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Silk Stalkings – Lady Luck

  • Title: Silk Stalkings – Lady Luck
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to the unsolved crimes of passion in the wealthy playground of Palm Beach, Florida. “Lady Luck” is notable for offering no opening narration, usually featuring some kind of golf metaphor, to set the stage of the crime either pre or post credits. Chris (Rob Estes) and Rita (Mitzi Kapture) go undercover at a moving underground casino whose owner (John Vargas) just killed on of his clients for not being able to pay his debts. Vargas is adequately menacing as the hot-headed Vargas who isn’t above hitting a woman from time to time including both Rita, who goes undercover as a Blackjack dealer, and the local realtor (Holly Gagnier) he’s strong-arming to help him.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – The Tangled Web

  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – The Tangled Web
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While working out some internal conflict between Tom (Jeremy Shada) and D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner), “The Tangled Web” introduces a new species of Spdierwings to the series whose robust webs nearly prove to be the end of and the arachnophobic Jun (Ashley Liao). While the Tom/D’Angelo tension seems ramp-up and then be diffused a bit too conveniently to fit all in the single episode, it does deal with the more rule-abiding and structured Dragon Rider’s conflict over his actions in the caves.

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SHAZAM! #32

Throwback Thurday takes us back to 1977 and the odd plot of SHAZAM! #32 which has Billy Batson and Uncle Dudley in Detroit to attend a Detroit Tigers baseball game where Tawky Tawny is given a chance to play after a successful tryout. However, the entire visiting baseball team disappears from a plane Captain Marvel saves from crashing.

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The Hardy Boys – The Missing Camera

  • Title: The Hardy Boys – The Missing Camera
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As Frank (Rohan Campbell) goes down a wrong turn snooping into a town recluse who he mistakes for the man responsible for Dennis’ (Leonidas Castrounis) disappearance, Callie (Keana Lyn) makes a trip to see Gloria (Linda Thorson) who offers an opportunity to help with her scholarship problems (and what is she offering Fenton?), and Phil (Cristian Perri) helps Biff (Riley O’Donnell) look into finding her birth mother. The main takeaway for the Hardy Boys is that Frank’s extra-sight turns out to be far less reliable than he was hoping, leaving the young detectives back at square one.

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Zorro: Black & White Noir #1

Zorro: Black & White Noir #1 takes us back to 19th Century California for thee tales of Zorro in black and white. Although none of stories is a standout, each features a fun tale for Zorro fans with different takes on the character. An older Zorro near the end of his career makes an appearance in London to prevent the theft of a giant diamond from a technology exhibition in “A Thing of the Past” which features Zorro relying more on his wits against the giant robot.

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