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Zorro Rides Again #2

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zorro-rides-again-2-coverMatt Wagner’s take on the classic tale of Zorro continues. Issue three follows three separate storylines. The first is Don Diego’s father still trying to come to terms with knowing his son is Zorro (and assuming shame is the reason why Don Diego has kept this secret from him).

The second is the attempt by the alcade to seize the lands of Don Carlos for his own. The reasons for the alcade’s interest in a very average plot of land are revealed.

And the third is a widow who has become obsessed with Zorro after he saves her but is unable to do the same for her family. How this story will intertwine with the other two will have to be seen.

Wagner weaves these stories together well, and even if this second issue is a little light on action he’s laid the groundwork here for the main threads of his second Zorro series. Worth a look.

[Dynamite, $3.99]

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Justice League #1

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justice-league-new1-coverWhat if Geoff Johns and Jim Lee created the DC Universe begins here. Okay, all joking aside, this first issue of Justice League (the first issue of the new DC Reboot) is actually better than I was expecting. Taking place in the early days of the DCU the comic gives us the first meeting of Batman and Green Lantern.

There are some fun moments here, especially Batman’s reaction to Green Lantern, his ring, and his act-before-thinking approach. GL’s reaction to Batman is also pretty good. The pair stop a creature from Apokolips (which they’ve never heard of before) and travel to Metropolis to ask the world’s most recognizable alien if he knows anything about the technology.

The end of the issue gives us the first appearance of Superman, who aside from looking far too young, is saddled with one of the more questionable costume alterations of the new DCU. Story wise this first issue, set in a world where people are afraid and uncertain of super-heroes, works well. I’m still not sold on the character designs, but it’s good enough to bring me back for another issue. Worth a look.

[DC, $3.99]

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Flashpoint #5

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flashpoint-5-coverDC’s summer event comes to a conclusion much as I expected it would when it, and the DC Reboot, were first announced. The events in the final issue of Flashpoint lead to the recreation of the DCU, but not without providing a reason (and possible backdoor to return to the current DCU should the rebooted universe be unsuccessful).

Like all the issues of the main Flashpoint mini-series this one focuses primarily on the Flash and Thomas Wayne who helps Barry stop Thayne and allows him to return to our world with a message for his son. The Flash learns it is he, not the Reverse-Flash, who is responsible for Flashpoint, and to return things to normal he will have to sacrifice one of his closest loved ones.

As wrap-ups go this final issue does what it needs to, and does it better than I expected. Is the final moment between Barry and Batman a little too schmaltzy? Sure. Does the look of the rebooted DCU still make me a little queasy? Oh yeah, but this issue works (and gives us a glimmer of hope we haven’t seen the last of the classic DCU). Worth a look.

[DC, $3.99]

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Comic Rack

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It’s a new week 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 week from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Hulk, Irredeemable, IZombie, Kato, Kirby: Genesis, Kult, Mega Man, Moon Knight, Morning Glories, Ninjas Vs. Zombies, Powers, Red Skull, Spawn, Transformers, X-23, the first issues of Action Comics, Animal Man, Batgirl, Casanova: Avaritia, Detective Comics, Green Arrow, Justice League International, Static Shock, Stormwatch, Swamp Thing, True Blood: The French Quarter, Walter Koenig’s Things to Come, and the final issues of 50 Girls 50, Drums, Fear Itself: Wolverine, Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson Moon Called, and Thor: Heaven and Earth.

Enjoy issue #144

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Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #13

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green-lantern-emerald-warriors-13-coverEmerald Warriors closes its run with a team-up with Guy Gardner and Batman aboard a space station. Fans of Justice League International will get the reference (especially after writer spells it out for them in the completely unnecessary final panel).

Even if Batman and Guy aren’t the same characters they were during Keith Giffen‘s glorious run the pair work well together (though it certainly helps if you were a fan of Giffen’s League). The mystery itself isn’t explored very well (Batman solves the case off-panel while Guy grills the suspects), and, as I’ve already stated, the comic ends with a panel that (with all the subtetly of a Michael Bay action flick) directly references one of the most memorable moments from JLI.

Since it’s creation this comic has been hit-and-miss for me from month to month. The last issue works well-enough (even if its somewhat hamfisted), but if you don’t have nostalgia for JLI I’m not sure the story is going to hold up on its own. Hit-and-Miss.

[DC, $2.99]

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