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Stellar #2

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Stellar #2 comic reviewIssue #2 features Stellar squaring off against her old friends while intercutting the battle and its aftermath with flashbacks to Stellar’s past and how, as children, they were chosen and turned into weapons for a higher purpose by a fascist government with their own agenda.

Although at first it looks like Stellar’s old pals are after revenge or justice, it turns out they merely want to return her to the only place in the universe she doesn’t wish to go: Home.

While slowly revealing its secrets, Stellar #2 continues to impress. The wasteland which her friends return Stellar to is hardly uninhabited, but the giant monster is far from the group’s biggest problem. It seems the most unstable member of the old gang, long thought dead, is in fact alive and (from what little we can gleam here) has some disturbing plans for his old friends.

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Batman #51

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Batman #51 comic reviewIt appears even Gotham’s wealthiest bachelor can’t escape his civic duty. Batman meets 12 Angry Men in the first issue of the post-Catwoman arc which features Bruce Wayne selected as one of the jurors for Victor Fries‘ trial for triple homicide. Tied to the courtroom, it falls on Nightwing to act as a stand-in for the Batman while Bruce struggles with listening to a defense attorney rip apart the case Batman built.

What is Batman’s motive here? Surely the world’s greatest detective could get out of jury duty. Is he merely doing his civic responsibility? Is it justice? Or is it guilt? There’s an interesting moment here when Fries takes the stand and suggests that he only confessed to the crimes to placate and out-of-control Batman (one who was recently left at the altar). Did Batman actually go too far and force a confession?

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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, Batman Beyond, Blackwood, Descender, Doctor Aphra, Flash, Green Hornet, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, Lucy Dreaming, Moon Knight, Moonshine, Scooby-Doo Team-Up, Shanghai Red, Uncle Scrooge, X-23, the first issues of Infinity Wars: Prime, Justice League Dark, Mr. and Mrs. X, New World, Real Science Adventures: The Nicodemus Job, Starcraft: Scavengers, Wakanda Forever: X-Men, and the final issues of Mera: Queen of Atlantis, Pathfinder: Spiral of Bones, and Spirit Hunters.

Enjoy issue #225

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The Wild Storm #15

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The Wild Storm #15 comic reviewWith The Wild Storm #15 the tensions between I.O. and Skywatch continue to escalate and Henry Bendix attacks the Earth from space in retaliation with of one of his little sticks. While a temporary ceasefire is put into place between the two agencies following Bendix’s latest move, it is unlikely to last (especially as both sides continue to plan for the destruction of the other).

The bulk of the issue deals with the humans experimented on and implanted with alien biology. Shen is able to “fix” Jack Hawksmoor to the point where he can at least reveal what was done to him, and, in an even more disturbing revelation, why. We also catch back up with John Lynch visiting another one of his human transformed in Project Thunderbird subjects who isn’t too happy to see his old friend, causing another confrontation.

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Domino #4

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Domino #4 comic reviewAbandoned by their bestie, Domino’s gal pals go in search of the villains targeting their friend. Unfortunately they find them. While the flashbacks suggest there might be a familial relationship between the two, Domino #4 reveals that there is indeed a connection between the powers of both Prototype and Domino. Domino’s luck is derived from Prototype while making Domino hurt makes Prototype… well, honestly, I’m not exactly sure what his powers are yet.

The main focus of the issue, however, is Domino learning from Shang-Chi (while struggling to get the Master of Kung Fu’s to take her seriously). Still, Domino does get some learnin’ in, and even earns a night out on the town… although dance night doesn’t exactly go as planned. Looks like team-up time.

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