Li’l Sonja

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Li'l SonjaWhen Dynamite started putting out all of these cute one-shots inspired by the company’s current catalog, Li’l Sonja was the one that caught my eye. It took me a while to get to the issue, partially due to having to special order the terrific variant cover by Agnes Garbowska, and partly out of my own forgetfulness, but once I picked it up I was in heaven.

Written by Jim Zub, whose work in IDW’s new Samurai Jack comic I have been enjoying, with art by Joel Carroll, Li’l Sonja is the type of comic I want to see Dynamite start putting out monthly. The story centers around the heroine’s travels leading her to investigate disappearance of red objects and red-headed children caused by greedy red dragon.

Fighting off the dragon with her sword, wits, and a full page of wonderful puns, Sonja eventually outsmarts the dragon and saves the day. A hell of a lot of fun, my only disappointment comes from how long it took me to pick it up and the fact that there’s no issue #2 to look forward to. Must-read.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Pretty Little Liars – Free Fall

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  • Title: Pretty Little Liars – Free Fall
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Pretty Little Liars - Free Fall

Realizing the bombshell Spencer (Troian Bellisario) and the other Liars are about to drop on Aria (Lucy Hale), Ezra (Ian Harding) decides to defuse the situation by preemptively dropping one of his own by alerting his girlfriend, Emily (Shay Mitchell), and Hanna (Ashley Benson) to their friend’s pill problem and increasingly erratic behavior. Although Aria dismisses what she takes for her friend’s drugged-out rantings, Ezra’s slip of the tongue (and his pressure to further expose her drug use) makes Aria begin to second-guess her unflinching support of the man she loves.

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Intelligence – Size Matters

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Intelligence - Size Matters

After five of the world’s leading scientists around the world all turn up dead, Cyber Command uncovers a plot targeting several more scientists including Dr. Shenendoah Cassidy (John Billingsley) and a former star pupil Bryce Tyler (Tommy Dewey), by someone capable of creating advanced killer nanites. After his rescue it doesn’t take Bryce long to recognize Gabriel’s (Josh Holloway) unique skills and quickly deduce what his old teacher has achieved.

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Smallville Season Eleven: Alien #3

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Smallville Season Eleven: Alien #3The third issue of Smallville Season Eleven: Alien features unexpected team-ups. As Chloe spends time in the Batcave trying to pitch Batman on the idea of joining the Justice League, Lois and Nightwing hit the streets and get into a little action while taking down a local gang, and in Russia Clark Kent and Lex Luthor work together to discover more about the identity of the Monitor and his true purpose in this reality.

I enjoyed the scenes of Barbara and Lois together and getting the chance to see Lois kick some butt. However, I question Bryan Q. Miller’s choice to make Lois so capable that she comes off as pretty much equal to Batman’s trained partner in a fight.

Clark and Lex finally catch up with the Monitor (for all the good it does them) leaving that thread on a cliffhanger suggesting Lex Luthor might re-discover Superman’s secret (but I wouldn’t bet on it just yet). The Batman story also gets an unusual ending with the reveal of a Bat-Joker from another world who will no doubt cause trouble for Smallville’s version of the Dynamic Duo in the next issue. Worth a look.

[DC, $3.99]

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