Usagi Yojimbo #14

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Usagi Yojimbo #14 comic review“The Return” concludes with Miyamoto Usagi and Kenichi fighting off a horde of misguided former Mifune supporters hoping to damage the honor of Lord Hikiji with an attack on the shogun’s agent. Usagi Yojimbo #14 offers a couple of more surprise guest-appearances as Mariko arrives with the help of her son Jotaro and Usagi’s old master Katsuichi.

There’s plenty of action in this final issue as the warriors hold off the assassination. However, discovery of the plot by Mifune supporters does Usagi no favors as he is forced to leave his home once more. Before exiting, however, he does get to spend a little time with the son no one knows is his and his former sensei, offering some joy to a trip home that was scarred in violence and death. And now, once again, the rabbit ronin’s travels continue.

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Charlie’s Angels – Pretty Angels All in a Row

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  • Title: Charlie’s Angels – Pretty Angels All in a Row
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Charlie's Angels - Pretty Angels All in a Row television review

Throwback Tuesday takes us back to the tale of three beautiful former police officers turned private detectives working for a faceless boss known as Charlie. When the organizer of the Miss Chrysanthemum Beauty Pageant reaches out for help after several of the contestants have been scared off, Kris (Cheryl Ladd) and Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) go undercover as new contestants with Sabrina (Kate Jackson) and Bosley (David Doyle) backing them up as reporters covering the event. What Sabrina discovers, while getting herself captured, is the attacks on contestants and the kidnapping and bribing of judges are all part of a half-assed plan by a pair of henchmen (Burton Gilliam and Richard Kelton) attempting to get the daughter (Doney Oatman) of their boss the title.

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Once and Future #13

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Once and Future #13 comic reviewWith the Beowulf misadventures now complete, Duncan, Rose, and Bridgette prepare for the next move by Merlin and Zombie Arthur. They don’t have to wait long as a murder of crows show up to deliver dark warnings to Bridgette, which she doesn’t take kindly to.

Unwilling to sit still and wait for trouble to find them, the trio goes in search of the next Lancelot, believing him to be the key to Zombie Arthur’s next move. What they find instead is a gang of Nazis and something else entirely as the Green Knight has entered their tale. His sudden appearance does help Duncan with the Nazis. Is he foe? Or just another pawn in Merlin’s larger design?

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Star Trek: Discovery – People of Earth

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Star Trek: Discovery - People of Earth television review

After an extended reunion between Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the USS Discovery, the ship, with Book (David Ajala) in tow, heads for Earth where they encounter a chilly welcome. It appears the Federation left Earth some time ago, and the planet has become isolationist in the extreme in hording and protecting a dwindling supply of Dilithium. An attack by raiders while Discovery is being investigated by the United Earth Defense Force provides an opportunity for Burnham to do what she does best and allow both sides in the ongoing conflict to get a taste of Federation-style diplomacy.

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #275

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #275 comic reviewLarry Hama’s massive ten-part series including appearances from an insane number of G.I. JOE characters comes to a close with a dialogue-free silent issue as the combined forces of the Joes, Destro, Zartan, and the Arashikage succeed in freeing Throwdown (who Cobra still mistakenly believe is the original Snake Eyes) from the clutches of Cobra. IDW’s arc was sold under the idea of it “featuring EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF G.I. JOE,” and there were appearances aplenty over the past ten issues.

Setting up all the necessary ingredients to return the original Snake Eyes’ memories to the new one’s body, given access to Dr. Mindbender‘s machine and the arrival of Dawn, I was surprised that this idea wasn’t pursued (perhaps at a later date)?

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