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Vampirella #10

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Vampirella #10 comic reviewOkay, I’ve never been much of a horror comic reader in general nor a Vampirella fan in particular. That said, when a comic chooses to celebrate one of my favorite cosplayers with a variant cover I’m all-in to show some support. Way to go Joanie!

For those, like me, a little unsure what they are stepping into, writer Jeremy Whitley does a good job setting the stage for the dystopian future where our heroic vampire now lives and offering a backstory for Pantha who plays a major role in the current plotline. It seems the future is a pretty screwed up shitstorm where no one can die and old friends want you dead.

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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955 – Burning Season

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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955 - Burning Season comic reviewSet in 1950s Florida, the B.P.R.D. team of Hellboy, Susan Xiang, and Trevor Bruttenholm is called in to investigate a series of spontaneous human combustions which have local law enforcement baffled. After first eliminating a scientific cause for the incidents (one of which they witness shortly after arriving on the scene), the team instead begins to look for a mystical reason for the bizarre events.

Research by Bruttenholm reveals plenty of bad juju in the area. Susan Xiang’s search for a single spirit born out of such suffering and lashing out reveals that it isn’t a single entity that the team is dealing with but an accumulation of pain and despair so rich it has been made manifest and is lashing out not to be forgotten. Only Hellboy’s immunity to flame lets him survive the latest attack long enough to acknowledge what has happened rather than fight the flaming death that comes for him.

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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 America, All-New Wolverine, Batgirl, Betty and Veronica: Vixens, Black Panther, Blue Beetle, Darth Vader, Detective Comics, DuckTales, Gasolina, G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, Hack/Slash Resurrection, Rick & Morty, Spawn, Spider-Gwen, Steven Universe, Teen Titans, the first issues of Alisik Fall, The Beef, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 11: Giles, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, KISS: Army Of Darkness, Lockjaw, Mera: Queen of Atlantis, Terrifics, and the final issues of Atomic Robo and the Spectre of Tomorrow and Twisted Romance.

Enjoy issue #204

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Batman #41

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Batman #41 comic reviewBatman #41 kicks off a new arc with Part One of “Everyone Loves Ivy.” Everyone has fallen under Poison Ivy‘s control, including Batman and Catwoman, only quick thinking by the Dark Knight Detective saves himself and his bride to be. Now the two lovebirds find themselves in a world where Ivy’s reach is near infinite. All their loved ones, all the heroes, all the villains, all the people are under her sway.

It’s a strong opening issue (even seeing Batman cold cock Alfred at one point). While their’s a hopelessness in the final panel of Bruce and Selina standing utterly alone against a tidal wave that isn’t at all concerned with them, I’m guessing Batman still has a trick or two up his sleeve.

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Supergirl #18

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Supergirl #18 comic reviewPicking up directly following the last issue, Supergirl #18 features the DEO unleashing a xenophobic alien on a high school dance in hopes of taking out the Girl of Steel. Our villain of the moment, an alien from a world destroyed by its exposure to extraterrestrial life, brings plenty of personal grief to the fight while believing removing Supergirl is ultimately the best thing for the Earth. When she discovers that Kara isn’t looking to change Earth, but that her adopted home and its people have changed Supergirl’s view of life, out antagonist loses the will to continue the conflict any further.

While the themes of the issue and worth celebrating, Supergirl #18 is a bit too on the nose for its own good in its allegory against anti-immigration policy in favor of a much more inclusive view of the world.

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