Brand New Feature: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #1 (Dark Horse Comics)

by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, Becky Cloonan

No longer needing to hide from his claim to fame, Gerard Way has combined his music career and his love of comics into this new story, The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, from Dark Horse Comics. Originally doing his best to separate the two so as to let his first work, The Umbrella Academy, rest on its own merits, Way is now presenting a story that is also the basis for My Chemical Romance's final album, Danger Days. The story is dense, and like Brian K. Vaughan's Saga, it drops readers in this new world, filled with a lot of unfamiliar elements and language. Ultimately, this first issue is pretty well handled and the art is incredibly lively.

Episode 67: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

This week, the Ancillary Characters (minus Seth) delve back into the world of comics, with a small foray into other areas of multimedia! We talk E3 news, the new Hobbit trailer, and comics, of course! The boys review the Wake #1, New Avengers #6, East of West #3, Daredevil: End of Days and more!

And to cap things off, we review TMNT: Change is Constant (plus issue 5, just for kicks)! Come join us as we take a journey through all things Turtles. ANd yes, there is lots of blubbering...

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Episode 66: Comic News Network

The Ancillary Characters are back with more on what you love: comics. Seth is off on sebatical, and in the meantime the boys will play. Join us as Paul, Allen, and Ethan talk DC(squared), the alleged Fables and Archie movie adaptations, as DC's first Post-New-52 major crossover event, "Forever Evil."

The guys deliver reviews on many hot titles: Locke and Key: Omega #5, X-Men#1, JLA #4, Age of Ultron #9, Astro City #1, and Green Lantern #21!

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Brand New Feature: X-Men #1 (Marvel Comics)

by Brian Wood, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales, Laura Martin

A new X-Men number one issue. Written by Brian Wood. All female team. There were several new books out this week all in incredibly capable hands, but this new series from Wood and Coipel was not to be pushed aside for any other. Should the title be something else as there are no actual "men" on the team? Do we need another X-title? There are as many detractions from this book as there are highlights and maybe that's what makes it so exciting to open up.

Brian Wood has a very cold, factual writing style. It seems similar to Jonathan Hickman's plot-first writing style. The book opens with two separate events transpiring in overlaying panels. At the same time, Wood scripts a narration that describes an event that is both on a genetically microscopic level as well as a cosmic level at the same time. It is an excellent opening that sets the tone for a grand story. We are then slowly introduced to the main cast of characters through a strange situation unfolding.

Episode 65: Green Lantern by Geoff Johns

"In brightest day, in blackest night..." 

The title says it all, ladies and gentlemen. Join us this week as Allen, Ethan, Paul and Seth dig into Geoff Johns historic run on Green Lantern. 

But first the news! Talk of a new Superman animated movie from Bruce Timm & Zac Effron... I mean Snyder. Rumors of a possible Namor series penned by James Robinson! And Seth randomly reviews Fast & Furious 6!

Then the fellas review, discuss, disect, and heap adoration on Geoff Johns' nigh-on-a-decade Green Lantern run. They give us a rundown of what they love, what they like, and what they think may have changed the course of history.

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Brand New Feature: The Bounce #1 (Image Comics)

by Joe Casey and David Messina

Sometimes all it takes is a creative team, a great cover and you have eager readers excited for your first issue. The Bounce comes from a pretty strong creative team and what is apparent in the first issue is that they have big plans for this story. The world set up and the different elements teased in the opening issue all point to great potential. The Bounce #1, however, may have more ideas than it can handle, resulting in a strange opening chapter.