Featured Graphic Novel Reviews

Marvel Monsters HC
Review by Barry Harter (April 29, 2008)
GNA contributor Barry Harter takes a look at Marvel's monstrous roots with a review of the nostalgic and homage-filled hardcover collection, Marvel Monsters.

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns TPB
Review by Barry Harter (April 14, 2008)
GNA contributor Barry Harter returns with a review of one of history's quintessential graphic novel experiences, Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

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Howard The Duck (2002) TPB
Review by Barry Harter (March 13, 2008)
GNA contributor Barry Harter remembers the late Steve Gerber with a review of his final Howard the Duck series, collected in trade.

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Growing Old With B.C.: A 50 Year Celebration TPB
Review by Barry Harter (October 07, 2007)
The GNA's resident critic, Barry Harter, delivers his opinion of Johnny Hart's growingold with B.C., a collection of comics - mixed with history and trivia related to the landmark strip - complied by the late Hart and his family.

Read the full Growing Old With B.C.: A 50 Year Celebration TPB review.

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Star Wars: A Long Time Agoﾅ Volume 2: Dark Encounters TPB
Review by Barry Harter (August 31, 2007)
These 18 stories show a maturation of our heroes - from the lusty antics of Senator Greyshade pressuring Leia to let down her cinnamon buns, to machine rage against machine between Vader and Valance, to a flashback of Obi Wan's "kinder, more gentle time." Each issue focuses on characterization and adventure in equal portions.

Read the full Star Wars: A Long Time Agoﾅ Volume 2: Dark Encounters TPB review.

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Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Volume 1 HC (Variant 2nd Edition)
Review by Barry Harter (April 05, 2007)
Here were four super heroes who didn't hide behind masks or flashy costumes, but rather walked among the mortals and lived as a family. They had troubles, albeit more cosmic in nature, squabbled with each other and pitied themselves, and that made them all the more human to us.

Read the full Marvel Masterworks: Fantastic Four Volume 1 HC (Variant 2nd Edition) review.

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Star Wars: A Long Time Agoﾅ Volume 1: Doomworld TPB
Review by Barry Harter (February 28, 2007)
Before "A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away..." usurped "Once upon a time," Marvel Comics brought its own brand of swashbuckling sci-fi adventure to the Star Wars universe on a monthly basis.

Read the full Star Wars: A Long Time Agoﾅ Volume 1: Doomworld TPB review.

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Mad About The Seventies Volume 1
Review by Barry Harter (January 06, 2007)
Mad About the Seventies is a loving look back at a decade that began in turmoil and ended in excess. Each era, 1970 to 1973, 1974 to 1976 and 1977 to 1979, is explained with a forward featuring reproductions of covers and background on the stories and times.

Read the full Mad About The Seventies Volume 1 review.

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Spider-Man: Clone Genesis
Review by Barry Harter (December 20, 2006)
As trades go, if youﾒre a Spidey fan and donﾒt already have the originals or this sitting on your shelves, shame on you. If youﾒre new to the fold or even a casual Spider-title reader, this is one to own.

Read the full Spider-Man: Clone Genesis review.

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Marvel Zombies HC
Review by Barry Harter (December 19, 2006)
With an inspired piece of work that pushed the envelope at Marvel, Robert Kirkman created the five-issue Marvel Zombies which has recently, and justly, been collected in hardcover.

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