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Back Issue Comic Reviews from the Cosmic Longbox return (with a new comic review too)!

The new X-Men event, Sins of Sinster, hit the stands this week, so the Cosmic Longbox has the Nerds discussing back issue comics featuring Mister Sinister! What makes this guy so damn sinister? Also, they get bogged down in the clone-and-time-travel swamp that is Cable’s origin. What a MESS! As usual, the THN boys will be using their “Buy It,” “Skim It,” or “Leave It” rating system, which barely makes sense when discussing a character’s past but what else would you expect from these two?

Back Issue Reviews: 

 

 

Matt: Sins of Sinister #1 Marvel, 2023, $5.99 Written by: Kieron Gillen Art by: Lucas Werneck It's the end of the world as we know it, and at least Sinister feels fine. For now. Can that last? Especially when we discover that he really is his own worst enemy... The universe-melting X-event begins here, in a horror timeline that makes Age of Apocalypse look like the X-Men Swimsuit Special. Join Kieron Gillen (IMMORTAL X-MEN, AXE: JUDGMENT DAY) as he kicks off the X-Men crossover Sinister has been planning since the beginning…and is going to have to see through to the bitter end.

Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #239, Marvel Comics,1988

Cable vol 1 #6, Marvel Comics, 1993

Weapon X vol 2 #14, Marvel Comics, 2003

Sins of Sinister #1, Marvel Comics, 2023

 

 

 

Must Read Picks for Next Week!

Matt’s Pick:

Blood Tree #1 Image, $3.99 Written by Peter J. Tomasi Art by Maxim Simic Solict/Setup: SERIES PREMIERE Two obsessed NYPD detectives hunt for a vicious butcher called the Angel Killer, a sociopath who preys on the innocent family members of known murderers in order to 'purify' the rest of society. From comics super team PETER J. TOMASI (Batman and Robin, Superman, Black Adam: The Dark Age, Super-Sons, Detective Comics) and MAXIM ŠIMI? (Escape from New York, Conan) comes a story that confronts the battle of nature versus nurture, considers how present and future generations are tainted by past generations and asks the age-old question: Who must pay for the sins of the fathers-and perhaps even the sins of the mothers?

Blood Tree #1
Image, $3.99
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Maxim Simic

Solict: SERIES PREMIERE Two obsessed NYPD detectives hunt for a vicious butcher called the Angel Killer, a sociopath who preys on the innocent family members of known murderers in order to ‘purify’ the rest of society. From comics super team PETER J. TOMASI (Batman and Robin, Superman, Black Adam: The Dark Age, Super-Sons, Detective Comics) and MAXIM SIMIC (Escape from New York, Conan) comes a story that confronts the battle of nature versus nurture, considers how present and future generations are tainted by past generations and asks the age-old question: Who must pay for the sins of the fathers-and perhaps even the sins of the mothers?

Joe’s Pick: 

Almighty #1 Image Comics, $3.99 Written and drawn by Edward Laroche Solict: MINISERIES PREMIERE! THE WARNING writer/artist EDWARD LAROCHE returns to comics with a five-issue epic! Max Max: Fury Road-style action combines with the mutated horror of Annihilation in this original sci-fi/fantasy epic for mature readers. The year is 2098 in a Third World America ravaged by economic collapse, anarcho-warfare, and a mysterious environmental disaster contained behind a massive wall. A girl has been abducted, and a killer has been hired to find her and bring her home. The adventure begins in a spectacular DOUBLE-LENGTH FIRST ISSUE, with thirty-eight pages of story and no ads for the regular price of just $3.99!

Almighty #1
Image Comics, $3.99
Written and drawn by Edward Laroche


Solict: MINISERIES PREMIERE! THE WARNING writer/artist EDWARD LAROCHE returns to comics with a five-issue epic! Max Max: Fury Road-style action combines with the mutated horror of Annihilation in this original sci-fi/fantasy epic for mature readers. The year is 2098 in a Third World America ravaged by economic collapse, anarcho-warfare, and a mysterious environmental disaster contained behind a massive wall. A girl has been abducted, and a killer has been hired to find her and bring her home. The adventure begins in a spectacular DOUBLE-LENGTH FIRST ISSUE, with thirty-eight pages of story and no ads for the regular price of just $3.99!

Trade/Graphic Novel Pick:

Silver Surfer Epic Collection the Return of Thanos TPB Marvel Comics, $44.99 Written by Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, and Various Art by Ron Lim and Various Solict/Setup: Kree-Skrull War II! The Silver Surfer has been manipulated into joining the conflict between the Kree and the Skrulls, and now his homeworld of Zenn-La has become a target! What sacrifice must Norrin Radd make to protect his people? As the war becomes ever more complex, Shalla-Bal learns that one side has a traitor in its midst! Both empires are being manipulated by outside forces, but can the Surfer discover the truth before the bloodshed gets any worse? Then, to correct what she sees as "the great imbalance," Death has resurrected Thanos of Titan - and he means to kill half of all living beings in the universe! Can the Surfer dissuade Thanos from this grim task, or will Drax the Destroyer and the Impossible Man get in the way? Collecting SILVER SURFER (1987) #24-38 and SILVER SURFER: THE ENSLAVERS.

Silver Surfer Epic Collection the Return of Thanos TPB
Marvel Comics, $44.99
Written by Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, and Various
Art by Ron Lim and Various

Solict: Kree-Skrull War II! The Silver Surfer has been manipulated into joining the conflict between the Kree and the Skrulls, and now his homeworld of Zenn-La has become a target! What sacrifice must Norrin Radd make to protect his people? As the war becomes ever more complex, Shalla-Bal learns that one side has a traitor in its midst! Both empires are being manipulated by outside forces, but can the Surfer discover the truth before the bloodshed gets any worse? Then, to correct what she sees as “the great imbalance,” Death has resurrected Thanos of Titan – and he means to kill half of all living beings in the universe! Can the Surfer dissuade Thanos from this grim task, or will Drax the Destroyer and the Impossible Man get in the way? Collecting SILVER SURFER (1987) #24-38 and SILVER SURFER: THE ENSLAVERS.

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#694: Back Issue Comic Reviews - The Cosmic Longbox Explores the Many Sins of Mister Sinister!