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Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #4

Alan Rapp / July 22, 2024 / Comics

Title: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #4 (of 5)
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Writer: Stan Sakai
Artist: Stan Sakai

With the kidnapping of Yukichi the focus of the issue, we get the young boy Isamu getting a meal and payment from Miyamoto Usagi and then agreeing to lead Usagi, Gen, and Stray Dog to their missing friend. The bandits have their own issues to deal with long before the heroes get there as one of their number, believing Inuyoshi isn’t ruthless enough to lead them, attempts a coup. Thanks to Yukichi’s warning, the former samurai survives now further in debt to Usagi’s family.

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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – BB-8 Bandits

Alan Rapp / July 22, 2024 / Short Films

Title: Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – BB-8 Bandits
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Set during The Force Awakens and after the previous short, “BB-8 Bandits” gives us the return of the scavenger Teedo and his associate attempting to reacquire the droid Rey (Daisy Ridley) saved from him in the film. Rey rescues the droid again, this time making use of her new friend the nightwachter worm to prevent Teedo from coming after them again. Not quite as strong as the first short, but it does build upon what it introduced and produce some fun moments for Star Wars fans.

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Jurassic World: Chaos Theory – The Drop / Into the Fog

Alan Rapp / July 22, 2024 / Television Reviews

Title: Jurassic World: Chaos Theory – The Drop / Into the Fog
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“The Drop” continues both groups on their way to the secret headquarters of the dino-smuggling ring. Yaz (Kausar Mohammed) and Sammy (Raini Rodriguez) make their way in the back of a DPW truck with a doped-up Becklespinax while Darius (Paul-Mikél Williams) and Kenji (Darren Barnet) follow Brooklynn‘s (Kiersten Kelly) notes to a drop site where the dinosaurs are usually handed over. This will lead to all four characters reaching the facility in “Into the Fog” snooping for clues and finding Bumpy in the crates of caged dinosaurs who will have another surprise for the group as well.