Batman #323

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Flashback Friday pulls back the page to 1980s comics and my introduction to one of my favorite Bat-villains of all time. I can trace my love of comics back to what I still consider the best birthday present I’ve ever received when my father gave me a stack of comic books on my birthday. There was Green Lantern, the Flash, Captain America, Iron Man, Superman, Spider-Man, the one true Captain Marvel, Justice League, Daredevil, X-Men, and Batman. And one of those Batman comics was Batman #323.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum-meh-nia

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  • Title: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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With several of the big Marvel heroes phased out, it falls on Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) to move from plucky comic relief to tentpole of the MCU. Rudd’s third Ant-Man film as a lead is his weakest, although he’s certainly not to blame. Scott Lang continues to be fun and charming as the script moves characters through brightly colored CGI-manufactured sets for both joke and sight gag payoffs. And while many of those do offer a chuckle, ultimately that’s not much more to the script as when screenwriter Jeff Loveness attempts to get serious your attention will shrink to quantum levels.

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Darth Vader #31

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The story of the former Naboo Handmaindens continues in Darth Vader #31 with Vader and the reluctant Handmaidens setting out to save Sabé from Jul Tambor. As we’ve gotten throughout the arc, we see more flashbacks with Vader remembering Padmé pulling away from him and his twisted hope that things might turn out better this time with Sabé.

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