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33. DOCTOR WHO Pretty even but it's the Doctor!
34. JUSTICE Give me a hug Daddy!
35. THE SWORD Nice posing
36. AIR Both good, just something about Air appeals to me.
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33. DOCTOR WHO
34. JUSTICE
35. SPOOKY
36. AIR
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25. Wonder Woman. Really for the rocket, and a bit less so for the Stone Boy cameo on the cover. Crazy Quilt ain't no Despero.
26. George and Judy. The father is an active participant in the gag, rather than being stuck in another room.
27. Iron Man. Had Nova's recruitment poster worked with the issue's logo, it would have been a win. But it doesn't and they get in each other's way. Iron Man is very well designed. The palette almost too mechanical and competer generated. But considering the protagonist, it's fitting.
28. Spread. Body horror laughs here, rather than the zombie pose in the other one.
29. Kerry Drake. It's a DIck Tracey knock off, but I like to think his random shot has just dedded an innocent bystander.
30. Astro City. Durla welcomes brave United Planets heroes! Elsewhere, the Queen realised that she should have went to the toilet before beginning the climb of the Most Impractical Stariway in the Galaxy.
31. Jeanie. The Flash has better gags, but Jeanie has better gams.
32. That time Lu took up modelling. Love Letters. You get 4 stories rather than get asked questions about a single tale.
33. Doctor Who. I'll take the Stockbridge Horror and time torpedoes over the "quite amusing", thanks.
34. Generation X. Nice split cover with interesting art. Elsewhere, Justice waits to kill another child on the alien planet he's landed on.
35. The Sword. i'm not that taken by the art on it, but it looks to be action packed, and does at least include a sword on the cover. I be demanded sentient storms attacking ghost children inside sppoky, and feel that this was instead just a cover gag.
36. Gotham City Sirens. Angelic/demonic wings and a sense of exhaustion/ defeat in the pose (oh, just realised it's supposed to be Catwoman). Reminds me a little of Ghost in the Shell manga. The other cover loses points for having the character in amongst all those clouds, but still casting a shadow on the floor.
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33. BLUE BEETLE. Honestly, sentients. Amusing over distressing!
34. GENERATION X. Quietly creepy!
35. SPOOKY.
36. GOTHAM CITY SIRENS but I didn't know who this was either, had to look it up. (Missed the whip.) Probably wouldn't pick up either.
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37. SHAZAM vs. FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN   38. ARCHIE'S MADHOUSE vs. PLOP   39. UNITED COMICS (FRITZI RITZ) vs. RUSTY   40. MICRONAUTS vs. DOLL MAN  
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33. BLUE BEETLE vs. DOCTOR WHO 34. GENERATION X vs. JUSTICE  35. SPOOKY vs. THE SWORD  36. AIR vs. GOTHAM CITY SIRENS  37. SHAZAM vs. FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN 38. ARCHIE'S MADHOUSE vs. PLOP 39. UNITED COMICS (FRITZI RITZ) vs. RUSTY 40. MICRONAUTS vs. DOLL MAN
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37. From Beyond The Unknown. Shazam is a cracking cover, with that hit from Kull really being felt. But Unknown combines nice composites with the excellent alien dread of 1950s monster films.
38. Plop. Mad House has a decent gag about when robots rule the Earth gag. But Plop subverts reality and suddenly spires can be fruit or parasols or fairground rides. A classic.
39. Rusty. Fritzi would work better if the guy was doing a rope trick, rather than fight club style self wrestling. Rusty has a fun self improvement gag, while also tapping into a common dream of people forgetting to dress when going to work. The next issue of Rusty had her family held hostage by Doctor Destiny. Johnny being Johnny Thunder was also a surprise twist.
40. Micronauts. Much more for the detail and the look of fear on the driver's face, than the not nice yellow truck (a green lantern villain crossover). There's something great about Doll Man fighting a rogues gallery of miniature foes, one of whom is kidnapping children in model aircraft. That's got to be a tough one for the investigating officers.
