Legends of Awesomeness – Mind Over Manners

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  • Title: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Mind Over Manners
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Legends of Awesomeness - Mind Over Manners

While interrupting the villainous Tong Fo‘s (Jeff Bennett) latest plan and retrieve the stolen Gan Xiang Sapphire, Po (Mick Wingert) accidentally is imbued with the mystical powers to read minds that the Tong Fo had planned to grab for himself. These same powers allowed Tong Fo’s ancestor to rule a vast kingdom (before going completely mad).

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Green Hornet #3

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Green Hornet #3The further the Green Hornet goes in trying find and unmask the mysterious Voice, a bomb-making madman with recorded diatribes and connection to the Nazis, the more concerned Kato becomes for his friend.

When the Hornet assumes the guilt and confronts a family friend who recently bruised his honor in front of the entire Sentinel staff on the flimsiest of evidence, turns an honest cop into a corrupt one for his own purposes, and Britt Reid decides to run for mayor seeking out more power to abuse, Kato has finally had enough. Warning Reid one last time about his God complex, the Green Hornet’s friend and confidant moves out.

The comic does a good job at showing us events from both Reid and Kato’s perspective as Reid’s harsh (but in his mind necessary) tactics are viewed completely different even by his best friend. I don’t think we need worry a permanent split between the pair, but it’s likely things will continue to get worse between the Hornet and Kato before they get better. Worth a look.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Larfleeze #1

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Larfleeze #1Honestly the idea of Larfleeze, the greedy Orange Lantern, getting his own comic didn’t really interest me. However, the idea of re-teaming Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, two of the three men responsible for the insanely awesome late 1980’s Justice League, for the project certainly got my attention. And I’m glad it did.

The entire first issue reintroduces the character of Larfleeze to readers with a prolonged series of untrustworthy flashbacks as Larfleeze and his butler Pulsar Stargrave stare into the abyss of Creation Point waiting to die. The fact that Pulsar doesn’t want to die doesn’t seem to phase Larfleeze whatsoever (although him launching into his life story yet again certainly doesn’t help the butler’s mood).

Throw in a giant energy space dog and you’ve got the makings of a really good first issue, although I’m not totally sold on the art by Scott Kolins (perhaps Kevin Maguire is available?). My interest in this comic has more to do with the people writing it than the character, but (for at least for one issue) that produces the kind of madcap fun the New 52 has been sorely missing. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Continuum – Second Opinion

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Continuum - Second Opinion

With missing her son‘s (Sean Michael Kyer) birthday, Travis‘ (Roger R. Cross) faction of Liber8 continuing to make inroads uniting the gangs, and Inspector Dillon (Brian Markinson) being replaced by a woman (Catherine Lough Haggquist) who like Agent Gardiner (Nicholas Lea) is far less willing to accept her murky cover story of working for a shadowy government agency, Kiera‘s (Rachel Nichols) stress level kicks into overdrive which triggers a CMR psychological program (Alessandro Juliani) to determine her psychological fitness. If the program has the ability to decide if the memories causing her emotional stress need to purged in order for her to continue doing her job.

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47 Ronin #5

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47 Ronin #5Mike Richardson and Stan Sakai’s retelling of the classic Japanese legend concludes in this oversized issue as the samurai of Lord Asano finally take their revenge on the man who cost them their honor and their master his life.

Even with the extra pages events feel a little rushed to wrap-up the remaining story in a single issue. There’s certainly a good amount both action and bloodshed, but nothing gratuitous as the story is handled by Richardson and Sakai with the proper respect. Those who haven’t been keeping up with the series might want to wait and pick up the entire collection as a graphic novel which I think may suit the story better than five separate issues.

I happy to see Richardson and Sakai bring to story to a satisfactory conclusion, especially as that means Sakai’s responsiblities on the mini-series are done once again freeing him to do what he does best and return to beloved creation Usagi Yojimbo. For those of us with serious rabbit ronin withdrawal it can’t come soon enough. Worth a look.

[Dark Horse, $3.99]

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