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Legends of Red Sonja #2

Legends of Red Sonja #2The second issue of the latest Red Sonja mini-series isn’t as strong as the first, offering only two tales of Red Sonja’s exploits for the Grey Riders with not much in the way of pushing their hunt for Sonja forward in he segments in-between by Gail Simone and artist Jack Jadson.

Although it ends with a nice twist, the tale of Red Sonja’s cowardice and ineptitude from a fellow adventurer didn’t do much for me. The second tale of Sonja taking on the protection of a young girl and her mother is a bit hit-and-miss as well, although once again the tale does find a way to offer a nice wink to the reader at the expense of the villains. I also didn’t think the various styles of the three artist meshed as well this time around.

Undeterred from the tales of the She-Devil with a Sword’s heroics in the first issue, which weren’t having the desired effect, Sonja sets out to pull back on the legend a bit in hopes that the group may overconfidence when their paths finally do meet on the battlefield. For fans.

[Dynamite Entertainment, $3.99]

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Smallville Season Eleven: Alien #1

Smallville Season Eleven: Alien #1Okay, I have a love/hate relationship with Smallville. The decade-long television show was high on promise (and I’ll admit I liked Tom Welling as a youngish Clark Kent) but often short on delivery which may have something to do with stretching its premise of Clark’s pre-Superman adventures far longer than anyone involved with the show originally thought possible.

Despite writer Bryan Q. Miller’s involvement in the new series I found it hard to give the title a fair shake (although I was sorely tempted when it looked like Stephanie Brown might get new life in its pages). With my dissatisfaction with much of current New 52 Superman (I’ve already decided to scratch Superman/Wonder Woman #2 from my pull list after only two issues), I decided to try the first issue of this new mini-series.

On the plus side the Smallville version of Superman’s costume is actually less ridiculous than the New 52 version and the character has more than a bit of the old Clark Kent who I’ve been missing (along with several pre-New 52 versions of the DCU).

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – The Bridge

  • Title: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – The Bridge
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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - The Bridge

After a group of Centipede-enhanced soldiers break Edison Po (Cullen Douglas) out of a Federal penitentiary, Coulson (Clark Gregg) calls on the help of Mike Peterson (J. August Richards) to help his team track down the terrorist group, despite the concerns of both Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) and Ward (Brett Dalton). Peterson’s involvement helps the team identify Raina (Ruth Negga), learn about the existence of a mysterious “clairvoyant” tied to the organization, and gives Skye (Chloe Bennet) and Peterson time to catch-up.

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Almost Human – Blood Brothers

  • Title: Almost Human – Blood Brothers
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Almost Human - Blood Brothers

After the first of two eye-witnesses (Annie Monroe) able to put smug murderer Ethan Avery (Alex Miller) behind bars is killed Captain Maldonado (Lili Taylor) assigns Kennex (Karl Urban) and Dorian (Michael Ealy) to solve the case and protect the remaining witness, a self-professed psychic (Megan Ferguson) who believes the defendant (who was in court at the time of the crime) was responsible for the murder. Even though the psychic’s theory (which she got from the disembodied spirit of the dead witness) is impossible, it is later corroborated by Rudy (Mackenzie Crook) who matches the voice of the killer in the safe house to that of the murder suspect inside the courtroom.

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Sleepy Hollow – The Golem

  • Title: Sleepy Hollow – The Golem
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Sleepy Hollow - The Golem

After learning Katrina (Katia Winter) bore him a son, Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) enlists the help of Henry Parrish (John Noble) to commune with his dead wife for answers about why she kept her pregnancy secret from him and discover what happened to the son he never knew existed. Although the risky experiment gives Ichabod some answers it also has the unintended effect of releasing a monster trapped in Purgatory as the Golem (Derek Mears) has come to Sleepy Hollow.

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