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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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Ratings for Comics Released 12-04-2013 Part 2 @DCComics @Marvel @IDWPublishing


Here is Part 2 of the Quick Ratings for comics released 12-04-2013. Included are Marvel's Deadpool #20, Fantomex MAX #3, & Fearless Defenders #12, DC's Detective Comics #26, & Earth 2 #18, and IDW's Doctor Who #16 & G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #197. 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


Deadpool #20 - Wakandan Vacation!


Another flashback to Deadpool Stories Past!

 This time, Deadpool wreaks havoc on a cosmic level!

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Rating


 Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 2
Story - 2
Verdict - 2.4 (5/10) - (Buy Deadpool) SAVE 10%


Detective Comics #26 - Crown of Fear


Batman works to contain a swarm of genetically altered killer bats, as well as She-Bat and other humans who have been mutated into bat-people.

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Rating


 Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 5
Story - 4
Verdict - 4 (8/10) - (Buy Detective Comics) SAVE 10%

Doctor Who #16 - Dead Man's Hand, Part 4 of 4


Deadman's Hand, Part 4 of 4: Series finale! The people of Deadwood fighting zombie gunfighters and cross-dimensional alien invaders! Oscar Wilde debating for Earth's very existence! Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Clara in a suicidal stagecoach attack! Thomas Edison's redemption! And the Doctor, sacrificing everything one last time... but is it enough?

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Rating


 Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 4
Verdict - 3.6 (7/10) - (Buy Doctor Who) SAVE 10%

Earth 2 #18 - The Dark Age, Part 2


The new Batman of Earth 2 tries to turn the tide in the war against the forces of Darkseid and Apokolips, but even as new allies reveal themselves the planet trembles before its new rulers.

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Rating


Cover & Solicit - 4
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 4
Verdict - 4 (8/10) - (Buy Earth 2) SAVE 10%

Fantomex MAX #3


Fantomex fight for his life against a deadly kraken!

 EVA gets a new look... and a terrible understanding.

 And what lies at the heart of the Shivas facility?

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Rating


 Cover & Solicit - 4
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 4
Verdict - 4 (8/10) - (Buy Fantomex MAX) SAVE 10%


Fearless Defenders #12



The Defenders make a stand against the apocalyptic Doom Maidens! Hopefully some of the team survives!

 Valkyrie and Annabelle have a complicated relationship... and it's only going to become even more perplexing and problematic as of this issue!

 A new (cosmically awesome) character joins the team! And you'll never expect this addition to the cast!

 Caroline LeFay comes face to face with one of her estranged parents!

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Rating


 Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 4
Verdict - 3.9 (8/10) - (Buy Fearless Defenders) SAVE 10%

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #197


THE ROAD TO #200 CONTINUES! G.I. JOE has been set-up! As most of America's Elite are taken prisoner in Sierra Gordo, it's up to the few support members left behind to launch an offensive. But when COBRA realizes G.I. JOE is spread so thin, they get ready to launch an offensive of their own. This just might be G.I. JOE's darkest hour, in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #197!

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Rating


 Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 4
Verdict - 3.6 (7/10) - (Buy G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero) SAVE 10%

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