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Pick Your Pickle and Prepare for Puns: Pickleball's Board Game Just Launched. A fast, fun, irreverent board game that celebrates the joy of Pickleball. Fans of silly puns, pickles, and fast-paced games alike have a new game to add to their list of must-haves: HotShot Pickleball. This delightful card-drawing board game is quick to learn and gives a surprising amount of opportunity to lightly strategize as you race to the ball and attempt to hit it back over the net to your opponent. The debut release from indie studio Midnight Trading Co., HotShot Pickleball was made while game designer Robert Gelb was recovering from an Achilles injury sustained, ironically, by playing Pickleball. For those who haven’t heard of pickleball, it's the fastest-growing sport in the world, with over 32 million players last year. HotShot Pickleball is a lively, family-friendly game that combines the fun of the sport with a cast of quirky, pickle-themed characters like Stew Cumber, Kim Chee, and Corni...
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Quick Ratings: @DarkHorseComics Star Wars, Buzzkill, Kiss Me Satan


Here are today's Quick Ratings for Dark Horse Comics';Star Wars #9, Buzzkill #1, Kiss Me Satan #1, and Star Wars: Dark Times - A Spark Remains #3. If 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


Star Wars #9


On her own, out in the wide galaxy, while her friends struggle to escape the Empire and evade bounty hunters, Princess Leia steers her X-wing toward the heart of all her grief—a place she longs for, but should probably never revisit: the shattered ruins of her homeworld of Alderaan.


The homecoming you’ve waited 36 years to see!


Legendary Star Wars cover artist Hugh Fleming returns!


Brian Wood (The Massive, Conan) continues the best selling original trilogy tale!

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Rating


Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 3
Story - 3
Verdict - 3.7 (7.5/10) - (Buy Star Wars #9) SAVE 10%


Buzzkill #1 - The Problem


Ruben is not your average alcoholic; he's an unstoppable superhero who derives his powers from imbibing MASSIVE amounts of alcohol. After all the disasters it's caused in his personal life, he's ready to get clean . . . and the city's supervillains couldn't be happier!


Cowritten by the Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek!


A gorgeous new miniseries from Geoff Shaw (Batman 80-Page Giant 2011)!


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Rating


 Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 3
Layout & Flow - 5
Story - 5
Verdict - 4.1 (8/10) - (Buy Buzzkill #1) SAVE 10%

Kiss Me, Satan! #1


Cassian Steele is the boss of the werewolf mafia in the Big Easy, and he’s got a problem. The old witch Verona knows his secret and has gone into hiding. Cassian wants her dead. So he sends out the word: An open contract. The first monster to dust Verona gets a big payday. What no one realizes is that Barnabus Black, a demon desperately trying to regain his halo, is her protection.

 Featuring covers by Dave Johnson and Juan Ferreyra!

 By Victor Gischler (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike—A Dark Place, Punisher MAX, X-Men) and Juan Ferreyra (Colder, Rex Mundi)!

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Cover & Solicit - 4
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 4
Verdict - 4 (8/10) - (Buy Kiss Me, Satan! #1) SAVE 10%

Star Wars: Dark Times - A Spark Remains #3 - Part 3


Darth Vader readies an assassin for Jedi hunting while scouring the galaxy for hidden prey. Elsewhere, the Uhumele’s crew plots to strike down the Dark Lord himself, but the revelation of their own life-or-death secrets threatens to unravel everything!

 Darth Vader zeroes in on Jedi survivors!

 Artist Doug Wheatley returns!

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Rating


Cover & Solicit - 3
Art, Colors & Inking - 4
Layout & Flow - 4
Story - 5
Verdict - 4.3 (8.5/10) - (Buy Star Wars: Dark Times - A Spark Remains #3) SAVE 10%

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