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Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #5 Review

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Mark Turetsky: Once again, we return to the place where it all started, for one final time amidst the carnage of endless battle. And I don’t just mean the winter storm that’s been pounding my neighborhood here in The South. Welcome back, Stu!

Stuart Wellington: That’s just what happens when you live on the ice world of Valhalla, Mark. Luckily your vox signal is pretty clear, and it seems like your cogitator is receiving enough power to get this review done.

*Issue spoilers follow!*

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Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #4 Review

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Mark Turetsky: Greetings, Battlefriend! Marneus seems to have taken a month off, but now he’s back! How was your January?

Stuart Wellington: January? I feel like I’ve been trapped in a stasis field where every day is exactly the same as the last. But as they say: only in death does duty end. So let’s catch up with our favorite big blue Chapter Master, shall we? [Read more…] about Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #4 Review

Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #3 Review!

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Check out all of Mark and Stuart’s Warhammer 40,000 reviews right here!

Mark Turetsky: Ahoy, Chapter Master! It’s been another month, and the skull throne isn’t going to skull itself!

Stuart Wellington: Good thing that I’ve got at least one skull then!

Side note: Games Workshop, the producers of Warhammer 40K are well known for putting skulls on EVERYTHING. They even sell a kit of JUST SKULLS to add to your already skull-encrusted models.

So, Mark, where did we leave our hero, the Lord Macragge, Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, Marneus Calgar?

* Spoilers for discussed comics may follow!*

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Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #2 Review!

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Mark Turetsky: Hail, Blood Bag! I trust the past month has been nothing but battles waged and won for you?

Stuart Wellington: Hold on. Let me put down the miniature that I’m painting for my new Combat Patrol and spin you a tale of my many victories. Actually, well, the last month has been super busy for me. No time for battles. How about you, Mark? Now that you’ve dipped your toes into the universe of Warhammer 40,000, have you bought a pile of miniatures, action figures, video games, novels, playing cards, etc?

Mark Turetsky: I’ve pre-purchased some Hearthstone card packs for the next expansion. That’s kinda like Warhammer, right? As for minis, all my D&D play has been online lately over a popular videoconferencing software app, which has been a nice respite from this time of isolation.

I did once assemble and paint a Xykon-riding-a-zombie-dragon figurine from the popular webcomic Order of the Stick, so that’s miniatures, painting, gaming and comics all rolled into one, and it’s comics we’re here to discuss today, so shall we get to it? [Read more…] about Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #2 Review!

Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1 Review!

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Mark Turetsky: Salve, Stuart! I’m glad we could meet up for Kieron Gillen’s glorious return to Marvel Comics (his last work for the publisher was the ongoing Star Wars series, plus a one-pager for Marvel Comics #1000). Before we dive into this issue, I thought we could discuss in general terms what Warhammer is. My understanding is that it’s an AU fic of HG Wells’ Little Wars that kinda got out of hand?

Stuart Wellington: Hail, Battle Brother! That is a little bit of shorthand, but basically correct. Warhammer 40,000, or 40K, is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop for the last 30-odd years. To flesh out the games, they have spun a backstory that is both shockingly simple, and mind-bogglingly labyrinthine. [Read more…] about Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1 Review!