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– Garfield: 23rd November 2002 by Steve Morris
– Garfield: 13th October 1978 by Sean Dillon
– Garfield: 8th September 1987 by Katie Liggera
– Garfield: 9th February 1983 by Dan Grote
– Garfield: 11th January 2016 by Caitlin Rosberg
– Garfield: 9th February 1992 by Steve Morris
– Garfield: 30th June 1991 by Andrea Ayres
– Garfield: 16th April 1982 by Steve Morris
– Garfield: 23rd November 2018 by Ashley Leckwold

The Best Mutant
– X-Factor #4 “X Of Swords Chapter 2”
The Best Mutant is Polaris, argues Cori McCreery
– New Mutants #22 “The Shadow Within”
The Best Mutant is Nightcrawler, argues Zoe Tunnell
– Wolverine & The X-Men #17 “Wolverine’s Secret Weapon”
The Best Mutant is Doop, argues Brad Gullickson
– 2000AD Prog #200″
The Best Mutant is Johnny Alpha, argues Tom Shapira
– New Mutants #73 “The Gift”
The Best Mutant is Magik, argues Duna Haller
– Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #3
Blob Could Be The Best Mutant, argues Samantha Puc
– Captain Britain & MI:13 #15
The Best Mutant is Pete Wisdom, argues Dan Grote
– Marvel Presents #150
The Best Mutant is Jessie Drake, argues Dani Kinney
– X-Men Legacy Vol 2 #24 “For We Are Many”
The Best Mutant is David Haller, argues Sean Dillon
– X-Force #19 “The Open Hand – The Closed Fist”
The Best Mutant is Cannonball, argues Vishal Gullapalli
– House of M #7
The Best Mutant is Scarlet Witch, argues Chad Nevett

Giant Days Year Three (Annotations)
– Giant Days #37 “Daisy Comes Out”
– Giant Days #38 “Daisy the Mentor”
– Giant Days #39 “The Job Fair”
– Giant Days #40 “Ed Returns”
– Giant Days #41 “The Costume Ball”
– Giant Days #42 “Esther’s Crush”
– Giant Days #43 “The Christmas Fair”
– Giant Days #44 “Valentine’s Day”
by Kelly Richards
– Giant Days: Where Women Glow and Men Plunder by Ryan K. Lindsay
– Giant Days #45 “Nina’s Problem” by Kelly Richards
– Giant Days #46 “The Comic Shop Mystery” by Amy Garvey-Eckett
– Giant Days #47 “Daisy’s Driving Test” by Edward Haynes
– Giant Days #48 “Brother-In-Law McGraw” by Matt Sibley
– Giant Days #49 “Esther Goes Home (Again)” by Kelly Richards
– Giant Days #50 “Cricket” by Steve Morris

Recent Pieces:

– Guardians of the Galaxy #9 “I Shall Make You A Star Lord”
Reclaiming What Was Lost, by Dan Spinelli

– Daredevil #191 “Roulette”
This Is Not What Heroes Do, by Sergio Lopez

– World’s Finest #298 “The Kryll Way of Dying”
On Heroic Loving: Investigating Intimate Encounters, by Anna Peppard

– Jem & The Holograms Annual 2015
The 1980s Live Again by Latonya Pennington

– Flex Mentallo #4 “We Are All U.F.O.’s”
What is Flex Mentallo About?, by Holly Raymond, Charlotte Finn, Ritesh Babu and Emma Houxbois

– Sandman #8 “The Sound of Her Wings”
by Cori McCreery

The Shelf:

– 2000AD Prog 20 “Shako”
Shako in America, by Tegan O’Neill

– 2000AD Prog #444 “Love Story”
Unhorny On Main: Asexuality in Judge Dredd, by Tom Shapira
– 2000AD Prog 460 “Letter From A Democrat”
Democracy Is Not For The People, by Tom Shapira

A Sharper Image:
– Wetworks #1
by Sara Century
– ShadowHawk #1
by Claire Napier
– Cyber Force #1
by Wendy Browne
– Youngblood #1
by Kelly Kanayama
– Savage Dragon #1
by Nola Pfau
– Spawn #1
by Kim O’Connor
– WildC.A.T.S. #1
by august (in the wake of) dawn

– Action Comics #15 “Evil’s Earliest Days”
Looking Back at The “Angry” Superman, by august (in the wake of) dawn

– Amazing Spider-Man #4
Spider-Man Hates Education by J. Jonah Jameson

Amazing Spider-Man Roulette by Steve Morris
Find every issue of Amazing Spider-Man covered by Shelfdust here!

