Arrow – City of Heroes

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“The city still needs saving.”

Arrow - City of Heroes

Arrow‘s Second Season begins on the island but not as a flashback as Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and Diggle (David Ramsey) head to the middle of nowhere to pull their friend out of his self-imposed exile after the tragedy in the Glades and his failure to save the city and honor his father’s legacy. Oliver reluctantly returns to flagging company in the crosshairs of a corporate takeover by Isabel Rochev (Summer Glau), his mother (Susanna Thompson) in prison awaiting trial, and deadly new band of machine-gun wielding hood-wearing copycats taking up the slack in the missing Green Arrow’s absence including killing the mayor and taking Laurel (Katie Cassidy) and many of the city’s wealthy elite hostage. When that fails to get their point across, the vigilantes decide to target the city’s favorite media darling – Oliver Queen.

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Detective Comics #24

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Detective Comics #24The Wrath storyline wraps up here with the villain’s convoluted grand scheme to kill cops forcing them to buy defense armament from Caldwell’s firm defense which he will now activates to slowly kill them (so slowly it will in fact give Batman time to save everyone). As genius plans go, this one needs a little work.

After unceremoniously abandoning the cliffhanger of Alfred in the super-villain’s clutches, we get an air battle between Wrath and Batman followed later by a heavily-armored fist fight between the pair in the wreckage of the 13 Precinct where the Dark Knight leaves the bad guy at the mercy of James Gordon and a whole bunch of ticked off members of the GCPD.

The entire arc has felt largely uninspired, so I guess it’s no big surprise that the conclusion is a letdown as well. One interesting note: the main story ends on Officer Wallace’s “oh, shucky-darns Batman, you’re awesome” apology that I certainly don’t mind except that such unbridled naivete feels completely out of place in the gritty 90s realism of the New 52. Pass.

[DC, $3.99]

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Esquire names Scarlett Johansson the Sexiest Woman Alive

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Scarlett Johansson the Sexiest Woman Alive

For the second time, Esquire has named actress Scarlett Johansson the magazine’s Sexiest Woman Alive. In her interview the actress discusses her trouble with parables, graphology, the busiest year of her life, her Broadway run of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Don Jon, her need for a vacation, and plans for the future. You can find the pics and a behind-the-scenes video of her photo shoot inside.

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Person of Interest – Lady Killer

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Person of Interest - Lady Killer

When Reese (Jim Caviezel) and enlists Finch (Michael Emerson) discover their latest number, a womanizing playboy (Warren Kole), may not only be a stalker but also a serial killer, the pair enlist the help of Shaw (Sarah Shahi), Carter (Taraji P. Henson), and Zoe (Paige Turco) to set a trap with the three women as bait. After the investor chooses Carter the group discovers their number isn’t the perpetrator but the intended victim of the father (Ron Raines) of the one-time love of the young man’s life to protect a nine-year-old secret.

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