Crossover, Vol. 1: Kids Love Chains
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- Author：Donny Cates
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Summary
DONNY CATES and GEOFF SHAW reunite for an epic and historic series that's AVENGERS: ENDGAME meets CLOVERFIELD with a good dose of the questing of THE DARK TOWER series thrown in for good measure。
Imagine everything you thought was fantasy。。。was real。 And now join us， in a world where reality is dead。。。and anything is possible。。。
Collects CROSSOVER #1-6
Imagine everything you thought was fantasy。。。was real。 And now join us， in a world where reality is dead。。。and anything is possible。。。
Collects CROSSOVER #1-6
Reviews
Clay
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Fun book。 Also I love Chip。
Tom
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Generally speaking， I like the work of Donny Cates。 I think he has a good grasp on how to write a monthly comic， and he can plot an entertaining superhero story。 Here we have a story where， for reasons unknown， a rift opens up over Denver and all the fictional characters from every comic book come roaring out and start fighting。 How did this happen？ And given how dangerous that can be， what can the rest of the world do about them？The plot is， perhaps by design， a little confusing。 But as I said， Generally speaking， I like the work of Donny Cates。 I think he has a good grasp on how to write a monthly comic， and he can plot an entertaining superhero story。 Here we have a story where， for reasons unknown， a rift opens up over Denver and all the fictional characters from every comic book come roaring out and start fighting。 How did this happen？ And given how dangerous that can be， what can the rest of the world do about them？The plot is， perhaps by design， a little confusing。 But as I said， that appears to be by design。 Outside of Cates's main cast are a plethora of guest stars， creator-owned heroes all there with permission of the owners in small cameos。。。and in the shadows are a number of other characters lurking in the background if you know where to look， but those are the DC and Marvel heroes that Cates probably couldn't get permission to use if he really wanted to。Anyway， this is the start of。。。something as war breaks out between fictional characters and real human beings。 If nothing else， seeing all these characters interact with each other is a bit fun。。。kinda like so many mediocre summer crossover events from the big publishers where the biggest thrill if any is just seeing the characters hang out together。 。。。more
Jen
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I really liked this one！ Very much a meta-universe with sly nods to the current comic scene。 The plot felt a little jumbled at times， but I think in the long run， that could work itself out。Clever， unique premise with good execution。 Can't wait to see where this one goes。 I really liked this one！ Very much a meta-universe with sly nods to the current comic scene。 The plot felt a little jumbled at times， but I think in the long run， that could work itself out。Clever， unique premise with good execution。 Can't wait to see where this one goes。 。。。more
Peacegal
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I'm sure I didn't "get" even a quarter of the comics nerd in-jokes in this book， but I still had a ton of fun reading this one。 The story is off-the-wall and full of twists， and the wildly colorful and frenetic illustrations leap off the pages。 CROSSOVER is a success in that it entertains both hardcore superhero fans and those who aren't as involved in the genre--the title fits perfectly！ I'm sure I didn't "get" even a quarter of the comics nerd in-jokes in this book， but I still had a ton of fun reading this one。 The story is off-the-wall and full of twists， and the wildly colorful and frenetic illustrations leap off the pages。 CROSSOVER is a success in that it entertains both hardcore superhero fans and those who aren't as involved in the genre--the title fits perfectly！ 。。。more
James Bowman
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An interesting premise， if one clearly restrained by the characters Cates was permitted to work with （mainly his own and one major independent character， plus a lot of cameos）。 The story is fine， if you don't ask for much out of it， but feels like it rapidly burns through a lot of potentially interesting plot points， and should have unfolded at a slower pace。 The last issue does have enough unexpected twists that I'll give the second volume a chance。。。 （B） An interesting premise， if one clearly restrained by the characters Cates was permitted to work with （mainly his own and one major independent character， plus a lot of cameos）。 The story is fine， if you don't ask for much out of it， but feels like it rapidly burns through a lot of potentially interesting plot points， and should have unfolded at a slower pace。 The last issue does have enough unexpected twists that I'll give the second volume a chance。。。 （B） 。。。more
Joe Crawford
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4。5
Xroldx
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Though I'm curious where this story is heading， Cates does rely a lot on the reader to know his not that well known characters。 I expected a bit more。 Though I'm curious where this story is heading， Cates does rely a lot on the reader to know his not that well known characters。 I expected a bit more。 。。。more
Pedro Gomes
