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Flawed Justice Author: Mark Waid Illustrators: Paolo Rivera, Emma Rios, Kano Kano, Khoi Pham Fighting the forces of darkness has never been so raw, and so gut wrenchingly personal for blind lawyer and not-so-secret superhero Matt Murdoch – aka Daredevil. Beginning with a well meant fieldtrip for Cresskill School for the Blind that turns into a Christmas nightmare and ending in the subterranean, corpse filled world of the Mole Man, Daredevil Volume 2 is a tale of personal retribution and a shattering realization that justice frequently does not prevail. Meanwhile, the hidden piece of Fantastic 4 power Daredevil hides is causing the [...]

“It only hurts at first… After a while, you can’t feel anything.” Author: Jennifer Egan At first glance, the Jennifer Egan of Manhattan Beach does not appear to be the Jennifer Egan of A Visit from the Goon Squad. Her last (and breakthrough) novel was published in 2011. You might recall that it’s an irreverent, slightly futuristic story about punk music, shoplifting and celebrity, featuring footnotes and even a PowerPoint presentation. Manhattan Beach feels like it was written on a different planet. There are no footnotes or PowerPoints. Instead of the wail of electric guitars, we hear the lapping of [...]

Horror in the Sunshine: Can You Really Start Over? Author: Mariko Koike Teppei (husband) and Misao (wife) are a seemingly happy couple, married with a lovely daughter and new home owners at the Central Plaza Mansion; the grimness of their past, shared history and the perhaps literal ghost of Teppei's previous wife seem far away on the beautiful spring day when they move into their new condo. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and this is a new start. There is just one sour note in this symphony of glorious moving on: their half price all mod-con new [...]