Thunderbolts #25

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'I came into “Thunderbolts” thinking it would be more of a balls-to-the-wall action book, and if you look at the first two issue I wrote, which are Nos. 12 and 13, both one-shots, it’s more like that. But with issue No. 14, which was where an artist named Jefte Palo came on board, he had a much more cartoony tone — not in a bad way, it’s just much more figurative than literal — and it seemed like I could do all these sight gags and things like that with it. . . It was the work on that first [arc] that gave me the tone that was the right way to go with “Thunderbolts.”' -- Charles Soule

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A glimpse of Multiversity

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A while back, DC's "Channel 52" feature that runs in the backs of their books ran this teaser for Grant Morrison's upcoming Multiversity event.

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I'm not gon give up I'm not gon stop I'm gon work harder

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Revival is one of two great new series* that I've started reading in the last year. When it was announced I avoided it because... zombies, but I heard enough good things to give it a go. I'm only a trade reader though, so I'm an issue or two behind (which is a shame because the cover to #20 looks majestic. They recently did a one-shot crossing over with Chew and while there are some spoilers for Chew, you don't need to know too much about either series to enjoy the issue properly.

It's a deeply unsettling book. I'm not kidding when I say that a hopper full of teeth wasn't close to being the worst thing that I read in the 3rd trade (and I'm massively grateful that I read it outside, on a sunny day)
If you are thinking about getting on the Revival train, or are a Chew reader who wants to know the ackground of Revival, here's a handy catch up guide from the third trade, or issue #12. I might do a post on the covers later, as Jenny Frisson's work is excellent

( Where's the baby? Blue cheeks, icicle tears )

It's brilliant. And the horror of that last page is nowhere near as bad as other parts of the book. Don't read it last thing at night.
*The other is the Eisner nominated High Crimes. It's excellent

Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #2

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