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357 reviews

Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 1: The Strangest Super-Heroes of All by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I used to love X-men when I was younger and now that I got some money ima read from where they started. I thought it was pretty good, but if you don’t like silver age comics you def won’t like this.
Black Science Compendium: The Complete Story by Rick Remender

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Could not put it down. The idea of dimensions usually doesn’t interest me, in fact I usually hate it, but this did it incredibly well. I also liked the basis in radical politics. One of the best comics I’ve ever read.
I Breathed a Body by Zac Thompson, Mike Marts

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I like the anti-moralist take on it. Nothing is good or bad, everything has good or bad qualities and the most difficult part is trying to weigh them against each other.  
American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction by David A. Gerber

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informative medium-paced

1.25

It has some good information but—what makes no sense to me—Gerber chose a relatively colorblind route, completely ignoring the massive effect race has on both immigration and assimilation. The book is surprisingly pro-am and doesn’t shy away from praising assimilation and putting forth a linear model of moral and material progression in America (which is a false history).
Marvels: The Remastered Edition by Kurt Busiek

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely beautiful artwork with a good story focusing on a “normal” person’s experience rather than that of a superhero’s. Definitely worth a read if you’re interested in the genre.
Hulk: Grand Design by Jim Rugg

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adventurous funny informative fast-paced

3.0

Gives good background but not the most exciting thing.
Ethics by Baruch Spinoza

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challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

An unbelievably important and simultaneously impregnable work. God is nature and nature is eternal.
Physical Geography and Natural Disasters by R. Adam Dastrup

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 58%.
I switched out of the class, couldn't finish it.
The Halo Graphic Novel by Tsutomu Nihei, Simon Bisley, Mœbius, Ed Lee, Lee Hammock, Brett Lewis, Jay Faerber

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

I used to be a big Halo fan when I was younger, now I’ve switched to other stuff like Warhammer 40k, mostly because there’s a lot more of it out there, but I picked this up for like 5 dollars after I saw that Tsotumi Nihei, the author of Blame! (one of my favorite mangas), wrote one of the stories in here, and woah! I liked the other stuff in here, especially the one by Moebius, but Tsutomu Nihei’ dart is crazy beautiful and horrifying. Definitely worth checking out if you interested in Nihei’s work or if you down with Halo. The only thing I’m disappointed with is that there’s not a lettering artist on some of the stories and just rely on the Halo font, which is fine, but I never realized how much character lettering brings to a book.
The Marvels Project by Ed Brubaker

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

It’s okay, I agree with the other reviews. It’s pretty in many cases but the background characters are forgettable, I genuinely can’t revenge a single non-man character and I just finished reading it, and it’s short. But, I did still enjoy it.