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A fun comic book that literally fulfills many fanboy fantasies， having characters from all the Image universes “crossover。” The driving for lot most certainly helps keep it focused and interesting but the cameos are definitely the most fun to be had。 Also， the allusion to DC and Marvel heroes is done in a very tongue-in-cheek kind of way and also avoids enough similarities putting it in some legal gray zone。 Overall， the art is great and props to the coloring。 Making the comic characters all hav A fun comic book that literally fulfills many fanboy fantasies， having characters from all the Image universes “crossover。” The driving for lot most certainly helps keep it focused and interesting but the cameos are definitely the most fun to be had。 Also， the allusion to DC and Marvel heroes is done in a very tongue-in-cheek kind of way and also avoids enough similarities putting it in some legal gray zone。 Overall， the art is great and props to the coloring。 Making the comic characters all have the old school dot coloring from way back when， is a nice touch。 I’d say it’s worth a read if not for the story- for the fun。 。。。more
Mr Osowski
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Donny Cates creates such fantastic worlds with in-depth mythologies。 Love this comic to death。 Donny Cates creates such fantastic worlds with in-depth mythologies。 Love this comic to death。 。。。more
Matěj Komiksumec
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Že je Cates totální fanboy komiksů víme už dlouho， ale až teď jim posílá milostný dopis stejně jako to dělá Lumík v Black Hammeru。 Crossover lze sledovat ze dvou stran， casual čtenář se bude ztrácet a bude si jen říkal， že to je šílená， obrovsky nafouklá bublina。 Člověk co se aspoň základně orientuje se bude bavit protože referencí je tu požehnaně na moc věcí。 Primární základ pro pochopení Crossoveru na načíst si Catese， sám na sebe se dost odkazuje a místy se ta znalost hodí。 Za sebe musím říct Že je Cates totální fanboy komiksů víme už dlouho， ale až teď jim posílá milostný dopis stejně jako to dělá Lumík v Black Hammeru。 Crossover lze sledovat ze dvou stran， casual čtenář se bude ztrácet a bude si jen říkal， že to je šílená， obrovsky nafouklá bublina。 Člověk co se aspoň základně orientuje se bude bavit protože referencí je tu požehnaně na moc věcí。 Primární základ pro pochopení Crossoveru na načíst si Catese， sám na sebe se dost odkazuje a místy se ta znalost hodí。 Za sebe musím říct， že jsem se bavil。 První dvě issue a závěrečné jsem četl jedním dechem， ale má to neuvěřitelně slabý prostřední část která je prostě o ničem。 Postavy mě nijak nevzrušovali ale pár cameí mě potěšilo velmi。 Art je vyloženě nádherný， ten to tahá strašně nahoru。 Bohužel， jen 3，5☆ protože v polovině je to fakt prázdný。 。。。more
Paxton Holley
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A rift in reality opens up a portal and heroes and villains from all different comics show up on our world。 And all hell breaks loose。 That was delightful！ Several surprising cameos。 Interesting story。 Definitely worth a read。
David
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Probably not the best place to start reading Donny Cates' Image material。 Was cool to see Madman， though。 Probably not the best place to start reading Donny Cates' Image material。 Was cool to see Madman， though。 。。。more
Cale
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Well， it's novel at least。 The idea of a crossover between 'reality' and all fantasy worlds， albeit in a mostly contained and separated dome， has a lot going for it， and the story sets up the pieces， but it's definitely a volume 1。 It does provide a pretty explosive action sequence， but I never really got invested in the characters。 Instead， I spent most of my time trying to identify all the references （and there are a lot， from Image and Dark Horse primarily）， and all the ways it infers or refe Well， it's novel at least。 The idea of a crossover between 'reality' and all fantasy worlds， albeit in a mostly contained and separated dome， has a lot going for it， and the story sets up the pieces， but it's definitely a volume 1。 It does provide a pretty explosive action sequence， but I never really got invested in the characters。 Instead， I spent most of my time trying to identify all the references （and there are a lot， from Image and Dark Horse primarily）， and all the ways it infers or references DC/Marvel characters without actually using them （including a nice twist relatively early on that gets bonus points just for its audacity）。 The artwork is pretty good， and using a newsprint CMYK dot approach to differentiate the characters from humans is pretty inspired。One thing I will say - you need to have read other Donny Cates works before this - it is strongly dependent on God Country， and some Dark Horse titles also play prominently， which didn't have as much impact because I wasn't familiar with them。 Several get used as thinly veiled Marvel/DC analogs。Ultimately， it's a weird experiment that succeeds more than it fails， and I'll be curious to see if there's more of it。 If there is， I'll be reading it， but I don't know that I would recommend it to people who aren't deep into comics。 。。。more
Matthew Noe
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The art is great and it's a neat meta concept that has some fun throwback moments but it doesn't necessarily come together all that well。 I'd read the next volume though。 The art is great and it's a neat meta concept that has some fun throwback moments but it doesn't necessarily come together all that well。 I'd read the next volume though。 。。。more