– Animal Man #5 “The Coyote Gospel”
A Gospel According to Grant Morrison, by Gregory Silber

– Assassin Nation #1
The Power of Listicles, by Steve Morris

Astro City: A Year in the Big City by Charlotte Finn
Charlotte Finn wrote about every issue of Astro City’s run at Vertigo Comics! Click here to find all her essays!

– Avengers Assemble #15.AU “Submit, Britannia!”
Complex Feelings About National Identity, by Kieran Shiach

– Batman Vol. 1 #35 “Dinosaur Island!”
How Batman Got His Dinosaur, by Steve Morris

– Batman Vol 2 #1 “Knife Trick”
Out With The Old, by Steve Morris

– Batman Vol 3 #12 “I Am Suicide”
Batman’s Weird Power Fantasy, by Steve Morris
– Batman Vol 3 #24 “Every Epilogue is a Prelude”
The Man Behind The Bat, by Terrence Sage

Batman’s Greatest Enemy
– Detective Comics #571 “Fear For Sale”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… The Scarecrow, by Tom Shapira
– Detective Comics #475 “The Laughing Fish”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Romance, by Priya Sridhar
– Batman #339 “A Sweet Kiss of Poison”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Poison Ivy, by Philippe Leblanc
– Detective Comics #404 “Who I Am, How I Came To Be”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Joe Chill, by Gregory Paul Silber
– Batman: White Knight #8
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… The Joker, by Caitlin Rosberg
– Batman #405 “Who I Am, How I Came To Be”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Gotham City, by Mo Ali
– Batman #454 “Dark Knight, Dark City”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Barbathos, by Lachan R.
– Batman & Robin #13: The Garden of Death
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Dr Hurt, by Ritesh Babu
– Batman #656: “Man-Bats of London”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… His Junk, by Kelly Kanayama
– Batman: Harley Quinn #1
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Harley Quinn, by S.E. Fleenor
– Batman #428
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… His Mind, by Justin Partridge

Batman Eternal (Recaps)
– You can find the entire 52-issue run of Batman Eternal as recapped on Shelfdust by Steve Morris right here!

– Bitch Planet #3 “Too Big To Fail”
The Radical Fatness of Penny Rolle, by Samantha Puc

Black Comic Book History
– 1970: Ebon #1 with Larry Fuller
by Wendy Browne
– 1971: Creepy #43 with Billy Graham
by Wendy Browne
– 1972: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 with Billy Graham
by Matthew Cowans
– 1972: Super Soul Comix #1 with Richard “Grass” Green
by Touissaint Egan
– 1974: Jungle Action #10 with Billy Graham
by Jay Rincher
– 1975: White Whore Funnies #1 with Larry Fuller and Raye Horne
by Wendy Browne
– 1976: Fast Willie Jackson and Golden Legacy with Bertram A. Fitzgerald
by Wendy Browne
– 1977: The Love Rangers #1 with Vernon Grant
by Wendy Browne
– 1979: Amazing Spider-Man #194 with Keith Pollard
by Kenneth Laster
– 1980: Weird War Tales #94 with Denys Cowan
by Matthew Cowans
– 1982: Hugo #1 and Milton Knight
by Wendy Browne (with Milton Knight)
– 1983: The Falcon #1 and Jim Owsley
by Kenneth Laster
– 1984: Blue Devil #1 and Paris Cullins
by Kenneth Laster
– 1987: Daredevil #246 and Priest
by Adam Karenina Sherif
– 1988: Black Panther: Hero No More #1 and Denys Cowan
by Matthew Cowans
– 1989: Damage Control #1 and Dwayne McDuffie
by Latonya Pennington

