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Birds of Prey #8

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Is that a little Batman mixed in with the Birds of Prey? I think it is!

There’s actually quite a lot to like about this issue including Oracle‘s inner monologue about having Bruce help her team and Black Canary‘s reaction (including a sly smile) at seeing “the” Batman back in action.

The entire issue centers around the Calculator‘s goons trying to locate Oracle. There’s also a far less satisfying B-story of Hawk checking up on the Penguin. Everything works fine… until Oracle puts everyone in danger by inexplicably asking Batman to take a dive (which he does?) thus putting her entire team in real jeopardy.

The finally few pages really seem to drop the ball on what was a very fun, engaging story filled with ample amounts of action and internal monologue. It’s still worth a look but ends on a rather disappointing note.

[DC $2.99]

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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, BOOM!, Dynamite, IDW, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Batman, Conan: Road of Kings, Darkwing Duck, Dungeons & Dragons, Deadpool MAX, Fear Agent, Hellblazer, Power Girl, Queen Sonja, The Spirit, Thor, Transformers: Prime, the first issues of Doctor Who, Mass Effect: Evolution, Memoir, Wolverine and Jubilee, and the final issues of Avengers vs. Pet Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Ides Of Blood, Thor: First Thunder, Transformers: Sector 7. All that plus the 500th issue of Invincible Iron Man (check out our special Iron Man variant cover).

Enjoy issue #111

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Batman goes Beyond (again)

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Due to the recent success of the latest Batman Beyond mini-series, Terry McGinnis and friends get a new series starting here. Although there’s nothing all that special about this story (especially as a first issue launching a new title) there are several interesting notes worth talking about.

The first is the choice to launch a new title rather than simply continue the numbering from the recent mini-series. This volume picks up shortly after the events from the “Hush” storyline (which is referred to) so you’d think the more natural choice would be to continue the previous series rather than launch a brand new one.

There’s also the choice of using a brand-new villain, one who steals the (not particularly well-guarded) weapon of a former super-villain to cause mayhem with the new found ability to transmute people and objects into metal. As Bat-villains go this guy ranks pretty far down the list.

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Avengers #8

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For both good and ill the latest issue of Avengers is set up to allow our heroes to get caught up on the events of the previous issue. The Illuminati come back together to discover not one but two of the Infinity Gems they split among themselves have been stolen.

The conversations between the characters work well, but the story itself lacks some punch. The only action sequence we get is a flashback to Parker Robbins beating the snot out of the Red Hulk. Speaking of Parker Robbins, am I the only one who finds it strange (pardon the pun) that Dr. Strange can’t mystically identify the identity of the villain putting the stones back together again?

The issue’s final panel sets up what looks like more retreading of the same points as Steve Rogers shows up to find out what Tony Stark and his friends are hiding. That initial conflict should be interesting, but I hope we’ll get some real advancement of the plot as well.

This is actually an issue you could easily skip and not miss any big developments in the story arc. That said, it’s still worth a look for the interactions between the Illuminati, but it’s far from a must-read.

[Marvel $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, BOOM!, Dynamite, Vertigo, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Batgirl, Batman and Robin, Birds of Prey, Black Panther: The Man Without Fear, Booster Gold, Deadpool, Green Lantern Emerald Warriors, Halcyon, Incredible Hulks, Justice League: Generation Lost, Let Me In: Crossroads, Marvel Adventures Super Heroes, Northlanders, Red Robin, Savage Dragon, Stan Lee’s Starborn, Superman, Titans, Walking Dead Weekly, the first issues of B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth: Gods, Casanova: Gula, The Infinite Vacation, and the final issue of I Am An Avenger.

Enjoy issue #110

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