November 2012

The Shadow #7

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the-shadow-7-coverThe new creative team of writer Victor Gischler and artist Jackson Herbert take over the pages of The Shadow with a single-issue adventure featuring Lamont Cranston‘s return to Nepal. Seeking answers after his power to read the soul of evil men falters, Cranston travels back the the masters who trained him only to discover the temple has been destroyed by another former pupil.

The Shadow may not get the answers he seeks but he does get justice for the slain masters by confronting Red Raja who has used his powers to make himself an opium overlord in the region. This, of course, leads to an escalating level of bloodshed before the two men, whose powers to cloud the minds of men won’t work on each other, do battle in the city streets.

I’ve always been a fan of The Shadow, but Garth Ennis‘ six-issue run to launch the new series from Dynamite Entertainment wasn’t enough to keep my attention. Given the new creative direction here I decided to give The Shadow a second chance. I’m glad I did. Worth a look.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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G.I. JOE #19

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gi-joe-19-cover“Target: Snake Eyes” continues as the Arashikage attack Cobra‘s cargo ship full of the hard currency they are using to buy their own country. And waiting for Snake Eyes and the ninja to show up are Scarlett and her team of JOEs ready to take down every target on the ship, including their friend.

G.I. JOE #19 reaches its climax when, amidst all the chaos on-board the ship, Scarlett comes face-to-face with Snake Eyes. Although she’s unable to either kill him or bring him in, she gets her answer on whose side the JOE is really on when he kills one of the ninja to save her life. Unfortunately for Snake Eyes, Scarlett isn’t the only one who witnessed what went down. When events are reported back to Storm Shadow that Snake Eyes is truly working against, not for, the good of the clan he’s less than pleased.

Writer Chuck Dixon delivers another strong issue full of action (and tons of dead ninja and Cobra soldiers) as the the crossover reaches its tipping point now that Storm Shadow finally knows the truth about Snake Eyes’ agenda. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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The Mentalist – If It Bleeds It Leads

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: The Mentalist – If It Bleeds It Leads
  • wiki: link

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The CBI is called in to investigate the death of a television reporter (Jennifer Peo) who was working on a story involving black market auto part sales before her car was tampered with causing it to go over a cliff. Lisbon (Robin Tunney) fights off the producer’s (Amir Arison) attempts to get her on camera while Jane (Simon Baker) gets the dirt on the victim from the weather girl (Mircea Monroe), as well as a slap in the face.

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Coming Soon

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  • Title: The Last Stand
  • IMDB: link

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a sheriff for a small town on the Mexican border who is the last person between aan escaped drug lord (Eduardo Noriega) on the run from the FBI and freedom. Forest Whitaker, Rodrigo Santoro, Jaimie Alexander, Genesis Rodriguez, Johnny Knoxville, Zach Gilford, Luis Guzmán, and Harry Dean Stanton also star. The Last Stand races into theaters on January 18th.

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Fairest #9

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fairest-9-coverRapunzel‘s search for her missing children leads her to Japan and the unexpected reunion with her former lover Tomoko, a kitsune fox spirit and now the head of a secret criminal empire with the power to keep the current Japanese Fabletown safe from prying eyes.

The issue includes flashbacks to Rapunzel’s time in the Hidden Kingdom 900 years ago, her relationship with Tomoko, and the events which separated them and led all Fables from being expelled from the Hidden Kingdom. Despite Tomoko’s warnings that Rapunzel was lured to Japan under false pretenses by Mr. Kataguri, and her willingness to forgive Rapunzel for the past, our heroine can’t quite except the new harsher version of her former lover or forget her reason for returning to Japan.

Choosing the present over the lure of falling into the same traps of the past Rapunzel let’s down her hair, with a little assistance from Joel and makes her escape to continue her search for her missing children. Worth a look.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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