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Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #1

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A tie-in to Marvel’s current Devil’s Reign event, the first issue of Daredevil: Woman Without Fear teases us with moments from Elektra‘s past including glimpses of her training under both Stick and the Hand (introducing the character most responsible for her training within the cult).

The comic hits the highlights of the character, explaining both who she is and who she is trying to be while adopting the persona of the man she loves. Looking for who Fisk may have sold her out to takes Elektra on a journey through the past where she runs into Aka, but the Hand assassin isn’t her current problem.

We don’t actually get the confrontation teased at the end of Devil’s Reign #2 as the comic comes to an end in relatively the same place with Elektra standing face-to-face with Kraven for the first time.

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The Cleaning Lady – The Lion’s Den

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  • Title: The Cleaning Lady – The Lion’s Den
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The second episode of The Cleaning Lady cements Thony’s (Elodie Yung) lifestyle when Arman (Adan Canto) steps in to get the urgent medical care her son needs and she proves her worth to Arman’s boss by leading them to a thief whose actions caused a gun fight with a disappointed buyer. Two episodes in, it’s obvious the health of Luca (Valentino LaSalle) is going to be the show’s go-to plot device whenever Thony even thinks about trying to leave her new friends. For better or worse, this is the cleaning lady’s life now.

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Naomi – Don’t Believe Everything You Think

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  • Title: Naomi – Don’t Believe Everything You Think
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Based on the six-issue mini-series by Brian Michael Bendis and David Walker, the opening episode of The CW’s latest super-hero series introduces us to adopted teenager, and Superman mega-fan, Naomi McDuffie (Kaci Walfall). There are some differences to the original comic as Superman is more myth than fact in this reality (making you wonder which world in the Arrowverse Naomi takes place in) adding a different take on Naomi missing the Man of Steel’s appearance in the out-of-way town of Port Oswego when even several witnesses are willing to believe was some kind of stunt.

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Hellboy: The Bones of Giants #3

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Hellboy: The Bones of Giants #3 offers the first face-off between Hellboy and the restricted Frost King Thrym which results in a draw when the Frost Giant retreated to build up his strength setting up a final confrontation in next issues’ series conclusion.

Aside from the giant, Hellboy: The Bones of Giants #3 also gives us the giant wolf Garm who our heroes come across feasting on the remains of a village as they continue their way north in search of Thrym.

Overall, it’s a solid middle issue to the arc with a couple of fun sequences but leaves the big action to play out in the four-issue mini-series’ conclusion.

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NCIS: Los Angeles – A Land of Wolves

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  • Title: NCIS: Los Angeles – A Land of Wolves
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With the help of Hanna‘s (LL Cool J) visiting friend (Briana Marin), a short-staffed NCIS team searches for a missing Kensi (Daniela Ruah) who disappeared near the Mexican border while working undercover investigating a smuggling operation. It takes some time to make sense of a crime scene involving five dead who weren’t killed by the cartel but by a local militia group led by a cultish whackjob (Jolene Andersen) out to protect America from those seeking the American dream by gunning down unarmed refugees in the woods.

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