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Fables #125

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Fables #125With Bigby and Stinky off on a road trip in the magical car that used to be an evil witch (remember, the one introduced in the opening arc of Fairest) searching for Bigby’s missing cubs, Snow White has her own troubles to deal with with the unexpected arrival of old friends.

There’s quite a bit of fun here involving Bigby learning to drive a flying car that move between various worlds and dimensions (and nearly crash into several of them). Aside from the car, the comic also brings in Briar Rose fresh from her own Fairest arc to spend some quality girl time with the troubled Snow White.

However, Snow White’s troubles are just beginning as Bigby’s wife is surprised by the return of Prince Brandish, “protector of the realm, marshal of the west, and the first and one true husband of Snow White.” I think things are about to get interesting. Worth a look.

[Vertigo, $2.99]

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The Following – Chapter Two

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The Following - Chapter Two

With serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) in custody, newly reinstated FBI Agent Ryan Hardy’a (Kevin Bacon) work is just beginning as one of Carroll’s disciples (Steve Monroe) commits his first triple homicide and three others (Valorie Curry, Nico Tortorella, Adan Canto) have kidnapped Carroll’s young son (Kyle Catlett) in an effort to force his ex-wife (Natalie Zea), and Ryan’s former lover, to visit the killer in prison.

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The Lone Ranger #12

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The Lone Ranger #12The Lone Ranger #12 is a fitting, if uneventful, conclusion to the “Native Ground” arc from Ande Parks and Esteve Polls. The Lone Ranger returns to the Ute tribe with their healer, a Mormon woman who spent many years with the tribe as a slave and eventually a medicine woman, after being betrayed the the Native American warriors.

By the end of the issue the Masked Man will have his faithful companion back at his side and a far better understanding of the loss which still haunts him. Although the arc doesn’t give us any more of Tonto‘s backstory, such as continuing his tale to the fateful day at Bryant’s Gap where he came upon a single surviving Ranger in the midst of a slaughter, the arc does conclude with the Ranger growing to know the person who has become his truest friend a little better.

The arc lasted a little too long for my tastes, so I’m glad to hear the comic is following “Native Ground” with a series of one-shot issues featuring the adventures of Lone Ranger and Tonto. For fans.

[Dynamite, $3.99]

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Red Hood and the Outlaws #16

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Red Hood and the Outlaws #16With both teams missing their leader Arsenal and Starfire help the Teen Titans take on a Jokerized mob. Writer Scott Lobdell continues the current trend of having Arsenal, not the Red Hood, be the voice of the book (of course he kinda has to do that this month as the Red Hood doesn’t appear in his own book). The issue is actually one of the better Death of the Family tie-ins. Of course that’s not saying much.

Arsenal comes up with a plan to find the antidote for the Joker Venom (in such a way that made absolutely no sense to me, no matter how many times I re-read the panels). While he and Bunker keep the mob at bay the rest of the team retrieve the supplies (something Kid Flash probably could have done quicker on his own, but oh well).

Aside from the main story, and its logic problems, Lobdell throws in tons of extras including a glimpse of the person responsible for getting Roy off of heroin (it ain’t Ollie), and the foreshadowing of not one but two DCU baddies coming their way once the Death of the Family crossover concludes.

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The Lying Game – Advantage Sutton

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The Lying Game - Advantage Sutton

The morning after Ethan (Blair Redford) has misgivings about his drunken night of passion with Sutton (Alexandra Chando). Things only get worse when he finds Dan (Tyler Christopher) waiting for him at home with news that he’s headed back to juvenile detention after the stunt he pulled with the plagiarized term paper unless he can pass a test on all the history course work for the semester. Not willing to let him give up, Emma (Chando) agrees to tutor Ethan and get him through the test which only further rankles her sister.

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