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Manta Ray - Flower Gardens, Gulf of Mexico 2000.
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SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27th, 2016

***MARVEL COMICS***

ANGELA QUEEN OF HEL #4 REGULAR & LIMITED DEADPOOL VARIANT EDS
CARNAGE #4 REGULAR & LIMITED DEADPOOL VARIANT EDITIONS
DAREDEVIL #3 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
DEADPOOL AND CABLE SPLIT SECOND #2
EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #6
GUIDE TO MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE CAPTAIN AMERICA FIRST AVENGER
HOWLING COMMANDOS OF SHIELD #4
KANAN #10
MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTAIMATE SPIDER-MAN
MARVELS CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR PRELUDE #4
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #3
NOVA #3 RAMOS 2nd PRINT VARIANT
OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN #1 CHECCHETTO 2nd PRINT VARIANT
OLD MAN LOGAN #1 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
ROCKET RACCOON AND GROOT #1 YOUNG 2nd PRINT VARIANT
SECRET WARS #8 ALEX ROSS 2nd PRINT VARIANT
SPIDER-WOMAN #3 REGULAR & LIMITED YU VARIANT
STAR WARS #13 BROOKS 2nd PRINT VARIANT
TRUE BELIEVERS DEADPOOL MUSCIAL #1
TRUE BELIEVERS DEADPOOL VARIANTS #1
TRUE BELIEVERS EVIL DEADPOOL #1
UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #4 REGULAR & LIMITED DEADPOOL VARAINT EDS
VENOM SPACE KNIGHT #3

***DC COMICS***

AQUAMAN #48 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
ART OPS #4
BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #17
BLACK CANARY #7
CYBORG #7 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
DEATHSTROKE #14 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
GRAYSON #16 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
HE MAN THE ETERNITY WAR #14
JACKED #3
JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #8
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
LAST GANG IN TOWN #2
OMEGA MEN #8
SCOOBY DOO TEAM UP #14
SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED DEADSHOT KATANA #1
SUPERMAN #48 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
SUPERMAN LOIS AND CLARK #4 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
TEEN TITANS #16 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK #16

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

BEAUTY #6
BLACK MAGICK #4
BLOODSHOT REBORN #10
CHEW #54
CONAN THE AVENGER #22
CRY HAVOC #1
DEADLY CLASS #18
DOCTOR WHO 10th YEAR TWO #5
DOCTOR WHO 11th YEAR TWO #5
DREAMING EAGLES #2
EAST OF WEST #24
ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #13
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS SOURCEBOOK #1
FAITH #1
GFT GRIMM TALES OF TERROR VOL. 2 #4
GFT STEAMPUNK #1
GHOSTBUSTERS INTERNATIONAL #1
HELLBOY WINTER SPECIAL 2016 #1
ISLAND #6
ITTY BITTY HELLBOY SEARCH FOR THE WERE-JAGUAR #3
JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS #1
JEM & THE VHS MOVIE BOMB #NONE
JUPITERS CIRCLE VOL. 2 #3
KING CONAN WOLVEW BEYOND THE BORDER #2
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #0
MONSTRESS #1 3rd PRINT VARIANT
MONSTRESS #2 2nd PRINT VARIANT
MONSTRESS #3
NEGATIVE SPACE #3
ODYC #9
ORPHAN BLACK HELSINKI #3
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #15
PASTAWAYS #8
PEANUTS VL. 2 #30
PUPPET MASTER #11
RICK & MORTY #10
RINGSIDE #3
SAGA #33
SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #21
SOUTHERN BASTARDS #13
SPIRE #6
TMNT #54 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
TRANSFORMERS SINS OF THE WRECKERS #3 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDS
WES CRAVEN COMING OF RAGE #4

***MISCELLANEOUS***

BATMAN BY ED BRUBAKER VOL. 1 TPB
BATMAN THE JIRO KUWATA BATMANGA VOL. 3 TPB
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #192
PREVIEWS #329 FEBRUARY 2016
SAILOR MOON TWINKLE DOLLY VERSION 3
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOL. 21 TPB
STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #56 SABER CLASS
SUPERGIRL VOL. 1 THE GIRL OF STEEL VOL. 1

SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20th, 2016

***MARVEL COMICS***

ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #4 REGULAR & LIMITED NOTO DEADPOOL VAR EDS
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 REGULAR & MANY LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
DAREDEVIL #1 GARNEY 2nd PRINT
DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE LADY OF SHADOWS #5
DARK TOWER DRAWING OF THREE STICK FIGURES #NONE
DEADPOOL #6
DOCTOR STRANGE #3 BACHALO 2nd PRINT VARIANT
DRAX #3
HERCULES #3
HOWARD THE DUCK #2 FOWLER GWENPOLL B&W 2nd PRINT VARIANT
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #4 MARQUEZ 2nd PRINT VARINAT
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #15
MAX RIDE #3
MS MARVEL #3 REGULAR & LIMITED TARR VARIANT EDITIONS
NEW AVENGERS #5
PATSY WALKER AKA HELLCAT #2
SILVER SURFER #1 REGULAR & MANY LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
STAR WARS #15
STAR-LORD #3
STARBRAND AND NIGHTMASK #2
TRUE BELIEVERS GROOVY DEADPOOL #1
TRUE BELIEVERS MEATY DEADPOOL #1
TRUE BELIEVERS WEDDING OF DEADPOOL #1
UNCANNY INHUMANS #4 REGULAR & LIMITED DEADPOOL VARIANT EDITIONS
UNCANNY X-MEN #2 REGULAR & LIMITED ANKA VARIANT EDITIONS

***DC COMICS***

ASTRO CITY #31
BATGIRL #47
BATMAN #48 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #16
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT GENESIS #6
CLEAN ROOM #4
DOCTOR FATE #8
FABLES THE WOLF AMONG US #13
HARLEY QUINN #24 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FIVE #2
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR BATMAN #1 2nd PRINT VARIANT
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR FLASH #1 2nd PRINT VARIANT
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR GREEN LANTERN #1 2nd PRINT VARIANT
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR LENNY THE LEMMING #NONE
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR SHAZAM #1 2nd PRINT VARIANT
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR SUPERMAN #1 2nd PRINT VARIANT
LEGEND OF WONDER WOMAN #1 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
LUCIFER #2
MARTIAN MANHUNTER #8 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
POISON IVY CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH #1
RED THORN #3
ROBIN SON OF BATMAN #8 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
SECRET SIX #10
SINESTRO #19 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #25 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
TITANS HUNT #4 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
WONDER WOMAN #48 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

ADVENTURE TIME ICE KING #1
ALIENS VS ZOMBIES #5
AMAZING FOREST #1
BPRD HELL ON EARTH #139
BTVS SEASON 10 #23
CUSTOM NAMCO RIST OF INCARNATES #17
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #18
DEVI WITCHBLADE ONE SHOT #1
DEVOLUTION #1
DRAGON AGE MAGEKILLER #2
HANGMAN #2
I HATE FAIRYLAND #4
IMPERIUM #12
JIM HENSONS STORYTELLER DRAGONS #2
JUDGE DREDD #2
KLAUS #2 2nd PRINT VARIANT
LEGACY OF LUTHER STRODE #4
LOOKING FOR GROUP #10
LUMBERJANES #22
MONSTER WORLD #2
PATHFINDER HOLLOW MOUNTAIN #3
PENCIL HEAD #1
PHONOGRAM THE IMMATERIAL GIRL #6
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES #8 PETAL TO THE METAL
POSTAL #9
RACHEL RISING #39
ROOK #4
SIMPSONS COMICS #225
SKYLANDERS SUPERCHARGERS #1
STEAM MAN #4
STREET FIGHTER UNLIMITED #2
SUPERZERO #2
SYMMETRY #2
TOKYO GHOST #5
TRANSFORMERS #49 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ANIMATED #6
USAGI YOJIMBO #151
WAKFU #2
WAYWARD #13
WELCOME TO SHOWSIDE #3
WILL EISNER SPIRIT #7
WOLF #5
WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #3

***MISCELLANEOUS***

DARK KNIGHT III MASTER RACE #2 COLLECTORS EDITION HC
DC BOMBSHELLS HARLEY QUINN KEYCHAIN
DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL. 86 REGULAR & BAMA COVERS
DOCTOR WHO PRISONERS OF TIME TPB
NON SPORT UPDATE VOL. 27 #1
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN VOL. 6 TPB
STAR WARS JEDI MASTER MAGAZINE #2
SWORDS OF SORROW COMPLETE SAGA TPB
THOR VOL. 1 GODDESS OF THUNDER TPB
WALKING DEAD FIG MAG #3 MICHONNE
WALKING DEAD FIG MAG #4 THE GOVERNOR
WALKING DEAD MAGAZINE #15 NEWSSTAND & PX EDITIONS

SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13th, 2016

***MARVEL COMICS***

AGENTS OF SHIELD #1 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #3 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIM VAR EDS
ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT ALL SPECIAL WHAT ALL WERE WE TALKING ABOUT?
ALL NEW HAWKEYE #3
ALL NEW WOLVERINE #4 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
ALL NEW X-MEN #3 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
BLACK KNIGHT #3
CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON #5
EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #5
FIGMENT 2 #5
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #4 REGULAR & LIMITED DEADPOOL VARIANT EDS
ILLUMINATI #3
MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #4
MIGHTY THOR #3 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
RED WOLF #2
SCARLET WITCH #2
SECRET WARS #9 REGULAR & MANY LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
SILK #3 REGULAR & LIMITED CAMPBELL VARIANT EDITIONS
SQUADRON SUPREME #3
TRUE BELIEVERS DETECTIVE DEADPOOL #1
TRUE BELIEVERS UNCANNY DEADPOOL #1
UNCANNY AVENGERS #4 REGULAR & LIMITED DEADPOOL VARIANT EDITIONS
WEB WARRIORS #3

***DC COMICS***

BATMAN 66 MEETS THE MAN FROM UNCLE #2
BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #15
BATMAN SUPERMAN REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE #2
BATMAN & BARNEY THE DINOSAUR #NONE
CATWOMAN #48
CONSTANTINE THE HELLBLAZER #8
EARTH 2 SOCIETY #8
GOTHAM ACADEMY #14
GREEN LANTERN CORPS EDGE OF OBLIVION #1
LUCIFER #1 SPECIAL EDITION
NEW ROMANCER #2
NEW SUICIDE SQUAD #16
RED HOOD ARSENAL #8 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
ROBIN WAR #2
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #65
STARFIRE #8 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
SUPERMAN AMERICAN ALIEN #3

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

ABE SAPIEN #30
ADVENTURE TIME #48
ASSASSINS CREED #4
BACK TO THE FUTURE
BIRTHRIGHT #13
BLACK HOOD #8
BROKEN MOON #4
CODENAME BABOUSHKA CONCLAVE OF DEATH #4
DESCENDER #9
DOC SAVAGE SPIDERS WEB #2
DOCTOR WHO 8th #3
DONALD DUCK #9
DR. MIRAGE SECOND LIVES #2
EVIL DEAD 2 CRADLE OF THE DAMNED #1
FASTER THAN LIGHT #5
G.I. JOE COBRA SPECIAL #8
GOLD DIGGER #228
GROO FRIENDS AND FOES #12
HUCK #3
INJECTION #6
INSEXTS #2
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #227
LANERN CITY #9
LEGEND OF OZ WICKED WEST #4
LUNA THE VAMPIRE #1
MAX MAXXIMIZED #27
MICKEY MOUSE #8
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #38 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDS
NINJAK #11
ONYX #4
REBELS #10
RED SONJA VOL. 3 #1
SKYLANDER SUPERCHARGERS #4
SLASH & BURN #3
SNOW BLIND #2
SONIC UNIVERSE #82
SPIRIT LEAVES #1
SPONGEBOB COMICS #52
SPREAD #12
STAR TREK ONGOING #53
TMNT AMAZING ADVENTURES #6
TRANSFORMERS TIMELINES #11 CYBERTRONS MOST WANTED
WALKING DEAD #150 REGULAR & BLANK & FOUR VARIANTS
WALT DISNEY COMICS & STORIES #727

***MISCELLANEOUS***

AVENGERS #0 VINYL POSTER
BACK ISSUE #86
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT BATMOBILE KEYCHAIN
BATMAN SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN TRINITY DELUXE EDITION HC
DEADPOOL FLASHBACKS TPB
DEATH OF WOLVERINE TPB
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #494
ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #50
STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #5 USS KELVIN 2009
STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #58 BORG TACTICAL CUBE
STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #59 USS RELATIVITY

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SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 2016

