3.5 Razors

Winter Soldier #12

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winter-soldier-12-coverWith the Black Widow‘s life on the line Bucky has no choice but to agree to let himself be reprogrammed by Novokov’s scientist and once again become the mindless killer known only as the Winter Soldier.

As Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists attempt to decipher the programming and objective Novokov has implanted into Bucky’s head, Wolverine and Hawkeye are called in to stop him before he can complete his mission. As they soon discover, that’s easier said than done.

Presented mostly from Wolverine’s perspective hunting down a former friend who’s even more dangerous than he remembers, the comic works fairly well. Why Cap isn’t in the field helping them isn’t made clear, and because of the structure we get little of Natasha as well. (However, what we do get seems to foreshadow how this arc will end.)

The choice to send Bucky after Daredevil seems an odd one from the Soviet sleeper-soldier’s point of view, but it should provide plenty of action for the next issue. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $2.99]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15

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tmnt-15-coverRealizing there is only so long they can remain hidden above ground while staying in the apartment building belonging to April‘s father the Turtles scour the city for a new subterranean home. What the Turtles don’t realize is as they hunt for a new home they are being hunted as well.

The comic opens by showcasing the origin of a new mutated turtle from Stockton Research Incorporated Laboratories who escapes containment, and causes havoc around town before beginning to hunting down the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

I’m still not sold on Andy Kuhn’s art, but the story, after the origin of the new mutant to prowl the city streets, moves at a good pace and I enjoyed the banter between the Turtles throughout.

I was surprised to see the comic reintroduce Slash so early in its run. His new origin is certainly more in line with the current comic (and far less confusing than trying to reintroduce him as an eco-terrorist from another dimension) and the first battle with his Turtle-brethren is certainly action-packed. Worth a look.

[IDW, $3.99]

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Nikita – True Believer

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  • Title: Nikita – True Believer
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“You were supposed to tear that place down. You kept it running!”

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With the new Division now under the leadership of Ryan Fletcher (Noah Bean) and with a mission to track down and bring in all their rogue agents, Nikita (Maggie Q) gets an assignment that throws her for a loop. The former assassin is asked to bring in an undercover Division operative (Scottie Thompson) who has intimate knowledge about a terrorist group and their leader (David Meunier).

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Elementary – Lesser Evils

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  • Title: Elementary – Lesser Evils
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While doing a little late night experimenting in the hospital morgue Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) uncovers what he believes to be the work of a serial killer acting as a self-appointed angel of death by killing terminally ill patients. Barricading Watson (Lucy Liu) and himself in the dead man’s hospital room Holmes comes up with a single clue which leads the pair in search of the victim’s neighbor (Rozi Baker) and the last person to see the man alive.

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It’s Always Sunny – Charlie and Dee Find Love

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  • Title: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Charlie and Dee Find Love
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“I guess Charlie had the cruelest intentions of all.”

its-always-sunny-charlie-and-dee-find-loveAfter getting rear-ended by an attractive, and rich, young man (Josh Casaubon) and his sister (Alexandra Daddario), Charlie (Charlie Day) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) find themselves invited to dinner. Not willing to see the pair screw this up, Dennis (Glenn Howerton), Mac (Rob McElhenney), Frank (Danny DeVito) offer their own brand of helpful support which leads to an awkward dinner that somehow, despite all logic, doesn’t turn off the pair’s new friends.

Believing the situation to be too good to be true, and some kind of rich game of humiliation, Dennis, Mac, and Frank tag along on a trip to the Taft mansion the next day. After he stops trying to hit on Charlie’s new lady love, Dennis does discover that Dee and Mac have gotten themselves humiliated exactly as he thought they would. That’s right, possibly for the first time ever, Dennis Reynolds was right. Dennis is able to get revenge for Mac and Dee’s public humiliation, by showing an awkward recording of Mac and his new rich pal to an entire room of his peers. Charlie’s situation, however, proves to be more complicated.

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