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Hadrian’s Wall #1

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Hadrian's Wall #1I love a good murder mystery. Unfortunately, after one issue I’m unsure if Image Comics’ new series fits the bill. Filled with more emotional baggage and drama than actual mystery, Hadrian’s Wall #1 introduces us to retired investigator Simon Moore who is brought out of retirement to investigate the mysterious death of the man who shot him, stole his wife, and ended his career.

Other than seeing the victim die in the vacuum of space, outside the long-range spaceship Hadrian’s Wall, we don’t get much more information about the victim or how someone might even go about killing someone alone in outer pace. What we do get is lots of drama between Simon and his ex (who after years of knowing him somehow doesn’t know telling him not to do something only encourages him to accept the case – that and the large payday).

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Mockingbird #7

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Mockingbird #7Mockingbird‘s voyage aboard a super-hero fanboy cruise to the Bermuda Triangle continues as she and Hunter become deputized to investigate the murder aboard the ship of a stranger who believed he had important information to help Hawkeye who currently stands trial for killing a defenseless Bruce Banner. One of the strengths of the series so far is the comic’s tongue-in-cheek nature. That said, Mockingbird #7 is the first issue of the series where things begin to get out of hand as Chelsea Cain is so quick with quips gags, in-panel jokes (such as what each character’s favorite cocktail is) that the actually story gets stalled for too much of this comic.

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Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #4

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Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #4The comic’s title character is mostly absent in the latest issue as following Hal Jordan‘s capture at the hands of several members of the Sinestro Corps the fate of the most recognized Green Lantern is questionable going into next month’s issue. Unable to confront his former pupil turned nemesis, Sinestro makes due with introducing the captured Guy Gardner to the Fear Engine which helps power his Corps.

With Jordan missing in action and unconscious in the only panel in which he appears (in a sequence that needs some explanation – seriously, WTF is going on?), Guy gets a little more coverage while the end of the issue also suggests that John Stewart and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps have grown tired of licking their wounds in hiding and are prepared to search for their missing GL and face whatever the universe has in store for them.

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Uncanny X-Men #12

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Uncanny X-Men #12Magneto‘s plan for his team of X-Men takes a turn when he proposes a partnership with the Hellfire Club. Psylocke balking at the idea of joining the Hellfire Club also leads to a flashback of Magneto recruiting Betsy as the most unlikely member of his team of X-Men.

From Magneto’s perspective a partnership with the Hellfire Club makes perfect sense as his larger plans for mutants call for all the allies the master of magnetism can muster. Like Psylocke, I’ve never been that big a fan of the elitist club of kinksters and mutant aristocrats but reintroducing them here as potential allies makes sense (while also questioning just how reliable or useful these new allies truly are). On the flip side teaming up with the Hellfire certainly seems to push Magneto’s team out of the gray and firmly in the villain column.

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Daredevil #11

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Daredevil #11“Dark Arts” continues as both Daredevil and Matt Murdock begin investigating the demonic painting made from the blood of hundreds of victims. In trouble at work for abandoning his post to help Blindspot, Murdock finds himself with a new assignment from the District Attorney – shut down the publicity of the painting which a greedy douche is using to line his own pockets. Although Murdock agrees with the concept of stopping the spread of the evil art, he is concerned with where his orders are coming from and begins to second guess his choice to join the D.A.’s office.

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