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Green Lantern #20

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Green Lantern #20 offers a couple of stories. In the main tale, we get Hal Jordan on the planet Alteon-X where Erastus the Blacksmith has been consumed with rage, rampaging across the entire planet leaving bodies in his wake. Unable to reason with the hate-fueled madman, Hal attempts to try and let the rage run its course only for it to build to a climax leaving only destruction in its wake. While not a bad little story, there’s nothing all that memorable at the one-off baddie whose anger eventually destroys him.

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Red Hulk #1

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Obviously attempting to take advantage of the events of Captain America: Brave New World (despite a mixed critical and fan reaction) as well as laying foundation to rebuild Doctor Doom as a major villain in the Marvel Universe leading into Avengers: Doomsday next year, Red Hulk #1 is more about IP and cross-marketing than interesting storytelling. 

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The Question: All Along the Watchtower #4

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After last month’s reveal that Cyborg-Superman is behind the takeover of the Watchtower, The Question: All Along the Watchtower #4 deals mainly with the Question‘s guilt at not stopping him and then bringing Batwoman and Animal Man to her side, and eventually Nightshade as well, and attempting to fight back before the super-villain has an attempt to make good on his threat to employ the Watchtower’s self-destruct with the members of the Justice League aboard.

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Jenny Sparks #7

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The seven-issue mini-series comes to a close with a final war of words between Jenny Sparks and Captain Atom. Jenny Sparks #7 hits emotional beats in getting us to Jenny, unable to beat the Captain, finding a way to psychologically and emotionally play him instead allowing for a return to normalcy for this Black Label version of the DCU. 

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Wonder Woman #18

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Walking through explosions, threats, and would be rivals, Wonder Woman arrives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and proceeds to, quite literally, kick the door down. The time of reckoning has come. The inevitable confrontation between Diana and the Sovereign looms throughout the issue, although it saved for at least another month. What we do get is Wonder Woman fighting past the would-be soldiers and even a new General Glory, with a little surprise for Grail, while the Wonder Girls remain at home taking care of Diana’s daughter allowing Wonder Woman to make the stand on her own (well, with a little help from a friend).

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