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Jessica Jones #4

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Jessica Jones #4 comic reviewRelying a common comic book device, Jessica Jones #4 offers a twist to Jessica Jones‘ downward spiral (and explains why the circumstances which caused it haven’t been discussed until now). It seems that Jessica didn’t actually have some kind of breakdown, freak-out, or blow-up. Instead she’s spent the past few months undercover for Carol Danvers in hopes of uncovering a secret network of people who hate super-heroes to an extreme degree.

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Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #12

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Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #12 comic review

“Bottled Light” comes to a close with Hal Jordan (yah!) and Kyle Rayner (ugh!) showing up in time to help the freed Green Lantern Corps and Sinestro Corps fight their jailers Larfleeze and Brainiac. The arc finale has plenty of action as well as some shock for Guy Gardner and the gang at the arrival of their old friends.

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Batman #14

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Batman #14 comic reviewDC Comics notorious New 52 issue Catwoman #1 offered up one of the dumbest issues in the comic company’s history with Batman and Catwoman hate-fucking on a rooftop. Although Batman #14 ends in a similar manner, writer Tom King at least attempts to make the act have meaning this time around. He’s only partially successful.

Catwoman’s short stint with the Suicide Squad is done and Batman is prepared to return Selena to prison by the end of the night, at least until Catwoman convinces the Dark Knight Detective to have a little fun which includes beating up a large number of Bat-villains and even robbing her own house. Had the comic ended there, or even just a few panels later with a wistful goodbye, “Rooftops, Part 1” would be effective.

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Green Arrow #14

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Green Arrow #14 comic reviewIn a packed football stadium and framed for the murder of the star quarterback during the middle of the game, Green Arrow #14 reveals the identity of the latest villain to torture Green Arrow to be the Dark Archer Malcolm Merlyn. The pair’s fight around the packed stadium may clear the Emerald Archer’s name for now, but with Merlyn still at large there’s likely to be plenty of more carnage to come.

Aside from Merlyn’s return, Green Arrow #14 is memorable for two things. First, an undercover Black Canary gets pushed into action as a member of the Seattle Police Department while snooping for evidence of Oliver being framed for murder. The second is the high body count Merlyn inflicts while fleeing from his adversary (including stabbing football players in their eyes with arrows).

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Nova #2

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Nova #2 comic reviewSam Alexander meets Richard Rider. Nova #2 brings the youngest Nova into contact with the recently resurrected one as the pair meet while fighting off an alien of unknown origin (who apparently isn’t so much defeated as forgotten about). After a short stopover at Sam’s place, the pair head out for a little space action which leads them Knowhere and an encounter with an old friend.

While the first-ever meeting between the pair isn’t all that memorable, Nova #2 does have its fun with the Novas’ interaction with Cosmo and writer Jeff Loveness’ lighthearted stab at Marvel and their level of ridiculousness while continuing to change the universe to make it all but unrecognizable for a character that hasn’t actually been gone all that long.

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