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Scarlet Spider #23

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Scarlet Spider #23The Kraven the Hunter storyline comes to a close as Kaine fights the suicidal madman who is threatening the lives of all of the new Scarlet Spider’s friends. Only willing to spare Aracely, Annabelle, Wally, and Donald if Kaine can kill him, the hero tries his best to fight off his darker nature, defeat Kraven, and save his friends.

Kaine is able to stop Kraven (although the comic doesn’t explain why Aracely wasn’t of any use when her life, and those of her friends were threatened), but the super-villain makes his escape and one member of Kaine’s new group of friends is severally injured which will send another on a late-night search to discover more about the history of Houston’s super-hero. I’m betting he’s not going to like what he finds.

With Kraven’s defeat, writer Christopher Yost sets up the series’ final arc as Kaine’s past will apparently haunt him through the end of the series (and possibly beyond?). Worth a look.

[Marvel, $2.99]

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Hawaii Five-0 – Kupouli ‘la

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  • Title: Hawaii Five-0 – Kupouli ‘la
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Hawaii Five-0 - Kupouli 'la

Halloween comes to a Hawaii with a new bizarre mystery as Max (Masi Oka) witnesses, and is infected by, a doctor behaving like a zombie during a outside screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Although Five-0 doesn’t accept that the man is actually a zombie, the more the delve into the unusual case the more creepy it becomes. The team discovers the doctor was overdosed with a mind-controlling and hallucinatory drug which was used by his puppet masters to force the doctor to remove the head of a corpse of a young woman who died in a routine traffic accident from the morgue before going into a homicidal rage.

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The Crazy Ones – Hugging the Now

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  • Title: The Crazy Ones – Hugging the Now
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“There are a lot of ways to impress me Josh, screwing over my father is not one of the better ones.”

The Crazy Ones - Hugging the Now

While Lauren (Amanda Setton) helps Simon (Robin Williams) campaign for the first advertising award he’s been nominated for in three years Sydney (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is more interested in throwing a party at the office in order to catch up with one of the other nominees who was her high school crush (Michael Landes) who was voted most likely to stay awesome (two years running).

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Legends of Awesomeness – The Scorpion Sting

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  • Title: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
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Legends of Awesomeness - The Scorpion StingThe second DVD collection of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness collects half-dozen of the show’s episodes including “Scorpion’s Sting” which was the first episode of the series to air on Nickelodeon as Po (Mick Wingert) and Monkey (James Sie) set out on a quest to the Valley of the Scorpion for the cure to Tigress‘ (Kari Wahlgren) fever.

Other highlights from the collection include Po’s attempts to find a girlfriend for his father (James Hong), Monkey accused of being a thief, Po fearing he may turn evil like a previous member of the Furious Five, Crane (Amir Talai) trying to regain his confidence with Po’s help, misadventures with magic Kung Fu shoes, and Po’s search with his father for a legendary monster.

The random order for these releases is a bit confusing but fans should still enjoy the collection. The only extra on the single-disc DVD is the code to the game app “Scorpion Maze” to unlock power-ups and downloads.

[DreamWorks Animation, $14.98]

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The Flash #24

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The Flash #24Issue #24 finally ties up the Reverse-Flash storyline (which, since it was teased for months before it ever began, seems like it’s taken nearly a whole year to get through) with Barry Allen taking back the power of the Speed Force Danny West stole from him to travel back into time and murder his father. Although co-writers Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato underline the moral of the story, and the reverse nature of the New 52 version of the character, he’s a far cry from the far more interesting original villain to use the name.

Following the return to the present there’s enough time for the Flash to threaten the duplicitous Dr. Elias and even do a little dancing with his girl Patty Spivot (while making an appropriate puntastic joke).

Two full years since the launch of the New 52, The Flash has seen its ups and downs but it has consistently offered (mostly) good stories and (always) great art. The latest issue of The Flash sets the stage to begin the new chapter with the hero back in control of his life and powers, and everything, at least for now, seeming back to normal. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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