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Introducing Codenames: Expansion Packs

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A new product line for the Codenames family, launching with three packs. We're excited to welcome an entirely new addition to Codenames—Codenames Expansion Packs! We are launching the product line with three themed packs: Sci-Fi , Fairy Tales , and Cute Critters , each one opening the door to fresh twists, new themes, and even more “aha!” moments at the table. Codenames Expansion Packs are bite-sized mini expansions designed to let players mix things up with new words or images. The Sci-Fi and Fairy Tales Expansion Packs each bring 50 carefully curated themed words, perfect for adding a splash of flavor to your next game of Codenames or Codenames: Duet. They also include 3 new agent tiles (2 for Codenames, 1 for Duet) and 4 themed pictures to customize your Codenames: Pictures even further. Looking for something extra cute? The Cute Critters Expansion Pack delivers 40 unique animal images, adding variety and charm to Codenames: Pictures. Ready to ...

Double Quick Ratings: @IDWPublishing's Vitriol, GI Joe, Transformers, TMNT, Colonized, Half Past Danger



Here's another double dose of Quick Ratings for IDW Publishing's; Vitriol the Hunter #5, G.I. Joe Special Missions #4 & 5, The Transformers: Monstrosity #10, The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #19, The Colonized #4, Half Past Danger #3, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series #4If you have any questions about my rating or want to discuss anything just leave me a comment.


See the Review Rating Overview page for more information on how I rate each comic


Vitriol the Hunter #5


What does a pill-popping masochist do when his only friend is set to become fodder in a vampire chow down? If he's Vitriol, he takes the bull by the horns-or in this case the fangs-and trudges his broken body to her rescue. If only it were that easy...

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 3/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.4 - (Vitriol the Hunter #5) SAVE 25%


G.I. Joe Special Missions #4 - Crush Depth, Part 4; Conclusion


CRUSH DEPTH concludes! The handpicked G.I. JOE team takes on a hazardous mid-ocean assault in the middle of a violent tropical storm system. Aboard the ship skippered by the BARONESS, a mutiny threatens to wrest control of COBRA's booty. And dropping right into the middle of this perfect storm is a unit of SERPENTOR's fanatical Coil assassins. Will the Special Missions team play both sides against the middle or be caught in a deadly vice of intrigue?

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.6
 - (Buy G.I. Joe Special Missions #4) SAVE 10%


The Transformers: Monstrosity #10 - Chapter 10: The Illusion of Control


12 CHAPTER DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE SERIES! ANNIHILATION! TRYPTICON devastates CYBERTRON! OPTIMUS PRIME stages a desperate last-ditch race for victory—but when the smoke clears, will the exiled MEGATRON reign supreme?

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Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.3 - (Buy The Transformers: Monstrosity #4) SAVE 10%

The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #19 - Dark Cybertron Prelude; Homecoming


THE DEATH OF A WORLD! Gorlam Prime-the entrance to the so-called DEAD UNIVERSE-holds many secrets... and now ORION PAX-the 'bot who was once OPTIMUS PRIME-pries it's secrets loose. But will it be too late for CYBERTRON?

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Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.3 - (Buy The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #19) SAVE 10%

The Colonized #4 - Part IV: Disease No-Control


The zombies have run amok in Carbon Falls, there's a runaway train loaded for bear with dirty bombs, and not even unpredictable alien technology looks to be enough to stave off both of these weapons and creatures of mass destruction as our story of zombies vs. aliens concludes here!

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.6 - (Buy The Colonized #4) SAVE 20%


G.I. Joe Special Missions #5 - Operation Deadfall, Part 1; Dreadnoks Return


The DREADNOKS return! When a COBRA satellite drops form spacer to crash in the Australian outback, Scarlett and the Special Missions team enter the race to retrieve it. They face not only the near-impossible challenge of finding the space debris in millions of square miles of barren and dangerous wastelands. The murderous, marauding, motorcycle maniacs who call themselves the Dreadnoks are in the neighborhood and led by Zartan!

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Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 4
 - (Buy G.I. Joe Special Missions #5) SAVE 25%


Half Past Danger #3 - Chapter Three: Something Wicked This Way Comes


As the team prepare for an all-out assault on the Nazi base, friendships are formed and secrets revealed. It's four operatives against an entire company of S.S., led by the formidable Oberleutnant Toht. And then of course there are the scores of unleashed dinosaurs.

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Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.7 - (Buy Half Past Danger #3) SAVE 10%

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series #4 - Alopex


Alopex, the first mutant of the Foot Clan, has quickly become one of Shredder's most useful agents. However, when she sets out to learn more about her past, she discovers a devastating truth that could have her questioning everything she knows about the Foot Clan!

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Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.7 - (Buy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series #4) SAVE 20%

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