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Transformers #6

Transformers #6

Picking up directly from the end of the last issue with Devastator ripping through the depleted ranks of the Autobots, Transformers #6 is most notable for the tease of Optimus Prime‘s death before one of the Transformers’ new friends makes a sacrifice. And then we see what a badass Optimus Prime can be, stemming the tide and pushing the Decepticons back on their heels.

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Amazing Spider-Man #45

Amazing Spider-Man #45

Much of Amazing Spider-Man #45, which kicks off a new arc, takes place inside the walls of the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane. We start with Spider-Man sneaking into the cell of Anna Watson to provide her a cure for her insanity. Having helped her, but not able to convince her to leave, Peter returns with Mary Jane to check-in on her improved state and also runs into an old frenemy in the form of the Sandman who has a warning for Spider-Man.

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Detective Comics #572

Detective Comics #572

Sherlock Saturday takes us back to the 1980s for a comic that marked both the 50th anniversary issue for Detective Comics and the 100th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet. The double-sized issue offers a case that begins in Gotham City but before all is said and done will take Batman and Robin to London to work alongside private-eye Slam Bradley and the Elongated Man to end the plots of Edgar Moriarty (the great-grandnephew of the original Professor Moriarty).

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The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3

The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3

When you give me Batman in the best design of his costume and Catwoman in the best design of her costume, you have my attention. Dario Brizuela’s art in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3 just makes me smile, and Ivan Cohen’s story is quite enjoyable as well playing on long-running Batman and Catwoman relationship that starts with someone impersonating Catwoman in a series of crimes. Taking Batman’s word that Catwoman is innocent, Mystery, Inc. set out to find the true criminal.

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White Widow #4

White Widow #4

The four-issue run wraps up here with the White Widow tracking Armament owner Renata Best back to her lair. In super-villain fashion, Best reveals all her plans to the hero and even offers Yelena a job with the company helping to train the assassins of the future for the (those future assassins being disposable cyborg killers she can destroy at any time). Yelena, however, has other plans.

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