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The Blacklist – The Stewmaker

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“I don’t think you’re going to have a very good day in court at all.”

The Blacklist - The Stewmaker

Just hours before Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) is scheduled to testify in court against a murderous drug dealer (Clifton Collins Jr.) with more than 100 victims to his name, none of whose bodies have ever been recovered, Reddington (James Spader) reaches out with a prophetic warning that her day may not go quite as planned. After the prosecution’s star witness is taken from the court house in the middle of the trial and is disappeared in a very specific fashion Reddington’s interest is raised as he realizes “The Stewmaker” (Tom Noonan), a chemical expert with a talent for destroying all traces of his victims (except the trophies he keeps for himself), is responsible.

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Codename: Action #2

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Codename: Action #2After surviving the attack by unknown foreign agents thanks to their convertible submarine car, Operator 5 and the agency’s newest recruit Operative 1001 begin working together to try and discover who is behind the push for war and who wants them both out of the way.

Believing correctly important world leaders are being replaced, the two spies try to get one-step ahead of their unseen enemy by having Operator 5 replace a senator and try to lure the villains into the open with a speech before the United Nations calling for the end to nuclear proliferation. In France Black Venus and her team get their own bad news as the Prime Minister has called for the agents to publicly assassinate Soviet Operatives in Algeria, pushing the Cold War one step closer to igniting.

Issue #2 once again captures the feel of a cold war spy tale that also gives us an unexpected cameo from the Green Hornet and Kato that plays on larger themes of the comic but still seems a bit out of place. Worth a look.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Star Wars #10

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Star Wars #10The latest issue of Star Wars touches on all the ongoing stories and Leia comes face-to-face with the man who handed the Empire the weapons which destroyed her homeworld, Han and Chewbacca narrowly escape the clutches of Boba Fett while finally getting out of Coruscant, and Luke and Wedge buy time while preparing their escape from the Devastator after successfully finishing their mission.

In the bowels of the Star Destroyer, Luke and Wedge share a nice moment discussing the still painful losses at the Battle of Yavin and Luke’s not-so-secret relationship with Prithi. The sequence works in reinforcing the time of the current series as well as the emphasizing the losses the Rebellion suffered during their greatest victory.

Prithi may not be able to wait long enough to help her friends escape, but her quick thinking alerts the Rebel Fleet to the impending Imperial attack led by the overconfident Bircher which just may be the key to reuniting the two pilots with their friends. Worth a look.

[Dark Horse, $2.99]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Ultimate Showdown

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Ultimate ShowdownThe two-disc Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Ultimate Showdown set collects the final dozen First Season episodes of the current Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon including more of the Turtles battling Shredder (Kevin Michael Richardson) and his mutated warriors Dogpound (Clancy Brown) and Fishface (Christian Lanz) as well as the two-part finale “Showdown” where the Turtles attempt to stop the Kraang invasion and the arrival of the Technodrome on Earth.

Other highlights from the two-disc set include Michelangelo (Greg Cipes) fighting off his brothers who have all fallen under the control of a giant wasp, Karai‘s (Kelly Hu) attempt to kidnap April O’Neil (Mae Whitman), Baxter Stockman‘s (Phil LaMarr) Maze of Doom, Donatello (Rob Paulsen) going on a solo rescue mission to save April’s father (Keith Silverstein), the introduction and return of The Pulvirizer (Roger Craig Smith), and Karai and Leonardo‘s (Jason Biggs) failed attempt to work together to stop the Kraang.

[Nickelodeon, $19.99]

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Hawaii Five-0 – Ka ‘oia’i’o ma loko

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Hawaii Five-0 - Ka 'oia'i'o ma loko

When the investigation into a double robbery-homicide that left an infant girl without parents leads to the discovery of a secret society, Chin Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) introduces McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and Danny (Scott Caan) to a conspiracy theorist (Jorge Garcia) who specializes in both the arcane and ridiculous. Jerry informs the group that only item stolen from the victims’ home might actually be the key to unlocking a 700 year-old priceless treasure Chin Ho’s friend believes may have been smuggled to the island years ago inside a statue of King Kamehameha. Despite Danny’s skepticism, the longer Five-0 investigates the more Jerry is proven correct.

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