– Black Panther #13 “Avengers of The New World”
The Power of Belief, by Jude Jones

– Boba Fett: Bounty on Bar-Kooda
The OG Mandalorian, or, How I Almost Learned To Love Boba Fett, by Dylan Todd

– Bone #10 “The Great Cow Race”
The Finest Cow-Centric Chase in Comics, by Al Kennedy

– Casanova: Avaritia #2 “What If It’s Never Enough?”
Casanova Is A F***ity Comic, by Daniel Elkin

The Champions by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– The Champions #1 “The World Still Needs… The Champions!”
– The Champions #2 “Whom The Gods Would Join…”
– The Champions #3 “Assault on Olympus!”
– The Champions #4 “Murder At Malibu!”
– The Champions #5 “Murder Is A Man Called… RAMPAGE!”
– The Champions #6 “Mad Dogs and Businessmen”
– The Champions #7 “The Man Who Created the Black Widow!”

– Christmas With The Super Heroes #2
Heroes for the Holidays, by Seb Patrick

– Civil War: The Confession
Was It Worth It? by Matt O’Keefe

– Daredevil #266: “A Beer with the Devil”
The Sensual Subversions of Daredevil, by Anna Peppard

– Daredevil #283: “The American Nightmare”
The American (Lucid) Dream, by Jess Plummer

Steve Makes People Read Darkstar Comics
– X-Men Unlimited #28″ A Plague Among Us”
The Darkest Star is Exposition, by Adam P. Knave
– Captain America #352 “Refuge”
Who is Darkstar, and Why Does Anyone Like Her? by Gregory Paul Silber
– The Incredible Hulk #259 “The Family That Dies Together”
Who Do You Think You Are, Darkstar? by Graeme McMillan
– The Champions #13 “The Doom That Went On Forever!”
Darkstar is an Icon, by Sara Century

Dawn of X, by Steve Morris
We’ve covered a lot of Dawn of X on the site! Find all our posts on our page here!

– Deathblow #1 “Confessions
A Sad Soldier in Superhero Guise, by Tom Shapira

– Detective Comics #574: My Beginning… and My Probable End
by august (in the wake of) dawn

– Die #1
Building the Deck, by Christian Hoffer

– Doctor Who Magazine #139 “Culture Shock!”
That Sad Skeleton, by Sean Dillon

– Doctor Who: Missy #1
A Master Plan from The Mistress, by Diane Darcy

Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #1 “The Pictures of Josephine Day”
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #2 “Music of the Spherions”
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #3 “The Silvering”
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #4 “Briarwood”
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #5 “A Matter of Life and Death”

– Doom Patrol #63: Empire of Chairs
There Is A Better World, by Charlotte Finn

– Eightball #23: The Death Ray
by Rob Clough

– Female Furies #1: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Bleeding
Darkseid Is… Just Another Man, by Steve Morris

– FF #17 “The Roommate Experiment”
Crashing Through The Closet, by Caitlin Rosberg

– FF #23: Run
Franklin Richards’ Rules for Reality, by Tiffany Babb

Giant Days Year One by Claire Napier (Annotations)
– Giant Days (Year One) #1
– Giant Days (Year One) #2
– Giant Days (Year One) #3

– Giant-Size X-Men #1 “Deadly Genesis!”
A New Generation Take the Lead, by David Canham

Gotham Central by Steve Morris (Essays)
– Gotham Central #12 “Soft Targets Part 1”
– Gotham Central #13 “Soft Targets Part 2”
– Gotham Central #14 “Soft Targets Part 3”
– Gotham Central #15 “Soft Targets Part 4”

– Green Lantern #75 “The Golden Obelisk of Qward!”
The Legacy of John Broome, by Ritesh Babu

