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Intelligence – Athens

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Intelligence - Athens

When Cyber Command is attacked by a computer virus and EMP Gabriel’s (Josh Holloway) chip is effected leaving him with temporary amnesia and the governmental installation cut-off from the outside world. The chaos caused by the attack leaves the facility open to the recently-escaped Jin Cong (Will Yun Lee) to waltz right into Cyber Com, turn Gabriel from an enemy into a friend with a little misinformation courtesy of the virus, and steal all of Clockwork’s secrets. However, before he can leave there’s one more thing he wants: The Athens List (a list of children with the same genetic anomalies of Gabriel making them eligible to one day have chips of their own).

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The Flash #28

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The Flash #28After unintentionally releasing a spirit of vengeance and murder from his prison, the Flash teams up with Deadman to fight the Keystone Killer who plans on returning to his murderous ways by hunting down the surviving descendants of his original victims.

Offering no closure for Barry as the Fastest Man Alive learns the vengeful spirit had no hand in his mother’s death, the odd ghost story does allow for an unique team-up of heroes we normally wouldn’t see together. And although I like my Boston Brand a little more whimsical, the character is put to good use here (even if it feels like the storyline is being unnecessarily drawn out for one more month).

The issue’s backstory (without an ounce of subtlety) continues to suggest that the man Barry knows as his father isn’t who he thinks he is (in more ways than one). Patrick Zircher’s art is okay but doesn’t do much to add any flair to the storyline. For fans.

[DC, $2.99]

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Almost Human – Straw Man

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Almost Human - Straw Man

As Dorian (Michael Ealy) goes through performance assessment involving a panel conducting interviews with the android and his co-workers, he and Kennex (Karl Urban) investigate a copycat killer recreating the serial killings of the “Straw Man” (William “Big Sleeps” Stewart) known for stuffing the bodies of his 21 victims with straw before he was eventually caught and imprisoned by Kennex’s father (John Diehl). After talking to the still imprisoned paranoid schizophrenic, Kennex learns of his own father’s doubts as to the man’s guilt which may have led to the cop’s suspicious death two-weeks following the biggest bust of his career. Which means Kennex and Dorian aren’t searching for a copycat but the original Straw Man (Shaun Smyth) who has returned.

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Tomb Raider #1

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Tomb Raider #1As someone who hasn’t played the new Tomb Raider game, focused on exploring the origins of Lara Croft, I found Tomb Raider #1 a bit of a tease as it takes place after the events of the recent game which we only see glimpses of in dialogue or dream flashbacks from our heroine’s time on the Japanese island of Yamatai which forged Lara Croft into the adventurous English archaeologist fans have enjoyed ever since the first game was released in 1996.

Picking up sometime after Croft’s life-changing experiences, we see her interactions with two other survivors including a fellow shipwrecked passenger of the Endurance who seems literally haunted by some mystical force surrounding the artifacts which were removed from the island during their tumultuous stay there.

Those who have played the game are obviously going to have a heads-up on the rest of us as it appears we’re only going to learn pieces of Lara’s first adventure through flashbacks and the search for these artifacts (and return to the island?) rather than a straight comic adaptation of the game. For fans

[Dark Horse, $3.50]

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Hawaii Five-0 – Pale ‘la

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Hawaii Five-0 - Pale 'la

The investigation into the murder of a real estate agent found behind the drywall of a recently-sold home takes a backseat to a pair of storylines involve characters’ personal lives. After picking up his mother (Melanie Griffith) from the airport, Danny (Scott Caan) struggles to deal with the bombshell that she’s divorcing his father and moving on with her life. Railing against the situation for most of the episode, Danny finally comes to terms with the news and offers his mother the support she needs.

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