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Batman: The Animated Series – Dreams in Darkness

  • Title: Batman: The Animated Series – Dreams in Darkness
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Batman: The Animated Series - Dreams in Darkness TV review

Our Throwback Tuesday post takes us back to Gotham City. “Dreams in Darkness” is one of those episodes of Batman: The Animated Series I often forget about, which is surprising since it has such an unusual set-up. The episode opens with a ranting Batman (Kevin Conroy) incarcerated inside Arkham Asylum. Through an extended flashback we see the series of events which led Batman to be exposed to the Scarecrow‘s (Henry Polic II) fear toxin and the reason for his trip to Arkham to confront the villain the doctors mistakenly believe is still locked up in his cell. The set-up is clever as the doctors have every reason to question Batman’s ramblings, and the Dark Knight Detective’s hallucinatory state leads him to make the impulsive choice to head to Arkham without sharing his deductions with the GCPD.

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Carmen Sandiego – The Fishy Doubloon Caper

  • Title: Carmen Sandiego – The Fishy Doubloon Caper
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Carmen Sandiego - The Fishy Doubloon Caper television review

“The Fishy Doubloon Caper” takes Carmen (Gina Rodriguez) to Ecuador in search of sunken treasure. Zack (Michael Hawley) and Ivy (Abby Trott) are along for the ride, providing assistance in helping Carmen stay one-step ahead of V.I.L.E. agents El Topo (Andrew Pifko) and Le Chèvre (Bernardo De Paula). Sadly, Zack proves less helpful at a fish auction when the trio try to reacquire the coin which has been swallowed by a local delicacy. Although still a bit awkward, the episode pulls back a little on Player‘s (Finn Wolfhard) explanation about the latest locale for Carmen as the show makes some improvements from the previous episode.

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Comic Rack

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 Amazing Spider-Man, Blackbird, Criminal, Detective Comics, Fathom, Hawkman, James Bond: Origin, Kick-Ass, Mr. And Mrs. X, Murder Falcon, Spawn Kills Everyone Too, Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, Supergirl, Whispering Dark, Winter Soldier, Wonder Woman, the first issues of Age of X-Man: Nextgen, Army of Darkness / Bubba Ho-Tep. Devils, Exciting Comics, Marvels Annotated, Robyn Hood: Outlaw, The Savage Sword of Conan, Wonder Twins, and the final issues of Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive, God of War, The Magic Order, and Shatterstar.

Enjoy issue #249

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