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Comic RackIt’s the beginning of a new month so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome 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 month includes the first issues of 7th Sword, 24, All-New Ultimates, Amazing Spider-Man, Angel & Faith Season Ten, Aquaman and the Others, Battlestar Galactica: Six, Captain Action Cat, Conan the Avenger, Danger Girl: May Day, Dexter’s Laboratory, Duffman Adventures, Field, Inhuman, Iron Fist: The Living Weapon, Nightcrawler, Shotgun Wedding, Sinestro, Smallville Season 11: Lantern, Solar Man of the Atom, Transformers: Windblade, What If… Age of Ultron, and the final issues of Lady Rawhide, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, Stormwatch, Superior Spider-Man, Trillium, and Ultimate FF.

Enjoy issue #200

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Fables #139

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Fables #139The beginning of the end starts here. Picking up on Bill Willingham’s announcement that Fables will end with issue #150, the first part of a two-issue arc begins to put events in motion with the arrival of Danny Boy to the Farm and his mission to convince Seamus to return home with him to save Scotland from the evil Baoban Sith. Unwilling to let their band mate go alone, Peter Piper, Joe Shepherd, Puss in Boots, and Briar Rose all decide to accompany the pair to Scotland.

Much of the issue centers on the odd crew’s travels. Their eventual arrival isn’t as warm as they might like as the group walks right into a battle between demon dogs and giants which, apparently, costs one of the Fables their lives.

With nearly all of this issue being set-up there’s an awful lot for next month’s issue to get through. I’m also disappointed that the most interesting character of the group is the one who meets his downfall so early in the adventure. Worth a look.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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Amazing X-Men #5

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Amazing X-Men #5Amazing X-Men‘s first arc comes to a close with a battle between Nightcrawler and his father Azazel. Needing to save both his friends and heavenly realms from his father’s madness, Nightcrawler makes good on his deal with the BAMFs and returns with the X-Men and Azazel to Earth where he traps his father using Azazel’s own blood magic. The cost, however, is higher than Kurt is willing to admit to any of his friends.

Writer Jason Aaron and artist Ed McGuinness make good on their promise to return Kurt back to the land of the living but only at the cost of his own soul. We’ll have to wait and see how this will effect the X-Man physical, emotionally, and spiritually going forward.

Kurt’s return should also force Logan to admit his own failures including the split in the X-Men. How Nightcrawler is going to fit into that schism should be interesting to watch. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Silver Surfer #1

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Silver Surfer #1Pairing writer Dan Slott with artist Mike Allred, the first issue of Silver Surfer is split equally between Norrin Radd‘s space adventures which take him to being recruited as a champion to save the hidden impossible world of The Impericon and twin sisters on the planet Earth, one of whom will (somehow) become tied to to the Surfer as “The Most Important Person in the Universe.”

Perhaps more than any other character in the Marvel Universe, the Silver Surfer is incredibly hard to get right. The first issue keeps the character slightly off-balance and unsure just what is going on, so I’ll be interested to see how he’s presented when he’s more sure about his circumstances.

I’m always a bit hesitant to accept a brand-new character like Eve as hugely important to someone like the Surfer and unsure about the dynamic between the two (especially as they haven’t even met yet). It appears as if the comic may be setting up Doctor/Companion-style relationship (which, again, would be an entirely new place to take the character). Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #9

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #9The friction between Donatello and Raphael, and Raph’s disrespect of what his smarty-pants brother brings to the team, causes Donnie to use Metalhead to attempt to teach him a lesson. Faking an emergency of the Kraang taking over the robotic turtle, the brothers struggle to stop Donnie’s invention – especially after he really does loose control.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #9 also offers a back-up story of Raphael’s tall tale to his brothers about a fight with an actual dragon rather than admit the his new black-eye came courtesy of training with April.

Both stories are fun and play on basic character traits of the Turtles. The first story allows the two to eventually come to an understanding. The second showcases Raph’s bruised ego and Donnie, Michelangelo, and Leonardo choosing not give their brother a hard time after learning his shiner came in the service of helping a friend. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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