential Moon Knight, vol. 1" to my Miscellaneous Super-Hero section last time.

Mar. 26: I've actually got a bunch of new releases reviewed, as well as some oldies! So...in Wonder Woman section "The Circle" and "Who is Wonder Woman?"; in Spider-Man section "Kraven's First Hunt", "Trials & Tribulations" and "Soul of the Hunter"; in JLA section "Justice" (vol. 1-3) and "JLA/Cyberforce"; in Media Tie-In section, Dr. Who: Agent Provocateur and Heroes, vol. 1; in Iron Man section "The Five Nightmares"; in Legion of Super-Heroes section "The Life and Death of Ferro Lad"; in Buffy the Vampire Slayer section "No Future for You" and "Wolves at the Gate"; in Fantastic Four section "Nobody Gets Out Alive"; in Miscellaneous Super-Hero section "Aquaman: Once and Future"; and a brand new Thor section which, in addition to my previous Thor reviews, includes "The Eternals Saga" (vol. 1-2) and the first collection of Styraczynski's run; and in the Miscellaneous NON-superhero section, Hellblazer: Rare Cuts and Howard the Duck: Media Duckling. PLUS...did a piece on what I dub the Madness of Brainiac 5 saga in my They Ain't Trade Paperbacks...but They Should Be section. Pant! Gasp! Whew!

Jan. 27, 2009: Added reviews of some recent releases including: "Superman: Escape from Bizarro World" (Superman section); "Green Arrow/Black Canary: For Better or for Worse" (Green Lantern/Green Arrow section); "Star Wars Visionaries" (Star Wars section); "Lone Ranger: Lines Not Crossed" and "Xena: Contest of Pantheons" (Media Tie-In section); plus a few older books..."Spider-Man: Identity Crisis" (Spider-man section); "X-Men Vignettes", vol. 1 (X-Men section) and "Logan: Shadow Society" (Wolverine section). I keep thinking I should make a part of my reviews how much I paid for the books, 'cause how much something cost can impact on whether it seems "worth it". 'Cause looking at the above list, all the books I either got a little, or a lot, on sale, or from the library!

Dec. 2: Added reviews of "Project Superpowers", "DC: The New Frontier", "Inhumans", and "Northguard: Manifest Destiny" to Miscellaneous Super-Hero section; "Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days", "Bat Lash: Guns and Roses", "The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics" and "Hellblazer: the Red Right Hand" to Miscellaneous Non-Superhero section; "Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer", "Indiana Jones Omnibus volume 2" and "Savage Red Sonja: Queen of the Frozen Wastes" to my Media Tie-in section; "Essential Daredevil, vol. 4" to Daredevil section; "Ultimate Fantastic Four: Doom" to Fantastic Four section; "Essential Spider-Man, vol. 2 and 3" to Spider-Man section; and a whole section devoted to Dracula TPBs, and added a "Dracula vs. Zorro" review. Anything else? Probably.

Oct. 7: Added a review of "Daredevil: Guardian Devil" to my Daredevil section (I'd actually sat on that review for a bit, wanting to re-read the story befrore I decided on what I thought of it), as well as modified (and re-rated) a couple of other DD books...all in my Daredevil section; and added a review of "X-Men: First Class - Tomorrow's Brightest" to my X-Men section (as well as corrected the credits list for the Astonishing X-Men TPBs).

Sept. 23: Big Breath! In their respective self-named sections: Captain America: Bicentennial Battles, Ultimate Fantastic Four: The Fantastic, Essential Rampaging Hulk, Essential Iron Man 2, Superman: End of the Century, Astonishing X-Men: Torn (and) Unstoppable, Logan (ie: Wolverine section): Path of the Warlord, Justice League Adventures: Magnificent Seven and Crisis on Multiple Earths vols. 2 & 3 (JLA section) and a brand new Legion of Super-Heroes section with some reviews; plus some Star Wars movie adaptation reviews. PLUS...in Miscellaneous Super-Hero section: Invaders Classic, vol. 2, The Doom Patrol Archives 4 and the semi-classic Death of Captain Marvel, and Miscellaneous Non-superhero section: Tom Strong, Book One and Devi, vol. 2. Have I forgotten any? Probably. Plus I haven't checked all the crosslinks and cover scans, but I'll fix any errors next time.

July 7: As you may all've noticed...my up-dates tend to be slow...but massive. So today's new reviews include (deep breath): "Huntress: Darknight Daughter", "Showcase presents the Elongated Man", "The Question: Zen and Violence"...to my Miscellaneous Super-Hero section; "Axa Color Album", "Howard the Duck" (2002), "Devi vol. 1", "El Cazador", "Northwest Passage" (collected ed), "Whike Shaka Boy"...to Miscellaneous Non-Superhero section; "Showcase presents the Teen Titans, vol. 2"...Teen Titans section;. Not bad -- a few oldies (Axa) and some pretty current!

May 22: Added reviews of "Star Trek: The Manga" (vol. 1) to Star Trek section; "Bone Sharps, Cowboys and Thunder Lizards" and "Essential Killraven" and Alan Davis' "Killraven" to Misc. Non-Superhero section; "Ray: In a Blaze of Power" and "Invincible: Ultimate Collection" to Super Hero section.

Mar. 24: Added reviews today that are a good mix of recent (yup, I'm actually almost current) and older books: "Batman: Detective" (Batman section), "Wonder Woman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told" (Wonder Woman section), "Captain America: War & Remembrance" (Captain America section), "Fantastic Four vs. The X-Men" (Fantastic Four section), "Exit Wounds", "As the World Burns: 50 Things You can do to Stay in Denial", "Demon Prince: Children of Gaia", "Icaro, vol. 1", "Vampirella & the Blood Red Queen of Hearts" and the classic "A Contract with God" (all to my Miscellaneous Non-Superhero section), "The Shadow: Hitler's Astrologer" (to my Media Tie-in Section). Whew.

Jan. 18: Added reviews of Essential Howard the Duck (Mscellaneous Non-Superhero section), Marvel Holiday Special (Miscellaneous Super Hero section), Avengers: Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Avengers section) and James Bond: Serpent's Tooth (Media Tie-in section).

Jan. 9: Added reviews to my mini-series section of...Superman: The Secret Years, Armageddon 2001, Star Wars: Devilworlds and (though not technically a mini-series, per se) Spidey's Totally Tiny Adventure.

Jan. 4: Added reviews of Essential Spider-Man vol. 1 (Spider-Man section), Wolverine: Bloodlust (in my newly minted Wolverine section), Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil (Shazam section), and the horror/sci-fi graphic novel, Weirdling, to Miscellanous Non-Super Hero section.

Pre-2008 up-date listings have been deleted for space considerations (and a lack of relevance!)

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