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The return of Quasar?

Quasar

I've been reading Marvel's cosmic titles in trade paperback form, so I'm not up to speed on everything War of Kings related just yet. So this teaser for Realm of Kings leaves me with a lot of questions I probably don't want to know the answers to just yet, like when Wendall Vaughn got his body back and what happened to Phyla-Vel.

Ah, the agony of trade waiting ...

The Fifth Color - The Triumph of the Inhuman Spirit

Yeah, yeah, I know. Tomorrow is indeed the Fourth of July and most have stirring visions of Captain America already mixed about their brains. Captain America: Reborn has set us on a path to recapture our Greatest Generation's hero of choice perhaps with a depth and breadth of understanding of our country, patriotism and this symbol of the ol' USA none of us would have had without the insightful storytelling of Mr. Ed Brubaker...

... but we're going to skip all that today. Captain America posts on Independence Day are kind of cliché, don't you think? And since Captain America: Reborn #1 is just starting out what could very well be Act Three of the epic tale that is Brubaker's Grand Design, well. The man isn't done with it yet, so we can save the throwing of roses and the ticker tape parades for how awesome he is for when he's done getting to the awesome parts at the end of his awesomeness (SPOILER: it's gonna be awesome).

Let's instead turn towards a story that's coming to its own close and the war of Independence that no one may win after all.
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