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Guardians of the Galaxy #8

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Guardians of the Galaxy #8The invasion of Earth forces Abigail Brand to reach out to Peter Quill and the Guardians of the Galaxy to help retake S.W.O.R.D.‘s orbiting installation known as The Peak which has fallen into the hands of the enemy. With Gamora still sulking over Star-Lord’s chit-chat with her father, and the rest of his team lacking anything approaching stealth, Quill and Rocket Raccoon set out on an one-man/one-space-raccoon-thing rescue operation.

The pair are able to free brand and kill a lot of the alien invaders (raising the issue of Rocket’s new trademark catchphrase), the three heroes are eventually surrounded and in need of some serious reinforcements. However, they are unprepared for who shows up to come to their aid.

Guardians of the Galaxy #8 is a great example of a tie-in issue you can enjoy even if you aren’t following the main storyline elsewhere. Even though I’ve still yet to even glance at an issue of Infinity, I had no trouble following (and enjoying) all the usual craziness on display (even if I do have trouble buying Gamora running of to sulk with millions of lives in peril). Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Bebop & Rocksteady

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Bebop & RocksteadyThe latest issue of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series turns its attention to the powerful, but rather dim, pair of mutants created by the Foot Clan to battle the Turtles. Issue #7 gives us a brief glimpse of the lives of the pair of street punks before they prove their worth to Karai who chooses to transform both into mutant warriors under her command.

As fans of the old television show may expect, the first big mission for Rocksteady and Bebop doesn’t go exactly as planned. Still not used to their new enhanced strength, and overconfident with their enhancements, the pair accidentally start an all out war in the compound of a rival gang Karai is there to negotiate with on behalf of the Shredder.

The timing works out well as the pair made their debut in the recent issue of the ongoing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title, and this one-shot helps fill in the basics for those unfamiliar with Bebop and Rocksteady whose mix of power and dumbassery seems to have survived this transition into the new Turtles comic universe. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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Coming Soon

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  • Title: Justice League: War
  • IMDB: link

We now have our first trailer for DC’s next animated straight-to-DVD movie. Adapted from the opening Justice League arc used to launch the New 52, Justice League: War features Superman (Alan Tudyk), Batman (Jason O’Mara), Green Lantern (Justin Kirk), the Flash (Christopher Gorham), Wonder Woman (Michelle Monaghan), Cyborg (Shemar Moore), and Shazam! (Sean Astin) (taking the place of Aquaman) fighting off Darkseid‘s (Steve Blum) invasion of Earth. Although I like many of the actors, I’m a little skeptical about some of the casting decisions as well as seeing DC move forward with the decision to make their animated movie franchise mirror the current New 52 landscape. The movie will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 4th.

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Doctor Who – The Girl in the Fireplace

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  • Title: Doctor Who – The Girl in the Fireplace
  • wiki: link

“The Doctor is worth the monsters. One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.”

 

Doctor Who - The Girl in the Fireplace

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who we continue to look back at some old episodes of the series. If I had to choose my favorite episode of the Doctor Who relaunch it would be “Blink,” but a very close second would be “The Girl in the Fireplace.” From the show’s Second Season, the TARDIS lands in the year 5,000 on an abandoned space station populated by clockwork automatons whose soul purpose seems to be using the ship to punch a hole through time and opening windows into 18th Century France along the lifeline of a single woman.

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Once Upon a Time – Ariel

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  • Title: Once Upon a Time – Ariel
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Once Upon a Time - Ariel

Continuing to prove to himself he’s a good man, Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) chooses to tell Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) about Peter Pan‘s (Robbie Kay) message that Neal (Michael Raymond-James) is alive and on the island. Despite Regina (Lana Parrilla) objections which cause the witch to abandon the group, Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) decides to rescue Neal but is unprepared for the games that Pan is prepared to play which leads the group into Echo Cave where the only chance each member has to survive and rescue Neal is to admit their darkest secrets.

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