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Review: Bylines in Blood #4

Throw us in a future that has echoes of our own reality. Follow the “Lady Dick” Satya, a former journalist turned gumshoe attempting to solve the murder of her former boss. Bylines in Blood #4 wraps things up as we find out who was behind the murders!

Story: Erica Schultz, Van Jensen
Art: Aneke
Letterer: Cardinal Rae

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comiXology/Kindle
Zeus Comics
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Weekly Preview! AfterShock and Graphic Mundi!

There are a lot of comics coming out this week to be covered. Check out some of what we’ll be reviewing and this is only the beginning!

This week’s reviews include:

  • Bylines in Blood #4 (AfterShock)
  • The Lion and The Eagle #3 (AfterShock)
  • The Naughty List #1 (AfterShock)
  • 6000 Miles to Freedom (Graphic Mundi)

Not shown:

  • The Killer: Affairs of the State #3 (BOOM! Studios)

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Review: Bylines in Blood #3

Throw us in a future that has echoes of our own reality. Follow the “Lady Dick” Satya, a former journalist turned gumshoe attempting to solve the murder of her former boss.

Bylines in Blood #3 has tons of twists and turns as we get closer to finding out who the killer is!

Story: Erica Schultz, Van Jensen
Art: Aneke
Letterer: Cardinal Rae

Get your copy in comic shops! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

comiXology/Kindle
Zeus Comics


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Weekly Preview! Living Gods, Cuba, Leningrad and more!

There are a lot of comics coming out this week to be covered. Check out some of what we’ll be reviewing and this is only the beginning!

This week’s reviews include:

  • Bylines in Blood #3 (AfterShock)
  • Fist of the North Star Vol. 4 (VIZ Media)
  • Karate Survivor in Another World Vol. 3 (Seven Seas Entertainment)
  • Land of the Living Gods #2 (AfterShock)
  • Isla to Island (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
  • Lions of Leningrad (Dead Reckoning)
  • The Walking Dead Deluxe #35 (Image Comics/Skybound)

AfterShock, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, and Dead Reckoning provided Graphic Policy with FREE copies for review

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Preview: Bylines in Blood #3

Bylines in Blood #3

Writer: Erica Schultz & Van Jensen
Artist: Aneke
Letterer: Cardinal Rae
Cover: Aneke
$4.99 / 32 pages / Color / On Sale 03.16.22

Who is the Hidden King? And why did he want Denzin dead? Satya needs to unravel this mystery – and fast. She has an assassin hot on her tail, and she’s been beaten to a pulp by the cops. To make matters worse, the client who hired her onto the case now wants her fired. But you can’t keep a good detective down! Unfortunately for Satya, things are about to go from bad to worse to really %&#@ing terrible.

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Exclusive Preview: Bylines in Blood #3

Bylines in Blood #3

Writer: Erica Schultz & Van Jensen
Artist: Aneke
Letterer: Cardinal Rae
Cover: Aneke
$4.99 / 32 pages / Color / On Sale 03.16.22

Who is the Hidden King? And why did he want Denzin dead? Satya needs to unravel this mystery – and fast. She has an assassin hot on her tail, and she’s been beaten to a pulp by the cops. To make matters worse, the client who hired her onto the case now wants her fired. But you can’t keep a good detective down! Unfortunately for Satya, things are about to go from bad to worse to really %&#@ing terrible.

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Review: Bylines in Blood #2

Throw us in a future that has echoes of our own reality. Follow the “Lady Dick” Satya, a former journalist turned gumshoe attempting to solve the murder of her former boss.

Bylines in Blood #2 continues the mystery as we’re given hints as to who was behind the murder. But is it a bit too easy?

Story: Erica Schultz, Van Jensen
Art: Aneke
Letterer: Cardinal Rae

Get your copy in comic shops! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Kindle
comiXology
TFAW
Zeus Comics


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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

Wednesdays (and Tuesdays) are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

Apache Delivery Service #2 (Dark Horse Comics) – Any comic by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, and Hilary Jenkins is likely getting on this list. The first issue being interesting doesn’t hurt either.

Batgirls #3 (DC Comics) – The series has been a lot of fun with a solid mix of story and pop art to go along with it. There’s a kinetic energy about it all that has us hooked.

