Alan Rapp

Comic Rack

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Comic RackIt’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome back 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 month from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, IDW, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Batman and the Outsiders, East of West, Event Leviathan, Flash, G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, Hawkman, Hellmouth, Ice Cream Man, Invaders, Livewire, Loki, Mystere, Oliver, Powers of X, Ronin Island, Sonata, Spawn, Supergirl, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends, Usagi Yojimbo, the first issues of Batman’s Grave, Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues, Doctor Doom, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity, Jungle Fantasy: Ivory, RWBY, and the final issues of Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales, Thumbs, and Trout: The Hollowest Knock.

Enjoy issue #280

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Stumptown – Forget It Dex, It’s Stumptown. / Missed Connections

/ / Television Reviews
  • Title: Stumptown – Forget It Dex, It’s Stumptown. / Missed Connections
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Stumptown - Forget It Dex, It's Stumptown. / Missed Connections TV review

Cobie Smulders stars as a good, if slightly fucked-up, former soldier who falls into the life of an unlicensed private investigator over the first two episodes of Stumptown. “Forget It Dex, It’s Stumptown.” introduces us to Dex Parios (Smulders), her best-friend Grey (Jake Johnson), and her brother Ansel (Cole Sibus). When the daughter (Blu Hunt) of the love of her life, whose death Dex still blames herself for, goes missing, the grandmother (Tantoo Cardinal) hires Dex to find her. What Dex discovers first looks like a pair of teens running off together but turns out to be something far more sinister as the boy’s boyfriend turns out to be one of three criminals wanting to ransom the girl back to her grandmother for a big payday.

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Aladdin

/ / Home Video
  • Title: Aladdin (2019)
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Aladdin DVD reviewThe 2019 live-action remake of Disney’s animated film of the same name is a mostly harmless, and mostly pointless, endeavor that adds little (if anything) new to the tale (other than giving the Genie a girlfriend). As in the previous remakes, the plot and songs are brought in from the original (although this version sadly lacks Robin Williams‘ madcap antics that helped elevate an otherwise pedestrian story).

Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott star as street thief Aladdin and Princess Jasmine with Will Smith stepping in as the Genie and Marwan Kenzari providing the most bland version of the villain Jafar possible. Although there’s certainly money spent on CGI for the project, the film lacks any of the magic of the animated feature.

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Angel #5

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Angel #5 comic reviewBefore moving Angel into Buffy‘s orbit, Angel #5 introduces us to another important supporting character as Angel hunts down Charles Gunn and attempts to enlist him to the cause. Things go a bit easier than the TV show’s first meeting between the pair.

Angel #5 offers a flashback to Gunn’s past which helps restate his feelings towards vampires, but he’s also a bit more aware of the layers of gray in the world than the original version of the character. It’s a clever choice that has immediate payoffs here. After seeing Angel in action, Gunn has little trouble believing he’s met a good guy (regardless of whether or not he’s a member of the walking undead).

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