December 2018

Firefly #2

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Firefly #2 comic reviewThings are never boring, or simple, for the crew of Serenity. After crashing and taking a job of protecting a wagon train of folks to their holy site, things get more complicated by the arrival of Alliance soldiers looking for two war criminals: Mal and Zoe. With the offer of a massive reward for the pair, the local gang decides to try and take down the two Browncoats instead of the wagon train. Things don’t go as well as they hoped.

There’s quite a bit of action here including flashbacks to Serenity Valley and the current firefight between our heroes and the local thugs who turn out to have just enough courage to die in the middle of nowhere at the hands of the war criminals and Jayne.

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The Superior Spider-Man #1

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The Superior Spider-Man comic reviewDressed in a variation of Ben Reilly‘s Spider-Man costume, Doctor Octopus has resumed his role as the “Superior” Spider-Man in San Francisco. The comic opens with Spidey Doc fighting Stilt Man of all people before resuming his day job as a teacher at Horizon University.

The first issue of The Superior Spider-Man #1 offers a short history of Doc Ock while also setting the groundwork for the new series and explaining how Otto ended up a new body living under the identity of Elliot Tolliver. Aside from taking on super-villains and teaching, the villain turned hero will also have to face his past mistakes when Anna Maria Marconi recognizes a familiar swagger underneath a new face.

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #258

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #258Neither Cobra nor the JOEs are safe after Dr. Venom transfers his consciousness into a giant android, and in the process has gone completely insane. With Cobra Commander in the clutches of the deranged robot, Dr. Mindbender has no choice but to help the JOEs in a furious last stand to take down the mech and end the battle.

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #258 offers plenty of action as most of the comic takes place during the battle which sees the nearly-indestructible killer robot shoot down Cobra Rattlers and a fairly heroic move by Bombstrike, proving true to her name, to take the the enemy once and for all… or did she (after all, the story arc continues in the next issue)?

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Vice

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  • Title: Vice
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Vice movie reviewWriter/director Adam McKay‘s Vice is a look into the life and political career of Dick Cheney (Christian Bale). There are plenty of amusing moments which are bolstered by terrific performances by both Christian Bale and Amy Adams.

However, McKay takes a relatively safe approach here and the film fails to sink its teeth deep enough into the subject matter to elicit more than a handful of great moments. While not exactly toothless, the film lacks the bite and satirical wit to truly have fun with Dick Cheney’s political career. It’s too… nice. And it’s not like McKay was lacking in material to pull from. Remember, Cheney once shot a man in the face and had the political power to make the victim apologize to him on national television.

By the end of the movie, McKay is able to put Cheney’s vice presidency into historical context while cherry-picking diverting sequences to showcase along the way. That said, it’s in the performances more so than the subject matter where Vice finds the most success. Along with Bale and Adams, Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell add some comic relief as Cheney’s mentor Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush.

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