June 2014

Daredevil #4

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Daredevil #4The opening arc of the new series concludes as Daredevil finds himself in the middle of a battle of wills between the Owl and the Shroud, one of whom is obsessed with achieving a new level of unfettered knowledge and the other who Daredevil comes to believe has a death wish.

Dispensing with the death trap that closed the last issue fairly quickly, Daredevil #4 deals mainly with Matt Murdock coming to understand the reasons behind the Shroud’s actions and attempting to stop the blackmailed hero from helping the Owl steal unfiltered photons of data which will transform the character into something more than human before the issue comes to a close.

Although Murdock counts the capture of the Owl as a win, Daredevil is unable to stop the villain from fulfilling his purpose (suggesting he’s become an even greater threat), and fate of the Shroud’s girlfriend is left very much up in the air. Victory? I’m not so sure. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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24: Live Another Day – 7pm – 8pm

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  • Title: 24: Live Another Day – Part 9
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24: Live Another Day - 7pm - 8pm

Following President Heller‘s (William Devane) public sacrifice Margot Al-Harazi (Michelle Fairley) begins destroying all of the drones. However, after discovering that she’s been tricked and that Heller is still alive Margot keeps the last drone under her control leaving Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) to lead a search for Al Harazi before she takes out her vengeance on innocent London civilians.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #4

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #4After double-crossing the Scoobies, Dracula (with his re-installed manservant Xander) begins writing in new laws of magic into the Vampyr tome. First, Dracula decides to make himself the lord and master of all vampires, which leads to some humorous consequences for Spike, but unsatisfied with the result Dracula decides to become the most powerful vampire of all leading to disastrous consequences not only for Xander’s master but all of Earth.

Worth picking up for the Dracula and Xander alone, the latest issue continues to develop the Willow and younger Giles relationship which might be my favorite of the new season so far. We also get several mentions of turning “Dark Willow,” as Willow’s evil turn has become a much-used verb about the dangers of power (much to the witch’s chagrin).

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #4 is the first issue to deal with with Dawn and Xander’s relationship issues directly as Dawn explains her “reset” following almost being wiped out of existence in Season Nine. As to what this means for the couple long term, we’ll just have to wait and see. Worth a look.

[Dark Horse, $3.50]

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Wander Over Yonder – The Brainstorm

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  • Title: Wander Over Yonder – The Brainstorm
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“Banjo.”

Wander Over Yonder - The Brainstorm

Given the number of times Wander (Jack McBrayer) and Sylvia (April Winchell) have ruined their plans, Peepers (Tom Kenny) struggles with selling Lord Hater (Keith Ferguson) on any future course of action. For the entire episode no matter how deliberate and thorough a plan of world domination Peepers presents, Hater always finds a way to dismiss it by guessing various ways in which Wander will ruin yet another conquest.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Plan 10

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  • Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Plan 10
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Plan 10

Interrupting an early experiment by the Kraang involving their latest invention which allows the alien beings to transfer their minds into human leaders around the world paving the way for the Kraang’s takeover of the planet, Raphael‘s (Sean Astin) mind is accidentally switched with that of a Kraang.

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