Corey's Comic Corner Week #4: Review of “Tales of The Human Target #1”, “Army of Darkness vs Re-animator #1”, “Midnight Suns #1” and “Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #1”

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Corey's Comic Corner Week #4: Review of “Tales of The Human Target #1”, “Army of Darkness vs Re-animator #1”, “Midnight Suns #1” and “Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #1”

So many new and exciting comics have been dropping every week. It’s such a great time to be a comic book fan. Remember, all these books and many many more can be purchased or ordered at POP ROC. With Fall and Winter around the corner there is no better time than now to pick up some reading material before our long hibernation begins.

This week I reviewed “Tales of The Human Target #1”, “Army of Darkness vs Re-animator #1”, “Midnight Suns #1” and “Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #1”.

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Corey's Comic Corner Week #3: Review of "The All-New, All-Different Savage Avengers #1, Demon Wars: The Iron Samurai #1, Transformers: King Grimlock #1, GAMBIT #1

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Corey's Comic Corner Week #3: Review of "The All-New, All-Different Savage Avengers #1, Demon Wars: The Iron Samurai #1, Transformers: King Grimlock #1, GAMBIT #1

It’s time for another edition of Corey’s Comic Corner!

Yes, Fall is in the air. As we Head deeper into Fall and closer to my favorite month of the year, October. I will be weaving some horror and Halloween related goodness into the blog. I have some fun top 10 lists, etc. that you won’t want to miss and I know Jason (Hilton not Vorhees) and the team will be whipping up a scary good time in the store as well so do pop in! It would be ghoulish not too! See what I did there? Ok. I’m jumping the gun. More on that soon!

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Corey’s Comic Corner Week #2: Review of “The New Fantastic Four”, “Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Moon Girl”, “Amazing Fantasy #1000”, and “POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED: THE DEATH RANGER #1”.

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Corey’s Comic Corner Week #2: Review of “The New Fantastic Four”, “Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Moon Girl”, “Amazing Fantasy #1000”, and “POWER RANGERS UNLIMITED: THE DEATH RANGER #1”.

It’s time for another edition of Corey’s Comic Corner!

I’m just sitting down to write this blog and had to decide between Monday Night Football and The Emmys for a little background noise. I settled on The Emmys which I think really says a lot about me. haha. Yea, sometimes I surprise even myself. Wait until Oscar season!

This week I had the chance to read a bunch of new books, including a preview of the new Image comic Vanish by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman which comes out on September 21st! More on that later. Here are some thoughts that stuck out to me on a few of these books.

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Corey's Comic Corner: Review of "Avengers 1,000,000 BC.", "Frank Miller Presents", "Frontiersman Vol 1. ", and "ANTIOCH"

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Corey's Comic Corner: Review of "Avengers 1,000,000 BC.", "Frank Miller Presents", "Frontiersman Vol 1. ", and "ANTIOCH"

Welcome to Corey’s Comic Corner! A blog about everything comics brought to you by the good folks here at POP ROC!

Are you interested in comic reviews? Bad idea? Marvel? DC? Indies? Do you like to keep up with what’s new and popular? Do you day dream about what is the next big book to speculate on? If you answered yes to any of these questions you have come to the right place! I will be surfing the inter-web weekly to bring you the latest news and spec and then let you know when you can pick it up right here at POP ROC! We might even post about comic related figures, movies and basically anything and everything else comic related. Who knows??!! Oh, and feel free to drop us a comment or ask a question. We’d love to hear from you!

This week I had a chance to read a few great books. All of which are available now and/or can be ordered in the store!

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ORIGINS - Where did Superman, Spider-Man and Deku come from?

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ORIGINS - Where did Superman, Spider-Man and Deku come from?

What is a hero? Myths and legends that date back hundreds of years telling epic stories of beings larger than life and display noble qualities like courage, selflessness, and responsibility. Those who put their life on the line to help those in need and inspire hope within the hopeless. Our modern heroes are no different.

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Review of "THE HUMAN TARGET", "The X-CELLENT ", "STRAY DOGS", and "Star Wars: Be More Boba Fett"

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Review of "THE HUMAN TARGET", "The X-CELLENT ", "STRAY DOGS", and "Star Wars: Be More Boba Fett"

This week, I, Jason, grabbed a couple of different books to get us started! I’m reviewing:

  • THE HUMAN TARGET by Tom King & Greg Smallwood on DC Black Label

  • STRAY DOGS: Dog Days by Tony Fleecs & Trish Forstner on Image Comics

  • THE X-CELLENT by Peter Milligan & Artist Michael Allred on Marvel Comics

  • Star Wars: Be More Boba Fett by Joseph Jay Franco

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