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Dresden FIles: Downtown #6 review

One of the reasons I really love the Dresden Files is Jim Butcher’s characters. The idea behind the series is great– magic and mythological creatures in modern Chicago– but the characters really make it fly. I’m a huge fan of the title character, the wizard Harry Dresden. In this mini, a few of his supporting cast get a fair amount of screen time, and I like the choices- Harry’s apprentice, Molly Carpenter, the gangster who’s far too smart for everyone’s good, John Marcone, and Mouse the Fu Dog.

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Swords of Sorrow: Red Sonja/Jungle Girl

In the Swords of Sorrow series, Gail Simone is teaming up a lot of the ladies from classic pulp literature. She’s joked that it’s the ‘women who don’t wear much’ series, which she hadn’t realized until she started seeing concept art. In addition to the main series, there are several spin off series, with a…

Ant-Man movie review

If you’re a comic book fan, which I am, one of the questions you may have had with the cinematic success of the various Avengers films is, “Where’s Hank Pym?” In the comics, he was a founding member of the team. Not only has he been ignored up to now, some of his story has been given to other characters. For example, in the comics, Pym created the robotic menace Ultron. Now, as I said in my review of Avengers: Age of Ultron, that change actually made a lot of sense, but still, no love for a founding Avenger? Two, actually, as the Wasp was not only another founder, but she named the team.

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Daredevil: Stick

So how does a blind kid from New York City learn to fight like a ninja? It’s one of the questions that’s fair enough to wonder about Daredevil, and the episode “Stick,” goes into that in detail. Stick, as comic fans know, is the name of Daredevil’s enigmatic mentor who taught him the skills he’d need to become a masked hero.

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Squadron Sinister #1

The Squadron Supreme has had a long and weird history in Marvel Comics. They are fairly obviously analogues to DC’s famed Justice League, and have had several different incarnations now. In fact, in this issue, the new version fights the one from the “Max” line a few years ago. This evil version, the Squadron Sinister, which has also shown up in various versions in the past, reminds me a lot of DC’s Crime Syndicate, the evil reflections of the Justice League.

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Dresden Files: Downtown #5

Deep beneath the streets of Chicago, the somewhat unlikely team of Harry Dresden, Molly Carpenter, Mouse, and Johnny Marcone face off against a very powerful sorcerer. This is the man behind the golem that’s been terrorizing the city, killing off Marcone’s “clients.”

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Moon Knight #16 review

This issue continues the string of one-shot stories, a welcome change from most books padded out, few issue too long arcs. “Angels” is one of the times I can see the argument about similarities between Moon Knight and Batman. Moon Knight has a lot of high-tech gadgets in this one, as he pursues what at first seems like a band of bad guys in flight suits who are randomly kidnaping people off the streets.

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Secret Wars 2099 #2

The future Avengers continue their story. I’m most interested in the new Captain America. David has created a very interesting character with a compelling backstory. She has secrets even from herself, and others being kept from her completely. I could see this getting complicated as time passes. There are also secrets involving Miguel and the Black Widow.

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Legenderry Vampirella #5 review

All good things must come to an end. Sadly, this includes the various Legenderry series. I’m hoping more of them come along soon. Vampirella’s story ends here in a well-executed fashion, with the door left open for more stories down the road.

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Princess Leia #4

Off on her own, Leia is running around trying to gather up the survivors of Alderaan. She’s being hampered by distrust and paranoia, understandable among a people whose planet was recently destroyed. Survivor’s guilt and blame are a bad combination. Leia and Evaan have added a lot of people to their group, but it’s not all going smoothly. Someone is leaking information to the Empire.