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Black Widow #8

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Black Widow #8 comic reviewBlack Widow, Yelena Belova, and Anya Corazon continue their investigation into Apogee and The Olio. Spider-Girl’s time as a spy comes to a sudden end when she’s forced to reveal herself to prevent others from ingesting the serum which can give volunteers super-powers but ultimately killed Gumby (something Lucy still hasn’t worked through).

Black Widow #8 offers another solid issue filled with some fun humor (I particularly liked Anya’s musings of being a spy and the back-and-forth between the Widows when Natasha saves Yelena from the Olio). While Elena Casagrande’s art is certainly acceptable and fits the story, I will admit that I’m missing the more stylish art of Rafael de Latorre more and more as we get further away from the comic’s first arc.

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The Mysterious Benedict Society – A Bunch of Smart Orphans

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  • Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society – A Bunch of Smart Orphans
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The Mysterious Benedict Society - A Bunch of Smart Orphans television review

The first episode of Disney+’s The Mysterious Benedict Society has a similar vibe to Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Also based on a series of young adult novels, The Mysterious Benedict Society introduces us a world in turmoil and four children who may hold the answers to saving it. The first episode follows orphan Reynie Muldoon (Mystic Inscho) on his journey to earn a scholarship to the prestigious Boatwright Academy. Through some unusual testing, we meet the other students (Mystic Inscho, Seth Carr, and Emmy DeOliveira), and the increasingly quirky adult characters (Tony Hale, Ryan Hurst, Kristen Schaal, and MaameYaa Boafo) who will make up the core cast.

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Kung Fu – Choice

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  • Title: Kung Fu (2021) – Choice
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Kung Fu - Choice television review

The theme of couples runs through the various storylines in “Choice.” The most interesting of the threads involves Kerwin Tan (Ludi Lin) choosing Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman) over his family when his father’s head of security uncovers what he’s been up to. While his choice leaves him with literal blood on his hands, it does cement the pair’s partnership to work together to acquire the remaining weapons. However, they might not have one piece of important information Nicky (Olivia Liang) uncovers from her aunt’s journals in that the weapons’ true power can only be unlocked at the forge where they were created.

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Legends of Tomorrow – Stressed Western

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  • Title: Legends of Tomorrow – Stressed Western
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Legends of Tomorrow - Stressed Western TV review

Sara‘s (Caity Lotz) first mission back is to the Old West where the Legends search for an alien in the peculiar town of Fist City in 1891 where outlaw Levi Stapleton (Nic Bishop) has become sheriff and turned the town into a violence-free zone by controlling a giant space worm. While not getting too angry (an emotion that draws out the worm), the Legends work together to take down the sheriff, remove the alien, and return the town to normal. Sara initially hides her new alien makeup from the rest of the crew, but her ability to survive getting shot through the head turns out to be a pretty big clue something has changed with her captain. Other than her healing abilities, and sudden love of cherries, we don’t see much unusual behavior from Sara… at least not this week.

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We Are Lady Parts – Earth Natives

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  • Title: We Are Lady Parts – Potential Future Spouse
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We Are Lady Parts - Earth Natives television review

Amina (Anjana Vasan) struggles to keep her two lives separate as the day of Noor’s (Aiysha Hart) engagement party and the band’s audition arrives. Thanks to some unexpected help from Ahsan (Zaqi Ismail), Amina is able to get through the party without explaining to her friends that the two aren’t dating. The audition, however, is another story. Leading up to the scene, “Earth Natives” showcases Amina’s growing tension keeping two halves of her life separate but also how much more comfortable she’s become with playing with the band in private. But when the venue becomes public her new found courage quickly evaporates. At least she didn’t puke. After the disaster of the audition, where does that leave Amina now?

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