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5 Best Comic Review Sites For Casual Readers

  Good day, folks. We're back again, this time to offer a helping hand to the comic-book curious. I've gone ahead and taken the liberty of compiling a modest list of review sites for those looking to either dip a toe into the choppy waters of the comic world or take a massive leap of faith, cannonball style, right into the open maw. You're welcome:  No. 5 Bleeding Cool First on the list is Bleeding Cool, which gets extra brownie points for having a cool name. The site covers comics, TV, film, and even wrestling, with its comic section being particularly impressive. While a little cluttered for my taste, the articles have eye-catching titles and visuals, providing not only informative coverage of select titles but also interesting opinions on the world of comics as a whole. As good a starting point as any.   No. 4 iFanboy iFanboy comes in 4th spot, and beats out Bleeding Cool with a site more focused and dedicated to comic books. They also bring cool podcasts and a T-shirt...
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Splash-Page Spotlight: Violator Origin




Violator: Origin


We Were Not Always As We Are Now


Violator situated himself as one of Malebolgias more resilient and resourceful henchman within Hell's hallways, and an otherwise beloved and irreplaceable fixture in the Spawn universe as a whole. Yet even this conniving servant of the dark realm has a past, a remarkable past chronicled in Violator: Origin by Marc Andreyko. The following are the striking and inspiring images brought to the fore by the tag team of  Brad Simpson and Piotr Kowalski. Enjoy.


 In the Beginning...



Before his fall, the one we come to know as Violator was a beautiful angel named Baziel. Swayed by the words of Lucifer, Baziel came to doubt the will of his Creator and was the first to harness the residual waste of creation to become the very first Hell Spawn.  


War


The striking image of Lucifer's war on heaven is delivered in the all too familiar artwork style that the Spawn comics have come to be known for. 


Re/Birth


The birth of The Violator struck me a massively iconic and crucial. The embrace of the fallen form punctuated so well by the image of the infernal baptism. 



Anguish




One of the rare occasions where we see the anguish and torment that even The Violator was capable of feeling. I liked the symbolism of the graveyard and its ability to communicate the unity of life and death, beginning and the end. An appropriate place for Baziel to lament the choices he had made - a tragic ode to the Cross and the skull. 

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