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The Flash – Rogues of War

  • Title: The Flash – Rogues of War
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After deducing that the new Rogues are building a time machine, and tracking down the final piece needed inside a government lab, Barry (Grant Gustin) and Pied Piper (Andy Mientus) recruit their own gang of Rogues to steal it first and keep it out of the villains hands. “Rogues of War” offers the return of several characters with two sets of teams working, although the inevitable betrayal (and the person responsible) is far, far too easy to see coming. The episode is also notable for several Gotham City references including the unmasking of the evil speedster as a Batwoman (Javicia Leslie) from the future in a reveal that lacks the pop the writers where intending.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch – The Crossing / Retrieval

  • Title: Star Wars: The Bad Batch – The Crossing / Retrieval
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The two-part story in “The Crossing” and “Retrieval” focuses on the Bad Batch’s first missing without Echo in which the squad looks for Impsium in a mine on a remote planet, getting their ship stolen, becoming temporarily trapped in a mine, and later having to infiltrate and liberate their ship from a Dickensian group working a larger mine for a local tyrant. In terms of larger arcs, the only one notable is Omega‘s (Michelle Ang) abandonment issues, first in Echo’s leaving (and the squad’s minimal reaction) and then to the ship being stolen as well. While a perfectly fine mini-adventure for the group, I don’t know that this really needed to be two episodes.

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Cocaine Bear

  • Title: Cocaine Bear
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Very Loosely based on a true story of a bear who ingested cocaine dropped in the Tennessee wilderness, Cocaine Bear is your typical over-the-top thriller as the crazed bear goes wild in the park hunting for more cocaine where potential victims wander around unaware of the danger. When the film focuses on the bear and its rampage, there’s plenty of bloody fun to be had. When it gets lost in the various stories of characters, it does stall at times. 

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The Amazing Spider-Man #20

With their getaway officially shot to hell, Spider-Man and Black Cat attempt to keep White Rabbit and a former Tombstone henchman alive and fight off the Silicon Six, which are a group of techie stand-ins using Secret Six tech of notable Spidey villains for a team building exercise at the snowy retreat that killed (but really didn’t) their CEO who is actually sneaking around invisibly in Mysterio gear and setting off Peter’s Spidey-sense. Got that?

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Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Three #2

Outside of some of the designs of some supporting characters, Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Three #2 doesn’t feel much like a Batman: The Animated Series inspired story. The comic involves the kidnapping of the recently returned to Gotham City trust fund brat Cassie Kendall who apparently had more than a few lovers in her time including Bruce Wayne, Harley Quinn, and Harvey Dent.

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