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37. FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN
38. PLOP
39. FRITZI RITZ
40. MICRONAUTS
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37. FROM BEYOND THE UNKNOWN Shazam is Ok but the giants in FBTU really feel like giants with their casual reach and lift.
38. PLOP Mild humour vs better humour
39. UNITED COMICS (FRITZI RITZ) For a moment I thought this was breaking the fourth wall but then I saw the other and ... I forget!
40. DOLL MAN MN is a bit too cramped but DM makes good use and display of the size difference between the costumed battlers and the "little"girl.
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37. SHAZAM although it kinda seems like the bat shouldn't have cleare the building 38. PLOP! Co-sign thothy. (As for AMH -- guess who debuted in the issue but is not on the cover!) 39. RUSTY I guess40. MICRONAUTS. Doll Man gets on my nerve. The city doesn't give scale so the helipcopter, Doll Man, and Villain Guy look standard size but that kid looks like an oversized doll? Irritating.
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41. PHANTOM LADY vs. RANGERS COMICS   42. WALY DISNEY SUPER GOOF vs. LEADING COMICS   43. THE KILROYS vs. A DATE WITH JUDY   44. HOT STUFF SIZZLERS vs. DAREDEVIL  
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41. Hi Jeanie from #31! Hey! None of these legs belongs to her after all! Phantom Lady gets the win (and symapthy for the broken arm). Partly due to her actually having a device that might see her survive the scene. But mainly because Firehair doesn't have fiery hair: See Wildfire, Firebrand and DC's own Firehair.
42. Leading. It gives us the delusion as well as the dight gag.
43. Kilroys. Now, a date with judy is sweet, but look at the face full of hatred on the passenger over in Kilroys! Sheer hate combined with a gag gets the win.
44. Daredevil. Hot Stuff's meeting withe the steamroller is a bit random. Over in Daredevil, it's part of a sinister villain's plan. Daredevil also gets points for good old golden age child endangerment and sterotyping the homeless. I still don;t understand how Daredevil could walk, without stabbing himself on those belt spikes.
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41. PHANTOM LADY vs. RANGERS COMICS 42. WALY DISNEY SUPER GOOF vs. LEADING COMICS 43. THE KILROYS vs. A DATE WITH JUDY 44. HOT STUFF SIZZLERS vs. DAREDEVIL
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41. I like PL's ray thingie, but prefer the overall brightness of RANGERS COMICS
42. SUPER GOOF for TAKING UP SPACE.
43. A DATE WITH JUDY.
44. HOT STUFF, although the Daredevil cover text is priceless.
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45. HOUSE OF MYSTERY vs. THE VAULT OF HORROR   46. ACTION COMICS vs. ALL-AMERICAN COMICS   47. SMASH COMICS vs. THE MIGHTY THOR  48. MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR vs. STAR-SPANGLED COMICS  
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45. HOUSE OF MYSTERY. Use of space.
46. ALL-AMERICAN. Flow.
47. MIGHTY THOR for fresh style.
48. MG + DD. are cute in the drawing-within-a-drawing, where SSG has those unpleasant faces.
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41. I like PL's ray thingie, but prefer the overall brightness of RANGERS COMICS
42. SUPER GOOF for TAKING UP SPACE.
43. A DATE WITH JUDY.
44. HOT STUFF, although the Daredevil cover text is priceless. Crumbs! Zero from four matches with yours truly! 45. House of Mystery. Vault gets some points for building from the novel, but House has a guy haunted by the man he moidered. Chilling (tee hee). Bonus points for the Crisis crossover skies. 46. Action. Nice to see Alan Scott not bother with his ring, but the perspective is wonky. Action has a nice set piece. 47. Smash. Lots of supporting characters I want to read. Points for Bozo for risking being short circuited in this watery cover. Thor has a scary villain, but not clear what's going on. 48. Star Spangled. The simple things the cast would do for laughs. Moon Girl is well done, but has it's central character is basically saying her book is for 4 year olds.
