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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 Birthright, Catwoman, Charlie’s Angels, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Hawkman, Head Lopper, Mage: The Hero Denied, Ms. Marvel, Nancy Drew, Rat Queens, Scales and Scoundrels, She Could Fly, Voltron Legendary Defender, X-23, the first issues of Archie 1941, Dellec, Hellina, Iceman, Joe Golem: Occult Detective – The Drowning City, Marvel Rising: Omega, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Newbury & Hobbes, Rags, Welcome to Wanderland, and the final issues of Infinity Countdown, Lowlifes, Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation, and World of Tanks: Citadel.

Enjoy issue #231

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Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1

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Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1 comic reviewReally the best thing about Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1, the first issue of a new four-part series introducing Morty to the idea of Dungeons & Dragons, is the odd assortment of variant covers for this issue that showcase various D&D elements including a characters sheet Morty cover, a cover based on the old D&D box set, Rick and friends playing D&D in the basement and several others. As for the comic itself, it’s okay (but never reaches the level of fun the concept suggests it should).

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #255

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #255 comic reviewG.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #255 concludes the “Special Missions” single issue tales featuring different G.I. JOE and Cobra agents. Things end on a melancholy note as the latest issue focus on Scarlett, and primarily her feelings for the lost Snake Eyes. While thinking back to better times and later telling tales to other JOEs, the comic offers flashbacks of Snake Eyes and Scarlett together including the events that scarred his face and the first time he put on his trademark costume.

The decision to show these flashbacks in a washed-out sepia style doesn’t do the art of Netho Diaz any favors, and it bizarrely also makes the other (far more mundane) scenes pop with more vibrant colors. It’s an odd choice.

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West Coast Avengers #1

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West Coast Avengers #1 comic reviewAlthough past members have included Iron Man and the Scarlet Witch, the West Coast Avengers have always been the B-team (or maybe the D-team). With the relaunch of the title, writer Kelly Thompson keeps to this theme allowing Hawkeye (one of the original West Coast Avengers) to be added to the group surrounded by characters you are unlikely to see in the MCU.

As a joke that gets old halfway into the first issue, the team includes not one but two Hawkeyes as Kate Bishop puts the new team together. As with most Marvel team books, I care for about 40% of the characters. On the plus side, the group has Hawkeyes and Miss America, but I’m less than impressed with Kid Omega, the reality-TV angle, or Bishop putting her boyfriend on the team. The addition of Gwenpool is a wildcard that could help or hurt the comic (possibly both at the same time).

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Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #5

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Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #5 comic reviewIn Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #5 Inspector Ishida and Miyamoto Usagi finally discover what was in the stolen box that led to the death of a Christian. What everyone continues to search, and kill, for is a banned Christian Bible which has been painstakingly translated into Japanese. As to the bible’s origins, or its current whereabouts, our protagonists remain in the dark.

Despite knowing that his boss would not approve, Ishida continues to rely on the help of the infamous thief Nezumi who provides a crucial piece of evidence that leads to Usagi and the detective uncovering the truth about the missing bible (whose very existence is a kind of heresy that could reign down wrath on everyone involved if its existence becomes widely known).

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