Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #13

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #13The afterglow of Buffy and Spike‘s romantic night together is short-lived as the vampire seeks out the help of Xander, and eventually Giles and Willow, when his nightmare about killing appears to be true. With the magic users seeking for any control of the vampire Xander keeps Buffy away by inviting her along for a long overdue conversation with Andrew.

Buffy artists come and go over the course of a season but I have to admit I absolutely adore Megan Levens work in this issue capturing a cool look and feel for each character, particularly Buffy. Here’s hoping we see much, much more of her work on Season Ten and beyond.

As to the story, Spike’s pro-active nature in investigating the mystery bodes well for his future with Buffy (and produces a humorous reaction from his roommate). As to the cause of Spike’s bad dreams I wonder if we may look back to a First Season episode of Angel for a possible explanation as new trouble from William the Bloody’s past may have recently arrived in town. The Andrew subplot, while really not much more than filler, is a well-handled look at someone finally coming to terms with their sexuality with the support of their friends. Worth a look.

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Coming Soon – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

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  • Title: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
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Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, and Simon Pegg are back to take on the “anti-IMF” in the first teaser trailer for this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Alec Baldwin, Rebecca Ferguson, Jingchu Zhang, and Sean Harris also star. The latest impossible mission opens in theaters on July 31st.

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Red One #1

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Red One #1Originally written as a French comic under the title Red Skin, Xavier Dorison and Terry Dodson’s spy-thriller opens in 1977 during the Cold War when the Soviet Union’s best agent is tasked with her latest assignment: work undercover in America to become the country’s greatest super-hero.

Most of the unusual tale takes place before Vera Yelnikov begins her assignment in America giving us glimpses of her Russian family, her flippant attitude to her superiors, and her undeniable physical abilities, warm nature, and sexual presence. The comic also introduces the character of the Carpenter, a new right-wing American vigilante whose popularity could cause trouble for the Soviets if left unchecked.

The first issue of Xavier Dorison and Terry Dodson’s certainly has fun with the character of Vera and the reaction of various men to her. I’m more interested in the character and the process of how she is transformed into a super-hero than the the inevitable conflict with the Carpenter (or the questionable undercurrent that anyone who isn’t a rabid right wing Republican is actively helping the Soviet agenda). For fans.

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