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Black Lightning – And Then the Devil Brought the Plague

Alan Rapp / February 14, 2018 / Television Reviews

Title: Black Lightning – And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light
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The latest episode throws a wrench into Black Lightning‘s (Cress Williams) return to action as headaches and blackouts being effecting the super-hero. At first these are only cause of concern for family and friends, but before the end of the episode they will cost the hero a chance to nab a street thug tied to his own father’s murder. This is the first time we’ve had mention of Jefferson’s father, but he figures prominently in the B-story as well as Anissa‘s (Nafessa Williams) invesigation into super-powers ties back to her grandfather and a group of kids who went missing three decades ago. Finding the end of a string, the young woman begins pulling (and does so in her fancy new costume thanks to a spending spree at a local fetish shop), but just where will this thread lead?

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The Regrettes – Come Through

Alan Rapp / February 14, 2018 / Music News & Reviews

Song: “Come Through”
Artist: The Regrettes

Here are The Regrettes with the official video for “Come Through.”

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X-Men: Red #1

Alan Rapp / February 14, 2018 / Comics

Title: X-Men: Red #1
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Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Mahmud A. Asrar

Cyclops is still dead, but X-Men founding member Jean Grey (the original, not some alternate timeline version of her) is back among the living. Troubled by the divisive and hateful world she she’s around her, the X-Man chooses to put together her own team with a new mission of bringing acceptance of mutantkind to the forefront of the public consciousness starting with an address at the United Nations.

Jean is certainly the star of the show, but there are some ringers amongst the group’s members including Nightcrawler, Namor, and X-23 Wolverine (seriously, I have no idea what to call this character now). Like pretty much every on of the half-dozen or so X-Men team titles these days the team is packed with other superfluous characters, but it’s pretty obvious which characters will drive the major plotlines.

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