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Graceland – O-Mouth

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After watching Eddie (Sheaun McKinney) blow his own brains out on Bello’s (Gbenga Akinnagbe) orders, Mike (Aaron Tveit) continues to work his way closer to California’s primary heroin supplier, both for Graceland and to test Badillo’s (Pedro Pascal) theory that Briggs (Daniel Sunjata) is taking a cut of heroin busts for himself for purposes unknown. Working his way into Bello’s trust by playing on the supplier’s love of cowboys and old western movies, Mike earns a new prestigious spot in the organization as the man’s bodyguard. Mike, much to Paige (Serinda Swan) and Tuturro (Manny Montana) amusement, also continues his burgeoning relationship with Abby (Jenn Proske) who now believes the undercover agent is a pilot thanks to Tuturro talking his friend up in the local bar.

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Worlds’ Finest #14

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Worlds' Finest #14I’ve been less than ecstatic with the increased role Apokolips and Desaad have played in this comic over the past few months. Although Worlds’ Finest #14 continues that trend, it refocuses the book better on our two heroines and their friendship (and less of Desaad’s weird experiments and shadowy plans) in a way that’s been lacking in some of these issues (and reminds me a little of what I miss from Gail Simone‘s original Birds of Prey series).

Robson Rocha seems firmly in place as the title’s new artist and he does a pretty good job here (although he gets a little too liberal in the Power Girl boobs shots even when she’s out of uniform in his issue, and the inking is a little sloppy in terms of definition of the characters’ eyes in a handful of panels).

The story finds the pair still under attack as Desaad’s warriors continue to burn down their safe houses and try to grab all of Karen Starr’s research on travel to parallel worlds. The ends in a very public attack on another Starr Industries headquarters as Huntress and Power Girl split up to deal with soldiers and Parademons out for their heads.

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Rookie Blue – The Kids Are Not Alright

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Rookie Blue - The Kids Are Not Alright

Just hours from their planned camping weekend with Epstein (Gregory Smith), Nick (Peter Mooney), and Diaz (Travis Milne), Andy (Missy Peregrym) and Peck (Charlotte Sullivan) run down a car that blows by a sobriety check point. They loose the driver but do find a traumatized young teenage lesbian living as a boy name Alex (Katy Grabstas) in the car’s trunk. Rounding up the driver puts the pair in the middle of family drama between the older brother who flipped out after finding his younger sister making out with Alex that afternoon. Feeling responsible for the trouble he caused, a suicidal Alex slips out of the hospital and disappears sending a panicked Andy and Gail after the teen.

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Franklin & Bash – By the Numbers

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Franklin & Bash - By the Numbers

Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) take the case of an actuary (Martin Starr) the pair recently beat in court who is accussed of murdering a young woman (Meg Cionni), a former lover whose life insurance he bought out and is now on the hook for after her terminal illness went into remission. Despite the ghoulish nature of what the actuary does for a living, Peter and Bash can’t help but notice his effect on women, including the smitten Carmen (Dana Davis).

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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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