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SHAZAM! #2

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SHAZAM! #2 comic reviewAfter uncovering the subway station in the Rock of Eternity, Billy and his friends decide to do a little exploring. The first stop is the Funlands (a large amusement park with something sinister just below the surface and a new acquaintance waiting to meet the wizard’s new champions). While the kids enjoy their time, it’s obvious that something more is going on… and just who is this new champion? Friend or foe?

If the initial view of the Funlands is any indication, there’s quite a lot happening that may require some Marvel-sized heroing before all is said and done. Could one of these lands also offer the possibility of introducing Hoppy and Tawky Tawny as well? I guess time will tell.

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Uncanny X-Men Annual #1

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Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 comic reviewWelcome back Scott Summers. I’ve made no secret of the fact that my interest in all things X-Men has waned considerably since the death of Cyclops. With the help of the “new and improved” younger version of Cable, Uncanny X-Men Annual #1 puts things right by returning Scott Summers to the land of the living. As with Green Lantern: Rebrith (the Geoff Johns standard for resurrected and redeeming a fallen hero), things get a little tricky and a bit convoluted in explaining how the hero is resurrected. However, at least for now, I’m happy that Marvel long ago abandoned their original mandate of when someone dies in the Marvel Universe they stay dead.

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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, Amazing Spider-Man, Betty and Veronica, Crimson Lotus, Detective Comics, Infinite Dark, James Bond 007, Life is Strange, Lone Ranger, Punisher, Rick and Morty, Scooby-Doo! Team-Up, West Coast Avengers, Zorro: Legendary Adventures, the first issues of Fight Club 3, Journey Into Unknown Worlds, Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Wyrd, and the final issues of Marvel Knights 20th, Newbury & Hobbes: The Undying, Raven: Daughter of Darkness, Rick and Morty Vs Dungeons & Dragons, and Rivers of London: Action at a Distance.

Enjoy issue #247

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Black Widow #1

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Black Widow #1 comic reviewDespite her recent death (something which lacks the finality it once meant in the Marvel Universe), Black Widow returns in a new series. Black Widow #1 is a bit of a schizophrenic issue that attempts to honor the character’s past while pushing Natasha in a new direction.

The issue opens with a Black Widow and Captain America team-up versus a Captain America impostor and giant robots whose true goal… um, well is to be the ones who get stopped by Captain America and Black Widow, I guess. After a somewhat icy farewell, Natasha heads to Madripoor looking to get lost and find a new purposes as far away from the Avengers as possible.

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Detective Comics #996

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Detective Comics #996 comic reviewAfter learning nothing of interest from the Arkham Asylum menagerie, Batman‘s investigation into the recent attacks on the close allies of both Batman and Bruce Wayne leads to Paris and a reunion with Ducard who has already figured out the truth of attacks which the Dark Knight Detective won’t piece together until the issue’s conclusion: someone is systematically targeting everyone who had a hand in creating Batman.

While the mystery continues to deepen, and we also see nods to various aspects of Batman’s past (such visiting his old sensei in the Himalayas where a certain flower grows), there are still aspects of the arc I’m not fond of starting with the bizarre Clayface-ish nightmare creature that attacks Batman and Ducard. While there’s obviously someone quite intelligent behind the attacks on those who helped Bruce Wayne become Batman, I’m not wild about his stable of horror movie henchmen.

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