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The Human Target #4

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Christopher Chance‘s investigation into which member of the Justice League International may have murdered him continues as he spends the day with Blue Beetle and Ice. Most of the day is spent watching the two heroes team-up to stop a number of threats across the country, and with each one Chance finds himself falling more for Tora.

We don’t get the clue Chance is looking for to lead him in a new direction until near the end of the comic, when a drunken Ted Kord points him in the direction of another member of the JLI. However, the comic is far from fruitless as Tom King and Greg Smallwood continue to balance the nostalgia and film noir themes perfectly. There’s a reckoning coming, but the journey to get there continues to be a hell of a lot of fun. I don’t want this comic to end.

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Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #1

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Recollecting the classic Usagi Yojimbo stories from the character’s first series, Miyamoto Usagi is hired by Lady Koriko in Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat and Kid #1 to return her recently deceased husband’s swords home from the village in which he died. Things get more complicated when Usagi discovers the samurai was murdered and his mistress, who loved him far more than his wife, has no interest in parting with the swords.

The reprinted comic is a tragic tale for the heartbroken young woman who meets the same fate as her love when she’s killed by her greedy brother who can’t ignore the reward Usagi is offering for the swords. However, he’ll face the greed of his “friends” who want a little of that reward for themselves, eventually beating him to death for it in the woods.

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Seven Secrets #13

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Caspar, Eva, and the other manage to survive the destruction of the Seekers’ headquarters, although it does lead to Caspar making a startling discovery about himself and an eventual confrontation between mother and son over her actions and what Eva is keeping from him. And, as we’ve seen before, we get another reference to Caspar’s impending death.

All doesn’t go as well for other separated members of the Order as the inside man is revealed and another secret falls into the hands of Amon. I’ll admit to not being surprised by the reveal of the traitor, but how Amon convinces others to join him (through the use of the future-seeing secrets) is certainly of interest. Not only does it garner more support to the traitor’s side it raises the question of whether or not Caspar is indeed on the right side (although Amon’s hardon to kill him doesn’t exactly paint the Seeker as heroic).

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Red Sonja: Black, White, Red #6

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While these anthologies can be a bit hit-and-miss, I actually enjoyed all three of the black and white (and of course red) Red Sonja tales presented here. Red Sonja becomes increasingly agitated in my favorite of the three stories, “Morgona the Crimson,” when she learns someone is profiting off her likeness and claiming payment for her heroic deeds.

In “The Daring Rescue of Crown Prince Maximilian (Beloved of All The Peoples),” Red Sonja is hired by emissaries from the Kingdom of Levkoy to rescue their captured prince (who turns out to not be exactly what our hero was expecting). And following a fortune told, Red Sonja journeys to battle a giant who (along with her arrogance) was said be her demise in the appropriately titled “The Giant.”

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Moon Knight #7

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Moon Knight wants answers. The unknown villain calling himself Zodiac. has tortured Marc mentally, psychologically, and physically. He’s left him beaten with his home in ashes. Now Moon Knight wants answers and retribution.

Moon Knight #7 features Marc and his friends searching for answers about who this new villain is but running into several dead ends (some of them quite literal). There’s some fun moments here showcasing a variety of ways our hero searches for answers from talking over his problem with his therapist, threatening everyone in a secret underground club, and dangling a D-lister above an industrial shredder.

In the end Moon Knight doesn’t get any more information than he started with, but as Zodiac doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon, he shouldn’t have to want too long before their next run-in. 

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