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Before The Middleman was an awesome TV show you should all watch, it was a comic book series you should all read. While I never even heard of it when it was being published in single issues and trades, Viper Comics kindly put out a volume containing all three miniseries in honour of its television debut.

If you're a fan of the TV show, this purchase is a no-brainer. While the first two stories made it to the screen in slightly altered form, the third is entirely new middlematerial. If you haven't seen the TV show but like funny, exciting comics that have six-gun toting ninjas, Mexican wrestlers and genetically-engineered sharks, you should read it too.

Either way, you eventually find out the Middleman's real first name, which should be reason enough for fans to buy the book.

Sure, you could probably google it, but wouldn't it be more fun to read it in context? )
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The other night many of my friends were out seeing The Dark Knight, and I was home with a head full of glue :(. On the bright side, I finally got around to watching The New Frontier on DVD, and it was made from awesome. I am proud that my Justice League Unlimted obsession has paid off and I recognised almost everyone. (The redhaired guy with the eye patch eluded me, though.) I squealed extra loud when spoiler ) showed up, and even cheered for spoiler ) at the end.

It reminded me of many of the things I love about superhero stories in general. The threat the incipient JSA face here is, on the face of it, ridiculous. But it's not ridiculous to them, and because the characters are well-drawn, the audience cares about whether they defeat the thing.

In honour of The Dark Knight and New Frontier: twenty comics I love, in roughly the order I read them.

Not all superheroes, but mostly. )

Now, be sure to tell me about all the things I missed! I left off a lot of things - like Whedon's Astonishing X-Men or Brian Vaughan's Ex Machina - because I don't feel like I've read a large enough percentage of the story to make a fair judgement. Always room for more comics *g*.

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