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Moon Knight #1

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moon-knight-1-coverMarc Spector has been around the Marvel Universe since 1975. As Moon Knight the former mercenary turned agent of vengeance turned super-hero has had (to put it kindly) limited success.

With the rejuvenated Moon Knight now part of the Secret Avengers the time seemed appropriate to get Moon Knight back into his own series. And who better to do so than Brian Michael Bendis? Although far from the unbelievable reinterpretation of the character Marvel’s marketing department would have us believe, the first issue is solid.

Specter has relocated to Los Angeles (making him the West Coast Avenger?) and is using his past as the basis for the hottest action-adventure to hit television this week. He’s also tasked with a new assignment by Captain America, Spider-Man and Wolverine – find out who’s behind the rise in super-villain activity on the West Coast.

Moon Knight’s adventure sees him go toe-to-toe with Mr. Hyde and reveals the fact that Specter’s mental problems aren’t as sorted out as some of his teammates would like to believe.

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Fast Five

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  • Title: Fast Five
  • IMDB: link

fast-five-posterThere’s insane and then there’s INSANE. Every time I thought the latest edition of The Fast and the Furious franchise had hit the limits of insanity they proved me wrong and found new ways to defy logic, common sense, and basic laws of nature. There’s a scene in last summer big-budget version of The A-Team where the team attempts to fly a tank that is falling through the air. The last twenty-minutes or so of Fast Five feel a lot like that.

With the exception of Michelle Rodriguez (whose character was killed off in the last installment), Fast Five brings together all the major characters of each of the films and picks up right where Fast & Furious left off with springing Turetto (Vin Diesel) from a prison bus.

Fast Five also gives us a new lawman. After the team is framed from the murder of two Federal Agents (because hunting them down for crimes they actually committed would be silly) the US Government sends the best to bring them in – Dwayne “Now that I’m back in the WWE you can call me The Rock again” Johnson.

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Power Girl #23

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  • Title: Power Girl #23
  • Comic Vine: link
  • Writer:Judd Winick
  • Artist:Sam Basri

power-girl-23-coverSuperman and Power Girl finally discover who’s behind the magic dinosaurs rampaging across the city. Problem is, it’s Zatanna.

Okay, it’s not actually Zatanna. It’s a magic-stealing douchebag (I believe that’s the clinical term for his condition) who is trying to copy Zatanna’s powers and incorporate them into his own. Let’s just say Zatanna, Power Girl, and Superman might have something to say about that.

Also in this issue we finally see Power Girl’s new, and safe for public consumption, alter-ego Karen Starr. Despite the risks Power Girl has decided to go public in her other, less-super, identity, but she has made a few changes to help disguise the buxom blonde-haired super-woman from the public.

It’s not a great issue, but it does have magic dinosaurs and a pretty good appearance by Zatanna (who keeps to my rule that she’s far more interesting guest-starring in other books than in her own current monthly title). Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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The Spirit #13

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the-spirit-13-coverThe three-part storyline featuring “The Professor” (a villain who uses toys, robots, and automotons to kill – think the Toyman only creepier) concludes. Once again it’s Ellen Dolan who steps up to save the The Spirit by destroying a robot created in her likeness.

This issue has all kinds of creepy sexual undertones (as to how the Professor planned to use this copy of Ellen Dolan), but it’s also balanced with tension, mystery, and fun which makes sure it never becomes too unseemly.

Although the epilogue makes sure we’ll never see the character of the Professor again, which I’m a little sad about, it’s the right choice. Writer David Hine foreshadowed the tragic end of the character over the course of the last couple of issues and presents us with a moral to the story: Never scorn a woman, even a robotic one.

The Professor may have been defeated, but the man who hired him, New York gang boss Shonder Zeev, is still out there. We’ll have to see how this larger storyline plays out over the next few issues. Worth a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Amazing Spider-Man #658

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amazing-spider-man-658-coverWith this issue we get yet another “first day with the Future Foundation” story. Not that I mind, but how much blood can Marvel squeeze from a stone? The story showcases Spider-Man being thrust into several missions all at once, but it does start off with a very questionable opening joke.

Spidey shows up for his first real day on the job wearing a modified Fantastic Four costume, much to the horror and disgust of his new teammates. Is it a funny joke? Sure, but it’s also completely oblivious and far from the what we’d expect from the current Peter Parker who took Franklin Richards under his wing and shared his grief with the rest of the FF.

I have to say the amount of whining Spidey does in this issue troubles me a little. It looks like the decision is to make Peter far more kid-like than we’ve seen him in recent years in an attempt to better the team dynamic (which I think is a really, really bad idea). We also get the first rumblings of a major problem with Peter and Carlie‘s relationship which could lead to a big confrontation in the next issue. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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