Although never as cool as it thinks it is, 2022’s animated feature The Bad Guys featuring a gang of thieves attempting to be good for a change, or at least pretending to, provides its share of laughs over its slick and fast-paced 100-minute running-time.
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The one-shot Artemis: Wanted clears up the past events of the Amazon on the run as Donna Troy and Cassie Sandsmark track down Artemis for her murder of Hippolyta (an action the spirit of Hippolyta reveals was part of a larger plan). While Donna is out for blood, the younger Wonder Girl wants answers. There’s also the story of the town where the Amazons find Artemis, where a former Amazon and her daughter are caught up in a curse along with the rest of the townspeople.
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A leftover spell from Doctor Strange calls forth a new group of Defenders in Defenders: Beyond #1. We begin with the reluctant Blue Marvel and add a confused America Chavez looking for answers about her past, a female Loki (obviously meant to remind readers about the Loki TV-show) who alone seems to relish the adventure, the mostly non-descript Taaia, and the Avenger Tigra. We don’t get into what the threat is large enough to call on the Defenders as the first issue is mainly about the reluctant characters (all except for Loki) being forced together into action by events well outside of their control.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds overcorrects the follow up to the all too cute “The Elysian Kingdom” with a horror episode that brings back the Gorn and sees the exit of not one but two major characters. Certainly better than the previous episode, “All Those Who Wander” goes a bit too far to the other side of the spectrum with an Alien-esque story of Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and a handful of other character skulking around a crashed ship avoiding rabid alien creatures who impregnate their hosts and burst out of their bodies. The results are memorable, if nearly as far from classic Trek tone as the previous episode.
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Matt Murdock is dead to the world as Daredevil (who no one remembers is Matt Murdock) and Elektra prepare to leave New York and take their fight to the Hand. Before leaving the city, however, Daredevil spends one final night fighting crime with Spider-Man and tying up various loose ends. There’s not as much Daredevil/Spidey interaction as I would have liked here (especially between two men who have made deals with devils to hide their secret identities), but the pairing still works.
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