December 2010

Comic Rack

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It’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls. Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this week from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, BOOM!, Dynamite, Archie, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Amazing Spider-Man, Atomic Robo Vol. 5, Avengers Academy, Batman, Batman and Robin, Betty & Veronica, Birds of Prey, Black Terror, Charmed, Deadpool Corps, G.I. JOE: Cobra II, Green Hornet, Green Lantern, Hulk, Ides of Blood, Iron Man Legacy, The Spirit, Supergirl, Thunderbolts, Uncanny X-Force, the first issues of Conan: The Road Of Kings, Doc Macabre, Iron Siege, Mighty Samson, Proof: Endangered, and the final issues of Mighty Crusaders, New Mutants Forever, and Time Bomb.

Enjoy issue #109

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Red Robin #18

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Red Robin‘s “Hit List” has taken him to Russia in an attempt to crack a super-villain communication grid. Along the way he runs into an old friend, meets yet another attractive woman, and worries over his relationship with Tam Fox.

A “super-villain communication grid” isn’t exactly a sexy target, and since I’m not that familiar with Red Star or his time with the Teen Titans the use of the character doesn’t do much for me personally. However, the character of Promise does show, well… um, some promise.

That this is the first real push of the “Hit List” storyarc doesn’t do much to get me excited about an idea I was only lukewarm on to begin with. I’m also less than thrilled that Birds of Prey baddie Calculator looks like he’s being woven into the yet another bat-title. Unless he’s bringing his bitchin’ 70’s costume with him I’m just not interested.

Even with these quibbles, the issue is still a good read. As long as the character of Tim Drake continues to be written so well I’m willing to forgive quite a bit. Worth a look.

[DC $2.99]

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The Tourist

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  • Title: The Tourist
  • IMDB: link

I haven’t seen Jérôme Salle’s Anthony Zimmer, the original French film on which this American version is loosely based. What I can tell is The Tourist is the kind of enjoyable summer flick you don’t usually find in the midst of family holiday flicks and more dramatic Oscar fare.

Johnny Depp stars as American tourist Frank Tupelo who just happens to be in the wrong place at the right time when the lovely Elise (Angelina Jolie) sits down next to him on the way to Venice.

Unfortunately for the math teacher, this mysterious woman isn’t so much caught up by his charms as she is using him as a stand-in for the man she loves. On instructions from the mysterious Alexander Pearce, Elise chooses a man on the train the same height and build of her former lover in order to throw suspicion away from the thief who is evading both police (Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Alessio Boni, Giovanni Guidelli) and the mobster (Steven Berkoff) from who he’s stolen millions.

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Batgirl #16

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Okay, so Batgirl is on the run from Gotham PD who think she’s murdered a college student. The real killers are the “Order of the Scythe” (horrible name, by the way). Not only have they got Stephanie running from the police but they’ve stolen technology including a speed suit.

Thankfully, the Batgirl most wanted storyline is dealt with in this issue and we won’t have it weighing down the title for months. Aside from their awful name, the secret society or guys dressed up as reapers aren’t bad villains for the title. Okay, they aren’t going to find their way into the best Bat-villain list anytime soon, but they work well enough here.

And after being framed for murder writer Bryan Q. Miller has given Stephanie the added incentive of revenge to track them down. We also get some great trademark great dialogue between Stephanie and Oracle and another appearance by “Detective McCute.” It may not be the title’s best, but there’s plenty here worth reading. Worth a look.

[DC $2.99]

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