When the body of a young woman washes up on the beach of San Felix Island the CBI is sent in to investigate. Although Jane (Simon Baker) finds the the locals charming, the rest of the team finds mostly dead ends with a group of people that don’t want to have anything to do with the mainland.
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The series-ending “Dark Currency” crossover arc which began last week in DuckTales #5 continues here as Darkwing, Launchpad, Scrooge McDuck and the kids crash into Quackwerks (literally) and begin their search for Gizmoduck.
As you would expect for a crossover event made to send both titles out on top this one is filled to the brim with appearances by Darkwing’s rogues gallery (Megavolt, Bushroot, Quackerjack, The Liquidator, Ammonia Pine) all suped-up on the dark magic from Magica and the Phantom Blot (and you really don’t want to know its effect on the good guys!).
The writing and art is a little more consistent than in last week’s issue (as it falls squarely on the shoulders of the comic’s regular team of Ian Brill and James Silvani this time around) and it certainly doesn’t skimp on action. One of may favorite panels includes Darkwing and pals looking up at the oncoming storm of some of his powerful villains descending on them. If the point of this crossover was to send both comics out with a big event it’s succeeding.
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Shawn (James Roday), Gus (Dulé Hill), Lassiter (Timothy Omundson), and Woody (Kurt Fuller) wake up in the Psych offices the night after a retirement dinner hungover and at a loss for what occurred the night before. The discovery that Lassiter’s gun was fired three times during the missing hours and a the fact that a man who was seen with the group is dead from three bullet wounds only furthers the mystery.
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I had a definite sense of déjà vu when reading this issue of Morning Glories. The comic replays the conversation between Casey and Hunter before giving us its fallout from another point of view. Even if the comic includes a couple of pages of panels we’ve already seen this one is packed with pages to spare (30+) which is a damn fine deal for only $3.
As the school gets ready for a mysterious activity called “Woodrun” Casey, Ike and Jade make a run for a secret rendezvous with the school’s guidance counselor Miss Hodge. We’ve certainly seen our share of peculiar events over the course of the series but this one is one of the strangest as a series of shadows on the cave wall allow Hodge and Casey to apparently time travel to a different point along their timeline. As to who they meet, let’s just say there’s going to be some explaining to do in the next issue.
The issue delivers another solid tale by further the story but still keeping most of its secrets unrevealed. Worth a look.
[Image, $2.99]
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The last four issues of Darkwing Duck‘s adventures in Boom Studio’s comics begin here with part one of the four-part crossover between Darkwing Duck and DuckTales. Realizing something is amiss in St. Canard, Scrooge McDuck and his three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, travel to find out what fate has befallen Scrooge’s former accountant Fenton Crackshell (the one-time super-hero known as Gizmoduck).
Locating Crackshell proves to be easy, dealing with a city gone mad thanks to the Legion of Eve-il is going to be far more tricky. Magica, the Phantom Blot, and Ammonia Pine have banded together and are magically altering the city into a the stuff of nightmares. Never fear, for Darkwing Duck is on the case!
The story is co-written by Warren Spector and Ian Brill and the art is also divided between Jose Massaroli and James Silvani. For having that many cooks in the kitchen it turns out quite well. I’d rather have a solo Darkwing adventure, but seeing as his days are numbered I’ll take all that I can get. Worth a look.
[Boom, $3.99]