The Annotated Gwenpool Strikes Back
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #1
The Pervert’s Guide, by Chloe Maveal
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #2
The Pervert’s Guide, by Avery Kaplan
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #3
The Pervert’s Guide, by Chloe Maveal
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #4
The Pervert’s Guide, by Avery Kaplan
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #5
The Gentleman’s Guide, by Steve Morris with Avery Kaplan and Chloe Maveal

– Hawkeye #3: Cherry
How Clothes Maketh the Hawkeyes, by Holly Raidl

– Hellboy #6 “The Corpse”
Stolen Babies and Lost Histories, by Tom Shapira

House of M by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– House of M #1
– House of M #2
– House of M #3
– House of M #4
– House of M #5
– House of M #6
– House of M #7
– House of M #8

House of X / Powers of X by Steve Morris
– House of X #1: The House That Charles Xavier Built
– Powers of X #1: The Last Dream of Professor X
– House of X #2: The Uncanny Life of Moira X
– Powers of X #2: We Are Together Now, You and I
– Powers of X #3: This Is What You Do
– House of X #3: Once More Unto the Breach
– House of X #4: It Will Be Done
– Powers of X #4: Something Sinister
– House of X #5: Society
– Powers of X #5: For The Children
– House of X #6: I Am Not Ashamed
– Powers of X #6: House of X

– Howard The Duck Vol 1 #24 “Where Do You Go — What Do You Do — The Night After You Saved The Universe?”
WAUGH and On And On: Synecducky in Howard the Duck #24, by Osvaldo Oyola

Iceman
– Iceman #6
– Iceman #7
by Darkstar

– The Immortal Iron Fist #9
The Undefeated Fat Cobra, by Steve Morris

– Impulse #3: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Impulse Saves The DC Universe, by Steve Morris

The Infinite Infinite Crisis
Shelfdust spent months exploring Infinite Crisis! Catch up on our long-running, exhaustive investigation here!

– The Invisibles #12 “Best Man Fall”
Fall of the Working Man, by Steve Morris

– Jessica Jones #7
The Jessica Jones Family Fun Hour, by Steve Morris

– Journey Into Mystery: The Birth of Krakoa
Enter the Heart of Barkness, by Kayleigh Hearn

– Justice League #1 “Born Again”
Justice League International is the Comic We Need!, by Chloe Maveal

Justice League: No Justice by Steve Morris (recaps)
– Justice League: No Justice #1
– Justice League: No Justice #2
– Justice League: No Justice #3
– Justice League: No Justice #4

– Justice League of America #123: Where On Earth Am I?
by Graeme McMillan

– Locke & Key: Keys To The Kingdom #3
The Clockwork Construction of Locke & Key, by Avery Kaplan

The Manhattan Projects by Steve Morris (Essays)
– The Manhattan Projects #1 “Infinite Oppenheimers”
– The Manhattan Projects #2 “Rocket Man”
– The Manhattan Projects #3 “The Bomb”

– Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 “Death Watch!”
by Steve Morris

– Milestone Returns #0 “The Big Bang”
Have We Left Milestone Behind?, by Jay Rincher

– Mockingbird #1
Opening The Puzzle Box, by Steve Morris

– Monstress #1
Monstress Holds A Mirror To Our Worst Selves, by Laura Stump

– The Multiversity #2 “Superjudge”
The Triumph of Captain Carrot, by Steve Morris

New Warroulette by Al Kennedy
– New Warriors #17 “Sore Winners”
Taking Down Terrax
– New Warriors #13 “A World for The Winning”
Night Thrasher Vs The Sphinx
– New Warriors #36 “The Scales of Justice”
Vance Astrovik – Dawn of Justice
– New Warriors #4 “Genetech Potential”
Psionex Pstrike

– Nextwave #1
Rescuing Monica Rambeau from Nextwave, by Steve Morris

– No Mercy #9
A Stone In The Gut, by Nola Pfau

– Octopus Pie “The Other Side”
How To End Well, by Masha Zhdanova

– OMAC #1 “Brother Eye And Buddy Blank”
OMAC Warned Us Of The World That’s Coming, by Graeme McMillan

