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Published: Nov. 19, 2008, 7:32 a.m.

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The azure bug is out of a home!\\xa0 And so\\u2019s the giant squid!\\xa0 And so\\u2019s the Rat-man!\\xa0 For a change of pace, Batman fights the Joker\\u2026\\xa0 Kirk gets his ride pimped\\u2026\\xa0 Constantine gets his groove back\\u2026\\xa0 And Rodrigo ends up sword-fighting his way past the palace guard and riding out of town in style, only to end up huddling in an inn while a reality storm passes overhead.\\xa0

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NEWS\\n
The Squid is Out of Watchmen Movie\\n
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Brett Ratner on Hold for Conan\\n
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New Enterprise\\n
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DC Cancels Blue Beetle\\n
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REVIEWS\\n
\\nRodrigo:\\n
\\nGears of War #2\\n
\\nWritten by Joshua Ortega; Art by Liam Sharp; Cover by Brandon Badeaux\\n
Jace Stratton and Delta Squad find themselves neck-deep in Locust after an ambush! Facing overwhelming numbers and the threat of Boomers, will the team be able to fight its way back to Jacinto in one piece? And what does the reemergence of Locust in force mean for the success of the Lightmass Bombing some months back?

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Matthew:\\n
\\nHellblazer #248\\n
Written by Andy Diggle; Art by Leonardo Manco; Cover by Lee Bermejo\\n
"The Roots of Coincidence" (Part 2 of 3). To discover who has been manipulating events around him, John Constantine must first understand his own relationship to the web of synchronicity that binds his life. To do so, he will tap into a source of terrifying and blasphemous power and what it reveals will change his life forever.

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Stephen: \\n
\\nBatman Confidential #23\\n
Written by Andrew Kreisberg; Art by Scott McDaniel and Andy Owens; Cover by Stephane Roux\\n
The Joker continues leaving his psycho mark on Gotham City in Part 2 of this 4-part arc as Batman struggles with what the appearance of a villain like The Joker must say about The Dark Knight\'s own affect on the city! Is Batman stopping crime or just inspiring deadlier, more insane evils?

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MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK\\n
As the big opening day approaches, we\\u2019ll have a face off between each of the Watchmen characters and their Charlton originals. This week we\\u2019re putting Dan Dreibert/Nite Owl in the ring with his counterpart Ted Kord/Blue Beetle.

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Who will win? Who will lose?\\n
A) Ted Kord/Blue Beetle\\n
B) Dan Dreibert/Night Owl\\n
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Trade Paperback \\n
\\nSalt Water Taffy, Volume 2: A Climb Up Mt. Barnabus\\n
Matthew Loux\\n
The second installment in the ongoing graphic novel series! Eleven-year-old Jack Putnam and his eight-year-old brother Benny have been dragged against their will on a summer-long vacation with their family. It may not where they wanted to go (like Disney World), but the little port town of Chowder Bay is about as far from an ordinary tourist trap!

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Warring seagulls! Giant lobsters! Kleptomaniac Eagles! Ghosts from the Civil War! Who needs a talking mouse when a whole world of adventure is waiting right outside the front door?

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