Alan Rapp

The Shadow #12

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The Shadow #12In this single-issue tale The Shadow spends hours scouring the city looking for a deadly new gang of bank robbers who aren’t afraid to kill and have already gotten a taste for blood. Although it puts a crimp in his dating life and requires hours of work and a variety of sources at the vigilante’s disposal, The Shadow is eventually able to track them down though a call girl one of bank robbers frequents.

Needing to catch the gang, and make the whole thing look like the police set his trap, The Shadow performs a little hypnotism to plant the idea of a big score into the gang. That and a good deal of understanding of human nature and greed, allow The Shadow makes sure the bank robbers take the bait before sitting back and enjoying the show.

The Shadow #12 reminds readers of the resources the vigilante uses to in his one man war against crime along with plenty of action and some lighter moments between Lamont and Margo Lane. Worth a look.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Doctor Who – Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

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  • Title: Doctor Who – Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
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“Don’t get into a spaceship with a mad man. Didn’t anyone ever teach you that?”

 

Doctor Who - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

While letting Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) fly the TARDIS something goes terribly wrong when the Time Lord’s craft is caught in a Magno-Grab by a salvage ship looking for scrap. With Clara still trapped onboard, lost in the maze-like bowels of the ship, The Doctor (Matt Smith) convinces the two brothers (Mark Oliver, Ashley Walters) and their android (Jahvel Hall) to help save Clara by offering them “the salvage of a lifetime” in exchange. After boarding with the salvagers, The Doctor activates the TARDIS self-destruct and locks them all aboard, giving them a half-hour to rescue Clara before they all die.

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XIII – Joust

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  • Title: XIII – Joust
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“You don’t meet your enemies, you create them.”

XIII - Joust

Captured by Synequanon security, XIII (Stuart Townsend) finds himself at the mercy of Amos (Greg Bryk) only to be rescued by Betty (Roxane Mesquida) and Mozambique () who have become far more militarized since the last time he saw them.  Only as the situation spirals further out of control does XIII realize he’s stuck in a virtual reality courtesy of Synequanon in Amos’ attempt to get to the truth. When false reality does get Amos the answers he wants he turns to old fashioned torture.

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Nikita – Self-Destruct

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“Niki’s good at inspiring stupid people to do really stupid things.”

Nikita - Self-Destruct

Ryan (Noah Bean) awakes from his coma to the ashes of Alex‘s (Lyndsy Fonseca) foiled rebellion, a broken computer system, and news that Owen (Devon Sawa) has stolen the Black Box and is working with Amanda (Melinda Clarke) to sell it to the highest bidder. As Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) and Sonya (Lyndie Greenwood) work to try and get Division up and running again, Nikita (Maggie Q) leaves to find a broken Alex, who fled what’s left of Division following the death of Sean (Dillon Casey) and has turned her aggression on local drug dealers in a suicidal plan that reminds Nikita of her own behavior after the loss of Daniel (Sebastien Roberts).

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Elementary – Dead Man’s Switch

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  • Title: Elementary – Dead Man’s Switch
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Elementary - Dead Man's Switch

As Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) nears a full year of sobriety, he and Watson (Lucy Liu) search for the accomplice of a murdered blackmailer (David Mogentale) who specialized in targeting the families of rape victims including a friend (Thomas Jay Ryan) of Alfredo (Ato Essandoh). Holmes gets Captain Gregson (Aidan Quinn) to agree to keep the murder under wraps giving the consulting detective a small window of time before the man’s accomplice learns of the murder and does something rash like publishing the video of the rape of Eva (Portia Reiners), along with those of other girls, online as a form of reprisal.

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