– Omega The Unknown #1
The World May Confuse You, by Osvaldo Oyola

Original Sin by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– Original Sin #0: Who Is The Watcher?
– Original Sin #1: Who Shot The Watcher?
– Original Sin #2: Who Holds The Eye?
– Original Sin #3: Answers At All Costs!
– Original Sin #4: Trust No One!
– Original Sin #5: What is The Unseen?
– Original Sin #6: Who Pulled The Trigger?
– Original Sin #7: The Last Battleground
– Original Sin #8: The Final Judgement!

– The Other History of the DC Universe #3
Another History, Another Erasure, by Kelly Kanayama

– Our Dreams At Dusk Vol #1
Heralding Queer Self Acceptance, by Latonya Pennington

Out Cold: Iceman’s History in the Closet
– The New Defenders #136 “Bodies and Souls!”
Iceman’s Time in the New Defenders, by Sara Century
– Uncanny X-Men #319 “Untapped Potential”
Iceman’s Family Reunion, by Tim Maytom
– X-Men #7 “The Return of The Blob!”
“If You Twist My Arm”, by Murphy Leigh
– Uncanny X-Men #415 “Secrets”
Iceman, Northstar, and Chuck Austen, by Steve Foxe

– Paper Girls #7
Time Travel and Catharsis in Paper Girls #7, by Masha Zhdanova

The Reapers: Revisiting Pretty Deadly Vol 1
– Pretty Deadly #1
by Nola Pfau
– Pretty Deadly #2
by Ashley Leckwold
– Pretty Deadly #3
by Kat Overland
– Pretty Deadly #4
by august (in the wake of) dawn
– Pretty Deadly #5
by Samantha Puc

– Prez #1 “Oh Say Does That Star Spangled Banner Yet Wave?”
Land of the (Eagle) Free, by James Leask

– Punisher Vol 7 #28 “The Slavers”
Getting In The Guts of Exploitation, by Kelly Kanayama

– Royals #1 “Another Future Song”
By Steve Morris

– Sandman #17 “Calliope”
Sandman’s “Calliope” in the #MeToo Era, by Kayleigh Hearn
– Sandman #31 “Three Septembers and a January”
Revisiting Sandman #31, by Kayleigh Hearn

– Scooby Apocalypse #36
Ruh Roh!, by Graeme McMillan

Secret Invasion
– Secret Invasion #1 by Samantha Puc
– Secret Invasion #2 by Tim Maytom
– Secret Invasion #3 by Jay Rincher
– Secret Invasion #4 by Zoe Tunnell
– Secret Invasion #5 by Caitlin Rosberg
– Secret Invasion #6 by Ritesh Babu
– Secret Invasion #7 by Tom Shapira
– Secret Invasion #8 by Kelly Kanayama

– Secret Origins #40 “The Origin of Detective Chimp”
The Secret Origin of Detective Chimp, by Steve Morris

– Seven Little Sons of the Dragon “Wolves Don’t Lie”
Son, You’re a Werewolf, by William Moo

Seven Critics of Victory
Our thirty-part series on Seven Soldiers of Victory featured eight amazing comics critics! You can find all our coverage here!

– Sex Criminals #10 “Alone Together”
On Feeling Seen in Unexpected Moments, by Samantha Puc

– Silk #6
Anxiety and Cindy Moon, by Latonya Pennington

Spawn de Replay by Steve Morris
– Spawn #1 “Questions Pt. 1”
Looking Back At Spawn #1
– Spawn #2 “Questions Pt. 2”
What the Hell is a “Violator” Anyway?
– Spawn #3 “Questions Pt. 3”
Moving on from Marvel
– Spawn #4 “Questions Pt. 4”
Spawn and Tom Orzechowski

– The Spirit “The Last Trolley”
Eisner’s Radical Noirish Style, by Colin Smith

– Star Wars Age of Resistance: General Hux #1
Not Weak, but Patient, by Jennifer de Guzman

