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Shadow War: Alpha #1

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DC’s nine-issue crossover event Shadow War begins here with the assassination of Ra’s al Ghul just as the ecological terrorist had decided to turn himself in and look for more peaceful means to remake the world. His public death, apparently caused by Deathstroke, leaves no remains for a Lazarus Pit and a ticked off Talia al Ghul out for revenge.

While Deathstroke maintains his innocence, the League of Assassins isn’t in any mood to listen. Nor is Robin, back in Gotham to have words with his father, in any mood for mercy. The arc, which will move through various Batman titles before finishing up in Shadow War: Omega #1, will focus on solving the motives and identity of the killer. But to have any chance at the truth, first Batman will have to save Deathstroke from the army descending on him (which probably won’t earn him any points with his son).

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NCIS: Hawai’i – T’N’T

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  • Title: NCIS: Hawai’i – T’N’T
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Picking up from the end of “Starting Over,” Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) and Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) survive the attack that leaves a military contractor who was their lone witness to events in Afghanistan that left a Marine dead. The search for answers uncovers another military contractor (Teddy Sears) believed to have died five years ago which the company blamed what they called an accident.

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #290

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Set immediately after the Battle of Springfield, G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #290 offers another single-issue spotlight. This time around the subject of the issue is the elite Russian special mission force the Oktober Guard. The severe injuries to the team’s sniper in Springfield offers a look back in flashbacks to the origin of their transformation from regular soldiers to cyborgs.

In order to save one of their own, the Oktober Guard will need to raid Revanche and steal the robotic parts needed. Sadly, the group doesn’t realize they are walking into a trap before it is too late. While the Guard manages to make it out alive with the parts the came for, Revanche isn’t too worried about the theft as their control of the parts within the soldiers gives them an advantage for the future.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Fault Ripper

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Fault Ripper
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The six-episode First Season of Dragons: The Nine Realms concludes by turning its attention to the earthquakes that have been rocking the the ICARIS research station since the show began. While the adults come up with a plan to collapse the fissure, our intrepid dragon riders discover the source of the quakes is a burrowing Fault Ripper dragon. With all the kids of ICARIS now having their dragons, this episode acts as the first real mission for the group working together for a common goal while still keeping their secret from their parents.

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Elektra: Black, White & Blood #3

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Three more tales of Elektra through the years, all presented in black, white, and red, are collected here. My favorite from Elektra: Black, White & Blood #3 is “Weapons of Choice” which sees Elektra, when still working as an assassin for the Hand, attack the Red Room whose students at the time included Natasha Romanov. This is a thread that I’d like to see pulled on and a rematch of the pair, at some point, on more even terms.

In a bit of a flashback to her past, “Split” catches up to pre-assassin Elektra breaking out of the asylum she’d been locked away in with the help of Typhoid Mary. And in “With a Passion” Elektra’s love/hate relationship with Daredevil is examined as are Matt Murdock’s failed attempts to save the woman he loves.

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