Bob
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Yknow how there are fancy artisinal organic Kobe burgers served at gourmet restaurants for $25， and then there are giant sloppy burgers at a roadside stand that are like 6 patties from who knows what kind of cow stacked on top of each other？ This is like a combination of both of those modes of being。 It's like an endlessly tall quadruple Kobe stack。 So it's kinda great and kinda gross and overwhelming at the same time。I am no comic expert。 I've got a good amount of the supposed classics under my Yknow how there are fancy artisinal organic Kobe burgers served at gourmet restaurants for $25， and then there are giant sloppy burgers at a roadside stand that are like 6 patties from who knows what kind of cow stacked on top of each other？ This is like a combination of both of those modes of being。 It's like an endlessly tall quadruple Kobe stack。 So it's kinda great and kinda gross and overwhelming at the same time。I am no comic expert。 I've got a good amount of the supposed classics under my belt （and quite a few non-classics） but I haven't even yet read some of the books this explicitly references like Black Hammer and God Country。 But I got enough of it to enjoy this mishmash of Watchmen， Wandavision and X-Men。 The artwork and paneling are just stunningly executed from my perspective。If I had one nit， it would be that the omniscient narrator is a occasionally a little too much， although even that gets a nifty little treatment toward the end。 And excessive cursing sometimes just annoys me to the point that I fall out of the story a little bit。 That said， I found this overall to be a neat idea lovingly executed。 。。。more
Anne
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So， yes and no。The story was fun - comic book characters end up getting thrown into our reality and crazy world-altering shit happens。 There's really no rhyme or reason for anything that occurs but it's very readable。Don't look at the plot too closely and you'll be fine。Cates is a good writer， so I was flipping the pages with intensity to see what was going to happen next。 And every issue ended on a cliffhanger with a character from another comic showing up！Dun， dun， duuuuun！SKHER-POW！And here's So， yes and no。The story was fun - comic book characters end up getting thrown into our reality and crazy world-altering shit happens。 There's really no rhyme or reason for anything that occurs but it's very readable。Don't look at the plot too closely and you'll be fine。Cates is a good writer， so I was flipping the pages with intensity to see what was going to happen next。 And every issue ended on a cliffhanger with a character from another comic showing up！Dun， dun， duuuuun！SKHER-POW！And here's where the biggest problem for me came in。 I really didn't know who the fuck most of these people were。 And I've read several of Cates's other books。So while I recognized a lot of other cameos appearances， very few of the big reveal scenes meant much to me。 At the end of the book， another shocking reveal left me wondering if I was supposed to recognize the girl at the end， as well。When all was said and done， the downfall of this book （for me） wasn't that Cates didn't come up with a fantastic story， it's that he overrated his audience's knowledge of some of these random characters。 I'm not going to claim to be some sort of expert on every comic out there， but I think I read enough to say that I can't be the only one out there who was scratching my head a good 70% of the time。Having said that， I still thought this was wacky good fun and I intend to come back for volume 2。 。。。more
Austin Zook
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I thought this was pretty engaging and fantastic—but I’m a sucker for Donny Cates。 Surprised by the mixed reaction it’s gotten here。
Benjamin
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An interesting idea， but I'm not sure if the execution works。 Some of that is just the nature of doing something that's The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny in comics form， but doesn't have the ability to pull in the big name characters from Marvel and DC like a lot of readers might expect or want。 But it's more than just that disappointment。 The terrorism allusions， the religious zealotry and hatred of comics， the shadowy government conspiracies。。。it all sort of falls flat for me here。 The An interesting idea， but I'm not sure if the execution works。 Some of that is just the nature of doing something that's The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny in comics form， but doesn't have the ability to pull in the big name characters from Marvel and DC like a lot of readers might expect or want。 But it's more than just that disappointment。 The terrorism allusions， the religious zealotry and hatred of comics， the shadowy government conspiracies。。。it all sort of falls flat for me here。 There is some great art， and Ellie/Ryan are great characters， but I wish they were in service of a plot that doesn't feel so familiarly trodden。 。。。more
Sheri
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Interesting concept， but not super engrossing。 End had a twist that was interesting enough I'll probably continue。 Interesting concept， but not super engrossing。 End had a twist that was interesting enough I'll probably continue。 。。。more
Chad