Bylines in Blood #2 (AfterShock) – The first issue was solid focusing on a murder a detective needs to solve while exploring the failure of the systems meant to protect and lead us.

Cult of Ikarus #1 (Scout Comics) – Hunter wants to find out who she is but after vampire assassins come for her, she’s on the run from the deadly Cult of Ikarus.

Devil’s Reign #4 (Marvel) – The event has been fantastic so for and this issue is full of action and some solid emotional and tragic moments.

Hecates Will #2 (Black Mask Studios) – Hecate tenaciously continues her mission of scattering graffiti stencil puzzle pieces through the streets of Manhattan. It’s a very different and intriguing series so far.

Hellboy & the BPRD 1957: Forgotten Lives (Dark Horse Comics) – It’s a Hellboy one-shot. These are always entertaining in some way and well worth getting if you want some action horror to read.

Land of the Living Gods #1 (AfterShock) – The end is here! The spirits of the first people have returned to witness the last days of humanity. Enter a world of wonder and cruelty, beauty and perseverance.

Life Zero #1 (Ablaze) – A new sci-fi, action, horror series with art by Marcho Checchetto.

Secret X-Men #1 (Marvel) – We’re suckers for the “B team” type of X-Men teams where it’s a mix of characters who usually don’t get the spotlight or respect.

Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 (DC Comics) – A slight twist on the usual formula with some of the regular members having to manage new recruits who are part of a secret government procedure called Blaze!

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Review: Bylines in Blood #1

Throw us in a future that has echoes of our own reality. Follow the “Lady Dick” Satya, a former journalist turned gumshoe attempting to solve the murder of her former boss. The result is Bylines in Blood #1, an interesting new detective series that dances around what we experience every day.

Story: Erica Schultz, Van Jensen
Art: Aneke
Letterer: Cardinal Rae

Get your copy in comic shops! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Kindle
comiXology
TFAW
Zeus Comics


AfterShock Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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Review: Bylines in Blood #1

Throw us in a future that has echoes of our own reality. Follow the “Lady Dick” Satya, a former journalist turned gumshoe attempting to solve the murder of her former boss. The result is Bylines in Blood #1, an interesting new detective series that dances around what we experience every day.

Written by Erica Schultz and Van Jensen, Bylines in Blood #1 hits close to home in a thinly veiled mystery. A warped view of what reality is, corrupt politicians beholden to their donors, a plague that has split society, the series uses what we’ve experienced these past years as a building block for its story.

But, underneath all of that, the series seems to be focused on something so many are fighting for today, the discovery of the truth. This seems to be a story about manipulation by the powerful and the failure of our institutions to deal with that.

Schultz and Jensen have presented an interesting character in Satya. She’s not the usual detective, a former cop turned one. Instead, she’s a journalist turned one. We’re reminded she was a good journalist who strived to discover the truth, and along with her editor, made enemies along the way doing exactly that. It’s a subtle dig at our current systems where the truth isn’t generally a priority, establishing one’s own reality is. Schultz and Jensen seem to be reminding us that the system is failing us and institutions whose roles should be so clear, aren’t living up to them. In this case, it’s the police and clearly corrupt officers on the take of politicians. Throw in politicians themselves, religion, and even technology, and there’s a clear focus on what these two writers are trying to get at, our entire society is broken.

Aneke handles the art and gives us a future that’s very close to our own. It’s now so different than ours that throws us off and has us looking at all the neat new toys. Things are a bit advance, such as floating cameras that record everything going on. It’s an interesting take on a world that’s clearly a mirror to ours. The visuals are very much like that too with a slight exaggeration to our reality, much like the story itself. The art nails the pacing too delivering a slightly dour visual world that feels a bit dark but it doesn’t go over the top. The visuals capture the “detective” aspect of the story.

Bylines in Blood #1 is a pretty solid debut for those that enjoy detective stories. There’s something that really works but it’s the deeper themes and concepts that really stand out.

Story: Erica Schultz, Van Jensen Art: Aneke Letterer: Cardinal Rae
Story: 8.15 Art: 8.15 Overall: 8.15 Recommendation: Buy

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