True Detective – Who Goes There

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True Detective - Who Goes There

The end of “Who Goes There” marks the halfway point of the anthology’s first season and the midpoint of this storyline. It also gives Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Hart (Woody Harrelson) a legitimate lead on the crazed meth maker Reginald Ledoux (Charles Halford) who looks more and more like the killer the pair of detectives have been hunting for months. With no way to find Ledoux except through the biker gang who their suspect is now cooking meth for, Cohle goes undercover off-the-books renewing an old friendship that may lead him to a possible introduction. And, of course, that’s when things start going seriously wrong.

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Ms. Marvel #1

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Ms. Marvel #1Ms. Marvel #1 introduces the character who will taking over the name for Marvel’s new Marvel NOW! campaign (not to be confused with Marvel’s old Marvel NOW! campaign also currently still happening). The first issue from writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Adrian Alphona does a good job at introducing us to Muslim teenager Kamala Khan and her close circle of dysfunctional friends and family.

The comic also gives us the origins of Kamala’s new powers with the magic fog and hallucinatory visions which leave her with super-powers and Carol Danvers‘ old costume. Neither the fog nor her vision is remotely explained leaving the reasoning behind the gift a mystery. Since we don’t see the character in costume until the final panel it’s also unclear what power set the new Ms. Marvel has at her disposal.

As an introduction to Kamala Ms. Marvel #1 works but as an introction to the new Ms. Marvel it feels incomplete. Although we do Kamala in Danvers’ old costume (which she rightly prefers) given the promotional materials (and comic’s variant cover) we know it’s not the costume she keeps. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $2.99]

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Atlantis – Touched by the Gods (Part 1)

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Atlantis - Touched by the Gods (Part 1)

The First Season comes to a close with the first-half of the season finale that finds King Minos (Alexander Siddig) near death, full power within Pasiphae‘s (Sarah Parish) grasp, and Jason‘s (Jack Donnelly) debt to Circe (Lucy Cohu) comes due. Struggling with killing the Queen of Atlantis, despite what he knows about her, Jason sneaks into the palace with the help of Pythagoras (Robert Emms) and Hercules (Mark Addy) but at the last moment is unable to go through with the assassination.

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Batman: Black and White #6

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Batman: Black and White #6The final issue of the latest volume of Batman: Black and White is neither the strongest nor weakest of the six-issue mini-series. Although it lacks a stand-out story, three of the tales present Batman adventures from perspectives other than those of the Dark Knight Detective himself.

Cliff Chiang’s Clayface tale is presented from Dick Grayson‘s perspective in his early days as Robin before he had won over the GCPD. Olly Moss and Becky Cloonan take a look at Bruce Wayne out of the Batsuit from the perspective of former and current flings, and Dave Johnson offers a tale of a four-time loser’s various run-ins with the law and Batman.

The final two stories also have something in common as they present rather mean-spirited versions of beloved characters. Dave Taylor’s tale of robots and conspiracies isn’t half as fun as it sounds and features an extremely unlikable Alfred. Adam Hughes offers us a Catwoman tale that while somewhat plausable makes Catwoman to be one hell of a manipulative bitch whose actions definitely cross a line. Worth a look.

[DC, $4.99]

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