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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #6

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures #6Given strict orders by Splinter to stick to the shadows and observe the Kraang‘s movements in an attempt to uncover what the alien brains might be up to, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello prove that stealth and patience aren’t the group’s strong suit as they quickly engage the aliens and steal their new weapon which Raphael accidentally activates in the middle of the Shellraiser.

With an alien tentacle monster taking over their battle van, the Turtles’ evening gets even more action-packed as the foursome work together to stop the monster (eventually turning it on its Kraang masters). The monster is your basic monster of the week, but its destructive nature (and the fact that they accidentally unleashed it on the city) does give the Turtles a legitimate threat to deal with.

Memorable mostly for the characters interactions (such as Raphael literally poking the beast after being warned not to), and with plenty of action and Turtle hijinks, fans of the show should enjoy the foursome’s latest adventure. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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Doctor Who – The Time of The Doctor

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“Raggedy Man, good night.”

 

Doctor Who - The Time of The Doctor

Matt Smith‘s final adventure in Doctor Who gets The Doctor trapped in Christmas for centuries, sees the return of several old villains (and one former companion), and offers The Eleventh Doctor’s final moments on the plains of Trenzalore. The Christmas episode feels a little too big at times, like an event careening a bit out of control, and relies far too heavily on narration, but Steven Moffat wraps up Smith’s run with a nod to the very first episode of his three-and-a-half year run with the return of the Crack in space and time. And before the end, as prophesized, silence will indeed fall.

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Atlantis – White Lies

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Atlantis - White Lies

When a messenger (Daniel Adegboyega) is caught in the palace and mistaken for a thief, Ariadne (Aiysha Hart) learns that the brother she thought she had long lost to treason and death is still alive. However, after some torture and witchcraft, Queen Pasiphae (Sarah Parish) discovers the thief’s true intention to reunite the fallen prince (whose treason she concocted to remove him as an obstacle to her quest for power) with his sister. Knowing she can not allow Ariadne to know the truth behind why Therus (Darwin Shaw) fled the city a decade ago, the witch takes steps to prevent the sibling’s reunion.

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Supergirl #26

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Supergirl #26Supergirl returns home after months away to reconnect with possibly the hero’s only remaining friend, scientist Shay Veritas, while also taking on a new threat in Lobo for the first issue of the new creative team of writer Tony Bedard and artist Yildiray Cinar.

Let’s start with the obvious, I (like anyone who doesn’t work in DC Editorial) hate the New 52 version of Lobo. However, the end of Supergirl’s battle with the Czarnian opens up a real opportunity to scrap the horrible redesign of the character after a single issue (which would be amazing if I actually thought DC had the balls to do it).

The new team does a pretty good job of summarizing Kara’s recent storylines while jumping the character into action against a formidable (if stupidly designed) adversary. I like Cinar’s take on Kara (even if I think Bedard’s dialogue is a little too whiny for much of the pair’s first issue). There’s enough here for me to stick around to see where the new team plans to take our heroine. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Hawaii Five-0 – Pukana

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Hawaii Five-0 - Pukana

Christmas Eve brings the case of a murdered burglar (Danny Barclay) to Five-0 whose body was dumped in the trunk of an abandoned car in a junkyard. Five-0 picks up the man’s partner (Scott Subiono) but to find the actual crime scene and killer Catherine (Michelle Borth) and Chin Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) search for the final house the victim robbed. Although Chin finds the right house, the owner (James Urbaniak) has good reason for not reporting the break-in and making sure the thief never spoke of what he found in the man’s wall safe.

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