– Static Season One #1
The Old Sparks Fly Again, by Kenneth Laster

– Superman Vol 1 #76 “The Mightiest Team on Earth!”
by Steve Morris

– Superman Vol 1 #400 “The Living Legends of Superman”
by Seb Patrick

– Superman Vol 2 #79 “Prove It”
Perry White Is Canonically a Bad Editor, by Mark O. Stack

– The Tammy and Jinty Special 2020
Classic Comics for Girls are Back! by Kayleigh Hearn

– Teen Titans #10 “The Secret Lives of Parents”
Gay or At-lan-tean? DC Needs to Get Their Aqualad Straight, by Justin Carter

– The Mighty Thor #337 “DOOM”
All Hail Our Hunky Horse Hero, by Caitlin Rosberg

– Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #1 “How To Say Goodbye and Mean It”
by Steve Morris

– Ultimate Nightmare #5
The Ultimate Universe’s Ultimate Decompression, by Steve Morris

– Ultimates v2 #8 “The Survivors”
How to Have Your Cosmic Cake and Eat It, by Zoe Tunnell

– The Unbelievable Gwenpool #3
Batroc The Leaper: Your Favourite B-Lister, by Steve Morris

– Uncanny X-Men #346 “The Story of the Year”
J. Jonah Jameson and the Mutants
– Uncanny X-Men #428 “The Draco, Part 1”
How Did We Get Here? by Steve Morris

– Usagi Yojimbo #10: “Return to Adachi Plain”
The Goblin of Memory, by Mark Turetsky

– Usagi Yojimbo #92 “Chanoyu”
The Things That Are Hidden, by Mark Turetsky

– The Vision #1 “Visions of the Future”
R U NORMAL? On the Attempt to Normalize the Outsider, by Tiffany Babb

Watchmen
– Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents…
by Priya Sridhar
– Watchmen #2: Absent Friends
by Rosie Knight
– Watchmen #3: The Judge of All The Earth
by Chloe Maveal
– Watchmen #4: Watchmaker
by Suzette Chan
– Watchmen #5: Fearful Symmetry
by Sasha Fraze
– Watchmen #6: The Abyss Gazes Also
by Kelly Kanayama
– Watchmen #7: A Brother To Dragons
by Nola Pfau
– Watchmen #8: Old Ghosts
by Charlotte Finn
– Watchmen #9: The Darkness of Mere Being
by Samantha Puc
– Watchmen #10: Two Riders Were Approaching
by Kayleigh Hearn
– Watchmen #11: Look On My Works, Ye Mighty
by Tiffany Babb
– Watchmen #12: A Stronger Loving World
by Sara Century

We3
– We3 #1
From a Dog Owner’s Perspective, by Chase Magnett
– We3 #2
From a Cat Owner’s Perspective, by J. A. Micheline
– We3 #3
From a Rabbit Owner’s Perspective, by Emma Lawson

– West Coast Avengers #246 “Franchise”
Big Dreams, Big Bertha, and Bulimia, by Rebecca Kaplan

– The Wicked + The Divine #13 “Commercial Suicide”
Seeing My Story Retold, by Muireann McGlynn

Wolverine Vol 3
– Wolverine #1: Brotherhood, Part 1
by Gary Moloney

Wolverine Vol 4 by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– Wolverine: The Road to Hell
– Wolverine #1: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part One
– Wolverine #2: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part Two
– Wolverine #3: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part Three
– Wolverine #4: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part Four
– Wolverine #5: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part Five

– Wonder Woman #225 “Nothing Finished, Only Abandoned”
Faith in the Face of Failure, by Ritesh Babu

– WWE: Then. Now. Forever
by Steve Morris

– X-Factor Vol 1 #85 “Snikts and Bones”
Remember that Awesome Cable Fight?
– X-Factor Vol 1 #87 “X-Aminations”
A Modern Day Cross X-Amination, by Dan Grote

– X-Men #1 “Rubicon”
The Fittest Comic Book Of All Time, by Claire Napier

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