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Tim Rooney

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Bluesky, United States
As seen in: The Turtle Club Newsletter, CBR, ComicsBeat
Covers:  Comics, pop culture, television, film
Superheroes & Phillies. Freelance comics critic for hire. Published in @PanelxPanel @comicsbeat @comicsxf. Nonprofit guy.Find me on bsky. urbaneturtle dot com

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A nonprofit professional by day, Tim spends the rest of his time in creative pursuits. Since 2020, Tim has been a freelance contributor of critical commentary about comic books and pop culture for a number of popular websites and comics-related periodicals, with a particular focus on superhero stories and how they reflect and inform American culture. Tim has written for CBR, The Comics Beat, ComicsXF, and the Eisner Award winning magazine, PanelxPanel.

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Tim's Author Page on The Comics Beat

Tim's Author Page on The Comics Beat

All of Tim's work as a comics reviewer at The Comics Beat.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Writer Tom Waltz Looks Back on The Last Ronin

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Writer Tom Waltz Looks Back on The Last Ronin

Longtime TMNT scribe Tom Waltz looks back on his dark vision of the future in The Last Ronin and teases the u…

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REVIEW: Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War First Strike #1

REVIEW: Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War First Strike #1

The kickoff to Marvel Comics' Spider-Man: Gang War crossover event is an exciting and surprisingly emotional …

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Interview: Kyle Higgins Breaks Down the First Arc of Image's Radiant Black - ComicsXF

Interview: Kyle Higgins Breaks Down the First Arc of Image's Radiant Black - ComicsXF

An interview with writer Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Nightwing) about the first six issues of…

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Public Domain vol. 1 Review

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A review of the first collected volume Chip Zdarsky's PUBLIC DOMAIN.

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Strange Adventures: Artifice, Narrative and the Nature of Truth

Strange Adventures: Artifice, Narrative and the Nature of Truth

Reading Strange Adventures, the latest Tom King maxiseries with collaborators Mitch Gerads and Evan "Doc" Sha…

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MANGA REVIEW: GalaXic Baseball League is absurd and undeniably entertaining

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By Tim Rooney
| ComicsBeat Verified
Writer/artist: Acky Bright Editor: Sasaki Hisashi Publisher: Viz Media June 2026 Baseball and comics, and their fans, have more in common than either party realize or would be willing to admit. From the rabid collectors of merchandise to the friendly rivalries between teams, they foster similar levels of passion.
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The Marvel Rundown: The Ultimate Universe is dead in ULTIMATE ENDGAME #5

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By Tim Rooney
| ComicsBeat Verified
Excelsior! Welcome to another edition of the Marvel Rundown! This week, after much delay, the Ultimate Universe comes to a hasty conclusion with Deniz Camp, Terry and Rachel Dodson, and Jonas Scharf’s Ultimate Endgame #5, as well as the star-studded epilogue Ultimate Universe: Finale. Plus, George Carmona III joins me to review the end of the first year of Chip Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti’s Captain America. Face front, True Believers, The Marvel Rundown starts now.
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The Marvel Rundown: THE ULTIMATES #24 ends the series on a brutal note

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By Tim Rooney
| ComicsBeat Verified
It’s the end of the line for Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri’s The Ultimates, as She-Hulk confronts the Incredible Hulk, and the Beat has a review for the conclusion of one of Marvel’s best series. Plus, a Rapid Rundown featuring Doomquest. Writer: Deniz Camp Artist: Juan Frigeri Colorist: Federico Blee Letterer: VC’s Travis Lanham Cover Artist: Dike Ruan It would be inaccurate to call The Ultimates #24 a bad comic book.
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