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Larfleeze #3

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Larfleeze #3Things get even more confusing for Pulsar Stargrave when he meets The Wanderer, the cosmic entity from Laord of the Hunt‘s dimension who has kept him alive and apparently bought Stargrave from Larfleeze before the Orange Lantern was beaten by her brother.

At first Stargrave can’t believe his good fortune as The Wanderer certainly makes for a far less bloodthirsty or insane master compared to his previous employers. Of course when The Wanderer decides the first step in preparing Stargrave for his new role is his castration all bets are off.

Freeing Larfleeze, Stargrave’s former employer sets off to steal all of Laord’s wealth and creates Orange Lantern constructs to deal with The Wanderer and reacquire his property, however things take yet another turn when The Wanderer uses her powers to turn the constructs into flesh and blood Orange Lanterns not too happy with being betrayed and slaughtered by their old pal Larfleeze in another goofy and enjoyable issue from Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Ame-Comi Girls #7

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Ame-Comi Girls #7The Ame-Comi Girls begin a new series with a weird reintroduction of Jesse Quick as a zombie speedster (seriously, wasn’t she a living hero just a few issues back?) and her introduction to the Teen Hellions: a group of alien, undead, and monsterific heroes who need her help to save the world.

Aside from the odd rebooting of Quick’s origins (why not just introduce a new character, it’s not like the DCU is lacking in them?), Ame-Comi Girls #7 is quite fun as the Flash heads out for her night of fun to help Red Raven, Cyborg, Tempest, Beast Girl, and Starfire battle Raven’s daddy Trigon who shows up with an army of demons to take over the world every year or so.

There’s plenty of action and some nice humor between Raven and Trigon as the invasion of Earth by a demon horde all because of one guy’s daddy issues embraces the absurdity of the situation in a way the New 52 never would. Worth a look.

[DC, $3.99]

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Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures #10

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Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures #10The good guys start to fight back in the latest issue of Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures as Nikola Tesla leads his team of Charles Fort, Winfield-Scott Lovecraft, Ehrie “Harry Houdini Weiss, Master Wong Ke-Ying, and Annie Oakley to retrieve his stolen property and make their own strategic strikes on the evil industrialist threesome of Franklin Reade, Robert Trydan, and Jack Wright.

From their attacks, which include the destruction of one of Wright’s factories, Tesla and his team are able to discover the Black Coat agenda and at least begin to prepare themselves for the planned attack from the treacherous combination of a steel and steam engine manufacturer, a weapons designer, and the head of an international gang of criminals.

I was happy to see the return of both Ke-Ying and Oakley (although Annie isn’t given much to do this time around) as it looks like there will be plenty of trouble for all of Tesla’s associates to handle beginning next issue with the reprisal from the Black Coats. The issue also reprints the amusing “The Yonkers Devil” as a back-up story. Worth a look.

[Red 5, $2.75]

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Rocket Raccoon: Tales from Half-World

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Rocket Raccoon: Tales from Half-WorldRepackaging $3 worth of nearly 30 year-old comics for $8 takes some balls, but as the comic stars Rocket Raccoon and was drawn by Mike Magnola I’m willing to overlook the hefty price-tag for Rocket Raccoon: Tales from Half-World which collects all four of the original issues of the 1985 Rocket Racoon mini-series.

The series centers around Rocket Raccoon’s job as guardian of an insane asylum cut off from the rest of space where animals have been bred and genetically manipulated to take care of the large collection of cosmic whackjobs. Events from the series include Rocket and his first mate (a talking walrus appropriately named Wal Rus) taking on a Toy War, killer clowns, the theft of the the Halfworld Bible, and saving Rocket’s love Lylla from an evil villain.

The $8 cover price (each issue was originally 75¢) is pretty steep for this nostalgic look back at Rocket Raccoon’s early adventures but for both old and new fans of the character there’s definitely some wacky fun to be had. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $7.99]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25“City Fall” continues as the Foot Clan goes to war with the Savate and all sides deal with fallout of Leonardo joining the Foot as the Shredder‘s new second-in-command. For April and Casey that means getting a little closer, for Raphael it means hitting the streets (and anything else that gets in his way), for Karai it means growing dissatisfaction with her diminished new role, and for Splinter it means seeking the help of an untrustworthy enemy.

“City Fall” continues to deliver as we learn more about the limits of Kitsune‘s control of Leonardo’s mind (laying the groundwork to bring the Turtle back to the Light Side) as well as Karai’s contingency plan concerning a pair of classic TMNT characters finally making their first appearance in the comic.

With the promise of the addition of Rocksteady and Bebop, and more of Alopex and Karai, the full roster is filling out nicely. My only real complaint with the comic is the inconsistent art from artist Mateus Santolouco whose style is at time distracting. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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