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The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #11

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Returning to the Gotham Museum of Culture, where the series began, Batman and Mystery, Inc. reunite for another case. Our detectives are forced to shutdown a gala at the museum prematurely when a mask from the Detectives Exhibit is stolen and ghosts appear to scare off the guests. “Helping” on the case is the Creeper who was in the neighborhood to cover the gala as reporter Jack Ryder but transforms into super-hero trouble-maker/detective to solve the case.

The Creeper fits into the comic’s oddball characters even if the reveal our baddie (a former criminal, now working at the museum), is a little odd. Turns out he is responsible for the theft and appearances of ghostly apparitions inspired by classic detective story characters to scare off others from the exhibit.

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Spenser: For Hire – Angel of Desolation

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  • Title: Spenser: For Hire – Angel of Desolation
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to the mean streets of Boston and the travails of a smart ass private detective. “Angel of Desolation” follows a formula found in Robert B. Parker’s original novels with Spenser (Robert Urich) being fired from a job before it is complete but deciding to continue to work under the mystery is solved. His client in “Angel of Desolation” is a popular model (Shelly Burch) married into old Boston money. Although she’s obviously frightened of something (even more than the drive by attack Spenser prevents), our intrepid investigator is let go by the family.

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Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #2

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Continuing the tie-in to the larger Devil’s Reign arc, Elektra finds herself pitted against Kraven the Hunter. Hoping to use old secrets against her, Kraven is shocked to discover Elektra has revealed all to Daredevil. Although it never really ends, the actual fight takes less than half the issue with various flashbacks to Elektra’s past, revealing a painful truth to Matt Murdock, and Kraven finding a new type of leverage to force a rematch. 

The next issue should offer more of the pair going at it while Elektra’s old mentor enjoys the show. And now Elektra has the Thunderbolts to worry about as well. The longer tale, should she survive, we see teased as the possibility of Elektra and Daredevil teaming up to take out out the Hand. To get there, however, first she must survive Kraven and Devil’s Reign.

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The Mystery of the Fiery Eye

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  • Title: The Mystery of the Fiery Eye
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to a mystery involving the Three Investigators whose mantra of “We Investigate Everything” leads them on a search for a priceless gem known as the “Fiery Eye.” When his great-uncle dies leaving him clues to fortune, the Three Investigators take Gus’ case which involves solving a series of riddles which may eventually lead to the discovery of the cursed gem that many others as searching for as well.

Part of the hunt takes a page from the Sherlock Homes story “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons,” when Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, and Bob Andrews believe, in one of the story’s many red herrings, that the Fiery Eye might have been hidden in one of the busts which made its way to the Jones Salvage Yard. However, things turn out to be much more complicated as clues will need to be deciphered before the case comes to a satisfactory conclusion.

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Reacher – First Dance

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  • Title: Reacher – First Dance
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Choosing to remain in Margrave to get answers, Reacher (Alan Ritchson) arranges a trap for the prison guard that put Reacher and Hubble (Marc Bendavid) into general population to get them killed during their short stint in prison. The meet turns out to be a trap on both sides as Reacher is jumped by two Columbians. Everyone leaves with some bruises and scratches but no more answers as to what is going on. After the Chief of Police (Peter Skagen) gets nailed to a wall and has his balls cut off (a familiar threat that was made to Hubble), the Mayor (Bruce McGill) makes himself the acting chief, hoping to control the investigation. However, this alerts our protagonist that there is something far larger going on in Margrave, which likely led to his brother’s death.

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