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When a mega comic book event crossover manifests in our universe， what happens？ Years later， we see the fallout as we are introduced to the main character。 She is a survivor of the Crossover and now owns the last "real" comic book shop in the country。 Superhero comics were burned in the aftermath， Marvel and DC went out of business， and her shop is the only one still carrying them。 When someone from the 4 color universe walks into her comic shop， they start a journey to get her home。 I loved how When a mega comic book event crossover manifests in our universe， what happens？ Years later， we see the fallout as we are introduced to the main character。 She is a survivor of the Crossover and now owns the last "real" comic book shop in the country。 Superhero comics were burned in the aftermath， Marvel and DC went out of business， and her shop is the only one still carrying them。 When someone from the 4 color universe walks into her comic shop， they start a journey to get her home。 I loved how Cates mixed this in with his other comics， and not only his own but other creator owned comics。 There were characters from Image comics but also Dark Horse and Boom as well。 I thought the black and white zombies of The Walking Dead was a nice touch as well。 I love the meta nature of this book without it getting Grant Morrison weird。 。。。more
Sara
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Read more graphic novel reviews at The Graphic Library。Ellipses Howell （or El to her friends） lives outside The Dome and works in a comicbook store that sells vintage titles from before The Event。 The Crossover Event was an unexplained phenomenon that ripped a hole in our reality and let superheroes and other fictional characters spill out into Denver， Colorado。 One of the supers put up a force field to not only keep the other superstars in， but to protect them from the outside world that is no Read more graphic novel reviews at The Graphic Library。Ellipses Howell （or El to her friends） lives outside The Dome and works in a comicbook store that sells vintage titles from before The Event。 The Crossover Event was an unexplained phenomenon that ripped a hole in our reality and let superheroes and other fictional characters spill out into Denver， Colorado。 One of the supers put up a force field to not only keep the other superstars in， but to protect them from the outside world that is now bent on destroying them。 This field is now known as The Dome。 Ryan is the son of a baptist minister who has been chosen to fulfill a special mission with almost no details as to what he’s expected to do， just that he is the only one who can do it。 With shop owner Otto， the three rescue a young comicbook girl and try to get her back to her parents， but they’ll have to go into The Dome - and the war zone - to do it。Get ready for a pretty big image superhero comics circle jerk。 Volume one doesn’t really get into why The Event occurred or what caused it， so maybe we’ll get that revealed later。 If you love other image comics like God Country， Hitgirl， Maybe even Black Hammer， you might enjoy this world where they’re all coming together in a singular storyline。 My favorite part was probably the narrator， which is actually Cates breaking into his own story to execute fourth wall breaks。 His commentary can be pretty funny。 There are lots of fun nods to other creators and their works （wonder how some of them feel to have been killed off in Cates’ world？）， so this is definitely a series for a pretty hardcore reader。 Casual readers might get some enjoyment but won’t really know who the characters are in order to be impressed by their reveals or inclusions in the story。There are several f-bombs but that’s， so far， the only thing in Volume One that elevates this to the publisher-recommended older teen reading level。Sara’s Rating: 7/10Suitability Level: Grades 10-12 。。。more
Chris Thompson
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Based on some of the bad reviews， I was surprised to find I enjoyed this one。 Sure it gets messy early on and towards the end， and perhaps not enough of the more well-known comic book characters show up， but the characters and story have enough heart to keep this enjoyable。
Josh Berthume
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Really enjoying digging in to the Image Comics universe。 This book has great art and terrific writing。 A very cool story hook， too。
Eric Edwards
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While I like the general idea the actual story feels really cliched。 I think it says a lot that I couldn’t finish reading a trade paper back containing 6 comics issues （I stopped after the first few pages of issue 4）。 The art is fairly enjoyable。
John
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Could've been a bit more transgressive。 Could've been a bit more transgressive。 。。。more
Sam
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The cameos at the end bump it up to a 3。5。 The story was a little all over the place and the pacing could have been slowed down just a little to let the story breathe a little more。 I like it enough to keep reading but this new arc is going to have to really wow me。
Venus Maneater
