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Star Wars #23

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Star Wars #23Following the events of the last issue in which Luke, Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca were able to successfully steal a Star Destroyer from under the Empire’s nose, Star Wars #23 is a goofy follow-up issue whose focus is split on the crew working to make repairs to the starship while Han and Leia devolve into petulant children arguing who exactly is the ship’s new Captain. Somehow a race across the length of the Star Destroyer (in which both parties cheat) becomes the only way to solve the impasse.

While not focusing on Han and Leia’s race through the ship (which is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds), the latest issue allows Luke and Sana to spend some time together, and takes time to flashback to the origins of the unorthodox Rebel plan.

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Batman Beyond: Rebirth #1

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Batman Beyond: Rebirth #1Batman Beyond: Rebirth #1 is a pretty basic primer for those unfamiliar with the television show of the same name. Writer Dan Jurgens and artist Ryan Sook give us flashbacks to the series’ first episode explaining how Terry McGinnis became the Batman of the near-future Gotham.

The other piece of the issue introduces the future world and sets up the idea that most people still believe Terry to be dead (including his former girlfriend Dana who gets kidnapped by Jokerz). This sends Batman into action into the new Jokerz-run part of the city known as Jokerz Town.

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Blue Beetle #1

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Blue Beetle #1The new Blue Beetle comic begins with giving us a look at Jaime Reyes‘ high school life, introducing a new group of super-powered vigilantes known as the Posse and foreshadowing a confrontation down the line between Blue Beetle and Dr. Fate of the hero’s scarab.

There’s a bit too much of the high school setting in this issue for my tastes. As with Blue Beetle: Rebirth #1, the best part of this issue is the back-and-forth between Blue Beetle and the last hero to use that moniker, his mentor Ted Kord. Kord is also on hand to be the butt of one of the issue’s jokes as the entrepreneur’s presentation at Jaime’s school doesn’t get him the response he hoped for.

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Velvet – The Man Who Stole the World

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Velvet - The Man Who Stole the WorldThe third volume of Velvet collects issues #11-15 of the Cold War spy series as framed super-spy Velvet Templeton returns to the United States searching for answers and ultimately bringing her face-to-face with the person responsible for destroying her twice – first as her agency’s top covert agent by tricking her into killing the man she loved, and then years later by framing her for the murder of another close associate. Although she isn’t able to reclaim her life by the end of this volume, Velvet’s search for justice will come to head.

If you haven’t been reading writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve Epting’s series on a monthly basis (why wouldn’t you? this series is awesome!), these trade paperbacks make for a pretty fair value.

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Detective Comics #940

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Detective Comics #940“Rise of the Batmen” concludes with our team of heroes taking down the Colony thanks to the quick thinking, and risk taking, of Red Robin who makes himself the target of all the Colony’s drones. His sacrifice saves the lives of hundreds in the city, but to do so Tim Drake will have to make the ultimate sacrifice… or so it would appear.

Detective Comics #940 allows Tim to go out in a blaze of glory while showcasing his loss to both Batman and Spoiler. Even if the epilogue clues readers in on the fact that our hero was transported out before his death, and is now the prisoner of an unknown enemy, as far as his teammates know Red Robin made his last stand. As big heroic sacrifices go, this one works pretty damn well.

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