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G.I. JOE #8

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Following a bit of training within the Pit, the Baroness demands a bit of R&R and some time away from the repetitive drills. Duke, reluctantly agrees on the condition she’s back in 48  hours and that Cover Girl, goes with her. The issue allows for the pair to spend some time together, first on the Baroness’ private jet and later on a cafe in Paris (between which she unsuccessfully attempts to lose the Joe  for some time alone). There’s not much action in the issue, but its memorable with the Joes hunting the Baroness at the beginning of the issue (which plays on the reader’s expectation that the woman will, at some point, go bad), and the two women being attacked by a flock of birds which reintroduces the character of Raptor into the Energon Universe.

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Transformers #21

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Transformers #21 is a rough issue for the Autobots. Those on Cybertron find their plan to get to Earth stymied by an unforeseen complication meaning only one of the can return to Earth, Ultra Magnus gets tortured at the hands of the American soldiers, and most notably the Decepticons attack the Ark laying a path of destruction in their wake. Hampering the Autobots’ ability to fight back is Optimus Prime himself, whose makeshift limb appears to be infecting him and has a mind of its own now that its true owner has arrived to collect it. 

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New Avengers #1

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While not being all that sure about the current state of the Marvel Universe, although it seems that Doctor Doom has become a major player again just in time to lead into some cross-promotional movie tie-ins, we start with Black Widow recruiting the Winter Soldier to look into a former lumber camp turned experimental laboratory in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. And for added backup, Bucky enlisted the help of the less-hairy Wolverine and his old war buddy Namor. For a guy who says he hates teams, Bucky sure knows how to assemble deadly ones.

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The Umbrella Academy – Plan B #1

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“He only told the world about seven.”

In the rubble of their former home, the Umbrella Academy is attacked by another team, a team built and trained in secret, a team of Sparrows. Rather than present the group as from an alternate timeline (as was shown in the Netflix series), this group has been together for years as seven additional children born on the same day and found by Sir Reginald Hargreeves. However, this group of heroes, even as children, play a bit harder than the Academy.

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What If…? Donald Duck Became Iron Man

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A mash-up of Disney and Marvel under the What If…? banner offers us a look at Donald Duck becoming Iron Man, er, Iron Duck! The film sort of follows the basic premise of 2008’s Iron Man with Donald, in possession of plans for Gyro Gearloose‘s various inventions, is kidnapped by villains who want him to build it for them. Keeping with Scrooge McDuck part of the story, the villains we’re given are the Beagle Boys who have dreams of riches  using Gyro’s new drill which they want to use to drill into Scrooge’s vault.

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