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Ah do you love to be teased？ Tickled and poked and feeling like an absolute martyr？ If you do， Crossover is your gal。 For sure。 Endless teasing about all the great， big， famous， notorious characters that we'll see。 Cliffhangers a-plenty。 Pages and pages of hinting。 A prison where we can't see anything beyond the bars， but casually hanging out of the cells are hundreds of super-arms。 Recognize; the gloves of batman， the big arms of the Thing， the chains of Spawn。 And your expectations rise。 But d Ah do you love to be teased？ Tickled and poked and feeling like an absolute martyr？ If you do， Crossover is your gal。 For sure。 Endless teasing about all the great， big， famous， notorious characters that we'll see。 Cliffhangers a-plenty。 Pages and pages of hinting。 A prison where we can't see anything beyond the bars， but casually hanging out of the cells are hundreds of super-arms。 Recognize; the gloves of batman， the big arms of the Thing， the chains of Spawn。 And your expectations rise。 But do we even get treated with a decent cameo？ Sadly， we don't。 This is a superhero world where all genius heroes get caught and bound by the powerless people of earth， and where the cancelled bunch ends up trying to save the world。 Where Donny Cates presents us with his own past characters saving the world。 The art is very decent， there are some good spreads。 That's just it， good。 Not stellar or amazing or breathtaking。 You know， all the things you'd imagine you'd see in a BIG CROSSOVER EVENT COMIC like this。 I enjoyed myself and by now Cates has left an enticing trail of breadcrumbs for me to follow to the next volume。。。。I do want to see some questions answered。 I have a gut feeling however， that the answers be as underwhelming as the HERO REVEALS we've seen in this volume。 。。。more
Adam Stone
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I work in a comic book store， and have worked for a variety of comic book stores for many years。 I read comics on a Very Regular basis。 A story about comic book characters being real and invading our world is a premise that intrigues me。 Mark Millar did it in Marvel 1985， and it was more or less successfulat keeping me interested。 This book started off strong enough to get my attention， but apart from a few references that I enjoyed， and a few that， as someone who reads almost every comic title I work in a comic book store， and have worked for a variety of comic book stores for many years。 I read comics on a Very Regular basis。 A story about comic book characters being real and invading our world is a premise that intrigues me。 Mark Millar did it in Marvel 1985， and it was more or less successfulat keeping me interested。 This book started off strong enough to get my attention， but apart from a few references that I enjoyed， and a few that， as someone who reads almost every comic title that comes out， didn't understand， Cates didn't do anything with any of his premises。You can pretty much map out every character's journey from their first line of dialogue。 Ah， young girl estranged from family will find family eventually but no in the way she hopes。 Obi-Wan will die。 Child of villain will rebel and become a Sort Of Chosen One who must grow stronger by helping the actual protagonist。 It's fairly cookie-cutter writing。But the tragedy of the book is the pacing。 The introduction of a long-time Image character， as well as a short-lived team of superheroes （in their own cancelled series， this is not a spoiler） who I was excited to see again， boded well， but most of the "cross-over" characters were either only briefly shown but without having any dialogue， or their appearances completely alluded me。 I read the back matter and went "Huh？ Really？ How was that referenced？" several times。 And it's not because Cates is a subtle or clever writer。 I believe most of the appearances happened in the last issue when Cates absolutely rushed through the scenes that the whole volume was supposed to be building up to。 I was left not caring what happened in volume two 。。。 until I remembered that the next issue has a new creative team， including Chip Zdarsky， whose work for Image and Marvel， I've very much enjoyed， so 。。。 I guess I'll stick around a bit longerUnless you are dying to see some obscure Image characters placed in a world where comic book characters show up for reasons that are yet to be explained or even hinted at， you can probably skip this story， though。 。。。more
Craig
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I applaud the ambition here and for awhile， I thought this just might be the next amazing Cates creation。 But it falls far short of what of that。 Just imagine if he'd managed to get one or two Marvel or DC heroes included here？ （actually， I don't think that would have helped） I'm glad he's survived a near-death experience twice now （huh？）， but this isn't on par with his cosmic Marvel work or even a creator-owned series like Redneck at Image。 Having gone back to find as many Cates' works as possi I applaud the ambition here and for awhile， I thought this just might be the next amazing Cates creation。 But it falls far short of what of that。 Just imagine if he'd managed to get one or two Marvel or DC heroes included here？ （actually， I don't think that would have helped） I'm glad he's survived a near-death experience twice now （huh？）， but this isn't on par with his cosmic Marvel work or even a creator-owned series like Redneck at Image。 Having gone back to find as many Cates' works as possible after having enjoyed those previous works， I actually recognized The Paybacks and the sword from God Country （I wonder about the reactions of those readers who aren't as steeped in Cates' past work？）。 But this story needs a lot more magic than is on display here。 And the artwork this time is basically perfunctory， when it should be transcendent。 Big disappointment。 。。。more
Sam Quixote
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