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Pick Your Pickle and Prepare for Puns: Pickleball's Board Game Just Launched. A fast, fun, irreverent board game that celebrates the joy of Pickleball. Fans of silly puns, pickles, and fast-paced games alike have a new game to add to their list of must-haves: HotShot Pickleball. This delightful card-drawing board game is quick to learn and gives a surprising amount of opportunity to lightly strategize as you race to the ball and attempt to hit it back over the net to your opponent. The debut release from indie studio Midnight Trading Co., HotShot Pickleball was made while game designer Robert Gelb was recovering from an Achilles injury sustained, ironically, by playing Pickleball. For those who haven’t heard of pickleball, it's the fastest-growing sport in the world, with over 32 million players last year. HotShot Pickleball is a lively, family-friendly game that combines the fun of the sport with a cast of quirky, pickle-themed characters like Stew Cumber, Kim Chee, and Corni...
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Quick Reviews: Marvel's Scarlet Spider, Secret Avengers, Ultimates & Venom

Secret Avengers #35 CoverScarlet Spider #12.1 CoverUltimates #19 Cover

I'm still trying to catch up on reading as you can tell I'm about 5 months behind, and it has become clear that writing full reviews while I do that is a little tough. I did the math and I would have to read and review 10 comics a day and that would allow me to catch up in about 3 months. So to speed things up I will be posting a few "Quick Reviews". What that means is instead of a my normal review where I rate each area and give my opinion, I will pretty much just be ranking the comic. If you have any questions about my rating or want to discuss anything just leave me a comment.

See the Review Rating Overview page for more information on how I rate each comic

Scarlet Spider #12.1 - The Mark


Kaine's investigation brings him face to face with the Hand and Bruiser!

 What does Kingpin want with Houston?

 Chris Yost and Paulo Siqueira (The Amazing Spider-Man) will bring you the answers as a brand new year of Scarlet action awaits!

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Rating


Cover & Solicit 4/5

Art, Colors & Inking 4/5

Layout & Flow 4/5

Story 4/5

Verdict 4


Secret Avengers #35 - Tomorrow Will Rise


Contagious Robotic Evolution is go and the remaining Secret Avengers are the only ones left! But how do you stop a plague that has already begun to spread?

 Torch, Venom and Valkyrie infiltrate the rebel robot base In The Core, but are Lord UltraVision and Monarch Machine Man friend or foe?

 Torch must choose between mankind and the perfect future Father will create for all automatons.

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Rating


Cover & Solicit 4/5

Art, Colors & Inking 3/5

Layout & Flow 4/5

Story 4/5

Verdict 3.7


Ultimate Comics Ultimates #19 - Reconstruction, Part 1 of 6: Any Given Sunday


After United We Stand, AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION begins!

 Can the United States ever be truly reunited?

 President Cap comes face to face with a painful reality!

 The debut of the IRON PATRIOT!

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Rating


Cover & Solicit 4/5

Art, Colors & Inking 4/5

Layout & Flow 4/5

Story 4/5

Verdict 4


Venom #28 - The Land Where the Killers Dwell


A rash of sudden disappearances bring Flash Thompson and Katy Keirnan to Philadelphia - what do the U-Foes have to do with it?!

 Thony Silas returns to Venom as he and Cullen Bunn give the world's most dangerous hero a new home!

Preview



Rating


Cover & Solicit 5/5

Art, Colors & Inking 4/5

Layout & Flow 4/5

Story 3/5

Verdict 3.7


Purchase Scarlet Spider #12.1
Purchase Secret Avengers #35
Purchase Venom #28
Purchase Scarlet Spider #12.1
Purchase Secret Avengers #35
Purchase Ultimate Comics Ultimates #19
Purchase Venom #28

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