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		<title>Review: Oracles &#8211; Go Forth Onto Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From writer/artist Olivia Sullivan and Avery Hill Publishing comes Oracles, a journey into the wild spurred by grief, but guided by discovery. It&#8217;s a journey with a multitude of creatures and fauna to encounter, as well as ever-changing environments. Each new landscape brings fresh experiences, but also pulls the narrator back into memories of the past, both [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Advanced Review: FINAL BOSS #1 — Level One&#8230; Fight!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[final boss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Troy Peteri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyler Kirkham]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From fan-favorite creator and artist Tyler Kirkham (Witchblade, The Amazing Spider-Man, Deathstroke) comes his new, highly anticipated original series Final Boss, published by Image Comics. Joining Kirkham on art is David Miller (Malefic, Nightstalker), with colors by Ifansyah Noor, and letters by Troy Peteri. Described by Kirkham as “a culmination of everything [he] loved growing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Advance Review: DIE: LOADED #1 — Back in the Game</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clayton Cowles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kieron Gillen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Phonogram, Immortal X-Men), artist Stephanie Hans (Journey into Mystery, Angela: Queen of Hel, Secret Wars 1602), and letterer by Clayton Cowles (Daredevil, Star Wars, Moonstruck), and published by Image Comics, comes Die: Loaded, the continuation of Gillen and Hans&#8217; three time Hugo award-winner Die.  For those [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One — Imagination Takes Life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Dow Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maverick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The October Girl]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The October Girl by Matthew Dow Smith follows Autumn Ackerman, who, at 18 years old, has already become disillusioned with life. Her father left, and so to help pay the bills, she took a dead-end job at a coffee shop. With no possibility of college or a better future for herself, she reflects on how [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: THUNDERBOLTS* — Marvel Finds Its Focus</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-thunderbolts-marvel-finds-its-focus/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 14:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POPAXIOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marvel]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Marvel Cinematic Universe post-Avengers: Endgame has been a somewhat chaotic and divisive era among fans. Between real-life tragedies and scandals causing narrative shifts in the MCU&#8217;s larger plan, as well as complete fatigue from Marvel enthusiasts and more casual viewers, it seemed that Marvel had a lack of direction to address. Thunderbolts* gives hope [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: ROBOWOLF #1 — The 90s Are Back In Action</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 13:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RoboWolf]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From writer/artist Jake Smith (Godzilla: War for Humanity) comes RoboWolf, an action-packed, neon-colored nostalgia fest published by Dark Horse Comics. RoboWolf follows, you guessed it, RoboWolf, a robotic wolf who leads a gang of bank robbers in the city of Sunset Hills. This first issue opens up the story with literal guns blazing and an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE: BATTLE BEAST #1 — Hungry for Battle</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-invincible-universe-battle-beast-1-hungry-for-battle/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 07:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advance review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annalisa Leoni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battle Beast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invincible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Kirkman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rus Wooton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ryan ottley]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the Invincible Universe arrives Battle Beast #1, penned by Invincible co-creator and showrunner Robert Kirkman, with art by Ryan Ottley, colors by Annalisa Leoni, and letters by Rus Wooton. Battle Beast #1 follows the titular protagonist immediately after his victory over the New Guardians of the Globe and Invincible. This series follows his adventures [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AKANE-BANASHI — Shonen Jump&#8217;s Hidden Gem</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/akane-banashi-shonen-jumps-hidden-gem/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Oped]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akane-Banashi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[manga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shonen Jump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takamasa Moue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weekly Shonen Jump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuki Suenaga]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If one unfamiliar with manga, or even comics in general, were asked to describe them, it wouldn&#8217;t be surprising to hear them say the stories are to be action-forward, perhaps a thriller, or based entirely on fiction. As avid readers of the medium know, while this doesn&#8217;t encapsulate the whole identity of comics and manga, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: SHADOWPLAY: MIDNIGHT SCHOOL &#8211; A Scholastic Horror-scape</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-shadowplay-midnight-school-a-scholastic-horror-scape/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IDW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comic