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Bond Reloaded

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  • Title: Casino Royale
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Move over Pierce Brosnan, there’s a new Bond in town. Feeling some disconnect with James Bond and the movie going audience a new direction for the franchise was decided on.  Bond would be reborn.  The producers decided the series would relaunch the character in the present day still new to the game, snubbing their nose at 42 years of continuity and character development and removing him out of the crucible of the Cold War which formed him.

MI6 agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) is promoted to 00-status and given a license to kill, but gets in trouble on his first mission, which creates a PR nightmare.  M (Judi Dench) sends him on vacation only to discover Bond is continuing his mission in the Bahamas, tracking down a banker, Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), who launders money for many of the world’s terrorist organizations.

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Reaper

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  • Title: Reaper – The Complete First Season
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“I’m a bounty hunter for Hell.”

On his 21st birthday Sam (Bret Harrison) learns a troubling fact which will change his life forever.  It seems before he was born his parents (Andrew Airlie, Alison Hossack) sold his soul to the Devil (Ray Wise) who has come to collect.

Now Sam is forced to work as the Devil’s bounty hunter and capture escaped souls and return them to Hell through a portal in the DMV (also referred to as Hell on Earth).

Helping Sam on his missions are his two best buds Sock (Tyler Labine) and Ben (Rick Gonzalez) who work with Sam, along with the lovely Andi (Missy Peregrym), at the Work Bench (think Home Depot mixed with Cosco and Wal-Mart).

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Zorro #8

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  • Title: Zorro #8
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“In time, even his enemies came to believe in the legend of El Zorro!”

In this eighth issue Matt Wagner wraps up his Zorro “Year One” storyline with the fox confronting Sgt. Gonzalez over his brutality and rescuing the imprisoned Padre Mendoza and other captives.

Unlike the previous issues here the story stays completely in the present without flashbacks to Diego’s childhood or apprenticeship overseas.  Instead we get a strong opening with Diego donning the Zorro costume and plenty of action, sword fights, and a big escape scene showcasing the stealth, brains, and skill of our hero.

With each issue we’ve seen more of Zorro on the page, and here the character dominates, beautifully rendered by Francesco Francavilla.  In terms of both story and style this series has done right to the name and legacy of Zorro.

Those who haven’t been keeping up with this series should peruse the back issues in your local comic shop, or look for the hardcover volume of these first eight issues which is scheduled to hit stores next month.  Zorro rides again, and you don’t want to miss the fun!

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Guardians of the Galaxy #6

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  • Title: Guardians of the Galazy #6
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“Drax has ideas of his own.  He reasons that as Skrulls return to their native form after death, the only sure way to dtect them is to kill them… and that means killing everyone aboard.”

We begin the issue with the deaths of all the Guardians of the Galaxy, but only for a few seconds.  In order to find the Skrull infiltrators Drax, never the smartest blade in the drawer, rendered everyone aboard the ship braindead for a few seconds, thus forcing the Skrulls to revert to their true forms.

Elsewhere on the ship however Cosmo has discovered a startling truth about Knowhere’s uninvited passengers, although they are Skrulls they aren’t looking for a fight.  This group is made of pacifists who are attempting to escape the Skrull “schemes of conquest.”

During the craziness, conflict, and aftermath, the truth about Star-Lord‘s forming of the team by using Manits to bend the wills of everyone just enough to join comes to light.  Let’s just say the news doesn’t sit too well with the team who voice their displeasure before exiting stage left.

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Final Crisis: Revelations #3 (of 5)

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  • Title: Final Crisis – Revelations #3 (of 5)
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“For one moment, one small, horrible, eternal moment I understand Crispus Allen and I understand the Spectre.  And I want to hate God, too.”

The story picks up with Gotham in flames and the populace slave to the Anti-Llife Equation and Darkseid‘s will.  We find the Spectre and Radiant, the Spirit of Mercy, under siege and ineffective against a mob and the Question getting the ever-living snot beaten out of her by Batwoman.

Elsewhere a legion of the converted, under the command of their leader Cain, who now possesses the Spear of Destiny, march to the church where the heroes have taken refuge.  The world has gone to Hell, their faith is broken, and evil is indeed winning.

Although dense, and a bit bewildering, I was surprised how accesible this issue is.  I didn’t read the first two issues of this Final Crisis tie-in, but even so the action is easy to follow, if odd.  (Vandal Savage is Cain?)

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