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Powerpuff Girls #9

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Powerpuff Girls #9After surviving Monster Day, Townsville is in for an entirely different kind of threat which begins when Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttecup‘s favorite boy band The Three Dees comes to town. The Powerpuff Girls’ ecstasy and seeing the threesome in concert, and even meeting them, is short-lived however with the arrival of the Rowdyruff Boys who take over the stage to perform their own kind of music that whips the crowd into a crazed frenzy.

Their hands already full with Brick, Boomer, and Butch, the situation becomes exponentionally more complicated with the arrival of the Boogie Man who has his own thoughts about what the citizens of Townsville should be listening to and is willing to instigate an “all-out disco alien invasion sensation” to prove his point.

The boy band idea allows for some cute moments from the threesome, a cameo from Dee Dee, and even showcases Professor Utonium fan boy nature. It also lets writer/artist Troy Little to bring back an under-utilized villain in the Boogey Man while working the unique threat of the Rowdyruff Boys into the comic for the first time. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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Scooby-Doo Team-Up #4

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Scooby-Doo Team-Up #4After three issues featuring Scooby-Doo teaming-up with Batman and Robin, the latest issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up takes Mystery, Inc. to Titans Tower when Robin contacts the group believing the Teen Titans home to be infested with ghosts.

Featuring the versions of Robin and company from Titans from Teen Titans Go!, the antics of the two franchises fit well together (as the comic remarks how different Robin acts, and looks, when he isn’t hanging out with the Dark Knight Detective). As with all classic Scooby mysteries, the ghosts have rational explanations as Scooby and his friends discover Beast Boy and Cyborg‘s pranks are responsible.

The comic’s back-up story features the Titans being visited by Raven‘s uncle Myron “The Mildly Irritating” who quickly gets on everyone’s nerves but eventually leaves on his own accord as he gets fed up with Daphne constantly attempting to pull his “mask” off and Scooby constantly running him over. Once again, Scooby-Doo Team-Up doesn’t disappoint. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #4

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Serenity: Leaves on the Wing #4The mini-series continues giving us a glimpse of Zoe‘s new life as a prison of the Alliance while Mal and his crew, with the help of Jayne‘s new friends and the Operative, attempt to make use of River Tam‘s newest restored memories by attacking an Alliance medical research station where she, and several other candidates, were experimented on.

Although they are able to sneak into the facility what they find aren’t so much scared young women in need of rescue but fully-designed super-soldiers, along with the doctor who created them, setting up big trouble for Mal and his group to deal with in the final two issues.

Although Kaylee earns the cover for this issue neither she nor Inara are given much to do other than express the crew’s concern of Mal bringing in the Operative. It will be interesting to see an example of what River was meant to become as next month’s issue will also give us the conclusion of the Operative’s fight with another of his ilk. Worth a look.

[Dark Horse, $3.50]

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Atomic Robo and The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur

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Atomic Robo and The Savage Sword of Dr. DinosaurYou know what’s awesome? Atomic Robo! You know what’s really awesome? Atomic Robo vs. Dr. Dinosaur!! You know what’s really, really, really awesome? An entire trade paperback of Atomic Robo vs. Dr. Dinosaur!!! Collecting the entire run of Atomic Robo and The Savage Sword of Dr. Dinosaur the latest trade paperback from writer Brian Clevinger and artist Scott Wegener pits the atomic-powered science-adventurer against his most insane enemy. Did I mention it’s awesome?!

While avoiding the fallout of someone branding him as a nuclear terrorist, Atomic Robo sets out on a simple mission in the jungles Venezuela near a secret Nazi base which becomes much more complicated when he discovers an underground civilization of rock monsters with laser faces along with Dr. Dinosuar and his plan to detonate a ridiculous Time Bomb to bring back the age of the dinosaurs.

If you buy only one Atomic Robo trade (and, trust me, you should buy far more than one) buy this one. Did I mention it’s awesome?! Must-Read.

[Red 5, $18.95]

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Batman ’66 #10

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Batman '66 #10Batman ’66 #10 finds the Dynamic Duo matches wits against Mr. Freeze who takes advantage of a Gotham heat wave to sell personal air conditioning units to to unsuspecting Gothamites unaware that the villain will use the units to bring an early winter to the city. Despite the villain’s new advantage, and fancy new freeze-canon tank, Batman and Robin are able to bring summer back to Gotham

Although the Freeze story is entertaining (even giving us Batman and Robin skiing their way through downtown Gotham), of more interest is the comic’s back-up story featuring Batgirl saving Bruce Wayne after he’s poisoned by Cleopatra.

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