Alan Rapp

The Human Target #7

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After a six-month hiatus, The Human Target picks up with Christopher Chance halfway through his remaining days on Earth after drinking the poison meant for Lex Luthor. Issue #7 offers a chance for Chance and Fire to test each other while dancing around the question of whether or not Fire is our would-be murderer. The back-and-forth is fun, and will eventually lead somewhere Chance doesn’t expect.

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Stargirl – Chapter Five: The Thief

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  • Title: Stargirl – Chapter Five: The Thief
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As Courtney (Brec Bassinger) begins spending more time with Cameron (Hunter Sansone) and pulling away from the team, Sylvester (Joel McHale) steps up to fill the hole with another angry outburst and some questionable advice to Rick (Cameron Gellman), Mike (Trae Romano), and Yolanda (Yvette Monreal) foreshadowing trouble as Rick removes a safety on the hourglass and Yolanda makes a discovery that leads to more assumptions about Cindy (Meg DeLacy). As for the investigation into the murder of the Gambler (Eric Goins) no new suspects emerge. Flashbacks seem to clear Cindy of the crime, although Yolanda’s discovery of the laptop should lead to another confrontation between the pair.

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Archer – Distraction Action

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  • Title: Archer – Distraction Action
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After being played by Fabian Kingsworth (Kayvan Novak), our spies are on the run being hunted. Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) comes up with a plan of distraction to get Lana (Aisha Tyler) into court while calling on for some dirt on Robert (Stephen Tobolowsky) from an old friend to help Lana win custody of her daughter. “Distraction Action” is notable mostly for crazy distractions of Cyril (Chris Parnell) and Pam (Amber Nash) and the near total incompetence of the government agents assigned to capture them. Wacky fun, but rather standard Archer-craziness without any stand-out moments.

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Andor – Episode 5

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  • Title: Andor – The Axe Forgets
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After picking up the pace and finally beginning the main story in the previous episode, Andor slows to a crawl again as we spend another full episode waiting for the mission to begin. The season’s fifth episode also spends more time with Mon Mothma‘s (Genevieve O’Reilly) family and with the disgraced Syril Karn (Kyle Soller) without advancing, or yet justifying, either of those subplots. We also check in with Imperial Security Bureau Supervisor Dedra Meero (Denise Gough) despite no progress being made in her investigation. If you are looking for the definition of a filler episode, you’ve found one.

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Usagi Yojimbo #31

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The “Secret of the Green Dragon” arc concludes with an issue more about  Miyamoto Usagi, Yukichi, and Chizu out-running and out-thinking the perusing Komori Ninja than battling them. Chizu’s dangerous decisions will push Usagi to the breaking point especially after he learns they are going to all this trouble to protect a document that isn’t even real leading to a final face-to-face with the Komori.

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