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SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for "Uncanny X-Force" #18, in stores now. Rick Remender walks CBR's COMMENTARY TRACK through the finale of his "Dark Angel Saga" In his 1886 book "Beyond Good and Evil," Friedrich Nietzsche famously warned, "He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster." In the  Marvel Universe , that quote takes on a whole new meaning since many super villains have access to technology that can...Read Full Story

Diamond Comics  has released the full listing of publisher offerings for 2012's  Free Comic Book Day . In addition to the previously announced Gold Comic Books from Marvel, DC Comics, Image and others, the May 5th event's Silver Comic Books include BOOM! Studios' "Dune: Origins" #1, Dark Horse's "Buffy/The Guild" flip-book, 12 Gauge Comics' "Anti" #1 Preview and a Judge Dredd offering from Rebellion. For the complete listing of all forty-five titles and a gallery of cover images, read the...Read Full Story

Taking a look at last week's titles including Avengers #18, Journey Into Mystery #629, Justice League #2 and Space Warped #4 PLUS a sneak peek at Sea Lion Books upcoming Pariah #4 ! AVENGERS #18 ( Marvel ): In the wake of Fear Itself , Brian Michael Bendis will be introducing (yet again) a new roster for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. On the last page, Captain America asks, "Who will be an Avenger?" and it seems it will actually be next issue before we know, despite the misleading cover. New title...Read Full Story

Behind the Scenes: Avengers #18 : We have seen the process of Earth's Mightiest Heroes rebuilding following Fear Itself in recent issues of AVENGERS, but now take a look even further behind the curtain at artist Daniel Acuna's pencil and ink work on issue #18 as well as the cover to #19. After glimpsing Daniel's work, be sure you head out and pick up both these comics, on sale now, as the Avengers regroup, rebuild, and prepare for the return of Norman Osborn! AVENGERS #18...Read Full Story

Some people have complained that the entire Justice League wasn't teamed up in the first issue of this series. I've read a lot of these complaints on various message boards, and even reviews on websites that shall not be named weren't too favorable.  Some people have even gone so far as to suggest that this isn't even a "real" Justice League comic, and they cite previous incarnations of the team (such as Grant Morrison's run , and the original team in The Brave and the Bold #28 ) which had...Read Full Story