<![CDATA[io9: Death Of The New Gods]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Death Of The New Gods]]> http://io9.com/tag/death of the new gods http://io9.com/tag/death of the new gods <![CDATA[Reprints And Retcons Get Eclipsed By Mars In This Week's Comics]]> It's somewhat of a catching-your-breath week at the comic store, following on from the holiday weekend and last week's barrage of DC books. That's not to say that there are fewer books making their way to stores on Thursday — that holiday Monday knocking the regular release date forward a day, unless you're Canadian, in which case you can get everything today — just that what is making it to stores may be less new than you think. Unless you want to go to Mars, that is... More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5044562&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Another Superheroine Bites The Dust In The Kitchen]]> Yet another superhero comes home to find his girlfriend or wife dead. Feminist critics refer to this phenomenon as "Women in Refrigerators," after a comic where Green Lantern comes home to find his girlfriend hacked up and stuffed in the fridge. Says Occasional Superheroine of the latest instance:
The "honey, I'm home...and you're dead" trope is getting rawther tired, isn't it? Didn't I read this book three years ago?
Click on the thumbnail or read on for spoilers on the identity of the latest victim... More »
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