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On this episode , Dave Slusher reviews Brian Wood’s series The Massive from Dark Horse Comics. He discusses the series and how it differs from other current post-apoclyptic stories, how the small details really sell the world created and how it makes him feel to read it.

The Massive is written by Brian Wood and has had story arcs drawn by Kristian Donaldson, Garry Brown and Gary Erskine with colors by Jordie Bellaire.

Buy The Massive, Vol. 1: Black Pacific from Amazon.com.

The Massive

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On this episode, Dave has a spoiler-free review of the series Saga from Image Comics. He discusses what he finds compelling about the series, why he added it to his pull list in the first place and the one detraction he finds in the series.

The monthly comic is on hiatus, to return shortly. The first trade paperback collection, Saga Volume 1 TP is available for pre-order now and will be published on October 23, 2012.

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On this episode, host Dave Slusher has a spoiler-free discussion of the Hellraiser series from Boom Studios. He discusses the difference between what a story has in it versus what it is about. What he did not tell for time reasons was the story of the time he sat next to actor Doug Bradley (aka Pinhead) on a panel at Dragon*Con. Very brief summary: scary when acting, super nice guy in real life.

The first trade is now available from Amazon.com:  Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Vol. 1

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On this episode, Dave discusses (spoiler free) Love and Rockets: New Stories #4 . He includes a little about his history with the series and talks about how this work is career high work for Jaime, less so for Gilbert and yet he’s OK with that.

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On this episode of Pull Box Picks, host Dave Slusher talks about the first two issues of Sergio Aragones Funnies from Bongo Comics. He discusses how much fun he found it, some of the features he particularly enjoyed and a little about how he’s been a fan of Sergio’s from his Groo days and before.

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On this episode of Pull Box Picks, host Dave Slusher talks about his favorite current comic, Northlanders from Vertigo. He talks how issue #29, the single issue story “The Sea Road” sold him on the series, and notes some stories he has particularly enjoyed such as The Siege of Paris”. The battle he blanked on was the Battle of Stamford Bridge, discussed on the June 2, 2011 episode of In Our Time.

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On this episode, Dave discusses his over 2 years subscribed to DC Comics’ Jonah Hex. In particular, he discusses issues #66, #69 and #70.

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On this episode, host Dave Slusher introduces himself and this new show to the Reader Feed and discusses Elric: The Balance Lost issues #1 and #2.