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49. BATGIRL vs. GREEN ARROW  50. JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY vs. THE SPECTRE   51. GROO vs. WEB OF SPIDER-MAN   52. THE HAND OF FATE vs. BAFFLING MYSTERIES  
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49. Batgirl. The sense of being trapped in the mind is well done, with the little Batgirl, the maze and hypno effects for good measure.
Elsewhere, all new GA with all new armoured booties, meets all new Count vertigo, in an all new DCU that will be replaced by an all newer one shortly.
50. Gosh. Not only do they have swirly, black hole themes, they both have Lantern themes, since this is the Hal/Spectre. Both are good. I like the positioning of the swirl on Spectre, that flat red and the story potential of the arms - did they rescue him or throw him in? But I'm giving it to Odyssey. The cover text gives it an updated Silver Age feel.
51. Another toughie. That's a dramatic Spidey shot, with the nice perspective, building details and cool costume. But Groo is facing down an army, who may actually be hiding from him. Extra points for the always funny logo box. Groo also has cool costume Spidey too. A win for Groo.
52. That time when Jim Corrigan got his paws on a time bubble. Although it gives away a lot of the story, the art quality of Fate, gets the win. Baffling has the more exciting story, but they over egged the number of folks, either listening or being miniaturised off to their Doom.
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49. BATGIRL.50. JLO. The foot! Reminds me of this excellent one. 51. GROO. Spidey buildings look odd to me. 52. While I gotta love Baffling Mysteries -- it's much with the muchness -- it kinda gives away the game on the cover. I am legit intrigued by HAND OF FATE.
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45. HOUSE OF MYSTERY vs. THE VAULT OF HORROR 46. ACTION COMICS vs. ALL-AMERICAN COMICS 47. SMASH COMICS vs. THE MIGHTY THOR 48. MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR vs. STAR-SPANGLED COMICS 49. BATGIRL vs. GREEN ARROW 50. JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY vs. THE SPECTRE 51. GROO vs. WEB OF SPIDER-MAN 52. THE HAND OF FATE vs. BAFFLING MYSTERIES
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49. BATGIRL.50. JLO. The foot! Reminds me of this excellent one. 51. GROO. Spidey buildings look odd to me. 52. While I gotta love Baffling Mysteries -- it's much with the muchness -- it kinda gives away the game on the cover. I am legit intrigued by HAND OF FATE. Yay! A 4 in 4 match! Which probably means a delay to the next 4 going up, while you get your doctor's appointment sorted. 
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53. ARCHIE'S PALS N GALS vs. MARGE'S LITTLE LULU   54. PETER PANDA vs. OUR GANG COMICS  55. MARY MARVEL vs. RICHIE RICH AND JACKIE JOKERS   56. SPIDEY vs. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL  
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53. Little Lulu. Perservering and optimistic depsite the evidence. A nice gag. Archi is decent too, but Lulu gets the visual gag in quicker.
54. I'ts not the look of hate from Kilroy #43, but it is a look of firm disaproval, giving Our Gang the win. Pepetuating the well known hatred between Mice and Pandas just seems wrong to me.
55. Richie Rich. For the combo visual and verbal one, two. But the art in Mary Marvel is of its usual high standard.
56. Toughie. In Amazing Spidey both Mr Parker spidey senses and Daredevils radar sense (if that's a thing) are going off because of the blatant drug connections to this new character. Over in Spidey he doesn't seem to have a background building to swing from as Ms Marvel makes a debut. the other guy looks to be super creepy, with those elongated suction fingers. Did Spidey have a villain called Stalker Man? Yuck. There's a battle for cover crammed with most blurb, but no real winner. It's down to Spidey having the better flight of its central character agianst the better background of Amazing. Spidey gets it. The building one would win, but I'm keen to see Stalker Man removed from the marvel universe streets.
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53.MARGE'S LITTLE LULU Agree with thoth. Wonder why the thin left-hand column doesn't have the extra drawings per usual?
54. PETER PANDA. Colors!
55. MARY MARVEL.
56. ASM ANNUAL. Background!
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