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Amber Blake #1

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Amber Blake #1 comic reviewAmber Blake #1 brings the French comic from writer and Jade Lagardère artist Jackson Butch Guice to American audiences. The stuff of pulp fiction, the comic jumps around quite a bit introducing us to the title character as we go from her being dropped off at an orphanage to her enrollment in a prestigious school through her graduation to the awful night that ends that relationship.

With pacing issues and a story that glosses over large chunks of the character, we really only get snippets of who Amber is up until the night when her girlfriend is attacked by the school’s predatory head. An attempt at exposing the truth leads to murder and a new job offer for Amber from a secret organization specializing it going after targets like the one that just slipped through her fingers.

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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 Aquaman, Batman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Calamity Kate, Daredevil, East of West, James Bond 007, Kick-Ass, Lucifer, Major X, Meet the Skrulls, Naomi, Outpatient Zero, Shuri, Teen Titans, Transformers, Uncanny X-Men, the first issues of American Gods: The Moment of the Storm, Moon Maid, Oz: Heart of Magic, Star Wars: Tie Fighter, Tangled: The Series – Hair and Now, War of the Realms: Punisher, Xena: Warrior Princess, and the final issues of Auntie Agatha’s Home for Wayward Rabbits, Avengers: No Road Home, and Electric Warriors.

Enjoy issue #257

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Uncanny X-Men #15

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Uncanny X-Men #15 comic reviewUncanny X-Men #15 is most notable for a single change to one of the brand’s oldest characters, but we’ll get to that in a second. The comic also features an impromptu pow-wow between Cyclops and Captain America when the Avenger offers his off-the-books help in dealing with the prisoners Scott Summers’ rag-tag band of X-Men has been accumulating. The comic also shows us just what the Dark Beast has been up to while the X-Men have had their focus elsewhere. And… yes, there’s Hope shooting her grandfather in the head (and Logan shish-kabobing the young woman).

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Action Comics #1009

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Action Comics #1009 comic reviewAction Comics #1009 picks up directly where the previous issue left off, with Amanda Waller revealing she knows Superman‘s secret identity and asking for help now that a number of secret government agencies have become the target of Leviathan. While Waller’s version of events seems to point Talia al Ghul, Superman finds little corroboration of this (and an angry Lois makes it a little difficult for Waller to provide further information).

Much is still left unanswered as Brian Michael Bendis teases us with possibilities but no clear answers. Aside from Lois cold cocking Amanda Waller, the issue is also memorable for an appearance by the Question (who has shown up to guard Sam Lane). I’m always happy to see the character who I’m sure has more than a few of his own questions, and theories, about what is going on.

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Atomic Robo & the Dawn of a New Era #4

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Atomic Robo & the Dawn of a New Era #4In the penultimate issue of the mini-series events come to a head. First, Jenkins return proves a challenge for Robo finding a role for his new friend within the new Tesladyne that doesn’t involve him putting the new recruits in the infirmary or scaring them half to death. Hacking into the computer system to learn more about their mysterious instructor does nothing to elevate the new recruits’ fears.

With their vacation ending in fighting vampires from another dimension, Vikram and Lang prepare for a second attempt, but before they can get underway one of them will stumble upon Robo’s secret project. The discovery that Robo brought Alan back causes some… lively discussion among the group (though Alan’s reaction to the events, and many members of Tesladyne arguing for his immediate destruction, is still unclear).

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