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Percy Jackson and the Olympians – We Take a Zebra to Vegas

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians - We Take a Zebra to Vegas

The premise of “We Take a Zebra to Vegas” is that people lose track of time in casinos. That, with a bit of magic thrown in providing a magical reason for characters to be distracted, is pretty much all there is to the episode with Percy (Walker Scobell), Annabeth (Leah Jeffries), and Grover (Aryan Simhadri) finally emerging from Hermes‘ (Lin-Manuel Miranda) casino after days missing the deadline imposed by the gods. Despite their failure, Percy chooses to move forward with his quest to the Underworld (although he still doesn’t know how to get there).

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Cobra Commander #1

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Cobra Commander #1

Choosing not only to acknowledge but also incorporate the goofier elements from G.I. JOE: The Movie into the new shared G.I. JOE & Transformers universe is certainly an unexpected choice. The risk plays out all right in terms of background, although I’m hoping we see far less of Cobra-La going forward. Set before the creation of Cobra, the comic gives us the background the man who would become Cobra Commander as a scientist pushing the edges of science in Cobra-La who would then be sent out in to the world to further his own ambitions.

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NCIS: Sydney – Bunker

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NCIS: Sydney - Bunker

“Bunker” gives us the ridiculous premise of a whole bunch of important VIPs allowing themselves to be locked in an underground bunker at an undisclosed location and nearly dying when the untested new technology which would release them fails. Among the group in the bunker Mackey (Olivia Swann) , Evie (Tuuli Narkle), and Blue (Mavournee Hazel). Meanwhile, JD (Todd Lasance) and DeShawn (Sean Sagar) investigate what initially appears to be an unrelated murder they then discover was the method the bunker saboteur used to get their invite.

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White Widow #3

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White Widow #3

White Widow #3 continues the format of the series so far with a flashback to White Widow‘s interaction with a well-known Marvel hero followed by Yelena investigating trouble in her new home. The flashback from this issue involves Yelena getting into it with She-Hulk who Yelena attempts to convince that assassination is pretty cool.

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