book horror]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Midnight School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Fonseca]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Sam Fonseca, creator of three-time HQMix Prize nominee Age of Rust and Best Webcomic winner Dynamite &#38; Laser Beam, comes his debut graphic novel: Shadowplay. Shadowplay&#8216;s first volume, Midnight School, follows an unnamed protagonist as he survives a nightmarish high school. The typical school worries are abundant, such as missing assignments, tardiness, and deep anxiety [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: THE HIVE #1 — Crime Is Abuzz</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-the-hive-1-crime-is-abuzz/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AJ Lieberman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iñaki Azpiazu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hive]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Image Comics, with a story by writer AJ Lieberman (Martian Manhunter, Batman: Gotham Knights, Harley Quinn), artist Mike Henderson (Dead Man Logan, Daredevil, Cable: Love &#38; Chrome), and colorist/letterer Iñaki Azpiazu (Eki, Cruel Kingdom, Proof) comes a highly anticipated neo-noir series, The Hive.  Set in the homeland of strange, confusing, and bizarre (a.k.a. my home [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: THE SEASONS #1 — A Colorful Darkness</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-the-seasons-1-a-colorful-darkness/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matheus Lopes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Azaceta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Remender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rus Wooton]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From writer Rick Remender and artist Paul Azaceta comes The Seasons, a surprisingly dark mystery about the Seasons sisters: Summer, Winter, Autumn, and Spring, and a deadly horror that seems to be striking major cities. With coloring by Matheus Lopes and letters by Rus Wooton, The Seasons #1 is visually striking and gripping from the first page. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: TIMING/ LUCK — Comics, Movies, and the World In-Between</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-timing-luck-comics-movies-and-the-world-in-between/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 13:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Duggan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[image]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gerry Duggan, widely known for X-Men, takes readers on a journey half a century in the making. Released by Image Comics and presented as a series of photo essays, Timing/Luck is a time capsule and visual narrative of Duggan&#8217;s life as he falls in love with comics, writing, and photography, and how the world around him [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: HYDE STREET #1 — One Really Wrong Turn</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-hyde-street-1-one-really-wrong-turn/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Image Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Miki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geoff johns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivan Reis]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From two of the DC legends behind Blackest Night, Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis present the highly anticipated horror series Hyde Street. Featuring inks by Danny Miki, colors by Brad Anderson, and letters by Rob Leigh, all of whom (along with Johns and Reis) are co-founders of the media company Ghost Machine, with Hyde Street being [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: MR. LOVENSTEIN PRESENTS FEELINGS</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-mr-lovenstein-presents-feelings/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.L. Westover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mr. Lovenstein]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the mind of iconic webcomic creator J.L. Westover, comes Mr. Lovenstein Presents Feelings, a compendium of over a hundred of his Mr. Lovenstein comics. Though not following any overarching plot, each comic is guided by the central theme of emotions and features a variety of zany characters as they each experience their feelings in their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Series Review: BLOW AWAY — A Murder Mystery In The Deep Snow</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/series-review-blow-away-a-murder-mystery-in-the-deep-snow/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Boom! Studios]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From writer/modern horror icon Zac Thompson (Come Into Me; Alien Romulus)and artist Nicola Izzo (Buffy: The Last Vampire Slayer, Firefly: Keep Flying) comes a chilling murder mystery entrenched in paranoia. With lettering done by DC Hopkins, and coloring by Francesco Segala and Gloria Martinelli, this five-issue mini-series follows a photographer deep in the frozen landscape [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Review: &#8216;PATRA #1 — A Slasher Is On The Loose</title>
		<link>https://monkeysfightingrobots.co/review-patra-1-a-slasher-is-on-the-loose/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Alen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Comic Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dark Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comic books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Robinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Campbell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Kolins]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Writer James Robinson, artist Scott Kolins, and letterer Jim Campbell come together and herald an early start to the horror season with &#8216;Patra #1 from Dark Horse Comics, the gory origin story of the titular young &#8216;Patra, a little girl trying to survive, the vicious killer desperately seeking her out, and a small community shaken to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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