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I’ve got to admit, I had a lot of doubts about this title when I heard about it. But I’ve been enjoying it a lot, and it’s because of a very fine line they manage to walk. It’s not a book about a “Muslim hero.” it’s a book about a young hero who happens to be Muslim. It’s a subtle distinction, but it’s there, and it makes all the difference.
The new Thor has caused a lot of upheaval in the Marvel Universe. You’d think the one with the biggest problem with the new wielder of Mjolnir would be Thor Odinson himself, but it seems to be Odin. He’s got such an issue, he’s unleashed the Destroyer, one of Asgard’s most powerful artefacts (and something familiar to those who have seen the first Thor movie).
The second episode of Daredevil is titled “Cut Man.” In fighting, a cut man is someone who takes care of a fighter between rounds and after a fight. This works on a few levels for this episode.
I’m generally not a huge fan of Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman. She’s just never been a favorite character of mine. But I was curious to see how they used her in a solo story in SHIELD 4. I was also amused that the famed member of the Fantastic Four was in issue four, but I don’t know if that was deliberate or not.
Miguel’s had a rough few issues. He’s been caught up in the Spider-Verse crossover, sent to the future, seen a really nasty version of it, and dealt with the Maestro. You’d think after all that, he’d deserve a break. But, along with spider-powers, Miguel shares a trend for bad luck with Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man.
There’s a tradition of good SHIELD agents being on the run from bad elements in the organization. It’s happened in the comics a lot, especially with Fury. This was also a good bit of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. That tradition continues here, as Coulson and Hunter are being pursued by Gonzales and his version of SHIELD in “Afterlife,” this week’s episode of Agents of SHIELD. Coulson and Hunter have a very entertaining scene with a used car salesman to open the episode.
Marvel has been doing a fantastic job of expanding their Cinematic Universe. I was really impressed with the concept of Agents of SHIELD (a bit less so with the execution at times), tying together a tv show with a series of hit movies. So when I heard about the Netflix series coming up, my two reactions were, “Those could be really amazing,” and “Damn, I guess I finally need to get Netflix.” Yeah, I’m the one guy who didn’t have it before.
A while ago, Cartoon Network started showing a new cartoon called Star Wars: Rebels, set sometime between the Clone Wars series and the original Star Wars: A New Hope movie. I ended up really liking it. Now, they’re giving Kanan, the Jedi from that show, a miniseries about his past.
Apparently continuing the theme of all the hero shows this week, Agents of SHIELD has a lot of flashbacks in “One Door Closes.” They jump back and forth between the present and the day SHIELD fell, as seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I admire how Marvel is keeping their shows and movies so tightly woven together, even as I puzzle over DC’s choice to do the opposite.
Having gone AWOL from the Rebel Alliance, Leia is trying to gather up as many Alderaanian refugees as she can. The Empire is rumored to be hunting down as many of the survivors as they can, in retaliation for the destruction of the Death Star. Should someone tell them Luke’s from Tatooine? Then again, this isn’t his limited series.
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