The Mentalist – Red Lacquer Nail Polish

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The Mentalist - Red Lacquer Nail Polish

The CBI are called into investigate the murder of a wealthy reclusive heiress (Mariette Hartley) whose charred remains were found in her creepy rundown mansion. Jane (Simon Baker) and Lisbon (Robin Tunney) talk with the victim’s nephew (Michael Gladis) and his wife (Elizabeth Bogush) who explain the woman had become a paranoid shut-in in the last two years, which her doctor (Erick Avari) confirms as the early stages of dementia, and only left the house for weekly sailing trips aboard her boat with a young woman (Vanessa Ray) from the marina who paints a far different picture of the victim.

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Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1

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Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1Although the Guardians of the Galaxy make only a cameo appearance at the end of the issue, this .1 reintroduction of Peter Quill is a must-read for any fan of the character. Writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Steve McNiven use the issue to explore the origin of the hero before the series relaunches later this month.

Although I find it humorous that Bendis basically gives Star-Lord the the origin of Christopher Daniel Barnes from the Starman TV-show, it certainly works well as Peter Quill’s mother meets an alien from another world and falls in love, only discovering her pregnancy after he’s returned to the stars.

The majority of the comic is spent on Meredith’s time with the man from the stars and the tragedy involving the adolescent Peter Quill first encounter with that Badoon which would push him to the stars years later. Simply running out of pages, this means we don’t really get any information on how Peter became Star-Lord here. The story we do get is well-told and terrifically illustrated by Steve McNiven.

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Young Justice – Intervention

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  • Title: Young Justice: Invasion – Intervention
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“Someday you have to tell me how you figure out all those backwards words so fast.”

Young Justice - Intervention

Realizing Blue Beetle (Eric Lopez) and his Scarab are now under the complete control of the Reach Impulse (Jason Marsden), Zatanna (Lacey Chabert), Bumblebee (Masasa Moyo), Wonder Girl (Mae Whitman), and Batgirl (Alyson Stoner) set out to capture and free their friend using a magical ritual and the temple discovered earlier this season by Batgirl (where Dan Garrett first found the Scarab) before it’s too late.

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Green Lantern: The Animated Series – Scarred

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Green Lantern: The Animated Series - Scarred

With Aya‘s (Grey DeLisle) path of destruction spreading across the universe Hal Jordan (Josh Keaton), Kilowog (Kevin Michael Richardson), and Razer (Jason Spisak) head back to Oa where the Guardians of the Universe bench Hal and his team, but that doesn’t stop the threesome from doing their own investigating by going through the quarters of the recently deceased Science Director (Sarah Douglas), the one who built Aya, searching for a way to stop their friend.

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The Lone Ranger #13

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The Lone Ranger #13In another stand alone tale, the Lone Ranger and Tonto’s travels take them to the Northern Colorado Territory where the pair take on Melton Coy who makes his money by selling Chinese women to the discerning buyer, for the right price. After scoping out the operation undercover, the Ranger and Tonto ride into town to take down the entire operation.

Before the day is done the women will be freed and on their way with enough silver to begin their new lives far from the town which allowed such wickedness to continue and is burning to the ground behind them.

The issue works well providing a villain that almost makes the Lone Ranger loose his temper. There’s also a couple of nice scenes where the Lone Ranger earns the womens’ trust first through his badge and later through a single silver bullet. That final piece also ties into the issue’s opening scene at an Antiques Roadshow where a woman with family heirloom and a legendary story about her grandmother’s grandmother adventure with a masked man helps set the stage for what follows. For fans.

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