Detective Comics #551

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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to another classic adventure involving the Dark Knight Detective. Continuing a storyline begun in Batman #384, Detective Comics #551 is the middle chapter of a story in which Calendar Man has been hired to kill Batman. Making it appear that the villain has plans to kill Robin, pushing Batman to protect the Boy Wonder (a choice that really pisses off Jason Todd who is already in prime bratty little shit form), Calendar Man continues to commit a series of robberies centered around holidays since the beginning of the year.

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Reign of Fire

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  • Title: Reign of Fire
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Set in the then future of 2020, see it was always going to be a shit year, Reign of Fire gives us a dystopian future where dragons have been awoken by man drilling too deep into the Earth (a common warning for science fiction tales) and have burned the world to ash. In an old broken down fortress in Northumberland, Quinn Abercromby (Christian Bale) has managed to keep a community alive. Enter dragon hunters from the United States led by the obsessed Denton Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey) who offer new hope with a dangerous plan of searching out the original dragon Quinn saw as the child, the only male dragon of the species.

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The Mandalorian – The Foundling

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  • Title: The Mandalorian – Chapter 20: The Foundling
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In an episode that keeps its focus on our main characters (amazing how much better that works!), “The Foundling” spends more time with the Mandalorian cult that have embraced both Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) and Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) after their return from Mandalore. Along with Grogu finally beginning his Mandalorian training, whose abilities shock some members of the tribe, and flashbacks to his escape from the Jedi Temple (which feel a bit unnaturally shoehorned in here to make use of Coruscant sets and visuals used in the previous episode), we also see Bo-Katan lead a group of warriors including Din after one of the children is snatched by a local predator.

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Joe Fixit #3

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Joe Fixit #3 continues to explore the time when the Hulk became a Las Vegas enforcer in a pinstripe suit. Picking up events following last month’s cliffhanger, Fixit (dosed with mind-control drugs from the Kingpin) runs wild in the casino only to stop suddenly (far more suddenly than one might have guessed) at one point be it from Spider-Man pleading with him or the inner monologue between the current Hulk persona and Dr. Bruce Banner. Either way, the rampage stops but things don’t necessarily turn out better for Banner.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Dr. Catastrophe

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Dr. Catastrophe
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Putting his dragon rider skills to use in the outside world, and getting some approval from his father, goes to D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner) head when the group goes to help a trio of Gronckles from the Fire Realm having trouble digesting the crystals in the Crystal Realm. Although is plan has merits, lure the dragons back to the Fire Realm with more attractive food, he fails to listen to the concerns of his dragon which choosing dragon eggs rather than rocks and pissing off a Catastrophic Quaken not happy with finding her eggs missing.

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