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The X-Men vs. Proteus - Chris Claremont & John Byrne
Dave Cockrum / John Byrne (covers/portadas)After a terrible battle with Magneto, the X-Men were presumed dead by Jean Grey and Hank McCoy (Beast); when they share this devastating information with...
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Prelude to the Dark Phoenix Saga - Chris Claremont & John Byrne
John Byrne & John Romita Jr. (covers / portadas)One of the most brilliant initiatives of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men was to include Emma Frost (The White Queen) as part of the regular X-Men cast,...
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America’s Got Powers # 3 - Jonathan Ross & Bryan Hitch
In a generation of superpowered teens, Tommy Watts had always been a zero: a boy no one would pay attention and also someone without any superpower. Things have changed, and now Tommy could be the most...
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Carlos Bardales - La morada del Rayo y el Amaru (Galería Enlace)
The Living End (1992)Directed by Gregg ArakiHugo SalazarGregg Araki is a brilliant director that finds in subversive and polemic subjects a complexity and richness that would pass unnoticed for other...
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Supercrooks # 4 - Mark Millar & Leinil Francis Yu
Johnny Bolt has a perfect plan to steal 800 million dollars from the world’s richest villain. And he has assembled his old colleagues to perform this ambitious task that no one else dared to imagine....
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Brilliant # 4 - Bendis & Bagley
AmadeusI am enjoying Brilliant for reasons that would appear unclear to most readers. There is something special about this creator-owned series. Neither the action nor the violence would suffice to...
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Lex Luthor: The Unauthorized Biography - James D. Hudnall & Eduardo Barreto
Eric Peterson (cover / portada)“Money is what makes the world spin around”. How often have we heard that phrase? And more importantly, do we consider that to be true? Lex Luthor would surely think so....
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Aluminación - Luitpol Ruiz (Dédalo)
Beautiful Thing (1996)Directed by Hettie MacdonaldHow far should one travel in order to find love? Sometimes, it seems, only a few steps would be necessary. That's what happens in "Beautiful Thing"...
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X-Men: Manifest Destiny
Humberto RamosI grew up reading comic book anthologies: 2000AD, Zona 84, Cimoc, Creepy, etc. Reuniting a group of writers and artists in the same book is not a common practice in the US market, but...
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Mind the Gap # 2 - Jim McCann & Rodin Esquejo
Logo courtesy of Michael Lapinski / Logo cortesía de Michael LapinskiI think I was 12 years old when I first read a Sherlock Holmes book, and in an instant I became a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s...
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October films / Películas de octubre
October means Halloween, and Halloween means horror movies! But first, let’s start with Dredd 3D (2012), directed by Pete Travis and starred by Karl Urban. I’ve been a fan of Judge Dredd (created by...
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October comics / Cómics de octubre
Rodin EsquejoI had more comics in October than in previous months, and I must say that this is the best equation. More comics = more reading pleasure. This month I received the excellent second volume...
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Happy # 1 - Grant Morrison & Darick Robertson
There are scenes that make or break a comic. As a writer, one is always trying to come up with something original that, ideally, will fascinate the audience. Sometimes, though, writers cross an...
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Uncanny Avengers # 1 - Remender & John Cassaday
When it comes to comic books, I have a tendency of avoiding death and embracing only the final farewell. Death has turned into a cliché, a hollow resource merely employed for shock value. So...
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Materia oscura - Pablo Patrucco (Galería Enlace)
Random quoteslunch at home / almuerzo en casaEager to fulfill properly my promise here I am again, writing in the most enthusiastic way that I can possibly conceive today. Iris Murdoch wrote once “Love...
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Fashion Beast # 2 - Alan Moore, McLaren & Percio
“You decided to trade being a coat hanger for a clothes hook?” is the question Doll, a courageous transvestite, must answer. After being fired, Doll wanders in the streets. There’s poverty in this...
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Reverso - Centro Colich (Barranco)
“Los colosos custodios de un rey ficticio”- Hugo SalazarHere is a question that has vexed me of late: what really constitutes an act of creation?I have -for a couple of years now- been acknowledged as...
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The Secret Service # 4 - Mark Millar & Dave Gibbons
Gary is good with guns, lethal in hand-to-hand combat and a fast driver. Nevertheless, he lacks the proper elegance and distinguished demeanor of a James Bond. In order to become a spy for the British...
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Hit-Girl # 3 - Mark Millar
One’s greatest desire is to be desired by the other, said Jacques Lacan once. And although Lacan wasn’t exclusively referring to 12 year-old girls, I think that phrase fits in here quite nicely. As...
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Madrox - Peter David & Pablo Raimondi
David Lloyd (covers / portadas)In the Marvel Universe there are thousands of fictional characters, most of them with quite reiterative powers (flight, super-strength, energy rays, etc.), and it...
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