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Tag Archives: Superheroes

Jingle All the Way

December 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  In this hilarious holiday comedy, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a frantic father trying to buy a Turbo Man action figure for his son on Christmas Eve – unaware that […]

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The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 3

December 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: After the detonation of FANDEMONIUM the gods-as-pop-stars of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE try living in the long dark shadow. Team WicDiv are joined by a stellar cast of […]

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Literature

The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 2

December 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The critically-lauded best-selling hyphen-abusing series of stardom, divinity, and death returns with a second volume that’s even grander than the first, because it contains six issues instead of five. […]

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Literature

The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 1

December 2, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critically thermonuclear floor-fillers Young Avengers and […]

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Literature

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 2

November 19, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The breakout character of 2015 continues her one-woman crusade against injustice and jerks! These TAILS of the Squirrel Girl will show you the Marvel Universe’s most powerful super hero […]

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Literature

Justice League of America

November 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An evil Weather Man intent on destroying New Metro City with a series of malevolent meteorological mishaps? Can the super-powered (and semi-employed) Justice League of America save the day? […]

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Literature, Television

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, vol. 1

November 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There’s one hero that’s beaten them all-and now she’s got her own ongoing series! (Not that she’s bragging.) That’s right, you asked for it, […]

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Literature

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

October 27, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Freddy Krueger returns to deliver a whole new breed of terror in his most fiendishly perverse frightfest yet! Unable to overpower the Dream Master who vanquished him in ‘A […]

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Film

Wonder Woman

September 30, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes […]

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Film, Literature

Über, vol. 4

July 23, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: With the realization that the Nazis have pulled far ahead of the Allies in development of Ubers, hope starts to fade and some greater gambles are taken in hopes […]

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Literature

Über, vol. 3

July 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The horrors of enhanced soldier war have taken a dire turn for the Allies.  Their attempts to develop a counter to the German Battleship Ubers have led to a […]

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Literature

Über, vol. 2

July 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Kieron Gillen redefined the alternate history comic by radically revitalizing the super soldier in the pages of Uber. This sweeping war epic shows all the grime, and fear, and […]

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Literature

Über, vol. 1

July 2, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: April 24, 1945. The world holds its collective breath as the war is only days away from ending. Russian troops move through Germany to the final objective…Hitler himself. As […]

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Literature

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