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Avengers is a worldwide phenomenon, but even here in Cedar Rapids the Wynnsong 12 and Wehrenberg theaters have sold out countless showings of the film. Cedar Rapids film fans come out of the theaters with a new love for...

One issue at a time: Lobo returns in ‘52’ Week 17

52 is almost certainly the closest thing that DC Comics has to a modern classic. To celebrate this, the Superhero Examiner will look at this series day by day, one issue at a time.Natasha Irons and Lex Luthor&rsquo...

Aric returns in the Valiant revival, but readers still await 'X-O Manowar'

Modern comic fans are well known not to be the teenagers and children of the past. Instead the average comic fan ranges from his late twenties to their early forties. It should be of no surprise then that these...

Heroes of one world fight to save another in 'Worlds' Finest'

The DC New 52 has been a huge success over the past 8 months. The sales numbers have seen huge gains, both nationwide and in the Cedar Rapids area. Six new titles are now available to expand and strengthen the...

DC's New 52 expands on to 'Earth 2'

The DC New 52 has been a huge success over the past 8 months. The sales numbers have seen huge gains, both nationwide and in the Cedar Rapids area. Six new titles are now available to expand and strengthen the...

Iowan author takes on 'Guarding the Globe'

Over the last several years, Robert Kirkman has created a small empire of creator owned and creator-friendly titles through Image Comics. Now through his Skybound imprint, he seeks to expand the empire he has built off Invincible and...

Great kids comics at Cedar Rapids library

The Cedar Rapids Metro Library Network has proven time and time again to be a great source of classic graphic novels and comic material, but one area this Examiner hasn’t focused on is some of the great children...

Mercy Thompson moves from prose to comics in Moon Called Volume 1

Mercy Thompson proved a massive success as a new urban fantasy character. When the Dabel Brothers and Dynamite set out to create a second wave of prose to comic characters, she seemed like an ideal character to follow Laurel K...

Saga is a sellout for good reason

Many comic industry commentators seem surprised by the massive sellouts of the new Image title Saga. Drawn by industry up-and-comer Fiona Staples and written by Y: The Last Man’s Brian K. Vaughan, the comic has promised...

One issue at a time: The ongoing tales begin to fall in to place in 52 Week 4

For an overview of this column, go here.While Renee continues her stakeout for the Question, something far bigger is happening in space. Aboard a space shuttle (one strange similar to an old G.I. Joe toy), Halo and...

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Love the Avengers? Read these next

One issue at a time: Lobo returns in ‘52’ Week 17

Aric returns in the Valiant revival, but readers still await 'X-O Manowar'

Heroes of one world fight to save another in 'Worlds' Finest'

DC's New 52 expands on to 'Earth 2'

Iowan author takes on 'Guarding the Globe'

Great kids comics at Cedar Rapids library

Mercy Thompson moves from prose to comics in Moon Called Volume 1

Saga is a sellout for good reason

One issue at a time: The ongoing tales begin to fall in to place in 52 Week 4

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