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Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums #5

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Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums concludes with the second-half of “Tabo” which opens with Miyamoto Usagi, Yukichi, and the pilgrims running into further resistance on their way to the shrine. It’s hard not to feel a bit of current events creeping in to the story with the anti-immigrant guards attempting to keep out undesirables. The ronin manage to quicky convince the men, one of whom Usagi notices as one of the bandits who have attacked the pilgrims on the trail, the error of their own ways.

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The Authority #4

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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the final issue of The Authority‘s opening arc. Part 4 of “The Circle” involves the Children of Kaizen Gamorra attacking Los Angeles. The comic offers the chance to highlight some other members of the team such as the Engineer using her powers to split atoms and the Doctor turning half of the kamikaze clones into seeds which plants a forest through the streets of the city. The man who really steals the show, however, is the Midnighter. The comic highlights the idea of the character’s power-set and then, in the most Midnighter way possible, lets him loose. It’s amazing.

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Red Sonja: Noir #1

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Calling this one-shot Noir is a bit of a stretch, although Red Sonja: Noir #1 does include a couple elements of the genre (although it’s sadly not in black-and-white). Introduced as a one-off story in which Red Sonja‘s short-term partnership with the brigand Tasmin comes to a close when he’s felled while accepting a job from a femme fatale named Shauna who gives Sonja a sob story, none of which is true. 

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Planetary #6

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Fantastic Four Week is the perfect time to return to adventure of the Archaeologists of the Impossible as Planetary #6 is notable for introducing the WildStorm Universe’s version of the Fantastic Four as the greatest villains of the world. Giving a chance for Elijah Snow to put his money where his mouth is and do some real good with Planetary, Jakita Wagner introduces the grumpy codger to the story of “The Four,” a group sent to the moon as part of the super-secret Artemis project while Apollo grabbed the headlines. Returning to Earth changed, the four (already morally-questionable individuals) used their gifts to grow their power on Earth soon running Artemis and later getting their tendrils into every crevice of the world.

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Fantastic Four #48

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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the first appearance of Galactus as Fantastic Four Week continues. Released at the end of 1965, Fantastic Four #48 begins with the Fantastic Four defeating Maximus, in kind of a weird disconnected story, and returning home to find the skies of New York on fire. Inside the Baxter Building, the group are met by the Watcher who is attempting to shield the planet of prying eyes from the most dangerous threat the Fantastic Four, or the Earth, have ever encountered.

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