Black Rain

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  • Title: Black Rain
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Flashback Friday takes us back to 1989 and the story of an American cop stumbling into a gang war in Japan. Sitting in the middle of Michael Douglas‘ run as morally ambiguous protagonists, Black Rain casts Douglas as NYPD detective Nick Conklin under investigation from Internal Affairs who gets roped into a trip to Japan after witnessing the Yakuza gun down members of the Mafia in New York. Assigned with his partner Charlie (Andy Garcia) to escort the killer (Yûsaku Matsuda) back to Japan, only to lose him just after landing, the pair of detectives are forced to stay in the city with a chaperone (Ken Takakura) but no other help from the local police in finding the killer.

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The Mystery of the Magic Circle

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  • Title: The Mystery of the Magic Circle
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Flashback Friday takes us back to a mystery involving the Three Investigators whose mantra of “We Investigate Everything” lead them to go in search of the missing tell-all manuscript and stolen films of a reclusive retired actress. The story begins in fire and will take a few twists and turns including Jupiter, Pete, and Bob uncovering the actress’ secret coven and her mistaken belief that her powers have been used to harm those close to her in the past allowing others to take advantage of her guilt.

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Spidey Super Stories #39

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Flashback Friday takes us back to another issue of Spidey Super Stories. Although Thanos is on the cover, and plays a large role in one of the stories of issue #39, the more common thread is the obvious attempt to include women in the issue. The opening story involves a women’s rights march that is interrupted by Mastermind who uses sleep toxin in soda to put the marchers to sleep. The adventure features Ms. Marvel fighting alongside Spider-Man while Mary Jane works to rouse the crowd.

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