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Sherlock Holmes #1

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Sherlock Holmes #1

This isn’t your Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. The comic opens with the death of the great, great grandson of Sherlock Holmes and his wife orphaning their young daughter Spencer who is unaware of her family’s heritage but will become so when the story jumps to the present where a long lost uncle arrives just after her 18th birthday with a grand tale to tell and a search for her father’s missing gemstone.

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Catwoman #57

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Catwoman #57

Taking place in part of the ongoing “Gotham War” arc, Catwoman continues her bizarre Dickensian plan to solve crime in Gotham with the help of many, many thieves and Red Hood. Meanwhile Batman relies on help from unexpected places and fights his former protege who turns out to be a good distraction keeping his eyes off what Selina is really planning with her trip to the ballet. 

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Wonder Woman #1

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In a comic dripping with toxic masculinity, which is of course the point, Amazons have become public enemy #1 and are being forced out of the United States. Our first issue opens with an unnamed Amazon’s violent attack in a neighborhood bar which sets off events eventually leading to Amazons being voluntarily recalled and others being forcefully deported by an SS-looking goon squad breaking up families with extreme prejudice. 

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Uncanny Spider-Man #1

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Uncanny Spider-Man #1

With the world held hostage to the insane demands of Orchis, mutants have abandoned Earth. However, those choosing to ignore Charles Xavier‘s edict have decided to remain in order to do some good in a world which has turned their backs on mutantkind. One of those is Nightcrawler who has taken one of Spider-Man’s old suits and become yet another Spider-inspired hero of New York City.

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Harley Quinn: Black + White + Redder #3

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Three more black, white, and red stories of Harley Quinn‘s misadventures are collected in the latest issue of Harley Quinn: Black + White + Redder (which continues to be one of the best anthology series set around this concept). My favorite tale of issue #3 is “The Rebound” which gives us a Harley still spurned by the Joker latching on to a stray cat as her new best friend in a delightful little story which offers a few other notable cameos as well.

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