Red Sonja: Noir #1

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Calling this one-shot Noir is a bit of a stretch, although Red Sonja: Noir #1 does include a couple elements of the genre (although it’s sadly not in black-and-white). Introduced as a one-off story in which Red Sonja‘s short-term partnership with the brigand Tasmin comes to a close when he’s felled while accepting a job from a femme fatale named Shauna who gives Sonja a sob story, none of which is true. 

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Fantastic Four – The Silver Surfer and the Coming of Galactus

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  • Title: Fantastic Four: The Animated Series – The Silver Surfer and the Coming of Galactus (Part 1 and 2)
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Airing in October of 1994, the two-part episode “The Silver Surfer and the Coming of Galactus” stays close to the original story from Fantastic Four #48-50 in which the Watcher (Allan Oppenheimer) warns the Fantastic Four of a coming danger but is unable to stop the Silver Surfer (Robin Sachs) from finding Earth and summoning his master. As in the comic, after an initial skirmish with the Fantastic Four, the Surfer discovers a bit about humanity through his interactions with Alicia Masters (Pauline Lomas) while the Watcher guides Johnny Storm () to the only known weapon in the universe that could turn away Galactus (Tony Jay) and force him to spare Earth.

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Phineas and Ferb – Tropey McTropeFace

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  • Title: Phineas and Ferb – Tropey McTropeFace
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Tropey McTropeFace may be one of the weakest inventions ever  created by Phineas (Vincent Martella) and Ferb (David Errigo Jr.), although it does take on a life of its own which becomes the running gag for the episode. The giant golden zoetrope rolls away from the kids to discover a new life and, whether through fate or accident, be in the right place at the right time to avert disasters over and over again. With at least some minimal sentience, it also struggles to find its way back to the Ferris Wheel it falls for while breaking up the plans of Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire) to turn things (momentarily) sideways. Yeah, not his best plan. It’s a fun, if lightweight, adventure.

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Planetary #6

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Fantastic Four Week is the perfect time to return to adventure of the Archaeologists of the Impossible as Planetary #6 is notable for introducing the WildStorm Universe’s version of the Fantastic Four as the greatest villains of the world. Giving a chance for Elijah Snow to put his money where his mouth is and do some real good with Planetary, Jakita Wagner introduces the grumpy codger to the story of “The Four,” a group sent to the moon as part of the super-secret Artemis project while Apollo grabbed the headlines. Returning to Earth changed, the four (already morally-questionable individuals) used their gifts to grow their power on Earth soon running Artemis and later getting their tendrils into every crevice of the world.

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