Review by Aziz Bawany

Writer & Artist: Larry Marder
Published by Dark Horse Comics

Beanworld is a story that follows a tribe of small beans as they explore life, its meanings, and everything beyond the obvious.

Larry Marder's black and white series from the '80s is collected by Dark Horse into three snazzy hardcovers, each providing a dearth of comic book brilliance. With Volume 1, we learn the ecosystem and anthropological setup of these small beans. It all begins with a single sprout-butt distributed by Gran'Ma'Pa, the giving tree.

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Review by Joe David Soliz (a.k.a. grifter78)

(No Spoilers)

Written by Christos N. Gage and Keith Giffen
Art by Neil Googe, Pete Woods, Ryan Sook, Phil Jimenez and others
Cover by Neil Googe
Published by Wildstorm

Collected here is Christos Gage’s second arc since World’s End came to the Wildstorm Universe.  After taking the first six issues to re-establish the team and set up some dilemmas for them, Gage takes this last arc and focuses it into two sections.  One deals with the Wildcats finally going to Hawaii and confronting Majestic about the little empire he’s created.  The other deals with Lord Defile and his Daemonite forces laying siege on the Wildcats’ headquarters, The Halo Building.   

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Review by Isaac Magaña

Writer: Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning
Pencils: Paul Pelletier
Inkers: Rick Magyar
Colors: Nathan Fairbairn & Guru eFX
Letters: Virtual Calligraphy’s Joe Caramagna
Assistant Editors: Lauren Sankovitch & Lauren Henry
Editor: Bill Rosemann
Published by Marvel Comics

Reprints: Guardians of the Galaxy #1-6

At the end of “Annihilation: Conquest” I fell in love with Peter Quill’s rag-tag team of heroes. How could you go wrong with a talking raccoon on a space team? Since I missed the boat on their ongoing series I thought it would be convenient to catch up with the trades. I was hoping to see if the same kind of dialogue and chemistry would endure beyond the mini-series and translate well into an ongoing book. Here’s what I found…

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Review by Joe David Soliz (a.k.a. grifter78)
 
Writers: Christos Gage & Russell Uttley
Artists: Trevor Hairsine, Ivan Reis, Mike McCone, Pete Woods, Phil Noto, Chris Sprouse, John Paul Leon, & Ben Oliver.
Published by Wildstorm

(No Spoilers)

The World’s End back-up stories are finally collected here for those who did not follow all of the World’s End books during the storyline’s first year.  There are 11 stories total with stories 1-8 being 4-part stories and stories 9-11 being 2-part stories.  The theme of the backup stories I think can best be summed up in one word: ‘return’.  Several long dormant Wildstorm characters/teams were featured in these stories, the most prevalent being the return of Team 7 to the Wildstorm Universe.  Some stories were really good, some were ok, and some weren’t very good.  So to better serve each story, I’ll review them individually. 

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