April 1, 2024

Zorro: Man of the Dead #3

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Zorro: Man of the Dead #3

Aa El Rojo learns the connection between Zorro and Rosa, and takes step to draw out the hero by burning down the local church and kidnapping Rosa’s friend, the reluctant Rosa must give in to the delusion to help her brother survive. Her plan to take the opportunity to steal from Rojo while his attention is elsewhere is a good one, but the villain’s sudden return puts the lives of all of them in jeopardy.

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X-Men ’97 – Fire Made Flesh

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X-Men '97 - Fire Made Flesh

Picking up from the tease at the end of the previous episode with the sudden appearance of another Jean Grey (), “Fire Made Flesh” Cyclops‘ (Ray Chase) wife and the mother of his child to be a clone created by Mister Sinister (Chris Britton). With the baby now born, the clone is activated by Sinister becoming Dominatrix Jean Grey, calling herself the Goblin Queen, and abducts the baby leading to a rescue operation, triggering events of Nathan Summers’ fate, and leaving Cyclops without a wife or son.

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #305

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #305

The two big reveals to come out of G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #305 is that Serpentor Khan has already double-crossed Revanche and that the Zartan who  Destro and the Baroness have been talking with is not the real Zartan. The combination of the mutated Cobra faction and Revanche makes for a formidable force. The question of how the Joes would take them down seems to have answered itself with the new Serpentor’s actions taking an important step for them which will no doubt lead to the two factions turning on each other and likely their defeat.

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Shōgun – The Eightfold Fence / Broken to the Fist

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Shōgun - The Eightfold Fence / Broken to the Fist

“The Eightfold Fence” and “Broken to the Fist” focus on John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) teaching Lord Toranaga’s (Hiroyuki Sanada) soldiers while continuing to struggle with cultural nuance of the foreign land. Blackthorne and Mariko (Anna Sawai) are drawn closer together only to be pushed apart by the miraculous appearance of her douchebag of a husband Buntaro (Shinnosuke Abe) who continues to struggle with his wife earning greater favor with their lord. In a forceful display of power, the samurai forces Mariko to explain to Blackthorne her past and unfortunate familial ties. That, along with Buntaro beating his wife that night, nearly forces a deadly confrontation between Buntaro and Blackthorne (who does witness an example of the samurai’s skill with a bow).

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