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Comic RackIt’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome back to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls. Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this month from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, IDW, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes 20XX, Aero, Archie 1955, Batman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Catwoman, Deadpool, Excalibur, Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, James Bond, Plot, Psi-Lords, Red Sonja, Robotech Remix, Sonata, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The V-Card, Vengeance of Vampirella, Venom, X-Force, Young Justice, the first issues of Clock, Daphne Byrne, Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Season Two, Marvel’s Avengers: Thor, Marvels X, Miles Morales: The End, Red Agent: Island of Dr. Moreau, Stranger Things: Into the Fire, and the final issues of Mystere and Scratcher.

Enjoy issue #290

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Suicide Squad #1

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Suicide Squad #1 comic reviewDC launches a new version of the Suicide Squad pitting a makeshift team against a group of super-powered terrorists known as the Revolutionaries. There are a few familiar faces in Deadshot and Harley Quinn but the rest of the team, chosen not by Amanda Waller but by her replacement Lok, features questionable members like the Cavalier, the Shark, Zebra Man, and Magpie.

As we’ve seen in several previous versions of the series, not all of the members will make it through the first issue alive. The twist here is that most are used as nothing more than cannon fodder in order for Lok to recruit the Revolutionaries as their replacements. My trouble here is that most of the Revolutionaries don’t seem much more interesting that the Squad members who they are replacing (at least the D-Listers were worth making fun of).

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Batman & the Outsiders #8

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Batman & the Outsiders #8 comic reviewDespite a late betrayal by one of their own, the Outsiders successfully return to Gotham City with Sofia Ramos in Batman & the Outsiders #8. Opening with the betrayal of Kaliber, the latest issue of the series confirms the death of Alfred has been what has kept Batman from being in the field with the Outsiders over the comic’s first arc.

It also offers a look at the Batcave through new eyes as Sofia takes another step into the world of heroes and villains while providing a pair of nice moments between Sofia and Katana, and between Signal and Cassandra who offer each other support after the turmoil of recent events.

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Comic Rack

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Comic RackIt’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome back to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls. Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this month from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, IDW, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Action Comics, Batman Beyond, Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda, Coaraptor, Daredevil, Death or Glory, Detective Comics, The Flash, G.I. JOE, Grendel: Devil’s Odyssey, Grimm Fairy Tales, Harley Quinn, Lois Lane, Manifest Destiny, Marauders, Miles Morales Spider-Man, Olympia, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Urban Legends, X-Men, the first issues of DuckTales: Faires and Scares, Hawkeye: Freefall, Star Wars, Tarot, Thor, and the final issues of Ruby Falls, Starcadia Quest, Van Helsing Vs Dracula’s Daughter, and Web of Black Widow.

Enjoy issue #289

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Superman #18

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Superman #18 comic reviewWhat’s so interesting to me about Superman #18 isn’t how it fundamentally changes the character going forward in a major way but how well writer Brian Michael Bendis presents the idea as a natural evolution for Superman. While the issue jumps around a bit here and there, including nice moments of Clark Kent’s separate conversations with Jimmy Olsen and Perry White, the main focus in a press conference Superman calls in front of The Daily Planet revealing his dual identity to the world. That isn’t to say Clark Kent is going away, he’s remaining at The Daily Planet, it’s just now his co-workers (and the entire world) know that he’s also Superman.

A staple of the super-hero genre since it’s inception, the alter-ego has been used to allow heroes to lead something of a normal life while not in tights and to protect their loved ones who might become targets from their enemies. Let’s face it, Lois Lane is already getting into life-threatening situations and the realization that she’s married to Superman should actually make her safer. As for a normal life, that’s the interesting twist which Bendis delivers here centering on the character’s internal moral compass and the first word in his slogan “Truth, Justice, and the American Way.”

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