G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #270

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #270 comic reviewAlthough the captured Throwdown (who Cobra still mistakenly believe is the original Snake Eyes) does make a cameo, the focus of G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #270 is elsewhere.

The issue checks back in with Zartan‘s surprising rescue of Destro and the Baroness from the mercy of robotic Revanche. Fans of the Dreadnoks will be happy as Zartan pulls in the whole crew to help with the escape.

Most of the rest of the issue features the Department of Defense stifling any rescue attempts the JOE’s prepare to make. Is this simply politics? An attempt to prevent escalation between G.I. JOE and Cobra? Or is there something more nefarious at work?

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Hawaii Five-0 – He waha kou o ka he’e

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  • Title: Hawaii Five-0 – Loa’a pono ka ‘iole i ka punana
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Adam‘s (Ian Anthony Dale) recent decisions play a large role in “He waha kou o ka he’e” when Grover‘s (Chi McBride) niece Siobhan (Nia Holloway) discovers her boyfriend (John Harlan Kim) at the Police Academy is working with the Yakuza. Not only does Adam need to work quickly to save the woman’s life, after her confused boyfriend kidnaps her and hands her over to the Yakuza to be killed, but he must also keep his connection to the Yakuza from coming out to his already suspicious colleagues.

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Usagi Yojimbo #8

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Usagi Yojimbo #8 comic reviewTatami plays a large role in Usagi Yojimbo #8 as writer/artist Stan Sakai offers some history to the ceremonial mats grown and crafted together over the course of two years. It’s the transport of these handwoven mats that garners attention of both Miyamoto Usagi, bandits, and ninja with the rabbit ronin’s travels lead him back to the Northern Provinces of his homeland.

Usagi’s return to the lands once controlled by his former lord brings mixed feelings, especially after running across a former samurai of Lord Mifune who know serves Lord Hikiji. That’s not the only familiar face to cross Usagi’s path as he runs into the former ninja Chizu while helping the fend off the Neko Ninja’s attack on the tatami as a political ploy to undercut his rival Lord Gifu.

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Briarpatch – First Time in Saint Disgrace

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  • Title: Briarpatch – First Time in Saint Disgrace
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We’ve seen this story before about a successful protagonist forced to return home to investigate something tragic in the hometown they abandoned years before. Andy Greenwald‘s Briarpatch casts Rosario Dawson in the role of Senate Investigator Allegra Dill who returns to the Texas town of San Bonifacio after a car bombing takes the life of her sister Police Detective Felicity Dill in the series’ opening scene. Complicating Allegra’s return is a Senate investigation and a need to interview an old friend (Jay R. Ferguson) about questionable dealings involving his time working for the U.S. Government.

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