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Mike's Library Hot Picks: Daredevil: The Man Without Fear & Batman: TDKR

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“You wake up late for Podcast, you don't wanna go.
You ask Bones, "Please?" but he still says, "No!"
You missed two deadlines, and no homework
But Bumchin preaches X-men like you're some kind of jerk!
You gotta fight, for your right, to Side kick”

Welcome back to another edition of your weekly guide to what’s hot in your local library. It seems our beloved leaders are still at each others throats, and Bones shows no signs of admitting he’s wrong (Go Team Daredevil).

I’ve decided to make this weeks as fair as possible, and so have decided to review a book from each camp. To make things even more equal both books are written by the same man, the legendary Frank Miller.

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Mike's Library Hot Picks: Civil War

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When Sidekicks go to war, a Bumchin is all that you can score (Score no more, score no more)
When Sidekicks go to war, a Bumchin is all that you can score (Workin' for the bad guys)

Well in honour of our current predicament with our beloved leaders getting their measuring sticks out I decided that this would be a suitable time to review some Marvel books.

Hmmm, what could I possibly review that could be of interest, oh yeah Civil War, or at least the books that the library has in stock.

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Mike's Library Hot Picks: The List

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I am Michael, prince of Eternia and defender of the secrets of Castle Sidekick. This is Gavin, my fearless friend. Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft a comic book and said, “By the power of Sidekick! I have the power! “
Gavin became the mighty Bones, and I became Bum-Chin, the most powerful man in the universe!

[Ed- Hang on Mike, this makes me Battle Cat or even worse Cringer, you ride me?!]


Well that’s that done, on with the review. This week is a look back at a darker time for the Marvel universe; it’s a book set bang smack in the middle of Dark Reign. Once again it features a number of stories so I will be focusing on them each listing the writers and artists and giving information of what to pick up after each story and how we got to where the story starts.

The Book is “The List” it was published originally in 2009 and was collected in a nice book that has some great stories in it. When these stories originally came out I only picked up the Uncanny X-men version as it became clear that it was essentially a jumping on point book for other titles. The list is something that Norman “Green Goblin” Osborn creates to make life easier for him and contains the following things to do:

Neutralize Clint Barton (Hawkeye)
Eliminate Daredevil
Kill Namor
Kill Frank Castle (The Punisher)
Kill Nick Fury
Neutralize Bruce Banner (The Hulk)
Control The World
Kill Spiderman

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Mike's Library Hot Picks: Victorian Undead & Justice

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Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes Vs Zombies


Welcome watchers of illusion, to the castle of confusion, stay with us now for this is the time of adventure, I Tregar offer this challenge, beyond that portal lies the dungeon of deceit…..so enter, Stranger, don the helmet of justice
…..sorry that’s the beginning to Knightmare not my reviews. Right what am I recommending this week, well, I have three books although two are parts one and two of the same story.

First up is a great book from Wildstorm comics, written by Ian Edgington (Wolverine: Knights of Terra, Torchwood Rift War). The book is illustrated by Davide Fabbri (Starship Troopers, Star Wars) and supported by Tom Mandrake (Great name) (New Mutants 1st series, The Spectre). The book in question is entitled “Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes Vs Zombies”.

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Mike's Library Hot Picks: The Punisher: Eternal War & Punisher MAX: In the Beginning

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Welcome to a world of blood and violence, this week’s reviews and info sheet are all about the man who has been cleaning up the Marvel universe for over 30 years, yup this week we are looking at Francis Castiglione otherwise known as Frank Castle: The Punisher.

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Mike's Library Hot Picks: Gen 13: World's End

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Gen 13 #1 with added melting clothes

Hullo there, well this week is another Trade review with a backstory on the characters and their publishing history, this time from Image comics under the Wildstorm banner comes Gen 13: World's End, this book is written by Scott Beatty (Joker: last Laugh, Robin Year one) and illustrated by Mike Huddleston (Harley Quinn, Captain America Red White and Blue).

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