G.I. JOE #9

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G.I. JOE #9As the separate JOE teams take on the three Cobra attacks which came from Duke‘s new source, Destro and the Baroness contact the JOE leader under the old proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” and lead Duke to the lair of the Mad Monk. What Duke and Destro don’t realize, however, is the new head of Cobra’s operations in New York is two-steps ahead of them.

Destro receives an unexpected visit from the new Cobra Commander, and his elite strike force, who is none to pleased to discover Destro has sold out a member of Cobra to G.I. JOE. Meanwhile, Duke doesn’t realize every move he takes makes him look that much more guilty to his team who have already begun to suspect that Duke may be Cobra’s mole.

The issue ends with Scarlett and her team unable to deny the damning evidence and setting out after their leader and the Mad Monk captured by Duke who is shocked to learn the final card the villain has left to play concerning Duke’s wife. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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Sleepy Hollow – The Sin Eater

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  • Title: Sleepy Hollow – The Sin Eater
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“Destiny isn’t a matter of chance but of choice.”

 

Sleepy Hollow - The Sin Eater

After Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) is abducted by Free Masons, Abbie (Nicole Beharie) receives a vision from Katrina (Katia Winter) who warns the detective that the Headless Horsesman (Richard Cetrone) will return by nightfall and the only hope to save Ichabod is to find the Sin Eater (John Noble) who alone has the power to severe the blood-tie that connects Katrina’s husband to one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. In order to accomplish the task and find the Sin Eater in under a day, Abbie enlists the help of her sister Jenny (Lyndie Greenwood) to convince the reluctant man to help find their missing friend.

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The Blacklist – Frederick Barnes

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The Blacklist - Frederick Barnes

Despite still blaming him for framing her husband (Ryan Eggold) for murder, Agent Keen (Megan Boone) is forced to work with Reddington (James Spader) to take down a member of The Blacklist responsible for the chemical attack on Washington D.C. subway by a chemical engineer named Frederick Barnes (Dr. James Wilson) who has very personal reasons for unleashing a rare disease upon the populace. Keen and Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) talk with the man’s former research partner (Amy Hargreaves) whose son suffers from the same rare disease Barnes weaponized and unleashed in the subway and learn the scientist is actually the boy’s father and was turned down for research grants to cure the disease when it was determined it was too rare to justify the funding.

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Castle – Like Father, Like Daughter

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Castle - Like Father, Like Daughter

Despite their strained relations, Alexis (Molly C. Quinn) enlists Castle‘s (Nathan Fillion) help to prove a man (James Carpinello) convicted of a murder 15 years ago is innocent before he is put to death in only 72 hours. After meeting with the death row inmate and his girlfriend (Joelle Carter) who has stood by him throughout his incarceration, and finding one or two incongruities to the case, Castle admits it may be possible that the police arrested a very guilty-looking, but ultimately innocent, man.

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Guardians of the Galaxy #8

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Guardians of the Galaxy #8The invasion of Earth forces Abigail Brand to reach out to Peter Quill and the Guardians of the Galaxy to help retake S.W.O.R.D.‘s orbiting installation known as The Peak which has fallen into the hands of the enemy. With Gamora still sulking over Star-Lord’s chit-chat with her father, and the rest of his team lacking anything approaching stealth, Quill and Rocket Raccoon set out on an one-man/one-space-raccoon-thing rescue operation.

The pair are able to free brand and kill a lot of the alien invaders (raising the issue of Rocket’s new trademark catchphrase), the three heroes are eventually surrounded and in need of some serious reinforcements. However, they are unprepared for who shows up to come to their aid.

Guardians of the Galaxy #8 is a great example of a tie-in issue you can enjoy even if you aren’t following the main storyline elsewhere. Even though I’ve still yet to even glance at an issue of Infinity, I had no trouble following (and enjoying) all the usual craziness on display (even if I do have trouble buying Gamora running of to sulk with millions of lives in peril). Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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