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Batman: Killing Time #3

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While there’s much to like in Batman: Killing Time #3, I’m not overly fond of the way the story continually jumps around the timeline making it harder to get an overall feel of the story (especially for someone who hasn’t read the first two issues of the six-issue mini-series). What it does deliver, in somewhat random order, is an experienced fighter with the unfortunate name of the Help who bests a young Batman in combat after being sent to retrieve something stolen from the hospitalized Penguin.

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Once and Future #25

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With Duncan, Bridgette, and Rose having joined Robin Hood and his Merry Men (which turns out to have some advantages to our heroes aside from fodder to throw at the various Arthurs battling over which of them will pull the sword from the stone), our heroes continue to fight the good fight while trying to stay alive. As fans have grown to expect there’s a mix of fun and craftiness in Once and Future #25 including how Bridgette gets our trio signed up with Robin Hood (and what she’s really after in joining his merry little band).

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The Rocketeer: The Great Race #2

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The second issue of The Rocketeer: The Great Race introduces us to both of Cliff‘s main rivals in the race (one of whom he’s not aware is also one of the Nazis the Rocketeer recently had a run-in with) before also giving us the first leg of the race in which Cliff’s flying gets him to second place but his impulsive nature may land him in deep trouble. And, of course, there’s plenty of the regular tension between our hero and Betty.

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Red Sitha #1

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Sitha, the character introduced in the current volume of Red Sonja and adopted by the She-Devil with a Sword, gets her own title. Set a decade after the events in Red Sonja, with no Sonja in sight, Red Sitha a grown into a bounty hunter in her own right with more than a few similarities to Sonja including a knack for taking hard jobs, living and playing too hard, and getting herself into trouble.

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Silk #4

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After being aged decades by a resurrected Korean witch, Cindy Moon limps home only to discover even her own brother doesn’t recognize her. Unable to complete understand what was done to her, let alone find a way to release it, and facing further disappointment after being unable to even stop a mugger leaves our heroine down in the dumps. Oh, and that witch that took her youth? She’s returned to the museum to perform some kind of doomsday ritual.

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