Perception – Blindness

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“All it took was a six-foot knife-wielding alligator.”

Perception - Blindness

After being called in to consult on a case of a judge found dead in his chambers with a mentally-impaired janitor (Del Zamora) holding the murder weapons over the body, Daniel spins a wild theory about change blindness where Donnie (Scott Wolf) and the rest of the courtroom actually saw the killer standing in for the judge but failed to notice it was a different man. Although he can’t convince Donnie of his theory, when the killer strikes again by committing murder in front of 200 witnesses, none of whom saw it happen, the Assistant District Attorney is forced to pay a little more attention to the FBI’s consultant and his wild theories, although Daniel has troubling playing nice with the FBI profiler (Sundra Oakley) Donnie brings in on the case.

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Fairest #17

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Fairest #17“The Return of the Maharaja” continues as Nalayani and Prince Charming spend a little time together separated from the rest of the royal entourage and Nalayani learns the series of events that led to Charming becoming India’s latest Maharaja. Although the pair are able to get out of their predicament involving a crocodile and quicksand at the issue beginning, Fairest #17 also introduces a new threat to Charming’s reign as Maharaja.

The quick thinking that gets the pair out of danger in the issue’s first few pages work well. Charming’s flashbacks give us some insight into the series of events on how the prince took power without ever addressing why Charming was in India in the first place. This also forces Nalayani’s story, the arc’s best character, to be put on hold for an entire issue.

The plague which first hits one of Charming’s concubines and later the Maharaja takes the arc even further from the story of Nalayani’s village. The source of the disease and eventual cure might turn out to offer interest insights into both characters, but for now I’m a bit concerned with the shift in direction of this latest arc. Hit-and-Miss.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow’s Avengers

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Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's AvengersSet before the new Guardians of the Galaxy series, the Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow’s Avengers one-shot is a series of solo stories featuring the Guardians of the Galaxy before re-teaming to save Earth from Peter Quill’s father.

The stories are about what you’d expect. Drax and Gamora both get into huge battles (although Gamora’s has a nice tie-in to Star-Lord‘s own daddy issues), Rocket Raccoon threatens someone at gunpoint (and discovers something unexpected), and Groot makes a surprising save in the issue’s most well-developed story on an alien world. I’m not sure that the various shorts are actually a good primer for those who don’t already know these characters fairly well. That said, fans of the heroes should have fun.

The timing of the release, as the events all take place before the current comic, seems a little off. We do get cameos from Star-Lord at the end of two of the stories trying to bring the team back together in which he specifically mentions his father and an imminent attack on Earth. For fans.

[Marvel, $4.99]

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