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SHAZAM! #2

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The larger storyline in SHAZAM! #2 is the follow-up to Captain Marvel‘s public outburst which Billy can’t explain and doesn’t realize was caused by the very gods whose power he calls on when he utters the wizard Shazam’s name. An encounter with the Psycho Pirate gives our hero a false sense of security believing the villain is behind his recent behavior. While he’s able to capture the super-villain, it isn’t without loosing control once again leading to all kinds of damage and Billy Batson seriously considering never uttering the magic word again. However, I doubt the gods are done with him just yet.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. Street Fighter #1

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At no point in the first issue of the new five-issue crossover mini-series is any attempt made to explain the reason for the worlds of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Street Fighter colliding, instead the two are simply thrown together and the reader is asked to roll with it (which, given the ridiculousness of the concept and everything on display here is a valid choice).

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Daredevil #12

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Remember that time Matt Murdock tricked the woman he loved into killing him so he could go fight a literal demon in Hell. I know you’ve got a martyr complex, Daredevil, but yeesh. I didn’t expect to be comparing an issue of Daredevil to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier but that’s where we’re going. Culminating the 12 issue arc of Daredevil and Elektra‘s attempts to take down the Hand, we get Matt sitting in front of a cave contemplating suicide so to set up a Daredevil vs. Devil fight in Hell. Get it? (Who at Marvel thought this was a good idea?)

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The Flash #800

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The Flash #800 offers an oversized issue with several stories all centered on Wally West (and not the Flash getting his own movie this weekend). The choice seems a bit weird, but there’s some good stuff here. And, thankfully, none of the stories feature the awkwardly redesigned costume with yellow pipping which came out of the New 52 and has making my eyes bleed for over a decade.

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Amazing Spider-Man #160

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Remember that time Spider-Man‘s car tried to kill him? Throwback Thursday takes us back 47 years to Amazing Spider-Man #160 in which the resurrected Spider-Mobile (believed lost in the Hudson River months before) returns and repeatedly attempts to run down the Wall-Crawler. The issue also plays on various threads of the time with another medical issue for Aunt May, Peter and Mary Jane dating, and J. Jonah Jameson‘s crusade against Spider-Man.

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