***MARVEL COMICS***

A-FORCE #1 REGULAR & MANY LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.2 REGULAR & LIMITED OTTLEY VARIANT
CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #4 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
DARTH VADER #15 VADER DOWN -- REG & MULTIPLE LIMITED VAR EDS
DEADPOOL #5
DOCTOR STRANGE #4 REGULAR & LIMITED DEADPOOL VARIANT EDITIONS
GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #2
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5
MARVELS CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR PRELUE #3
MIRACLEMAN BY GAIMAN AND BUCKINGHAM #6
SPIDER-GWEN #0 RODRIGUEZ 2ND PRINT VARIANT
SPIDER-GWEN #4 REGULAR & LIMITED DEADPOOL VARIANT EDITIONS
SPIDER-MAN AND DEADPOOL #1 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VAR EDS
STAR WARS #14 VADER DOWN
TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #2 REGULAR & LIMITED RICHARDSON VAR EDS
TRUE BELIEVERS DEADPOOL #1
TRUE BELIEVERS DEADPOOL ORIGINS #1
ULTIMATES #3 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
UNCANNY X-MEN #1 REGULAR & LIMITED LASHLEY VARIANT EDITIONS
VISION #3
WEIRDWORLD #2

***DC COMICS***

ACTION COMICS #48 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #14
BATMAN BEYOND #8
DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #8
DC ESSENTIALS DC THE NEW FRONTIER #1
DETECTIVE COMICS #48 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
GREEN ARROW #48 REGULAR & COLORING BOOK VARIANT
GREEN LANTERN #48 REGULAR & COLOR BOOK VARIANT
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR FIVE #1
MIDNIGHTER #8
SHERIFF OF BABYLON #2
SWAMP THING #1 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
TELOS #4
UNFOLLOW #3

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

ANGEL AND FAITH SEASON 10 #22
ANGRY BIRDS COMICS #1
ARCHIE #5
BARB WIRE #7
BITCH PLANET #6
BLACK SCIENCE #19
DARK CORRIDOR #6
DOCTOR WHO 10th YEAR TWO #4
DOCTOR WHO 12th YEAR TWO #1
FADE OUT #12
FOUR EYES HEARTS OF FIRE #1
GIANT DAYS #10
GOLD DIGGER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #9
GRANT MORRISONS 18 DAYS #7
HERO CATS #9
HEROES VENGEANCE #4
INVADER ZIM #6
JOE GOLUM OCCULT DETECTIVE #3
JOHNNY RED #3
KUNG FU PANDA #4
LARA CROFT FROZEN OMEN #4
LONE WOLF 2100 #1
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDS FOREVER #24
NAILBITER #19
PACIFIC RIM TALES FROM THE DRIFT #3
PAPER GIRLS #4
POPEYE CLASSICS #42
POWER CUBED #4
REPLICA #2
STAR TREK NEW VISIONS MISTER CHEKOV #1
STAR TREK STARFLEET ACADEMY #2
STRAY BULLETS SUNSHINE & ROSES #11
SURVIVORS CLUB #4
TMNT COLOR CLASSICS SERIES 3 #13
TOIL & TROUBLE $5
UNCLE SCROOGE #10
X-O MANOWAR #43

***MISCELLANEOUS***

ALTER EGO #137
COLOR YOUR OWN DEADPOOL TPB
COMICS REVUE PRESENTS DECEMBER 2015
DEADPOOLS SECRET SECRET WARS TPB
HEAVY METAL #278
RED SONJA VULTURES CIRCLE TPB
SONIC MEGA MAN WORLDS COLLIDE COMPLETE EPIC TPB PX EDITION
STAR TREK STARSHIPS FIG MAG #44 VULCAN DKYR

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Think the median in the middle of the road makes it hard now to get in and out of Collector's Edition?
You won't believe what the city is about to do next.

It could cost people their lives.
Please, see the video below:
or click this link for the whole story
about North Little Rock's Jump Start program.

Updates:

Channel 11 did a news story about the dangers being creating by North Little Rock,
running Friday night and Saturday morning.
You can watch it on their website here:

Monday, August 3rd, I discussed the matter with the Dave Elswick radio show on 96.5 FM.
You can listen to it here -- just mouse over to the 2:05 mark.

Your letters are working (see the bottom of the linked page)!
Wednesday, August 6th, NLR road crews came by around Noon to look at the problem with the bushes,
saying that they'd "gotten a lot of complaints."
They immediately saw what was shown in the video,
but said they "Will have to come back to work on them later in the day, when it's less dangerous."
They did, and I appreciate it. I thank the city, and the alderman who encouraged it.
The view when leaving now is still not great, but it is greatly improved.
But they couldn't have summed up better the improbability of pedestrian traffic on Park Hill.

If it's too dangerous for professional road crews to work, would you really take the kids there for walk?
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REVIEWS:

Wild Stars Volume 3
2001-2002 comics

Review excerpt from
The Comic Shop News
by Cliff Biggers:

"This time traveling saga delves into the briny deep and the seas of space with equal aplomb."

