Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Ragtag

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Ragtag

With S.H.I.E.L.D. disbanded, Ward‘s (Brett Dalton) treachery revealed, Deathlok (J. August Richards) publicly executing threats for John Garrett‘s (Bill Paxton) amusement and to sell the tech to various interested buyers by taking use of as Quinn (David Conrad) as a middle man, and Raina (Ruth Negga) closing in on replicating the drug which saved the lives of both Skye (Chloe Bennet) and Coulson (Clark Gregg), things look bleak for Coulson and his team.

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Batman ’66 #10

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Batman '66 #10Batman ’66 #10 finds the Dynamic Duo matches wits against Mr. Freeze who takes advantage of a Gotham heat wave to sell personal air conditioning units to to unsuspecting Gothamites unaware that the villain will use the units to bring an early winter to the city. Despite the villain’s new advantage, and fancy new freeze-canon tank, Batman and Robin are able to bring summer back to Gotham

Although the Freeze story is entertaining (even giving us Batman and Robin skiing their way through downtown Gotham), of more interest is the comic’s back-up story featuring Batgirl saving Bruce Wayne after he’s poisoned by Cleopatra.

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Coming Soon

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  • Title: Gotham
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Here’s the first look at Gotham. Ben McKenzie stars as Detective James Gordon in the new TV series set during Bruce Wayne‘s (David Mazouz) pre-Batman childhood with teen versions of his various enemies making appearances including Catwoman (Camren Bicondova), the Penguin (Robin Taylor), the Riddler (Cory Michael Smith), Two-Face, the Joker, and Poison Ivy (Clare Foley). I wonder how long it will take before one of them pushes Bruce into a locker or steals his lunch money? Sigh. The show also stars Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth, Sara Paxton, Victoria Cartagena as Renee Montoya, and Zabryna Guevara as Sarah Essen. The trailer certainly looks slick, and looks more Gordon (and less Bruce) driven than I expected, but I’m still having trouble investing anything in this concept and would have far preferred the idea of resurrection the original Smallville pitch around a late teens/early twenties Bruce Wayne’s journey to become Batman. Gotham will premiere this Fall on FOX.

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The Blacklist – Berlin

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The Blacklist - Berlin

After revealing all she knows about Tom (Ryan Eggold) to the FBI and putting in her resignation, Lizzie (Megan Boone) gets roped into working one last case involving a man (Victor Cruz) infected with a viral strain of the most dangerous pathogen, so lethal its been outlawed by world governments even for study, which Reddington (James Spader) believes is only the first part of a larger plot by his unknown enemy “Berlin.” When they find an used antidote on the victim the FBI discovers the armored car guard was being extorted for daily doses of the life-saving cure only as long as he continued to follow the orders of the scientist (Brennan Brown) who exposed him to the disease.

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Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1

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Star Wars: Rebel Heist #1The first issue of the new Star Wars mini-series Star Wars: Rebel Heist, taking place during the same period between Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back as the current ongoing Dark Horse comic, is presented from the view of a new Rebel recruit who meets Han Solo for the first time. It’s certainly a memorable meeting.

Our narrator’s name is never given as his opinion of Corellia‘s most infamous son goes from awe to disbelief to exasperation as Solo navigates the alleys and skies above his homeworld only to get the pair eventually captured and then interrogated by Imperial agents.

With each issue centering around the combination of both a core Star Wars character and original characters to the expanded Star Wars Universe Star Wars: Rebel Heist gets off to a good start here. I like Marco Castiello’s art (even if some panels do feel a bit rushed) and Matt Kindt captures Solo through the eyes of of a hero-worshiping fanboy in way over his head. Worth a look.

[Dark Horse, $3.50]

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