3.5 Razors

G.I. JOE: Special Missions #4

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G.I. JOE: Special Missions #4And then everything goes straight to hell. The final issue of this first arc doesn’t end well for anyone. First, the Baroness has to deal with the mutiny of the mercenaries who have decided they’d rather kill her and take Cobra’s cash for their own. Next, Serpentor‘s Coil soldiers arrive to retreive the money and the Baroness’ head. And finally, the group of JOEs are stuck in the middle of everything as all hell breaks loose and the storm picks up, threatening to sink everyone aboard.

The JOEs are able to successfully tag Cobra’s money, but with it all once again buried at the bottom of the ocean it’s not really a victory worth celebrating. The Baroness gets away, although without the plunder she was seeking, and Coil is left empty-handed as well. And to save their teammates aboard the ship, Scarlett and Mainframe are forced to put their own lives at risk as well.

Although we didn’t get as much Scarlett as expected, this is good end to a pretty good opening arc although it still hasn’t sold me completely on the series. Next month: Dreadnoks. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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Legends of Awesomeness – Mind Over Manners

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  • Title: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Mind Over Manners
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Legends of Awesomeness - Mind Over Manners

While interrupting the villainous Tong Fo‘s (Jeff Bennett) latest plan and retrieve the stolen Gan Xiang Sapphire, Po (Mick Wingert) accidentally is imbued with the mystical powers to read minds that the Tong Fo had planned to grab for himself. These same powers allowed Tong Fo’s ancestor to rule a vast kingdom (before going completely mad).

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47 Ronin #5

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47 Ronin #5Mike Richardson and Stan Sakai’s retelling of the classic Japanese legend concludes in this oversized issue as the samurai of Lord Asano finally take their revenge on the man who cost them their honor and their master his life.

Even with the extra pages events feel a little rushed to wrap-up the remaining story in a single issue. There’s certainly a good amount both action and bloodshed, but nothing gratuitous as the story is handled by Richardson and Sakai with the proper respect. Those who haven’t been keeping up with the series might want to wait and pick up the entire collection as a graphic novel which I think may suit the story better than five separate issues.

I happy to see Richardson and Sakai bring to story to a satisfactory conclusion, especially as that means Sakai’s responsiblities on the mini-series are done once again freeing him to do what he does best and return to beloved creation Usagi Yojimbo. For those of us with serious rabbit ronin withdrawal it can’t come soon enough. Worth a look.

[Dark Horse, $3.99]

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Fatale #15

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Fatale #15After loosing his leg and spending nearly a year in jail the latest issue of Fatale finally picks up the thread of Nicholas Lash‘s storyline. Combing over the edited pages of his uncle’s manuscript in search of answers to the secret of Josephine, the obsessed Lash is finally let out of prison and taken to the courthouse where a madman kills his lawyer and helps him escape, all for her. It appears she hasn’t forgotten him after all.

The rest of the issue takes place years earlier when a member of a struggling band turned bank robber discovers a nude and bloodied Josephine on the side of the road. We get glimpses of what she escaped from, and at least one man still on her trail, but Josephine herself seems lost and confused as to how she ended up naked running through the woods.

I’m happy to see Lash’s return but the length of his story cuts into the opening of Josephine’s new arc which has to spend several pages introducing Lance as well. This means the crux behind the new arc is teased but not really shown. Still, fans of Fatale should enjoy themselves here. Worth a look.

[Image, $3.50]

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King & Maxwell – King’s Ransom

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  • Title: King & Maxwell – King’s Ransom
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King & Maxwell - King's Ransom

Rigby (Michael O’Keefe) calls in King (Jon Tenney) and Maxwell (Rebecca Romijn) to help on the kidnapping of the young son of an oil executive (Andrew Airlie) by a high-end kidnapping ring from Columbia when he starts to butt heads with the K&R agent (Catherine Bell) the parents hire to negotiate with the kidnappers who just happens to be an old friend of King’s from his days in the Secret Service. Although we don’t get much interaction between the pair, Tenney and Bell work well together and provide Maxwell to do some of her own speculating over the course of the episode as to the nature and duration of their relationship.

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