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Review excerpt from
Comic Book Resources:

"Absolutely beautiful stuff"

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Review excerpt from
Comic Book Electronic Magazine:

"Real treasure"

Wild Stars: The Book of Circles
2004 Graphic Novel

Review excerpt by
Don D'Ammassa
of dondammassa.com:

"...it's quite good. The story is a bit --
dare I say comic bookish? -- for most sf fans, but the story is more complex and even intelligent than in most similar materials I've seen. If you like this kind of material at all, you should find this one a satisfying buy."

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Review by
R.J. Carter
of The Trades:

"Michael Tierney's Wild Stars is a graphic novel that has been twenty years in the making, drawing upon it's earlier incarnations as first a text novel and then as three separate comic book series. Visually it shows as, rearranged by the author into a more chronological telling than the comics presented, the reader can notice sharply contrasting changes in art style as the various pencillers came on board and the series evolved.

"But what is Wild Stars about, specifically?

"It's a science fiction story involving spaceships and time-travel. It's a historical adventure about ancient Native American tribes. It's a ghost story about a Civil War soldier and his namesake descendant. It's a crime drama revolving around drug runners and the search for Adolf Hitler. It's a mystery surrounding a cosmic case of mistaken identity.

"And it's probably a dozen other things, beside.

"Wild Stars is a story that is very demanding of the reader, filled to bursting with subplots and hidden storylines that aren't always apparent on first blush. This isn't your basic "Introduce the bad guy and his evil plot, here comes the hero to stop him, battle battle battle, victory and the end." You can't casually read through this book; it requires you to think. But for readers making the commitment, the payoff is worth the investment.

"Upon reading the first chapter, the reader will be inclined to ask himself exactly what is happening. Upon reaching the middle of the book, the reader will be no closer to catching up with the plot that he is now certain is a literary runaway freight train with track continually being laid out in front of it as it progresses forward. Not until the climax of the story are the seemingly disparate threads brought together for an elegantly simple ending, leaving the reader feeling much like a stupefied Watson at the end of a Sherlock Holmes adventure. Of course, if you pay attention, there is a sequence near the center of it all that serves to put the reader on the proper trail, as the Artomique soldier, Georgian Raveling, is captured and questioned by a South American drug smuggler--and tells a tale that defies belief:

Georgian: You want to hear a truth that you'll never believe? Fine! We were attached to the Supreme Commander of the Western Crusade.

Mendez: What?

Georgian: Our original goal was to recover a lost nuclear bomb. Instead we discovered a weapon so powerful that it destroyed the world.

Max: The world looks like it's in pretty good shape to me.

Georgian: My reality was destroyed. Our history was different. The United States never existed. Fascism conquered a world where rotor technology was developed instead of propellers. We're chasing a man with a time travel device that he used to change history. That scuba diver might be the destroyer of worlds!

"So climb aboard, keep your eye on the shell games that go on with Carlton MacKanaly and his clone, Carlton MacKanaly (yes, really) as Tierney takes you from the travelling space city of Magoria to the sunken treasures off Bad Juju Reef to the burning marijuana fields outside of Argenta and ultimately to New Atlantis. It's a long ride with a lot of sights to see. Settle in and have your tickets ready, because once it starts there's nowhere to get off until the last page."

R.J. Carter

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Review excerpt by
Guy Lancaster
April, 2008
Arkansas' Free Press Newspaper:

"The story of Wild Stars stretches ambitiously across space and time, from small-town murders to the destruction of planets, with every event given multiple layers of meaning. Truth be told, I was lost more than once, but even then it still proved a strangely compelling read, as if the damned thing just wouldn't leave my hands until I got to the end.

"It's the equivelent of a long line of dominoes being set to fall -- events happen one after another in such rapid succession that we barely have time to absorb the significance of what's going on before moving ever onward."

"...no one can fault the earnest vision of the creator in tying together in one book stories of backwoods dirty dealings with horrors of genocide on a galactic scale."

Guy Lancaster

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review on amazon.com

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars!

"This is an epic story told on the grandest of scales ... if you enjoyed ... 'Babylon 5' or are a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien ... you will enjoy this book."

Wild Stars 2: Force Majeure
review by criticalblast.com

"Wild Stars: Force Majeure ... delivers staggeringly new SF concepts. Innovative ... epic ... brilliant ... WILD STARS and WILD STARS: FORCE MAJEURE forms a standout work of science fiction that takes a new ... perspective on nearly everything it introduces."

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review on amazon.com

"Excellent ... this one will not disappoint."