4.5 Razors

Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1

Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1Although the Guardians of the Galaxy make only a cameo appearance at the end of the issue, this .1 reintroduction of Peter Quill is a must-read for any fan of the character. Writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Steve McNiven use the issue to explore the origin of the hero before the series relaunches later this month.

Although I find it humorous that Bendis basically gives Star-Lord the the origin of Christopher Daniel Barnes from the Starman TV-show, it certainly works well as Peter Quill’s mother meets an alien from another world and falls in love, only discovering her pregnancy after he’s returned to the stars.

The majority of the comic is spent on Meredith’s time with the man from the stars and the tragedy involving the adolescent Peter Quill first encounter with that Badoon which would push him to the stars years later. Simply running out of pages, this means we don’t really get any information on how Peter became Star-Lord here. The story we do get is well-told and terrifically illustrated by Steve McNiven.

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Young Justice – Intervention

  • Title: Young Justice: Invasion – Intervention
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“Someday you have to tell me how you figure out all those backwards words so fast.”

Young Justice - Intervention

Realizing Blue Beetle (Eric Lopez) and his Scarab are now under the complete control of the Reach Impulse (Jason Marsden), Zatanna (Lacey Chabert), Bumblebee (Masasa Moyo), Wonder Girl (Mae Whitman), and Batgirl (Alyson Stoner) set out to capture and free their friend using a magical ritual and the temple discovered earlier this season by Batgirl (where Dan Garrett first found the Scarab) before it’s too late.

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Nikita – With Fire

  • Title: Nikita – With Fire
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Nikita - With Fire

After learning that Ari (Peter Outerbridge) is in New York, Nikita (Maggie Q) and Owen (Devon Sawa) race to grab the former head of Gogol before he’s captured by the FBI. During interrogation Nikita learns Ari is on the run hunted by Interpol and has left Amanda (Melinda Clarke) who has stolen his cash reserves to use for her own ends which include arming an angst-ridden “amateur psychopath” (Piter Marek) with weapons that will be traced back to Division and facilitating his terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

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Castle – Hunt

  • Title: Castle – Target
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“You’ve been playing cop for years, you ready to play spy?”

Castle - Hunt

“Hunt” picks up where last week’s cliffhanger left off with Agent Harris (Dylan Walsh) and the FBI analyzing the Skype call Alexis (Molly C. Quinn) made from Paris to narrow their search for the two kidnapped girls. The kidnappers finally make contact demanding €15 million from Sara’s parents (Bernard White, Katherine Kamhi) for the safe return of Sara (Karen David) and Alexis. When something goes wrong with the money drop in Paris and only Sara is returned, and with no reason for the kidnappers to keep his daughter alive, Castle (Nathan Fillion) goes all Taken and heads to Paris to find his daughter.

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Person of Interest – Relevance

  • Title: Person of Interest – Relevance
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“Set out to correct the world’s wrongs and you’ll almost certainly wind up adding to them.”

Person of Interest - Relevance

The latest number delivered by The Machine turns out to be operative Samantha Shaw (Sarah Shahi) who works for a shadowy government agency to hunt down and stop terrorist threats discovered by The Machine. Sam’s life is compromised when her partner (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) begins questioning where the numbers come from, leading the pair to be set-up by “Control” and marked for death. I’m sad to know that Fairly Legal won’t be coming back for a third season, but I’m happy to see Shahi sink her teeth into a role like this with the promise of more appearances to come.

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